Opening: Kurt Ralske, Eugen Schüfftan and John CarpenterThu, September 22, 2011 6:00PM to 8:30PMHosted by YoungProjects“YoungProjects is proud to present The Mechanical Bride, an exciting exhibition that not only marks the first solo show of New York’s Kurt Ralske, but presents a selection of historically important, recently discovered Furturist films by Eugen Schüfftan, as well as new interactive digital works by John Carpenter.All sixteen works on display represent the edge of contemporary image-making practices, where technology serves as both inspiration and means. Ralske’s photographs and videos use custom-designed software to create highly organic mosaics that comment on, and engage with, Modernist aesthetics, cinematic history and notions of time. Carpenter too uses advanced technologies to not only create emergent works that “sense” their environments and respond accordingly, but explore landscape traditions and notions of performance. The late Schüfftan, who’s films have been lost for 80 years, can be seen as a forefather of these artists. His extraordinary Futurist films were, and still are, emblems of the outer edges of avant-garde sensibilities, and can now can be seen as the closest filmic representation of Cubism ever committed to celluloid.” YoungProjectsOpening Thursday, Sept 22, 5:30-8:30pm. Runs through November 14.@Pacific Design Center Space B2308687 Melrose Ave. West Hollywood, CA 90069.Hours 11-5 Tues-Friday. Free admission. -JO 

Opening: Kurt Ralske, Eugen Schüfftan and John Carpenter
Thu, September 22, 2011 6:00PM to 8:30PM
Hosted by YoungProjects

“YoungProjects is proud to present The Mechanical Bride, an exciting exhibition that not only marks the first solo show of New York’s Kurt Ralske, but presents a selection of historically important, recently discovered Furturist films by Eugen Schüfftan, as well as new interactive digital works by John Carpenter.

All sixteen works on display represent the edge of contemporary image-making practices, where technology serves as both inspiration and means. Ralske’s photographs and videos use custom-designed software to create highly organic mosaics that comment on, and engage with, Modernist aesthetics, cinematic history and notions of time. Carpenter too uses advanced technologies to not only create emergent works that “sense” their environments and respond accordingly, but explore landscape traditions and notions of performance. The late Schüfftan, who’s films have been lost for 80 years, can be seen as a forefather of these artists. His extraordinary Futurist films were, and still are, emblems of the outer edges of avant-garde sensibilities, and can now can be seen as the closest filmic representation of Cubism ever committed to celluloid.”


YoungProjects
Opening Thursday, Sept 22, 5:30-8:30pm. Runs through November 14.
@Pacific Design Center Space B230
8687 Melrose Ave. West Hollywood, CA 90069.
Hours 11-5 Tues-Friday. Free admission. 

-JO 

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