A big thanks to Andy Adams for running a Flak Photo feature this week showcasing some of the works included in the soon to be released second issue of Lay Flat.
Today the image is my photograph Lanscape Missing a Byte, 2009 and you can see it in person if you are in NYC over a Jen Bekman Gallery for the Hey Hot Shot Second Edition 2009 group exhibit which opens this Friday 6-8pm.
© jessica eaton
I expected to leave South America with the pinholes pictures a complete series. The pictures had other ideas. In my head there is something so clear that is going to happen in this process but even without having got there yet I think there is something in the efforts. Some of them at least. 33 is my favorite so far.
It is hard to show these online as one of the ideas is that they are large enough prints so that they just look like abstract splotches up close, but resolve as you move away. Like grain magnified and of course, like pointillist paintings but with light. So I guess get up and take a walk away from your computer to view screen?
I am thrilled to announce I will be participating in the group show 31 Women in Art Photography. A big thanks to curators Charlotte and Jon as well as the Humble Arts Foundation. Details as follows:
31 Women in Art Photography
An Exhibition Curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein
Press Preview: Thursday, March 4, 12 – 6 p.m.; R.S.V.P. kate{at}hafny.org
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 6, 6 – 9 p.m.
After Party: Saturday, March 6, 9 p.m. – midnight
R.S.V.P required for opening reception and after party:rsvp{at}affirmationarts.com
Exhibition on view: Saturday, March 6 – Saturday, April 10, 2010
Location
Affirmation Arts Foundation
523 W. 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
(212) 925.0092
affirmationarts.com
Gallery hours: Mon – Thurs, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Directions: A/C/E to 34th Street and 8th Avenue
January 18, 2010 – In March 2010, in honor of Women’s History Month, Humble Arts Foundation in association with Affirmation Arts will present its second edition of 31 Women in Art Photography, a five-week exhibition celebrating 31 of the most innovative women in new art photography. The exhibition, curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein, will present an eclectic mix of new talent, culled from open submissions. 31 opens at Affirmation Arts in New York City on Saturday, March 6 during The Armory Show 2010.
The exhibition includes photographs by Erica Allen, Amelia Bauer, Claire Beckett, Gilda Davidian, Jessica Eaton, Naomi Harris, Carmen von Kende, Anna Krachey, Yvonne Lacet, Erika Larsen, Jessica Mallios, Alison Malone, S. Billie Mandle, Paula McCartney, Rachelle Mozman, Yamini Nayar, Sarah Palmer, Kristine Potter, Heather Rasmussen, Justine Reyes, Lisa Robinson, Irina Rosovsky, Sasha Rudensky, Victoria Sambunaris, Robin Schwartz, Emily Shur, Brea Souders, Rachel Sussman, Kirsten Kay Thoen, Carson Fisk Vittori, and Ann Woo.
The Curators
British curator Charlotte Cotton recently became the creative director for the National Media Museum in Bradford, England and will be heading up the planned expansion of the museum in London. Previously Cotton was the curator and head of the Wallis Annenberg Department of photography at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, head of programming at the Photographer’s Gallery, London photography curator for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for several years and is the founding editor of Words Without Pictures. Jon Feinstein is the co-founder and curatorial director of Humble Arts Foundation; he has organized numerous exhibitions throughout New York including the recent exhibition “Trying Them On” at Hendershot Gallery.
Founded in 2005 by amani olu and Jon Feinstein, Humble Arts Foundation is committed to promoting the work of new photo-based artists. The New York-based nonprofit serves the international art community by way of exhibition and publishing opportunities, limited-edition print sales, twice–annual artists grants, and various special projects.
The Affirmation Arts Foundation supports professionalism in the arts through exhibitions, programming and education.
Press Contact
For more information and images contact Kate Greenberg at (917) 375–4333 or kate{at}hafny.org.
I just found out that Lay Flat is now taking pre-orders for 02: Meta! If you are interested in owning one of these please consider doing this, you will both help out with the production cost and insure that you get a copy as it is a limited edition.
Pre-order HERE!
A few more really exciting names have been added to the roster for Lay Flat 02: Meta, so here are the full details.
Lay Flat 02: Meta
102 pages, perfect bound?7.75 x 10 in. / 19.7 x 25.4 cm.
ISSN 1948-2876?ISBN 978-0-9842973-1-3
Edition of 2,000
Edited by Shane Lavalette and Michael Bühler-Rose.
Lay Flat 02: Meta brings together the works of contemporary photographers whose images are conceptually engaged with the history, process and conventions of the medium itself. Photographs by Claudia Angelmaier, Semâ Bekirovic, Charles Benton, Walead Beshty, Lucas Blalock, Talia Chetrit, Anne Collier, Natalie Czech, Jessica Eaton, Roe Ethridge, Stephen Gill, Daniel Gordon, David Haxton, Matt Keegan, Elad Lassry, Katja Mater, Laurel Nakadate, Lisa Oppenheim, Torbjørn Rødland, Noel Rodo-Vankeulen, Joachim Schmid, Penelope Umbrico, Useful Photography, Charlie White, Ann Woo and Mark Wyse are accompanied by the textual contributions of Adam Bell (Co-editor, The Education of a Photographer), Lesley A. Martin (Publisher/Editor, Aperture Foundation), Alex Klein (Editor, Words Without Pictures), artists Noel Rodo-Vankeulen and Arthur Ou, as well as an interview with James Welling by Lyle Rexer (Author, The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography).
