we-are-familia http://www.we-are-familia.com 50 CONTRIBUTORS. 25 KEEPSAKE BOXES. ASSEMBLED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:45:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 WE-ARE-FAMILIA’S GENOGRAM http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:46:45 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=251 Currently and throughout 2011, WE-ARE-FAMILIA plans to host a succession of exhibitions and free cultural events in otherwise unoccupied raw spaces within Brooklyn, Queens, and Miami— Beginning Tuesday, August 24, 2010 with help from Long Island City’s boutique real estate agency Modern Spaces, WE-ARE-FAMILIA takes up residency in a newly constructed building located at Ten63 Jackson Avenue. In this exhibition, WE-ARE-FAMILIA will unveil its newest Keepsake Boxes and present works by the group’s individual artists, all of who have drawn acclaim in their own right and individual careers. With over 24 artists featured, this will be the largest WE-ARE-FAMILIA exhibition to date. The exhibition will be split between a street level storefront open to the public and a penthouse apartment open by appointment only.

The show, entitled GENOGRAM, is a telling display of artwork that is diverse in its forms of expression (from photography to video to painting) yet finds common ground and tendencies. It is a study of family and families in all of their many forms, exploring circles of people, ideas, and traditions, and, drawing contributions from a majority of We-Are-Familia’s members, maps a family tree of the collective itself.  Featured artists include: Amy Ruppel, Anton Lopez, Chad Phillips, Chris Yormick, David Trumpf, Eliana Perez, Fabian Bedolla, Hisham Bharoocha, Jacob Williams, Jeff Lewis, Jesse Brown, Jennifer Garcia, Leah Ellis, Marc McAndrews, Mike Skinner, Peter Kienzle / Superette, Randy Lott, Nille Svensson/Sweden Graphics, Thundercut, Tobias Zarius, Tine Lundsfryd, Yoh Nagao and Brandon Downing of the Flarf Collective.

OPENING
Ten63 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, New York 11101
Tuesday, August 24 from 7 to 10 PM
with performance by SOFT CIRCLE.

GALLERY HOURS
Weekdays from 4 to 9 PM.
Saturdays from 4 to 11 PM with DJ CEROCK.
Sundays from 4 to 8 PM.
Closed Mondays.

CLOSING (RSVP ONLY)
Sunday, September 5th, Sunset to 11PM
Private exhibition in Penthouse A with DJ CEROCK.
$20.00 suggested donation at the door.
Limited space available.
rsvp art (at) we-are-familia.com

Above images by: Yoh Nagao and Hisham Bharoocha.

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 JACOB WILLIAMS CLOSING PARTY http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:22:54 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=244 Please join us for the closing of a solo exhibition featuring sculpture and collage by Jacob Williams. Williams, who has exhibited with Deitch Projects and the former Diesel Denim Gallery lives and works in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Using traditional figures, iconic imagery, anime and cartoon characters; his work reflects and celebrates the strangeness and extremes of the human spirit.

Friday The 13TH August 2010 7 to 10 PM
We-Are-Familia POP UP! Gallery and Event Space
539 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, New York

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 CUT + PASTE WRITING WORKSHOP http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:24:15 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=199 You are invited to We-Are-Familia’s writing workshop hosted by Randy Antonia Lott and Nikki Burst. Photocopies of miscellaneous text are cut into small word groups and literally pasted down to form a chaotic and random basis for experimental short stories. The technique can be traced to the surrealists in the 1920s, but was popularized by writer William S. Burroughs in the late 1950s. It has since been used in a wide variety of contexts– Collage, which was popularized roughly contemporaneously with the Surrealist movement, sometimes incorporated texts such as newspapers or brochures. In the 1970s, David Bowie used cut-ups to create some of his lyrics… and since the 1990s, Jeff Noon has used a similar remixing technique in his writing based on practices prevalent in Dub music.

Cut + Paste Writing Workshop
Thursday, July 29th 6 to 9pm
We-Are-Familia POP-UP! Gallery and Event Space
539 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY
rsvp: art at we-are-familia dot com

cute and paste by randy lott

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 ELECTRIC WINDOWS 2010 http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:16:10 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=191 This Saturday, July 31st, Open Space Gallery presents Electric Windows 2010. Thirty artists including We-Are-Familia members Thundercut and Chris Yormick will converge in Beacon, New York to create live artwork and have their work installed on the exterior of a 19th century factory building and 2 additional Installation sites. The day also includes live music acts, food vendors, dancing by M*POWER ELITE TEAM, and live screen printing by Buxtonia. Other participating artists include: Big Foot, Buxtonia, BoogieRez, Cern, Chor Boogie, Chris Stain, Depo, Elbow Toe, Elia Gurna, Ellis G, Erik Otto, Eugene Good, Faust, Gaia, Joe Iurato, Kid Zoom, Mr Kiji, Logan Hicks, Lotem & Aviv, Michael De Feo, Paper Monster, Peat Wollaeger, Rick Price, Ron English, Ryan Bubnis, Ryan Williams, and Skewville.

