iotaNews Feb 2011
“Fruit Flies” (2010) by Christine Lucy Latimer
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This film seals under perforated 16mm splicing tape all of the fruit flies that drowned in the vinegar trap on the artist’s kitchen counter last summer.
Christine Lucy Latimer is a visual artist working in the photographic and time-based arts. She currently lives and works in Toronto. Her work over the past decade has been featured at international film festivals and galleries in Canada, the U.S. Argentina, the Netherlands, Austri, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the U.K., India, Japan and Korea. Fruit Flies, DVD, color, 2010 |
The iotaCenter Salon: “Abstracting the External” – This Thursday, February 17 at UCLA!
| Projections of beautiful abstract imagery that shows us a window into the external world – vegetation, rural, floral – all from a alternative world. Far beyond the reaches of the metropolis there is a place where gardens grow.
Join us at UCLA’s Broad Art Center – a deck and lounge area is waiting with glimpses of this world. Feel free to sit outside or in the comfort of the warm interior and grab a coffee inside. As always b…ring your thinking caps because at our salons discussion is just as important as viewing. Films and videos by: Sky David, Aaron F. Ross, Peter Rose, Diana Rechenbach (local Artist), Ria Ama (local artist), Richard Reeves, Walter Ungerer and more. For current line up and more information, please visit The iotaCenter Salon: “Abstracting the External” Page. When: Thursday February 17, 2011, 7:00pm-10:00pm |
“The Nightgardener” (2008) by Jennifer Hardacker
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The life of a garden after dark: Balinese dancers sway on the petals of flowers, Russian singers perform in a lily. “The Nightgardener” brings together disparate images that capture the essence of our collective unconscious and plays these images on floral screens.
“The Nightgardener” explores the idea of the collective unconscious collected as images appropriated from old educational films, and are projected onto garden plants and then re-photographed. “The Nightgardener” also screens this Thursday as part of The iotaCenter Salon: “Abstracting the External” at UCLA’s Broad Art Center Lounge. The Nightgardener, DVD, color, 2008 |
“Machina Mystica” & “Opus Alchymicum”: DVDs by Aaron F. Ross
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Machina Mystica In this collection featuring works from the period 1990-1991, the artist makes extensive use of analog video synthesizers, video feedback, and flicker. Sound and music are woven together, and are inspired by esoteric traditions such as Tibetan Buddhism and Occidental alchemy. The videos are scientifically designed to be vehicles for personal transformation. Your neural pathways will be forever changed. More…NTSC DVD 60 minutesOpus Alchymicum In this collection of short avant-garde video works from 1991-1999, the artist weaves music and video together to create abstract visual music. Among the tools employed are rare analog video synthesizers and 3D computer animation. These pieces range from personally transformative to satirical. A unique collection of unusual cultural artifacts. More…NTSC DVD 46 minutes |