Another interview has gone online, this time a Q&A for Hey, Hot Shot.
The fourth issue of 01 Magazine came out last night, and it is the photo issue! Amongst all kinds of wonders in this issue you will find myself interviewed by the talented Maryanne Casasanta.
Jen Bekman Projects congratulates the 2009 Second Edition Hot Shots!
After the careful consideration of our panelists, we’re happy to announce our selections for 2009’s Second Edition of the Hey, Hot Shot! competition:
Marisa Aragona
Leah Tepper Byrne
Alejandro Cartagena
Jessica Eaton
Justin James King
These five outstanding photographers will each be awarded a $500 honorarium and participate in a group show at Jen Bekman Gallery. The 2009 Second Edition Hey, Hot Shot! opening reception and exhibition will be in March 2010.
The show marks just the beginning of new opportunities for these photographers. They are now under consideration for Ne Plus Ultra status, along with the five Hot Shots selected in the 2009 First Edition competition. Ultras join ranks with other JBG-represented artists, including 2008 Ultras Hosang Park and Collen Plumb. We’re looking forward to many collaborations with these photographers at the gallery and on 20×200.
Selecting just five artists from an amazing array of contenders couldn’t have been done without Jen Bekman and the dedication of our brilliant panelists: Christine Collins, Dana Faconti, Caterina Fake, Stephen Frailey, Raul Gutierrez, Darius Himes, Jenni Holder, Whitney Johnson, Julia Leach, Nion McEvoy, Lesley A. Martin, Kent Rogowski and Stefan Ruiz.
I received an email this week from Laurence Vecten who authors the photography blog LOZ. I had never seen the blog before and am very happy to have found out about it. The simple and nearly image only photography blog from Paris is well worth checking out, lots of great photography there and quite a lot of work I was not familiar with. Also, a big thanks for today’s post of some of my photographs.
While you are there also check out Lozen Up. Artists works publications that has just launched the first photography effort, One Hundred Flowers by Louis Porter.
Hola!
Greetings from Buenos Aires. Which if you haven’t been is like Paris if it got picked up in a tornado and roughed up a bit then plunked down somewhere with palm trees and Spanish speaking people who were all encouraged to write or draw something on the walls. Or a plant or anything really. Nothing escapes graffiti here unless it is fenced off and/or locked up.
If I slow down significantly over the next few months in photography posts it is because I am on sabbatical, or a self directed artist residency if you will. Part of my self directed residency involves much less time spent online. Much less. As much as I love the wealth of photography and writing I absorb in the average day via the internet, all of that information and other photographs can also be paralyzing. So no more tumblr, no more daily blog reading, in fact - I am only checking email once every 2 or 3 days! This, combined with summer weather and an ideal cost of living is allowing me to make lengthy attempts at photographs that will for the most part not work out.
I considered a blog about my stay here and the work I am doing but in the end felt it might be best to hold off on sharing until a few things fully resolve. For those of you curious about what I might be trying to resolve, stay tuned for news of an upcoming solo exhibition in Montreal 2010.
And for those of you curious: I have a sunburn, have ate nearly an entire cow and am drinking brilliant bottles of vino tinto that cost less than potato chips. I haven’t seen a name brand store or franchise (with the exception of the odd McDonalds, obviously) since I arrived. All coffee is espresso and perfect and comes with side water and cookies. Life is good.
For those of you in Toronto, I will be at Cinecycle tonight trying to figure this out! Hope to see you there.
The great American writer, Lawrence Weschler (who was on the staff of The New Yorker for 20 years and is considered by many one of the best narrative non-fiction writers working) is being brought to town by Sheila Heti and Margaux Williamson’s production company, THE PRODUCTION FRONT, for an evening in which we, along with Weschler and some great local artists and journalists, will try and figure out a better way of thinking about art in our time than along the increasingly confusing spectrum (or line) of fiction/non-fiction. In other words: We need a new line! This event will be incredibly athletic, like all good game shows.
Most of the tickets will be available for advance purchase from Soundscapes for $10, starting the morning of November 20th. There will also be some tickets available at the door, on sale one hour before the show.
Participants on stage and around the stage that night will include:
Douglas Bell
Amy Bowles
Shary Boyle
Ulysses Castellanos
Jon Davies
Jessica Eaton
Kelly Jenkins
Amy Lam
Jon McCurley
Darren O’Donnell
Christine Pountney
Nadja Sayej
Hosted by Misha Glouberman
Thursday, December 3, 2009
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Cinecycle
behind 129 Spadina Ave
Toronto, ON