5/5/10

Right Round Robin

Right Round Robin

Nice review about show and Round Robin Collective on Brooklyn Based by Rachel Rakes
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3/29/10

Saturday, April 3 - Film Night with Jem Cohen

Celluloid, springtime, and surprises with filmmaker and long-time local Cohen, whose works and musical collaborations chronicle both fleeting urban moments and the dark march of history. The evening will include films by Jem and others.

Cohen's films include Chain, Fugazi: Instrument, Benjamin Smoke, and Lost Book Found.
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3/17/10

Idiom Mag Review

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3/16/10

Ecstatic Events: Saturday March 20th

4-6 pm: “THE ALTERNATIVE ART SPACE MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK CITY,” a panel discussion with Erin Sickler, Herb Tam, Rob de Oude, and Emcee C.M., Master of None moderated by Mary Billyou. Among related issues, topics will include: Bypassing the Gallery System; Capitalist Economies in the Downswing; Sharing vs. Competition; Options & Models; and The Figure of the Artist Today.

Herb Tam is Associate Curator at Exit Art, NY, NY. In fall 2010, Exit Art will launch an exhibit on Alternative Art Histories.

Erin Sickler is the spring 2010 recipient of the Lori Ledis Emerging Curatorial Fellowship, a program to foster curatorial talent in contemporary art.

Rob de Oude is an artist and a founding member of Camel Art Space.

EmCee C.M., Master of None is an artist who often combines large-scale public, social and collaborative event-based projects with a more internal process of self-reflection through fiction, storytelling, and filmmaking.

6-7 pm: TOYS N TINY INSTRUMENTS bring their kazoos, calliopes, and castanets to the convent chapel, making head-bop pop-rock fun times.

7-10 pm: "’DIAMONDS IN THE SKY,” film and video screening curated by John Passmore

Using Tom Gunning's concept of a "cinema of attractions" as a leitmotif, John Passmore presents “Diamonds in the Sky” a one time, never-before-never-again, collage-y , whirl-wind partial tour of the history of cinema. The program spans the early formal experiments of Classic Hollywood Cinema to rare archival materials representing the conceptual programs of the avant-garde, as well as a mix of video by single channel artists working today. “Diamonds in the Sky” explores how each work - separately and together - investigates life's various pattern-systems.

Low-Resolution Stories and Chatter Blip

"Low-Resolution Stories," live cinema with Jenny Vogel and Ofri Cnaani
followed by music from Chatter Blip

Friday, March 19, 7-9 pm
$8
(wine will be served starting at 6 pm)

The former convent of St. Cecilia’s Parish
21 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY

Low-Resolution Stories
THE VANISHING WOMAN by Ofri Cnaani
Ofri Cnaani will use one of her DIY moviemakers to create a series of real-time movies. ‘Vanishing Woman’ deals with magic, trickery, the dawn of cinema and the archives of the Israeli Kibbutz movement.

THE CRUELTY OF PIRATES by Jenny Vogel
“The Cruelty of Pirates” is a story of low-resolution encounter that offers an intimate reading of contemporary loneliness. Live-streaming video projections in the stutter-step language of webcameras result in a display of light signals that suggest an unknown code, some unknown message. The story is old: a man and a woman and the innate desire for love.

INVITATION TO A DUEL by Jenny Vogel
Drawing from the archive of her grandfather’s tape recordings Jenny Vogel creates a DIY opera that weaves together her family’s history and fiction to tell a story of tragedy and loss.

TURN TABLE by Ofri Cnaani
Turn Table is a live image and sound improvisation session. Using two and three dimensional objects, music boxes and other tiny toys Cnaani will assemble real time movies.

Chatter Blip
CHATTER BLIP is a duo performance piece by Chuck Bettis (electronics/voice and Dafna Naphtali (electronics/processing/voice) -- an interstellar multi-character audio operetta involving a multitude of human, alien, and machine voices, in a mash-up of primal and classic sci-fi and electro-acoustics...
www.myspace.com/chatterblip

Directions:
Subway: L to Graham Ave stop - walk down Graham towards BQE, turn right on Richardson St., turn left on Monitor St., convent is located on left after school

Bus: B43 to Graham Ave and Richardson St.

Ofri Cnaani
Jenny Vogel
Chatter Blip
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3/15/10

Images: ECSTATIC

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1/29/10

For Immediate Release:

The Round Robin Collective presents:
ECSTATIC

March 13 – April 4, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, March 12, 7-9 pm

The former convent of St. Cecilia’s Parish
21 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY

Hours: Sat 12-10 pm, Sun-Mon 12-6 pm (or by appointment)
with additional hours for special events
(details at: roundrobinbrooklyn.blogspot.com)



The Round Robin Collective is pleased to announce ECSTATIC, an exhibition and series of events to be held in the former convent of St. Cecilia’s Parish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

For four weeks, The Round Robin Collective - along with a group of invited artists - will populate the four-story maze of private rooms, living spaces, stairwells, and alcoves previously occupied by nuns. Taking varied approaches to the installation of their separate rooms, individual artists and collaborative teams will present recent works or will respond directly to the building, imbued with its unique history and sacrosanct aura. While some of the participating artists’ work deals directly with notions of ecstasy, the title of the show does not allude to an overt theme in the work presented; rather, it refers to the process of making and encountering art and the results produced from inspired relationships. Like the mental transport or rapture that can exist in the contemplation of the divine, the experience of creating and considering art can trigger moments of ecstasy.


