4.20.2009

Doom for the day

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"

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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-





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Studio session - drawings



PYRAMIDER (Sean Penn as Daulton Lee, 1985; Ebay, 2009)
Acrylic paint, glitter, pen on paper, 20 x 15"
2009

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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.

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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"

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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:







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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).

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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

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2.22.2009

LAFMS 24 hour Telethon Revisited

LAFMS "Telethon Revisited" event hosted by Joe Potts at OTIS, Feb. 22, 2009.






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Sand & Sky Rituals at Art Swap Meet

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11.05.2008

Art Swap Meet at HDTS!

Sand and Sky Rituals


Join me in an afternoon of soundscaping with

Albert Ortega
Ron Russell
Steve Kim
and hopefully maybe
Helga Fassonaki & Andrew Scott


We will have photographs, prints, drawings, cds and tapes available for purchase or exchange

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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

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10.16.2008

Interrobang?! #5 Party at Ooga Boga!



Come on down for a fun filled evening of performance and good times!

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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.

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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.

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8.10.2008

#35 BoaDrum


Ms. Electric Blue came through as always for the 88 BoaDrum 080808 infinite drum spiral event hosted by the Boredoms at the MAGICAL La Brea Tar Pits.

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88 BoaDrum

A nice, high quality video of the 88BoaDrum spiral infinite at the Tar Pits. Video recorded by Daniel K. Moody. Thanks, Daniel!




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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.

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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!

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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.

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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

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

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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"

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3.08.2007

Spaceship Earth


Spaceship Earth, 2007 C-print 14x11"

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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."

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6.12.2006

Trio One: Joe Potts, Francis Stark, Gabie Strong



angels gate 8.16.98 dusk: artists + trios pulled from a hat.

Featuring Joseph Hammer, Michael Intriere, Lynn Johnston, Joe Potts, Marina Rosenfeld,Jim Shaw, Francis Stark,
Gabie Strong, Paul Tzanetopoulos, Kira Vollman, Tom Watson and Mike Watt

August 16, 1998


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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


3.01.2006

Dine with an Astronaut













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.




11.23.2005

Andromeda Strain

11.06.2005

Mirror displacement, courtesy sandia lab technicians

We've got the power, Nancy!



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