Parting Shot
And the NYC Photographer Most Likely to Be Present at a Modern Day, Nude-ish, Ritualistic Sacrifice is… (Photo: Tod Seelie/Suckapants)
Nautical art crew Swimming Cities is closing in on their goal to sail the Ganges River in India this April, so come to the closing reception tomorrow at Gallery 151 for serenades, storytelling, performance and afterpartying. Pick up the latest vagina-esque couture, art and Tod Seelie prints at the Silent Auction. It will make your voyeurism come April even sweeter. Feb 26, 7pm-1am, Gallery 151, NYC.
So, why were 0100101110101101.ORG, Tod Seelie and crew scrambling mysteriously in the Chernobyl-poisoned, restricted dead Zone of Pripyat? After a few video clues, Plan C is now revealed: to scavenge and haul away parts, assemble a radioactive carnival ride and plop it in Manchester park for people to ride. Yes, really. Read more »
Last month, six artists on a Tarkovsky kick explored the Zone with a yet mysterious motive. See the photos from Plan C by Tod Seelie of Eva and Franco Mattes of 0100101110101101.org crawling around the radioactive remains of Chernobyl. Gas mask mountains, a sprouted post-Apocalypse and gorgeous peeling rot await.
Come see the world premiere of Todd Chandler’s Flood Tide tomorrow at L.I.C.’s Socrates Sculpture Park as it kicks off its free summer outside cinema series. With a live score by Dark Dark Dark, the film will take you on a semi-fictional adventure on an armada of trash rafts down Hudson River with artists and musicians. Read more »
If you got dough to blow on local arts, head to Brooklyn’s 99% Gallery this Friday for the silent auction Brooklyn Stand Up and score work from Brooklyn-based artists, ranging all the way down from dickchicken and up to Tod Seelie and on. Read more »
‘Punk Beasts’ Float ‘Swimming Cities’ Show
Over the summer, Swoon’s Swimming Cities of Serenissima successfully crashed the Venice Biennale in what art critic Jerry Saltz calls “the most moving moment I had.” Hosted by Anonymous Gallery, a retrospective of this hand built boating expedition takes places at Collective Hardware tonight. Named after the Italian villagers bestowed on the project, “Pankabestia: Punk Beasts of the Swimming Cities of Serenissima” will feature massive wall drawings, trash barge installations, flotsam from the Adriatic Sea and other crew art. See more of Tod Seelie’s photos from the Mediterranean trip below. Read more »
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