Curated screenings, workshops, and performances will be held weekly in the former chapel of the convent. Events include: opening party music by Donny Hue and the Colors as well as Irvin Morazan’s “Musical Chair Performance,” an homage to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians (3/12); an evening of sound performances with Lary 7, Flying Teeth, and Doom Trumpet (3/13); “Low-Resolution Stories,” live cinema with Jenny Vogel and Ofri Cnaani followed by music with Chatter Blip (3/19); “The Alternative Art Space Movement in NYC,” a panel discussion with Erin Sickler, Herb Tam, Rob de Oude, and EmCee C.M., Master of None moderated by Mary Billyou (3/20); music by Toys n Tiny Instruments followed by “Diamonds in the Sky,” a evening of film/video curated by John Passmore (3/20); “Escape from the Orgone Box: Houdini & Reich on Film,” an evening of film with live soundtracks by Séance presented by Bradley Eros and Marianne Shaneen (3/26); a collective sewing day with Amanda Browder for the construction of the public artwork, “Future Phenomena” (3/27); an empanada and tamale demonstration/potluck event hosted by Gisela Insuaste and Irvin Morazan (3/28); closing the exhibition, a film/video screening curated by Jem Cohen (4/3); additional events to be announced. Details and updates regarding all the events are available on our web site.

The Round Robin Collective is a Brooklyn-based group of artists established in 2008 to forge connections and create a space for dialogue in and out of the studio. Meeting for monthly studio visits, members of the collective work in all media, fostering a dynamic exchange across disciplines and outside the commercial sphere.

For more information or press inquiries, please contact roundrobinbrooklyn@gmail.com or visit: roundrobinbrooklyn.blogspot.com. Opening night sponsored by Great Bar Harry, Brooklyn, (www.bargreatharry.com) and Powder Blue Design and partial sponsorship for events by Dandelion Wine, Brooklyn, (www.dandelionwinenyc.com).
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5/28/09

Directions

Subway: L to Graham Ave stop - walk down Graham towards BQE, turn right on Richardson St., turn left on Monitor St., convent is located on left after school

Bus: B43 to Graham Ave and Richardson St.

click 'Directions' above for link to google map
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1/29/09

Events Information

Opening reception with music by Donny Hue and the Colors as well as
"Musical Chair Performance," Irvin Morazan's homage to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music
Friday, March 12, 7-9 pm

Sound art performances by Lary 7, Flying Teeth, and Doom Trumpet & The Magic Feelings
Saturday, March 13, 7-10 pm
(wine will be served starting at 6 pm)

"Low-Resolution Stories," live cinema with Jenny Vogel and Ofri Cnaani followed by music from Chatter Blip
Friday, March 19, 7-9 pm
$8
(wine will be served starting at 6 pm)

"Escape from the Orgone Box: Houdini & Reich on Film," presented by Bradley Eros and Marianne Shaneen with music by Seance.
Friday, March 26, 7-10 pm
$8
(wine will be served starting at 6 pm)

"The Alternative Art Space Movement in New York City," a panel discussion with Erin Sickler, Herb Tam, Rob de Oude, and Emcee C.M., Master of None moderated by Mary Billyou
Saturday, March 20, 4-6 pm

Music by Toys n Tiny Instruments followed by "Diamonds in the Sky," film and video screening curated by John Passmore
Saturday, March 20, music: 6-7 pm, screening: 7-10 pm
(wine will be served starting at 6 pm)

A collective sewing day for the construction of "Future Phenomena," a public art piece with Amanda Browder (in association with the North Brooklyn Art Coalition)
Saturday, March 27, 1-4 pm

An empanda and tamale demonstration/potluck event hosted by Gisela Insuaste and Irvin Morazan
Sunday, March 28, 1-4 pm

Closing event: Film Screening curated by Jem Cohen
Saturday, April 3, 7-10 pm
$5
(wine will be served starting at 6 pm)

All fees are suggested donations and all other events are free!

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Jamie Kim

Jamie Kim received her BFA from San Jose State University and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. She is trained in large-scale painting and assisted with mural restoration projects with the Chicago Public Art Group. She uses those enlargement techniques and skills in her current body of work. She has exhibited in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seoul, and Hong Kong, and her first solo exhibition was on display at the Long Island Children's Museum. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

http://jamiekim.org/

Stephanie Rothenberg

Stephanie Rothenberg’s interdisciplinary practice merges performance, installation and networked media to create provocative interactions that question the boundaries and social constructs of manufactured desires. Her recent work investigates new models of online labor and the virtualization of the global workplace, referencing post-colonial as well as DIY historical precedents.


Stephanie has lectured and exhibited at venues including the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Banff New Media Institute in Alberta, Canada, LABoral Art and Industrial Creation Center in Gijon, Spain, Trampoline Radiator Festival New Technology Art in Nottingham, England and ISEA 2004 and 2009 at the Kiasma Theater in Helsinki, Finland and Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast, Ireland. In 2009 she received a Creative Capital grant and has recently participated in artist residencies at Eyebeam and Harvestworks in New York City. She is Associate Professor of Visual Studies at University at Buffalo.
www.pan-o-matic.com

Nicole Francis

 
hudsonfranklin.com

Mary Billyou

Mary Billyou's films and videos have shown throughout North America, Europe, and in China. Her work revolves around the perceptual and philosophical matrices of "the face," the scientific gaze, and feminism. Screenings include: Images Festival, Sundance International Film Festival, Black Maria Film Festival, Squeaky Wheel, MadCat International Film Festival, and the Chicago Underground Film Festival. Her interests include collaborative practices, ordering systems, and going for long walks with the dog. In 2010, she received a filmmaking grant from The Jerome Foundation.
www.marybillyou.com

Martin Esteves

 

www.martinesteves.com
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