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Peter Fend at White Slab Monday
by w 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

dear all, peter fend is in town, so i thought we would give him the white slab platform next monday to show some videos and update us on his latest plans to save the planet: POST-PETROLEUM AND POST-DAM ENERGY PRODUCTION PETER FEND THE THING at WHITE SLAB PALACE 77 Delancey Street (at Allan) Monday, September 26 8 pm Back Room more info at http://post.thing.net/ hope to see you there, wolfgang

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Favorite post
by Jee Won Kim 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

I think this is the right time. It is motivation about enriching a culture not about enriching a purse/wallet. You are right in this. This is the only way we will advance as a society without fighting each other. Collaboration is the only way we can escape from our calculated path of destruction. I know for my self I would like to live in a society that the motivation is about the cultural good. Not driven by monetary greed for our situation. It is tragic that young people are not able to find affordable housing in NYC. Why does Austria provide a better service to the people. This is a shame on our existence. Jee Won Kim Architect 217 Centre Street 5th floor New York, NY 10013 jeewon(a)jwkarchitect.com Sent from my iPhone On Sep 4, 2011, at 6:39 PM, w <w(a)thing.net> wrote: > if you are in new york next week, come on saturday, september 10. > i'll be there in the afternoon. > > http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/en8045185v.htm > > this is my favorite list now. nobody posts anything anymore. > > wolfgang > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > thingist mailing list > thingist(a)mailman.thing.net > https://mailman.thing.net/mailman/listinfo/thingist Jee Won Kim Architect 217 Centre Street 5th floor New York, NY 10013 jeewon(a)jwkarchitect.com Sent from my iPhone

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Tonight, May 2, 8 PM: The Thing @ White Slab Palace presents Swinging Poland in the 1970's
by christoph draeger 02 May '11

02 May '11

Please join us for an evening with films related to the idea of Swinging Poland in the 1970's, at The Thing @ White Slab Palace 77 Delancey Street at Allen St This Monday, May 2nd, 8 - 10 pm Swinging Poland in the 1970's An evening with Zuzanna Janin and Jozef Robakowski, curated by Christoph Draeger Majka from The Movie (The Madness of Majka Skowron), Zuzanna Janin (PL, 2009-2010, several episodes, Total running time: 78 min) courtesy of LOKAL_30, Warsaw From My Window 1978-1999, Jozef Robakowski (PL, 2000, 30 min) courtesy of LOKAL_30, Warsaw. With many thanks to Ludlow 38/ Goethe Institut New York At its basic level, the Majka From the Movie project is a series of videos whose structure resembles that of a television series. Like episodes of a single soap opera, all the works have the same trailer and an identical ending, with autonomous episodes taking place in between. From this starting point and from the idea of shooting an “art” series that resembles the format of TV productions, Janin’s project develops into a multidimensional enterprise. Combining the discourse of collective and individual memory, it is an attempt at telling a story from the point of view of an individual, a reflection on the entanglement of fiction and reality in contemporary culture. Last but not least, it provokes reflection on the indelible mark stamped by cinematography and popular culture on our image of the world and of ourselves. Stach Szablowski From My Window was filmed over more than twenty years from Robakowski’s apartment. Looking down onto the public square below, his witty pseudo-documentary observes the daily activities with biting of his neighbors and mass gatherings such as the annual May Day marches. Zuzanna Janin will show several Majka from the Movie episodes in The Last Analog Revolution at the Venice Biennale 2011 and in the show Particolare at Signum Foundation in Venice (opening 3rd June). Don’t miss Jozef Robakowski’s great solo exhibition at Ludlow 38 in New York, through May 15! Beer on tap. ==================================================================================== Still from: Majka from The Movie (The Madness of Majka Skowron), Zuzanna Janin

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spring collection
by w 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

announcing the thing spring collection. now open at https://auctionthing.net/spring-collection/ this is a preview, we will be adding more work as it comes in. pass it on! the spring collection is a benefit event for the thing, but https://auctionthing.net is open to anyone who wants to buy and sell art works. if you have anything you want to auction off on auctionthing, let me know and i will send you an invitation code. greetings from berlin, wolfgang

