1984-2001: SCIENCE FICTION

SUNDAY NOV 8, 3:00 PM

SMACK MELLON
92 PLYMOUTH ST,
BROOKLYN, NY 11201

Ad Hoc Vox and Smack Mellon are pleased to invite you to 1984-2001, a panel discussion about science fiction developed in response to the utopic and dystopic elements in Smack Mellon’s current exhibitions. This panel will take place at the gallery on Sunday, November 8th at 3:00 p.m.

George Orwell’s 1984 was written during the Second World War and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 was released in 1968. That these moments of cultural upheaval produced two such extreme visions of the future is hardly a surprise; sometimes referred to as speculative fiction, science fiction is premised on a radical re-imagining of the cultural moment. Whether optimistic or cautionary, any representation of a set of social conditions that differs from the author’s own are bound to that author’s aspirations for the present, making science fiction a genre often read for its political import.

With futures proposed by 1984, 2001, and so many other works of science fiction now set in our past, it is also a genre that has developed into a highly codified language with easily recognized aesthetic forms. Thus, science fiction has a history subject to both scholarly scrutiny and artistic employment, and both forms of engagement can explore science fiction’s relationship to its contemporary environment, speculative possibilities, and the tropes of the genre.

Ad Hoc Vox has gathered together practitioners, critics, and scholars who have studied science fiction’s role in literature, film, and architecture to discuss what possibilities science fiction offers contemporary artists. The panel's participants are Ed Halter, Carrie Hintz, Geoff Manaugh, Brian Francis Slattery, and Deborah Taylor. Matt Borruso will moderate the panel, which will be followed by a Q&A with the audience..

Holy Mountain/ Monkey Island

graphite 36 X 48

In The Orchid Garden

collage, 6 X 6

No Guru, No Master, Just You and I and Nature

graphite, 30 X 22

Spawn of Matthias

graphite, 17 X 13

Latex and Flora

collage, 10 X 9

Burned Up

collage 9 X 11

Ectoplasmic Clouds from the Observatory Head of Early Man

graphite 17 X 15

No Method, No Teacher, Just You and I and Nature

graphite 30 X 22

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

collage 20.5 X 20

I, Daughter of Kong

A group exhibition curated by Lara Allen

Saturday, May 2 to Sunday, May 10, 12 noon–7pm
Artists Reception: Friday, May 8, 6–9pm. Performances: 7:30pm

Adam J. Ansell, Anna Betbeze, Matt Borruso, R. Crumb, Georganne Deen, Per Frykdahl, Amy Hicks, Alexis Karl, George Kuchar, Matthew Lusk, Kyp Malone, Jason Mercier, Cynthia Mitchell, Baker Overstreet, Pablo the Chimp (courtesy of Darby Bannard), Duke Riley, Suzanne Rogaleski, Christine Shields, Anjali Sundaram & Jade Townsend. Soundtrack by Craig Ventresco.

Performances by Lone Wolf (Ryan Sawyer) & Cub (Suzanne Rogaleski), and Lara Allen.

Project Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
(212) 219-9401

For more information:
http://www.lmcc.net/art/swingspace/125projectspace/index.html

Return To Holy Mountain

A solo of drawings and collage at 2nd floor projects.

Edition by Matt Sussman (100, signed)

April 11 - May 17, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 7 - 10PM

[ 2nd floor projects ]
3740 25th street, no.205
san francisco CA 94110
415 824 2644
http://projects2ndfloor.blogspot.com/

sunday 12-5pm, and by appointment

Sketchbook Show

Sketchbook Show
Curated by Luke Butler

April 11-18, 2009
Opening Saturday April 11, 7-10PM

Viewing Hours Saturday April 18, 1-5 PM

Featuring:

Iris Benson, Alexander Bevington, Matt Borruso, James Bradley,
Luke Butler, Regina Clarkinia, Veronica DeJesus, Nick DeMarco,
Larry Gilmour, Colter Jacobsen, Jason Jagel, Amanda Kirkhuff,
Emilie Lemakis, Rebecca Miller, Nathaniel Parsons, Airyka Rockefeller,
Conrad Ruiz, Andrew Tosiello, Justin Waldstein

Orange Alley Projects
Orange Alley between 25th and 26th Streets
San Francisco

Huts for Woodbutchers and Trolls

Architecture and counterculture. A used book sale at Amy Yao's Art Swapmeet, part of High Desert Test Sites and the California Biennial 2008.

