Tuesday, December 03, 2013

"Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars" opening at Munch Gallery, NYC this week!


I am excited to announce an exhibition that I am a part of, opening this week in NYC. I am showing new work alongside sculpture by Derrick Cruz and an audio installation by Luke Kranker.

The opening is this Thursday, December 5th, from 7-9 pm and will be up until December 23rd.

Munch Gallery is located at 245 Broome Street, between Orchard and Ludlow.

For more information, please see the Facebook event page here or email info@munchgallery.com.

If you will be around NYC next week, I'd love to see you there!

Saturday, February 23, 2013

DIGITAL 18:05:80 // A Sculptural Tribute to Ian Curtis of Joy Division


My good friend and fellow Occulter collaborator Derrick Cruz's new project: DIGITAL 18:05:80 is entering it's final week of fundraising on Kickstarter.

Some of you may have seen Derrick's previous entry in to this series, Half a Person, a stunning bust of Morrissey. This new project, a sculpture of Joy Division's Ian Curtis in cold-cast porcelain is even more, well, monumental. For those who can't contribute the full amount, there are incredible incentives at lower amounts. I, for one, can't wait to see the final piece.

More in-progress photos and a direct link below:
See more pictures and contribute here.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires 2012

It's been nearly five months since Stella Natura and I'm only just now ready to post about it. I think part of the reason that this post has been so late in coming was the dread of knowing that I would need to verbalize the experience somehow.
There isn't a lot that I can add that others haven't already said better (Stefan Raduta--incredible photographer and all-around good dude--comes to mind). Three days spent in the Sierra Nevadas with friends old and new rejuvenated me in ways that I hadn't realized I needed. It was a surreal, wonderful experience (sleeping in the ferns, getting lost in the woods at 2am, the sounds of an all-night Manowar sing-along drifting from a nearby camp). I was blown away by the music, seeing many of the bands live for the first time, the setting transformative.

Music is the main attraction for people, sure, but there seems to be a more vital undercurrent, something much deeper than the appeal of three nights spent in the woods and seeing amazing performances. It moves something inside of me, the same part of my spirit and intellect that is inspired by DIY punk and hardcore at it's best, some sense of people coming together to actualize something greater. 

I think maybe this attempt to build something foundational is part of what Adam Collins-Torruella and his colleagues and collaborators are trying to create here. It was a weird (and I mean this in the best sense of the word) congregation of people from various traditions and interests, and I think it will be incredible to see what is created in the coming years by the common ground and meeting place that Stella Natura is providing. I can hardly wait until this September.

Ash Borer
Blood Axis
Changes
Fell Voices
Menace Ruine
Hail / Sterling Sisters
Waldteufel
Servile Sect
HELL
Wolvserpent
Many thanks the Ash Borer/Servile Sect peeps for being my home base, to Aluk Todolo for sharing a van, and most especially To Adam and his crew. See you next Mabon.