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Shelly Silver at The Thing @ White Slab Palace, Tue April 26th, 8-10 pm
by Heidrun Holzfeind 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Please join us for an evening with Shelly Silver at The Thing @ White Slab Palace 77 Delancey Street at Allen St Tuesday April 26th, 8-10 pm program: 37 Stories About Leaving Home (52 min, 1996) 5 lessons & 9 questions about Chinatown (10 min, 2009) What I'm Looking For (15 min, 2004) (and maybe a surprise!) Under Silver's direction, video becomes a tool to ponder life's meaning, to create parables about the conundrums of existence. Her videotapes prod, query and confront the way we construct our world and ourselves. (Sally Berger) Don't miss this program! Best, Heidrun 37 Stories About Leaving Home (1996, 52 min, color, sound) 37 Stories About Leaving Home provides a rare and personal view into the lives of Japanese women. This beautifully constructed and complex video weaves stories told by a group of Japanese grandmothers, mothers and daughters, ranging in age from 15 to 83. The stories recount each woman's personal journey from child to adulthood—their experiences of leaving home. It points to the enormous societal changes that have occurred in Japan over the last few generations, showing how these women are both influencing and coping with these changes in their own different, individual and creative ways. "Subtle and insightful... highlighting the competing demands of tradition and personal freedom. Silver presents a remarkable portrait of a culture about to experience seismic social change." (Steven Bode, Film and Video Umbrella, London) "A beautiful film." (Margarethe von Trotta) In 37 Stories about Leaving Home (1996), Silver's view becomes intimate and lyrical, as she creates a portrait of a group of mothers, daughters and grandmothers living in the Tokyo area. These women encompassing three generations, recount childhood memories, dreams and the small daily moments that make up their lives, to build a picture of the strong and complex relations existing between mothers and daughters. Silver, in typical fashion, layers the narrative by weaving in fiction with the documentary material in the form of a traditional, but shocking Japanese folktale of a mother and daughter caught in the grasp of an awful Oni, an ogre who is half-human, half-monster. (Sally Berger) What I'm Looking For (15 minutes, 2004) A woman sets out to photograph moments of intimacy. On an Internet dating site she writes: 'I'm looking for people who would like to be photographed in public revealing something of themselves...' What I'm Looking For, a 15-minute high definition video, documents this adventure; the connections formed at this intersection between virtual and actual public space. The video is a rumination on the nature of photography and the persistence of vision. It is a short tale of desire and control. 5 lessons and 9 questions about Chinatown (10 minutes, 2009) 10 square blocks, past, present, future, time, light, movement, immigration, exclusion, gentrification, racism, history, China, America, 3 languages, 13 voices, 152 years, 17,820 frames, 9 minutes, 54 seconds, 9 questions, 5 lessons, Chinatown.... You live somewhere, walk down the same street 50, 100, 10,000 times, each time taking in fragments, but never fully registering THE PLACE. Years, decades go by and you continue, unseeing, possibly unseen. A building comes down, and before the next one is up you ask yourself 'what used to be there?' You are only vaguely aware of the district's shifting patterns and the sense that, since the 19th century, wave after wave of inhabitants have moved through and transformed these alleyways, tenements, stoops and shops. more info: www.shellysilver.com

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The Thing @ White Slab Palace, April 11, 8 – 10 pm
by w 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Documentary Night with David Gray & Katie McQuerrey http://post.thing.net The People vs. Betty Gooch (2011, 57 min) David Gray (Call it SNEAK PREVIEW, we call it WORLD PREMIERE) The true crimes and punishment of Betty Gooch, alleged grandmother con-artist of the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. An in-depth look at confidence crime, collective guilt, and the role of the media in the dispensation of justice. In 2004, an elderly grandmother is arrested in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago and Betty Gooch becomes an instant tabloid media sensation. But who is Betty Gooch? Just another little old lady struggling with ill-heath and low income? Or an unhinged criminal sociopath using rubber checks to scam car dealerships? With exclusive access to Ms. Gooch, this provocative documentary examines the old-boy connections among her "victims," investigates an outrageous ethical failing of her lead attorney, and looks beyond conventional notions of right and wrong to suggest that judgment itself comes with its own moral risks. Interview subjects include Ms. Gooch (filmed while incarcerated at the Cook County jail), her car dealer victims, the police, her lawyers, and her daughter (and possible co-conspirator). A missed court date, a politically driven prosecution, and a media circus add up to a three year prison sentence, and, ultimately, a tragic and unsettling end. Never Say Die (2003, 53 min) Katie McQuerrey and David Gray 5 years in the life of the world's greatest Black Sabbath tribute band, Never Say Die has its first NY screening since 2004. Tom, Joe, Danny, and Scott play Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Tonny Iommi and Geezer Butler with heart, soul, and consequence. When a dream to go on tour overseas comes true (albeit to Puerto Rico), newfound success forces the members of the band to finally face their interpersonal demons. Also featuring appearances by Black Dog and Ozmosis. "An engaging non-fiction account of the longest gigging, hardest working Black Sabbath cover band in...let's just say the history of the world." - Ann Hornaday, Washington Post The Thing @ White Slab Palace April 11, 2011, 8 – 10 PM 77 Delancey Street (corner of Allen) New York, New York http://post.thing.net/node/3375