Saturday, November 8, 12 - 5PM
Mojave Sands Motel, Joshua Tree, CA

http://usedbookblog2.blogspot.com/
http://www.amysyao.info/artswapmeet.html

The Highlights

An interview with Colleen Asper in the online arts journal The Highlights.

http://thehighlights.org/wp/?p=225

Flat File Sale at 2nd Floor Projects

2nd floor projects will hold a 3-day flat file sale Saturday Aug. 30, Sunday Aug. 31, Monday Sept. 1, 2008 noon–5pm

artists include:

Matt Borruso, Nao Bustamante, Ishan Clemenco, Amanda Eicher, Dale Hoyt, Evan Ellsworth Jourden, Amanda Kirkhuff, Mike Kuchar, Anne McGuire, Gina Osterloh, Wayne Smith, Nina Hubbs Zurier

[ 2nd floor projects ]
3740 25th Street #205
San Francisco CA 94110

http://projects2ndfloor.blogspot.com/
sunday 12–5pm, and by appointment

Grandma (in Brooklyn)

A group exhibition curated by Ann Toebbe

July 31, 2008 - September 7, 2008
Opening Reception: July 31st, 7 - 10PM

Chris Bogia, Matt Borruso, Stacy Fisher, Hein Koh, Jeffrey Ralston, Deb Sokolow, Ann Toebbe

Brooklyn Fire Proof
101 Richardson Street, Top Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Sunday 11 AM—5 PM or by appointment 646-554-4476 or 917-806-1902.

Orange

oil on canvas over panel 52 X 36

Full Spectrum Aura

A solo in the project space at Steven Wolf

February 7 - March 15, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 7, 5:30 - 7:30

Steven Wolf Fine Arts
49 Geary St. Suite #411
San Francisco, CA 94108
stevenwolffinearts.com

Magic

graphite 17 X 13

Phenomena

graphite 17 X 13

Grandma

A group exhibition curated by Ann Toebbe

January 25, 2008 - February 23rd, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, January 25, 6 - 9PM

Libby Black, Chris Bogia, Matt Borruso, Hein Koh, Deb, Sokolow, Ann Toebbe

Aftermodern Gallery
455 Bryant Street
San Francisco CA 94107

Magenta Sunrise

oil on canvas over panel 52 X 36

Turtleneck

oil on canvas over panel 52 X 36

Post Retro

I have some work in a group show opening in Brooklyn on September 14th.

Post Retro
September 14, 2007 - October 28, 2007
Opening: September 14th, 7-10

Ricci Albenda, Lauren Beck, Matt Borruso, Fritz Chesnut, Dana Frankfort, Megha Gupta, Anya Keilar, Mark Kostabi, Sean Landers, Justin Lieberman, Jacques Vidal, Monica Moran, Carter Mull, Nina Servizzi, Peter Saul, and Garth Weiser.

Brooklyn Fire Proof
101 Richardson Street, Top Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Magenta

oil on canvas over panel 52 X 36

NeoIntegrity

I have a painting in a group show opening in New York on July 19th:

NeoIntegrity
curated by Keith Mayerson
July 19th -August 24, 2007
Opening: July 19, 6-8pm

Derek Eller Gallery
615 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001

Green Polyester

oil on treated paper 30 X 22

The Return of Young Man's Fancy

graphite 17 X 13

Purple Suede Lederhosen

oil on canvas over panel 52 X 36

Orchids - Gore

graphite 10 X 8

Double Headed Eagle

graphite 22 X 16

Eyeless

watercolor and gouache 18 X 12

Interspecies Disguise

watercolor and gouache 18 X 12

Enter

watercolor and gouache 24 X 20

RAM

graphite 12 X 18

Motorhead Meteorites

graphite 11 X 9

Found!

oil on canvas over panel 36 X 32

I Want You To Want Me

oil on canvas over panel 36 X 32

The Puzzler

oil on canvas over panel 24 X 24

Heat Death of the Universe

oil on canvas over panel 76 X 60

Apenut

oil on canvas over panel 24 X 24

Troll Triptych

oil on canvas over panel 24 X 72

Basement of the Apes

oil on canvas over panel 24 X 30