Category: Art History

Volume 39

10/6/2018

Video Collage impressions of a trip to Berlin - Art & History

The Guest Expulsed - Hans Arp

Their rubber hammer strikes the sea
Down the black general so brave.
With silkeen braid they deck him out
As fifth wheel on the coming grave.

All Striped in yellow with the tides
They decorate his firmament.
The epaulettes they then construct
Of June July and wet cement.

With many lines the portrait group
They lift on to the Dadadado;
They nail their SB seizures up;
Who numbers the compartments? They do.

They dye themselves with blu-bag then
And go as rivers from the land,
With candied fruit along the stream,
An Oriflamme in every hand.

Tribute to Hans Arp & Tristan Tzara
Video Collage
Music bt ArtotemArt
Lyrics by Hans Arp

Tristan Tzara' Dada Poetry How To

Geospatial Poem - ArtotemArt

Visualize the Changing visualizations,
49
Feasting on geospatial cents,
53
Sowing real with new connections,
48
Remarkable.

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The Wunderkammer - Art & Science

2/10/2018

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Wunderkammer - Showcasing Digital Media

Satellite Information

Anniversary of Brown vs. The Board of Education

Design

Height 6 Feet

The Wunderkammer is built of oak and mirrors the design of the actual German made Arts and Crafts clock that inspired it’s creation. It’s design presents the viewer with the material enveloped in a case that gives a sense of a protected shelter and a sense of greater importance just as the original clock provided. In order to preserve it’s orginal nature a series of multimedia digital clocks are included within the presentations that can be experienced by the viewer with a the press of a button.

Controls - Button Panel

A button panel allows the viewer to select different works that are available as well as interact in unusual ways with the material contained in the kiosk. Having written the software to control the experience as well as display and generate the visuals and sound it has given me an opportunity to experiment with ways to present digital information in a way that is not typical and stretches the idea of materials from a distant time. Some of the digital elements work in a straightforward fashion and others are designed to include random elements that are not predictable.

The Wunderkammer and a few of my works at Verde Gallery.

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World War I and then came DADA!

2/4/2018

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"A Collective Artistic Cry against War and Nationalism"

"Dada declared war against war."

Explosions
Video Collage by ArtotemArt
Music by Artotems Co.

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The Neo-DaDa Clock

1/31/2018

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Clock by ArtotemArt

A statement about the modern world's fixation with time.

Video

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.Jean Cocteau

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Dada Centennial & The Day of the Dead - Exhibit

1/25/2018

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Photo by Cecil Touchon

In November 2016, we teamed up with the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction to celebrate the one hundred year anniversary of Dada and the coming Day of the Dead, November 2.

We met the owners of the museum, Cecil Touchon and Rosalia Touchon in October, when we realized our shared interest in Dadaism, collage and Day of the Dead. As I had co-owned a gallery in the past, and done a show specifically pertaining to the celebration of Day of the Dead I was excited to participate in yet another one. We then collectively came up with the idea of the exhibit to merge the celebrations into one experience, hence an artistic meaningful mash up. A celebration and honoring of an art movement that had put aside the norms of art’s past and a celebration and honoring of those who came before us.

Santa Fe being what it is, with it’s Hispanic/Spanish history and a city mostly known for its artistic nature was the perfect location for the exhibit. We named the exhibit Dada Centennial / Day of the Dead.

With just a little over a month to put the exhibit together we all intensely focused on the planning. Thanks to Cecil’s connections around the world the submissions to the show poured in. By the time the exhibit opened we had over two hundred submissions. Mari and I developed and sent out the invitations through every means possible. Cecil and Rosalia expertly hung the show and the opening day arrived. We were ready.

Bang! The event was a huge success. The combination of the two concepts melded together perfectly. Many of the audience were artistically dressed for Day of the Dead. As the night went on and closing time neared, people simply didn’t want to stop. Mari and I ended up with a house full of extraordinary visitors until the wee hours of the night.

Two Works

"ach"Homage to Kurt Schwitters
by Art Tucker

Merz Collage
by Anders Thomasson

The Altar to Kurt Schwitters
Note - Artomen is on the left.

The Book - Created by Cecil Touchon

Collage and assemblage artists from all over the world sent works for the exciting exhibition. The exhibition was held Nov. 4, 2016 through January 31, 2017 at the archives of the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction. Also included in the catalog are a variety of original texts by dada artists as well as two new essays by Drager Meurtant and John Andrew Dixon. to edit.

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Cabaret Voltaire - DADA

1/4/2018

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We had a primary mission in visiting Zurich, Switzerland, to visit the Cabaret Voltaire.

Founded in 1916 by Hugo Ball, Cabaret Voltaire was literally the birthplace of Dada, the art movement, or more accurately, the anti-art movement that turned into a crucial statement and artistic outcry predicated on a protest against the horrors of World War II. The world was stunned at the carnage of the war and the Dadaists responded.

"”The war is founded on a glaring mistake, men have been confused with machines."
Hugo Ball

Other founding members were, Tristan Tzara, Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Janco, Sophie Tauber, and Hans Arp.

Dada was art, performance, politics, poetry, happenings, and so much more. Its impact is still being seen in the art world and Neo Dadaism is alive and well.

Cabaret Voltaire is still there and still pushing the boundaries of art, music and performance.

On a September night Mari (also an art lover) and I sat drinking beer listening to music that fit perfectly with the atmosphere in this important landmark of art. The crowd was a mixture of older and younger people. All appeared to know just how important the place they were in was. For me it was a visit that checked off an important life-list activity. Being a part-time artist who occasionally creates Dada related work, this visit was truly thrilling. The history enveloped us and it glowed in a magical way. Dada!

The exhibit at the time we were there was by Mexican artist, Carlos Amorales, a multidisciplinary artist who studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam.

Learn more about Dada
List of Dadaists - Go Here

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