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DEAR THICK & THIN at ME contemporary
by w 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

http://www.mecontemporary.com/exhibitions/dear-thick-and-thin.htm in the thing section: alterazioni video jan baracz vuk cosic christoph draeger rainer ganahl heidrun holzfeind joerg lohse craig kalpakjian wolfgang staehle caspar stracke sternberg press momyo torimitsu

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Keith Sanborn's greatest hits at Academy Awards Night!
by w 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Bored to death by the prospect of lame insider backslapping in Hollywood, but still want a night out with friends, high-class art movies and a few drinks....? This Sunday, February 27, 2011, Keith Sanborn will be showing a selection of video work from the ever-popular The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn by Jayne Austen (1936) to more recent forays into piratical transformative media history called Energy of Delusion. The program starts at 8pm and will last about an hour. I recommend the Krusowice on tap!

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Finishing Funds 2011 - Deadline March 15
by sherry hocking 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

*Please post, duplicate and distribute* *Deadline:**March 15, 2011*** *Finishing Funds 2011* The *Experimental Television Center* is pleased to announce *Finishing Funds 2011.* Guidelines and applications are available on the web at /http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org// *Finishing Funds*provides media and new media artists with grants up to $2,500 to help with the completion of diverse and innovative moving-image and sonic art projects, and works for the Web and new technologies. Eligible forms include film and video as single or multiple channel presentation, computer-based moving-imagery and sound works, installations and performances, interactive works and works for new technologies, DVD, multimedia and the Web. We also support new media, and interactive performance. Work must be surprising, creative and approach the various media as art forms; all genres are eligible, including experimental, narrative and documentary art works. Individual artists can apply directly to the program and do not need a sponsoring organization. Applicants must be residents of New YorkState; undergraduate students are not eligible.The application requires a project description, resume and support materials, including a sample of the proposed project. Selection is made by a peer review panel. About $25,000 is awarded each year. Announcement is made in early June. The program is supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a public agency. *Postmark Deadline: **March 15, 2011*** Guidelines and applications are now available on the web at /http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org//in the ETC News Section and the Grants area or by mail or email /etc (at) experimentaltvcenter.org/ --

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auctionthing
by w 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

after two years in the making we are getting ready to launch auctionthing at <http://auctionthing.net>. the idea came to me more than two years ago when i wanted to buy an armleder print in berlin, but didn't have the necessary cash to do so. i did have this armleder multiple sitting in my place in nyc <https://auctionthing.net/109/John-M-Armleder--Caprice>, but i had no idea how i could sell the bowling ball and get the print instead. so i thought, why not create some liquidity for this market? we all have prints, multiples, photographs and stuff sitting around, but they are really hard to sell when you want to. auctionthing is here to solve this problem. don't get me wrong, i love my collection, but sometimes you just want to consolidate, get something new or just make room in your apartment. at THE THING we pioneered online art auctions. the first one occurred in 1999 <http://auction99.thing.net> and actually some pieces that didn't sell back then made their way back into the new iteration. the difference is that the new site will stay open for business all year round, and you can become a seller too. if you are interested send me an email or request an invitation code on the site after you register there. we are also looking for people who want to offer their whole collection or curators who want to put a show together under its own heading. art spaces can talk to us about setting up their online benefit auctions, we just did one for whitebox earlier this month. auctionthing charges a 10% commission from the seller after a transaction has taken place. there are no membership fees, no placement fees and no buyer premiums. at least not at this time. ten to twenty percent of the proceeds from the commissions will go towards funding independent art and media projects, things like THE THING @ WHITE SLAB PALACE tonight: http://post.thing.net/node/3271 what you can do is to spread the word among other art junkies and help generate some buzz for this project. this is just the beginning of THE THING RELOADED. more soon... wolfgang

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