Doom for the day
posted by Gabie Strong at Monday, April 20, 2009
4.20.2009
4.18.2009
Battery
Gabie Strong
Battery (BCN-127, Whites Point, California, 1942), 2008
C-print mounted to Dibond, framed
30" x 40"
Gabie Strong
"What Makes a Man Start Fires?" (BCN-127, Whites Point, California, 1942), 2008
Light Jet photograph mounted to Dibond, framed 48" x 60"
Labels: architecture, photography
posted by Gabie Strong at Saturday, April 18, 2009
4.17.2009
Studio session - collage
Gabie Strong
Untitled (La Jolla, El Segundo, Los Angeles), 2009
Digital photographic collage printed on archival ink jet paper, 14 x 11" each
These photographic prints are digital collages appropriated from 80s era WYLE, Inc. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) advertisements. I created these prints by scanning the originals from various National Defense magazines, and erased or painted out all but relative ad copy linking SDI with Southern California. Part of an ongoing series.
Detail views-
Labels: collage, drawing, photography
posted by Gabie Strong at Friday, April 17, 2009
3.18.2009
"My War" installation views
Left to right:
What Makes a Man Start Fires? (BCN-127, 1942, San Pedro, CA), 2008
Light Jet photograph, 48x 60"
Politics of Time (Minutemen, 1982,1984,1981, SST, San Pedro CA)
2008
3 Light Jet photographs, 30x 30" ea.
Datum
2008
Sixteen Light Jet photographs, 15 x 18" each.
Labels: exhibition, installation, photography
posted by Gabie Strong at Wednesday, March 18, 2009
3.17.2009
After Watergate, Vietnam and the abandonment of other principles
Gabie Strong
After Watergate, Vietnam and the abandonment of other principles (Christopher John Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee, 1974-1977, Palos Verdes, and Redondo Beach, CA), 2008
Six C-prints, framed
Overall dimensions 43" x 22", each 11"x 14"
Labels: photography
posted by Gabie Strong at Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Military Balance
Gabie Strong
Datum, 2008
16 Light Jet photographs, 15x 18" ea.
Installation view
The project My War (after the 1983 Black Flag record of the same name) is an attempt to reveal the uncanny structure of the naturalization of war in Southern California. By photographing archives, landscapes of military ruins, and in turn poetic, activist, and radical responses to this latent militarism in the Los Angeles region, this work forms a geographic and indexical trace of imperialism rooted in the banality of the everyday. The central focus within My War is the conceptual photographic piece Datum, a series of sixteen photographs of bound periodicals located in the UC Irvine, Langson Public Library. These photographs literally depict colorful, burlap bound journals and magazines of US defense industry data reports, counterintelligence statistical manuals, military oversight committee white papers, outsider watchdog group pamphlets, and armed forces handbooks. The sequence of dates represented in Datum span from the early 70s to the present, signifying a time line of war during eras of supposed peace and conflict. Presented in a linear sequence organized by form, color, and a poetic play with language, these books render a surprising sequential narrative of war throughout the artist's lifetime. The explicit titles of the books coupled with sequential time signatures suggest that a larger system is in effect, vis-a-vis Paul Virilio's theory of "Pure War"--the continuous and systematic act of war, not only engaging in actual violence but also through organized logistical efforts to control economies, architecture, cities, and the technology we use in our everyday lives.
Details of select photographs in the series:
Labels: exhibition, installation, photography
posted by ---- at Tuesday, March 17, 2009
3.06.2009
Politics of Time
Gabie Strong
Politics of Time (Minutemen, 1981, 1984, 1982, SST, San Pedro, CA), 2008
Three light jet photographs, 30 x 30" each
This is a triptych of three photographs depicting protest records from the 80s punk band the Minutemen. The photographs are scaled much larger than the actual objects, emphasizing the appropriation of album artwork and lyrics of each record sleeve. The records in the photographs are from left to right: What Makes a Man Start Fires? (1982), The Politics of Time (1984), and The Punchline (1981).
Labels: exhibition, installation, photography
posted by ---- at Friday, March 06, 2009
3.05.2009
My War (Black Flag, Hermosa Beach, CA 1983)
Gabie Strong
My War (Black Flag, Hermosa Beach, CA 1983), 2008
Light Jet photograph, 30 x 30", framed
Labels: photography
posted by ---- at Thursday, March 05, 2009
2.22.2009
LAFMS 24 hour Telethon Revisited
LAFMS "Telethon Revisited" event hosted by Joe Potts at OTIS, Feb. 22, 2009.
