TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH – TWO SHOWS – 8PM & 10 PMn(SOME) ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE!nONE NIGHT ONLY!nn“& Other Works” is a series of screenin...
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH – TWO SHOWS – 8PM & 10 PMn(SOME) ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE!nONE NIGHT ONLY!nn“& Other Works” is a series of screenings focusing on works from contemporary artists organized by C. Spencer Yeh. “& Other Works” cools down in an informal communal viewing experience, away from the dry walls and passwords.nnIt’s August, and time for some SUMMER FUN. AUG!!! A selection of work from v-v-v-various artists are gathered up from under the sweltering sun and slobber-screened in the air-conditioned confines of the goth bodega. Think of the rockets launching in the distance, of ascension, isolation, vacation, summer whites. Wet air leaves us light on words, but heavy on excitement. Soooo load up the van and head to the extreme opposite of the beach – “& Other Works” at Spectacle Theater !nnWe welcome Rachel Mason, Frank Heath & JJ PEET, and Robert Beatty.nnECONOLINE 1nDir. Frank Heath & JJ PEET, 2007.n27 min. USA.nnSmearing a healthy grip of hardheaded mischievous streak across I-95 in the middling aughts, artists JJ PEET and Frank Heath (as seen on &OW earlier this year) suited up as visor-ly anonymoustronauts for their micro-epic lo-fi spaceplay fantasy Econoline 1. The half-hour vessel propelled by invention and ideals first launched at Videotage Gallery in Hong Kong, Econoline 1 has never landed on these shores… until NOW:nn“Traveling in a Ford Econoline van retro-fitted as a mock spacecraft, two astronauts journey to the surface of the moon and back. This depiction of space travel is superimposed over an actual trip down the east coast of the United States and an illegal speedboat jaunt to the Cuban coastline. The trip was made in eight days, mirroring the timetable of the first Apollo moon landing.” – courtesy of the artistsnnWALLnDir. Rachel Mason, 2001.n6 min. USA.nnTERRESTRIAL BEING A TANGELOnDir. Rachel Mason, 2001.n4 min. USA.nnRolling back to 2001 (the projected year of famed aspirational odyssey) artist Rachel Mason close-encountered a persona dubbed the Terrestrial Being. Ivory-white domed and bodysuited, the Being was first captured on video free-climbing a tall structure on the campus of UCLA (documented in the harrowing and succinct stunt titled Wall). Is the TB a superhuman? An alien? Harbinger? The accompanying 16mm feel-piece Terrestrial Being A Tangelo rears its rear; read the paper:nn“Not long before planes attacked the World Trade Center in New York City, the twenty-one year old Rachel Mason was temporarily expelled from school after scaling an eight story building in Los Angeles. The building was Dickson Art Center at UCLA, a building which was thereafter replaced by the Broad Art Center. Mason scaled Dixon without ropes – in the character she would continue to work with for the next decade and beyond: the white helmeted figure called ‘The Terrestrial Being.’ Numerous videos and live performances exist but have rarely been shown. Wall, from 2001 and a 16mm film, also from 2001 entitled Terrestrial Being A Tangelo, a film which has not been presented publicly until now.” – courtest of the artistnnLANDLINEnDir. Robert Beatty, 2011.n6 min. USA.nnUNTITLEDnDir. Robert Beatty, 2011.n3 min. USA.nnWho is Robert Beatty? His is a name known in a few circles – circles which he has perverted into his own Venn diagram spelling ROB for quite a few years. Here, &OW admits finding any excuse to show one of Beatty’s earliest forays into video, his own Untitled. Sure, it’s an edit – an aggregation based on simple formal guidelines (of a popular cartoon, no less); but to build such a haunted arc and atmosphere! Untitled is telling us that wind will blow, leaves will wilt, streets will empty – this moment isn’t forever. As for the puzzle piece Landline, found loosely conspiring with visions of mask obstruction, let’s turn again to the copypaster:nn“The terror of contamination through communication.” – courtesy of the artistnnmore info: http://www.spectacletheater.com/other-works-various-artists/ Less
