RANDY @ MoMA PS1 SUNDAY SESSION PHOTOS!
April 13th, 2013
Photos from the March 24th Sunday Session hosted by Randy Zine are now on view at RANDYZINE.COM !!
Pictured: Colin Self. Photo by Charles Roussel
Geert Goiris @ The Nest
April 11th, 2013
This Friday the 5th of April sees the opening of Lying Awake, an exhibition by Geert Goiris. This exhibition is hosted by the Goethe-Institut Nairobi in cooperation with the NEST.
Exhibition Dates: 6th April to 3rd May 2013, Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm, Saturday 10 am to 12 pm. Free entrance.
Geert Goiris, born 1971 in Bornem, Belgium, teaches at the Royal Academy of Arts in Antwerp. He studied photography at the Sint-Lukas Higher Institute for Visual Arts in Brussels and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts as well as the Higher Institute for Fine Arts in Antwerp. His work has been exhibited all over the world, such as Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kunstforum Basel, Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and Nouveau Musée National de Monaco.
According to Eva Wittocx, his photographs reflect on the fundamental tension between perception and reality. In his work, time and space disappear in the interplay of form, abstraction, light and depth. The images of architectural spaces and intriguing landscapes with traces of human presence are often very alienating. In his recent work figures have started appearing, suggesting open narratives with threatening undertones.
The exhibition Lying Awake shows Goiris’ images as projections at the art organisation The NEST.
Becca Albee @ The Photographic Universe II today!!!
April 11th, 2013 
Capricious contributor Becca Albee is among the participants of the conference today, April 11th. She will be participating in the discussion “Round Table on Photography Education” at 5:30 PM-7:00 PM.
Click here to see full schedule for today’s events.
The Photographic Universe II brings together a range of leading practitioners, scientists, theoreticians, historians, and philosophers to consider and reflect on current discussions in photography at a pivotal moment in its history. The unique format of the conference will consist of one-on-one conversations between two individuals from disparate professional and research backgrounds. The conference will conclude with a roundtable focusing on photographic education.
Dates: April 10-11, 2013
Location: Theresa Lang Student and Community Center, 55 West 13th Street, NYC
Capricious + Högkvarteret: THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW IT FLOWS
April 9th, 2013
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW IT FLOWS
Performances and readings by Sara Stridsberg, Shora Esmailian, Hägerstens Botaniska Trädgård and Ester Martin Bergsmark
A curatorial collaboration between Sophie Mörner and Hanna Wilde, presented by Capricious and Högkvarteret.
20 april, 2013
19-23
Platform, Färgkontoret, Lövholmsgränd 12, Stockholm, Sweden
Free
We are born out of water, we cry water, we excrete water. Water offers neither a beginning nor end, it plays with our perception, it avoids being consistent. Yet today, we face environmental crisis; the arctic is melting, the oceans are emptied of fish, and water wars are forming. Water move us in many different directions, and we want to allow it to move us forward.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW IT FLOWS is an evening presenting different aesthetic, political and social perspectives on water. In 2012, New York-based photography magazine Capricious, released a Water-themed 13th issue, in which fifty-five international photography artists contributed. Sophie Mörner also invited Högkvarterets Hanna Wilde to curate a section of text, in which nine artists, writers and activists participated. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW IT FLOWS uses this collaboration as a starting point, hosting performances that will give body and space to text and photography.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW IT FLOWS presents with the support of Stockholm stads kulturförvaltning. Photo by Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, graphic design by Hanna Wilde.
Click through for program details!
Capricious @ ZONA MACO
April 9th, 2013
Capricious #11 — Being Fashion will be presented in the Zona Maco Collective Publications booth, beginning April 10th through the 14th.
Zona Maco Mexico Contemporary Art, the art fair in Mexico, 2013, in its tenth year, consolidated as the window to the most important contemporary art in Latin America. The show maintains the presence of exhibitors, collectors and gallery owners from around the world, generating a significant presence in the international contemporary art.
Zona Maco 2013 Visitors offer its distribution of five sections: main, new proposals, Zona Maco Sur, design and modern art, the latter section is added for the first time to show projects by artists of the first half of the twentieth century, especially those contributions relevant as background within a genealogy of contemporary art.
Each section is comprised of a carefully curated by recognized experts in their field.