Labels: experimental sound, noise, wtf
posted by ---- at Sunday, February 22, 2009
11.05.2008
10.31.2008
2008 Torrance Juried Art Exhibition
NOVEMBER 15 - DECEMBER 13, 2008
Reception: Saturday, November 15, 7 to 10 p.m.
Awards Presentation: 8 p.m.
Torrance Art Museum
3320 Civic Center Drive Torrance, CA 90503
www.torranceartmuseum.com
310-618-6340
Labels: exhibition
posted by ---- at Friday, October 31, 2008
10.16.2008
9.23.2008
SoundShoppe at the Eagle Rock Music Festival!
Members of SASSAS and invited guests will be peforming at the Eagle Rock Music Festival OCT. 4//9:00 - 10:30pm//Church of Christ//5080 Maywood.
Labels: experimental sound, noise, wtf
posted by ---- at Tuesday, September 23, 2008
8.12.2008
PSR 001 LIVE on KXLU
Pulled from the archives! Listen to this mp3 (37 Mb!) recording of a 41 minute, live on-air performance we did on Mitch Brown's KXLU radio show back in 1999.
Track features Ron Russell, David Patton, and Gabie Strong. Ron is on guitar, David is manning the DAT playback, and I'm on effects.
posted by ---- at Tuesday, August 12, 2008
8.10.2008
8.04.2008
Lament
I have a new sound piece posted to the CalArts Viral.net "Lament Project."
Listen to my one minute sound piece, "Untitled."
"Untitled" was performed using a Flower Electronics Little Boy Blue analog synth and its evil little sister, the BPNG.
Listen to my one minute sound piece, "Untitled."
"Untitled" was performed using a Flower Electronics Little Boy Blue analog synth and its evil little sister, the BPNG.
posted by ---- at Monday, August 04, 2008
7.14.2008
Pushback feature
Artist and writer Diana Jou posted a nice feature about my work "Datum" (pictured) on her Pushback.org blog. Diana was the 2007 Humanity In Action American Fellow, author and editor for Jaded magazine, and a great photographer in her own right. Thanks, Diana!
Labels: press
posted by ---- at Monday, July 14, 2008
7.01.2008
Summer shows
I have two record photographs in the Summer Guest Show at Acuna-Hansen Gallery in Chinatown. The show runs from June 28-July 26.
My photograph of Whites Point in San Pedro is also featured in a photo exhibition at The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, which runs from July 13-Sept. 28.
Labels: art show, photography
posted by ---- at Tuesday, July 01, 2008
6.16.2008
Wreckers Records Redeemers at LAXArt
June 28 - July 10
Design by Paul Wysocan
The exhibition runs from Saturday, June 28 to Thursday, July 10. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, June 28 from 6-8 pm. LAXART is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11am-6pm.
A full color catalog designed by Paul Wysocan, with an essay by Juli Carson, is available at the gallery.
LAXART is located at 2640 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034
Download the catalog for the exhibition
WRR_catalog.pdf
Design by Paul Wysocan
The exhibition runs from Saturday, June 28 to Thursday, July 10. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, June 28 from 6-8 pm. LAXART is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11am-6pm.
A full color catalog designed by Paul Wysocan, with an essay by Juli Carson, is available at the gallery.
LAXART is located at 2640 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034
Download the catalog for the exhibition
posted by ---- at Monday, June 16, 2008
7.07.2007
Time Writers from the Mirror Horizon
David Patton Los Angeles
July 7-August 4 2007
5006 1/2 York Blvd.
Highland Park
Los Angeles, California 90042
Jeremy Yoder, Ill Caller, 2006
In this group show curated by Gabie Strong, the artists selected will be using the gallery David Patton Los Angeles, located at 5006 1/2 York Blvd., as a starship for explorations of time and space. Some might consider the word "landscape" as a proper painterly term to describe some of the work presented in this show, as an analogy for the curious rub between past, present, and future; others will just say, far out!
Artists in the exhibition have invented myths of the near future, depicted the collapse of human time within the force of geologic time, and resurrected histories past. Come pause for speculation whilst viewing collage, painting, drawing, and sculpture! Listen to real-time sound performance, as temporal investigations of virtual lands through systems interference! Enter the worm hole to explore futures near and far!