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 FLARF TONIGHT! http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:01:18 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=184 Flarf is an international avant-garde poetry movement of the late 20th century / early 21st century whose 30+ practitioners explore “the inappropriate” in all of its guises. Their method is to mine the Internet with odd search terms then distill the results into often hilarious and sometimes disturbing poems, plays, and other texts. Recently profiled on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, the Flarf Collective create hilarious, shocking, and sometimes downright offensive works. Tonight, host and Flarfista Sharon Mesmer will introduce some of the collective’s New York members: Shanna Compton (Down Spooky), Katie Degentesh (The Anger Scale), Nada Gordon (Folly), Gary Sullivan (PPL In A Depot), Brandon Downing (Dark Brandon), and Drew Gardner (Petroleum Hat).

Reading:
Thursday, July 22, 2010 6 to 8 PM
We-Are-Familia POP-UP! Gallery and Event Space
539 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, New York

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 WE-ARE-FAMILIA PRESENTS JACOB WILLIAMS http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:14:09 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=180 jacob williams collage

Growing up in a rural environment, isolated from urban and popular culture, Jacob Williams began creating at a young age, making toys and games for himself out of the materials around him. Now, inspired by his youth, traditional and popular cultures, iconic imagery, and his chaotic journeys abroad, Williams’ work reflects the emotional and physical extremes of the human experience. Traditional figures, familiar cartoon and anime characters collide in his collages, creating vibrant worlds teeming with colors and images, always appearing on the verge of chaos or violence, juxtaposing the beautiful and the unnerving, joy and pain. “Ghosts, devils, monsters and lunatics often populate my paintings,” says Williams. “I would say these are somehow facets of the human personality in extreme. I see my characters like people with their masks off, revealing human psychology with latent desires and hidden intentions made bare.” His equally vibrant and energetic sculptures, whether a message in neon wire or a flaming sword, reflect the themes of entrapment and desire, as well as
the confrontation between life and death, as they reach out and command their space. Join us in Jacob Williams’ celebration of the exuberance and strangeness of the human spirit.

Opening
Thursday, July 15th 6 to 9PM
WE-ARE-FAMILIA
POP-UP! Gallery and Event Space
539 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, New York
On view every weekend 1pm to 6pm until August 15.
art at we-are-familia dot com

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 MIKE SKINNER FOR PS1 http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:43:01 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=153 Here is the cheeky instructional video companion to We-Are-Familia contributor Mike Skinner’s installation at PS1/MoMA in conjunction with his Arup team and So-Il, winner of the Young Architects program this year. It is amazing what they accomplished by turning fiberglass poles into interactive instruments. Please head out to PS1 this summer and give it a try!

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 TOY MAKING WORKSHOP http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:34:06 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=141 Former Kidrobot Creative Director Chad Phillips shows us how to reuse everyday objects to create fun toys. Bring an empty 2-liter bottle or any plastic drinking bottle with you to customize. Other supplies and ideas will be on hand. Fun for all ages!

TOY MAKING WORKSHOP
at WE-ARE-FAMILIA’s
POP UP! Gallery and Event Space
539 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, New York.
Sunday, July 11th 2010
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Chad Phillips Toy Workshop Invite

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 STRONG SWEET WAVES http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:37:48 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=135 Please join us this Thursday, June 24th from 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM for  “Strong Sweet Waves” (Magic Trick). Sea and love songs by Khine Cho Hline and Nina Mehta of bands First Nation and Rings from Animal Collective’s Paw Tracks label. Video installation by Jonathan Turner. DJ Toy Baron spinning afterwards. Also on display: We-Are-Familia’s ongoing Keepsake Box project and photos by Tobias Zarius.

Thursday, June 24, 2010
8:30pm – 9:00pm
We-Are-Familia Pop-Up!
539 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY
art (at) we-are-familia (dot) com

Strong Sweet Waves Image

Video Still by Jonathan Turner

]]> http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events/feed 0 GRID DRAWINGS + INTERACTIVE SOUND http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events http://www.we-are-familia.com/http:/www.we-are-familia.com/events#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:11:41 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-familia.com/?p=123 You are invited to an opening reception for Jeff Lewis’ grid drawings this Friday, June 11, 2010 from 6 to 8PM, followed by an interactive electronic music performance and DJ set by Mitchell Akiyama from 8 to 10PM. Also on display: Our ongoing Keepsake Box project + photos by Tobias Zarius.

WE-ARE-FAMILIA
POP UP! Gallery and Event Space
539 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, New York

Jeff Lewis Grid Drawing

Grid drawing by Jeff Lewis.

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