Archive for the ‘Abroad’ Category
An out of shape naked and possibly dead man trying his hand at trapeze?
Check out the images of Socotra on this site
darkroastedblend.com
My new next destination. 1/3 of its plant life exisits nowhere else in the world.
(image credit: Tomas van Houtryve)
Photo: ©. Ralph Nashawaty - Mark Henley, Staying Abreast, 2010
NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS ABROAD 10.08.2010 – 04.09.2010
Conor Clarke | Trenton Garratt | Mark Henley | Veronica Manchego | Cam O’Connell
Daire Sanat (Istanbul) hosts a group show of New Zealand Artists working abroad. Drawn from practice in Berlin, NYC and Istanbul I COULD HAVE SWORN I, is a multimedia show exploring the inconsistency between fact, and the memory of the fact. Prosthetic memory and Phantom Limb Syndrome couple to create the shows curatorial focus; how we perceive ‘experience’ within a media saturated reality.
The show is facilitated by Mark Henley (The Russian Frost Farmers, NZ) and made possible by generous support from Hall architectural interiors (Istanbul)
Full curatorial text and artist bio’s available here.
Opening : 10th August, Tuesday / 19:00 / Daire Sanat
Artist talk : 14th August, Saturday / 16:00 / Daire Sanat
For contact regarding this international show please contact mark@therussianfrostfarmers.com
I’ve seen White Tails, Black Widows, Wolf Spiders, Slater Spiders, daddy long legs (both the North and South Island editions) even a harvestman, but i failed to spot my arachnid friend that deliver this love bite.
Photo: ©. Ralph Nashawaty
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Mark Henley, Integrity: Structural and otherwise, 2010 (Mirror, timber and plastic)
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY -
Henley’s practice engages commonly found objects to create assemblages or bricolage. For Uncertainty: Istanbul he employs the reflectivity of mirror to create an illusionary effect for a series of ‘half’ objects. The reflection completes the symmtery of the ornate plastic forms where the other half does not literally exist, yet the Simit masa’s (Pretzel street vendor table) mirrored visual aligns with a second table beneath creating an unnerving sense of illusion. Integrity: Structural and otherwise, highlights Henley’s predisposition to the use of ubiquitous objects from local surroundings to prompt a re-questioning of their latent values.
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Mark Henley is an Artist / Facilitator currently living in Istanbul and co-founder of The Russian Frost Farmers.
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View details of the public art project here.
The shades don’t disguise the fact. Billy T’ is alive and kicking to a new beat. Holed up in Mexico, James makes ends meet with his alter ego, a ‘Mexican Bandit’ the Tainui Kid from ‘85 cult hit Came a hot Friday (watch) . Here he is featured on the cover of Nortec Collective’s (listen) 2005 release ,Tijuana Sessions Vol.3. Their blend of Mexico and Techno takes the accordian into yet to be defined territories. Shame Billy T’ didn’t tour with them to WOMAD, New Plymouth this year… next time huh.
Mark
Painted 14 balusters (from Italian balaustra - Pomegranate flower) of a stairwell. Spiraling the brush in that repetitious manner that comes with the painters meditation. Soundtrack “throbbing gristle - the meme is the message”. Delivered by a Buddha Machine - loop samples that melt with a pitch control. Discovered this installation of 1000 in Rome - photos only - absence of sound samples like the tree in the forest that no one heard falling - (although I’m calling and will let you know if found). Audio consolation - a beautiful Buddha Machine and Piano composition by Peter V. Stevens.
http://soc.som.ohio-state.edu/peter%20v.stevens1.mp3
Check out http://www.fm3buddhamachine.com/ for info on the Buddha Machine
and http://www.radioartemobile.it/ goto “camere 12# Echo” for more on the Italian side of things. The text is worth contemplation….
~callum~
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life imitating ART? Guatemala city…sinkhole or worse?