From 10 to 14 April 2013, we expect to exceed our number of attendees from more than 35,000 people, including art collectors, artists, curators and others interested in the arts gathered at Centro Banamex in Mexico City.
For more information, visit zonamaco.com
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
April 2nd, 2013
Capricious #13 contributors Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs have realized a new book, Light of Other Days. The Swiss duo Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs (1979) are viewed by many as one of the most promising teams in contemporary photography. Since 2003 the pair have worked together on a variety of projects on the cutting edge of photography, sculpture and installation art. Their work provides intelligent and often ironic commentary on the history of photography, the nature of photos, how cameras operate and the role of the photographer. Few subjects remain untouched in their complex yet highly accessible work where reality collides with fiction and humour converges with seriousness.
The Light of Other Days works comprise both spatial and two-dimensional work. The principal ingredients are dozens of photos created by placing a sheet of a photosensitive paper directly in front of a camera. The light then falls on the paper instead of a negative and an instant image is created. Manipulation would seem to be impossible – the image gives an accurate reproduction of the subject. But fact and fiction are seldom unambiguous with Onorato & Krebs. With references to camera obscuras and photograms, they create their own complete universe in which object and representation clash with each other.
Book launch will take a place on Sunday, 04/07/2013 from 5 p.m. at RaebervonStenglin, Zurich.
Photographer of the Week #43
March 30th, 2013This week we feature the work of Portland based photographer Sarah Meadows!
Having received a B.F.A in Photography from Pacific Northwest College of Art, Meadows shows her work throughout the Northwest, and has also shown in the U.K., Japan, and Spain. Meadows most recent exhibition, entitled The News and the Weather, will be on show through April 1st at the Corner Gallery in Portland, Ore. You can can find more of her photography and projects on her website and through Urban Honking.
Photographer of the Week #42
March 22nd, 2013For this week’s photographer, we look no further than the Capricious intern desk where Alex Thebez recently held post. Thebez is an Indonesian photographer currently based in New York. Graduated from the Vancouver Film School’s Film Production program in 2008 and Foundation of Visual Arts in 2007, Alex’s passion for storytelling drives him to portray narratives and imagery through various mediums. Alex is particularly interested in the mundane and everyday. Alexander has recently graduated with BFA in Photography from the Parsons New School of Design, New York. Alex also makes GIFs with the GIFRIENDS collective.
Today we feature work from the series and soon-to-be-book, “When We are Together”. Of the series Alex says “[this] is a documentation of my contrasting personal relationships: my family in Singapore and my recent partner in New York City. The images in the series attempt to juxtapose a sense of disconnect and intimacy. Having lived alone since I was 14 years old, I spent the majority of my teen and adult life on my own. I had been in a relationship with Jesse not long after I moved to New York City in 2009. Coming from a rather conservative Christian Indonesian-Chinese family, homosexuality is not the desired preference. Awkward and uncomfortable, the images from the two facets of my life grapple together to create an intimate narrative. This project is a means to reconcile my detachment from my family with an intimate detail of my personal life that they have yet to discover.
RANDY ZINE @ MoMA PS1, Mar 24
March 19th, 2013
MoMA PS1 Sunday Sessions presents
An afternoon of performances hosted by RANDY ZINE
Sunday, March 24, 2013
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
3–6 PM · VW Dome
Randy Zine, an international queer arts publication, presents STOP CALLING ME NAMES, an afternoon of readings, video, sound and performances. As an exploratory platform for artists, writers, curators and dreamers, Randy houses the conversations we care about. The event features a dance performance by Niv Acosta, dramatic readings by Jess Arndt, animation by Meriem Bennani and live performances by Colin Self and boychild.
Agnes Thor show @ Snug Harbor in Staten Island
March 15th, 2013
This is the last weekend when you can see exhibition La Mort La Vie at Newhouse Center for Contemporary art at Snug Harbor in Staten Island.
Agnes Thor has created La Mort La Vie, French for life and death, a series of photographs that capture symbolic representations of eternal life and loss or decay. Thor’s still-life photos includes a skull, expired Lily flowers, an hour glass or extinguished candles that metaphorically remind viewers of their mortality. Her work has been exhibited at Smack Mellon, The Emporium Gallery and Sweden’s Hasselblad Center among other spaces.
Newhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Building C, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY.
Building C, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY.
Public hours:
January 13-March 31, 2013
Wednesday – Sunday 12pm-5pm
Admission $5