Download the curatorial essay or look at the checklist of images from the exhibition
Featuring work by
Andy Alexander
Kent Familton
Wendy Heldmann
Kathleen Johnson
Alice Koenitz
Tracy Nakayama
Gina Osterloh
Sean Sullivan
Kristine Thompson
Jeremy Yoder
Two special nights of sound performance
The opening reception with 07/07/07 with Sharon Cheslow and Steven Kim
August 4th with yek koo (Helga Fassonaki), and Tom Watson (Slovenly, Overpass, Red Krayola, New Energy) with artist Kent Familton
Images from the performances
Steve Kim and Sharon Cheslow
Tom Watson and Kent Familton
Helga Fassonaki
Thank you to Jason Heath and The Escarpment for supplying all our PA needs!
See a short Quicktime Movie of Helga's performance
July 7-August 4 2007
5006 1/2 York Blvd.
Highland Park
Los Angeles, California 90042
Jeremy Yoder, Ill Caller, 2006
In this group show curated by Gabie Strong, the artists selected will be using the gallery David Patton Los Angeles, located at 5006 1/2 York Blvd., as a starship for explorations of time and space. Some might consider the word "landscape" as a proper painterly term to describe some of the work presented in this show, as an analogy for the curious rub between past, present, and future; others will just say, far out!Artists in the exhibition have invented myths of the near future, depicted the collapse of human time within the force of geologic time, and resurrected histories past. Come pause for speculation whilst viewing collage, painting, drawing, and sculpture! Listen to real-time sound performance, as temporal investigations of virtual lands through systems interference! Enter the worm hole to explore futures near and far!
Download the curatorial essay or look at the checklist of images from the exhibition
Featuring work by
Andy Alexander
Kent Familton
Wendy Heldmann
Kathleen Johnson
Alice Koenitz
Tracy Nakayama
Gina Osterloh
Sean Sullivan
Kristine Thompson
Jeremy Yoder
Two special nights of sound performance
The opening reception with 07/07/07 with Sharon Cheslow and Steven Kim
August 4th with yek koo (Helga Fassonaki), and Tom Watson (Slovenly, Overpass, Red Krayola, New Energy) with artist Kent Familton
Images from the performances
Steve Kim and Sharon Cheslow
Tom Watson and Kent Familton
Helga Fassonaki
Thank you to Jason Heath and The Escarpment for supplying all our PA needs!
See a short Quicktime Movie of Helga's performance
posted by Gabie Strong at Saturday, July 07, 2007
3.20.2007
Space Rituals: STS-116
STS:116, 2007 C-print mounted to acrylic, 20x24"
Bacon, eggs, sausage, a biscuit (breakfast with an astronaut), 2007
C-print mounted to acrylic, 20x24"
Fossil of the Future, 2007 C-print mounted to acrylic, 20x24"
Flesh & Geometry, 2007 C-print mounted to acrylic, 20x24"
Space Rituals, 2007 C-print mounted to acrylic, 20x24"
Labels: photography
posted by Gabie Strong at Tuesday, March 20, 2007
3.08.2007
2.22.2007
White (Golden Knights)
White I, 2007, 20x20" C-print
White II, 2007, 20x20" C-print
White III, 2007, 20x20" C-print
This series of images is of the US Army Golden Knights Parachutists skydiving in formation. This is the Army's version of entertainment in a post 9/11 world.
From the Golden Knights website, "The Golden Knights not only perform at air shows, compete on an international level and perform high profile tandems they also visit high schools and work with local recruiters showing young adults what type of opportunities the Army has for them."
Labels: photography
posted by Gabie Strong at Thursday, February 22, 2007
6.12.2006
space, climate, light, mood
Video documentation of space, climate, light, mood, a one evening only performance at the Schindler House, in collaboration with visual artist Cindy Bernard as part of her solo exhibition entitlted, Location Proposal #2.
Live improvisational music by Gabie Strong, David Patton and Ron Russell, with live remixing by Joe Potts and Joseph Hammer.
February 16, 2000
posted by Gabie Strong at Monday, June 12, 2006
3.01.2006
11.29.2005
Vision Machines
Architectural prisms set at human scale. Set in the landscape as a field condition, users can interact with the prisms like a voyeur in cinema.
Click on the images to expand the view.
posted by Gabie Strong at Tuesday, November 29, 2005
11.23.2005
11.06.2005
Mirror displacement, courtesy sandia lab technicians
posted by Gabie Strong at Sunday, November 06, 2005