My favorite artists are now my friends? We did it ?

At some point I will be featuring them all here.

Born: 1977
Lives / Works : Dusseldorf

http://www.wickeroth.de



"love hate love“ - 2007



"untitled" - 2008



"(0,0,0,100)" - 2008

http://caofei.com
Born: 1978, China
Lives/Works: China



From the series "Un-Cosplayers"



From the series "Cosplayers"



From the series "Cos-Cosplay"

Born: 1964, China

Education: Nanjing University, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing, DAAD fellow at Kunsthochschule Kassel, Professor at CAFA

Lives/Works: Beijing

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/miao_xiaochun.htm

http://www.redmansion.co.uk/images/Miao/1.htm

http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/18225/lang/1









From "The Last Judgement in CyberSpace" 2006


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Discovered: vvork.com
http://kellyjazvac.com
Education: MFA at the University of Victoria in 2006
Lives and works: Toronto






"Upgrade" - 4.5 m x 1.7 m x 1.3 m, 1998 Pontiac Sunfire, printed adhesive vinyl, plastic, Plexiglass, sealant, 2007

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Born: 1965
Died: 2006
Schools: UCLA, CalArts, SFAI
Lived and Worked in California, Europe


"The Grand Machine / THEAREOLA" 2002
As installed in the Whitney Biennial 2008



"Tijuantanjierchandelier" 2006

Discovered: Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night

Born 1969, lives/works New York
http://nariward.net ; (not updated)






"Glory" - oil barrels, ultraviolet and fluorescent lights, computer parts, plexiglass, fan, camera casings, audio element

Discovered: recommendation
Born: 1965
Lives/Works: Brooklyn
Schools: SVA, Colgate 1987

http://inuverse.com





"Basis" 2006, wood, steel, holographic laminate, glass, moss, and paint

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Born: Vancouver? 1980s?

Discovered: On the SoftCitizen website in 2003

I still like this incredibly simple video for CircleSquare.





CIRCLESQUARE - 7 MINUTES, dir. JARON ALBERTIN

Born: 1965 Niigata, Japan
Lives/works: Chiba, Japan

BFA & MFA in painting, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music

http://mizuma-art.co.jp/artist/0010/index_e.php



The Video of a Man Calling Himself Bin Laden Staying in Japan 
Video, 8 min., 2005




Smallest Journey of ONIGIRI-KAMEN (Rice-Ball Mask Man)
Print, 2005



Koe-Chan for TOKYO STYLE 2004, Stockholm

Discovered: imomus, today (July 10th, 2008)

Formed: Tokyo, August 2005
Live/work: Tokyo
Members: Ellie, Ryuta Ushiro, Yasutaka Hayashi, Masataka Okada, Toshinori Mizuno, Motomu Inaoka

http://www.mujin-to.com/chimpomprofileen.html

http://pingmag.jp/2008/01/17/chimpom/

http://www.chimpom.com/

http://yaplog.jp/elliepresent/
(Ellie's blog)





Erigero - 2005




Super☆Rat


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Discovered: PS1, 2006






"WACKER"
Video, 2006, 7 minutes 7 seconds






http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=4c880c504dcfcca2e49fcf7a86e49bc418c9dfa6

Excerpt from "Can't Swallow It, Can't Spit it Out"

Currently on view at the Whitney through April

Born: 1970, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Discovered: via his book, "Home", found in the Decker Library

http://olafbreuning.com

>>

http://web.mac.com/olafbreuning



Skaters, 2001



Double, 2002

MORE PHOTOS:

http://web.mac.com/olafbreuning/photos/Photos.html




VIDEO: HOME 2 (2007)

http://web.mac.com/olafbreuning/Films/home2.html

http://www.takeshimurata.com/

http://www.gallerysora.com/jp/artists/takeshi_murata/

http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2003/12/takeshi_murata.html
^^ interview


Born: 1974, Chicago

BFA: RISD, FVA, 1997

Currently Lives/Works: Los Angeles

Discovered:

First in 2004, when he was featured in AMODA's September digital showcase , right before the November one I was in










Stills from "Monster Movie", 2005
Sound by Plate Tectonics

http://youtube.com/user/mirceacantor

http://www.versionmagazine.com/pages/aboutus.html

Born: 1977, Romania

Currently Lives/works: Romania

Discovered:

Hirshhorn Black box and linkage from James Rouvelle




DEEPARTURE, 2005


A wolf and a deer were extracted from their environments and placed in a gallery for 5 hours
(shot on 16mm film, this is a shortened/edited version)

http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/Sculpture/portfolio.asp?galNameID=257

http://etd.vcu.edu/theses/available/etd-05182007-144841/unrestricted/baldwints_thesis.pdf
^^ his thesis writings

Born: 1983, Arizona

Education: BFA from RISD 2005
MFA in Sculpture from VCU 2007 (or still in progress?)

Currently lives/works: Richmond

Discovered: An art show at the Pepsco Gallery in D.C. back in September
review




Bring Me the Head of Dimebag Darrell Abbott
2006



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Born: 1977 Jiangxi, China

Currently works/lives: Shenzhen

Discovered: RSS-o-SPHERE from the FRIEZE art fair

http://www.vitamincreativespace.com/en/gallery/viewArtist.do?artistId=8








"Constellation"

"You walk into a dark room. When you stand there you will see a greatnumber of flashing lights. As your eyes get accustomed to the darkness,you will become aware that they all come from domestic electrical appliances. They are all either in Pause or Error mode."

In honor of HIGH ZERO this week in Baltimore


Born: 1965

Discovered: Last night at the Floristree



http://www.japanimprov.com/aito/











creator of the Optron, “a fluorescent light tube stuffed with small microphones, played like a guitar and plugged into an amplifier”

In honor of High Zero this week in Baltimore :

Born: London, 1973

Currently lives/works: Japan

Discovered: tonight at the Floristree,

http://fuyuki.org
http://fuyuki.tv/index_e.html



His High Zero blurb:

Fuyuki Yamakawa picks up and amplifies the sound of his heartbeat with an electronic stethoscope. At the same time this triggers the lighting of a series of light bulbs that oscillate simultaneously with the heartbeats, themselves cadenced to the rhythm of his 'Khoomei', a form of popular Tuvan (central asian) overtone singing in which Yamakawa excels, characterised by diplophonia, which is the contemporary emission of two sounds requiring total control of one`s breathing. Through his vocalisation, he controls his heartbeat`s speed and velocity.

No videos, no recordings, you need to see it live, in the flesh. Check his schedule!