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Real Cool Time: Andrew Leo Baron
Curated by Evonne M. Davis
with fully illustrated color catalog with accompanying essay by Kara L. Rooney
catalog design by Rebecca Jampol
June 27 - July 25, 2009
Opening Reception June 27, 7 - 10 PM
"...Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, the paintings undermine the long sanctified notion of art as therapeutic, offering in their wake a realization of institutional deception and mal-intent.
Such declarations can be read on multiple levels, not simply pertaining to the art world but to the media, government and innumerable cultural institutions at large. As we as a society grow more and more compliant, content to be force fed with content and intent, we are in danger of entering an ideological vortex, one which once entered is difficult if not impossible to claw our way out of. In this sense, Landscape Narcotic, as well as many other of Baron’s pieces, act as visual equivalents of a call-to-arms."
-from the essay

Deceptive Landscapes
Hector Canonge
New Media Room
in collaboration with City Without Walls for the 2009 Newark New Media Residency
June 27 - July 25, 2009
Opening Reception June 27, 7 - 10 PM
Deceptive Landscapes relates to the genetic manipulation of seeds, the politics of food production, and the effects of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) on the natural landscape of farming. Inspired by recent trends in eco-friendly products, organic produce, and green marketing campaigns, Deceptive Landscapes, mediates an immersive visual discourse through a site-specific installation that integrates the use of text, video, and sonic technologies.
Hector Canonge is a
New Media artist who lives and works in New York City where he studied
literature, film and Integrated Media Arts. His work incorporates the
use of various media and commercial technologies, physical environments,
and cinematic narratives. His exhibition, “18 BEATS,” funded in
part by NYSCA’s regrant program, is a sonic exploration of the various
communities along the #7 Train in Queens, NY.
He recently finished the project “Intersections,” funded by the
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s MCAF program, about food vending
trucks in Washington Heights and Inwood.

New Video Works:
Michael Amter
Project Room
Michael Amter will be showing new video works informed by his long-term international travels, most recently with residency in Japan.
His artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally in a variety of venues including in Coney Island as part of Creative Time’s Dreamland Social Club in 2005. Michael has worked in a variety of media, including experimental video with LCD projections. His work is drawn from personal experiences that are expressed through the code of graphic symbolism, and contain thematic properties from scientific theory. He has experience in film production and has worked with Propaganda Films and NBC Television.
Previous residencies include Paris, France, at the Cite Internationale, in 1994. In 1995 he traveled to the former Soviet Union, by invitation of professor Dimitri Ktatch.
Also on the 27th: Aferro Residency Open Studios
