The main intention of The Triangle Project is to create relationships, collaborations, interaction, exchange, awareness and new perspectives between creatures all over the universe. However most of the time between Copenhagen, Istanbul and New York.
The Designer behind the poster is Romeo Vidner from the Copenhagen based Graphic Design Agency Re-public, who is also the person on the poster.
It was won in the Swedish competition "Kolla på Affischen" that translates to "Check out the Poster".
The poster will be shown at the Bucky Dome at the Architect Museum, The Modern Museum Garden, at the Gothenburg Book Fair and at the FORM/DESIGN Center of Malmo. In connection to the exhibition, a book will be produced, including stories about the History of the Poster, the production and its creative expression.
Romeo in the original photo used for the poster, without text.
The poster at Copenhagen's Charlottenborg Exhibition Center, in connection with the event held there in 2008 when the Turkish Crew from the project was in town.
The Copenhagen Photo Festival had a visit by some of The Triangle Project's New York crew. The above painting by Anton Perich of Andrea Langdon was supposed to have been shown in Copenhagen along with several of Anton's other wonderful paintings:
The above of Misha Sedwick, that is of course also a Hollywood Superstar and one of Anton's muses and can be found i films such as "The New Girl" on his own film site Anton Perich Films, where films with Kristina Korsholm also can be found.
The above is Anton Perich with his painting machine and painted portrait of Warren Fischer, who is one part of Fischer Spooner. Music Anton also listens to on high volume when he paints. Actually music is a very important part of Anton's painting process, often listening to for example his son Tristan Perich's work but can also be found listening to Danish Maya Albana.
The above painting of Croatian inventor Nikola Tesla (who has a book written about him where the theory was that he was from Mars) was planned to have hung at the Tesla Show Room in Copenhagen.
Instead photos of Tesla's shot in connection to The CO2 E - Race Project was shown in a slide-show on a large monitor, that also could be seen through the large windows by nigh crawlers on their way home down Bredgade close to the Queens Castle. It was decided to show something NEW from Anton, that had never been shown before and something rather unexpected and mysterious.
The above was the E - flyer and facebook invite for the exhibition that was hosted in the former Carsberg Beer Breweries in a space called "The Castle" with huge round golden mosaics spots on the face of the building.
The Danish daily newspaper Information had a very nice article about the work, where their editor Jens Christoffersen wrote (google translated from Danish) "Inthisseries of picturesAnton hasputhismouseAndrea ina dark roomupstairswithgiantphotodeveloperliquidsmearedon thefloorwithasponge.Thenheelucidatesthe paper withaflashlightaroundthe naked body.Afterthe image isproduced, he hastakenthe processednuoneslipthroughto showthe image againandthenprint thebillallegingthatAndreais the size ofabarbiedoll." While the Photograms was shown in Copenhagen, most of the above paintings was instead shown in Bushwick (Brooklyn) at a new underground space called Microscope Gallery, with great reviews and a screening of Anton's Muhammed Ali documentary as part of the exhibtion, at around the same time as the Copenhagen show was up. A special issue of NIGHT Magazine was also released in this connection and for the first time in many years, Neke Carson was NOT included with his usual column called TIPS.
Neke Carson was however also shown in Copenhagen at the galley called DAMP run by a group of Copenhagen artists called AveVu, mentioned in a previous post. The above E invite (where it says "Above photograph from Debbie Harry's closet"), was for the exhibition that opened on Neke's birthday with a good party in collaboration with the next door artist run space. Check out the below video:
It was a lovely evening, lovely people, lovely performances and since the gallery was given many cases of Golden Beer of the strong kind, everyone had a large smile and a good time. As you can see in the above video, there was also a video installation in the basement with Neke playing freestyle self tought piano with his now classic "Inglorious Basterds Jazz Suite".
The above photos is done in John Waters closet. The text for the exhibition on the festivals website explains: "Neke Carson is one of the most important conceptual artists in America, that is still
ahead of his time, even if the series shown at the Copenhagen Photo Festival is
Just Right in time. Neke has said: “I always thought you had to be as far ahead as possible, but if you’re too far ahead, like Buckminster Fuller or Thelonious Monk, (continued below)
...it takes too long for people to catch up. You really need to be three years ahead and two years behind. Then you’ll be right on time.” Neke Carson’s “Portraits for the Closet” series was show in New York for the first time in 2009 and includes colorful, somewhat naughty and lush closet portraits of some of his friends, such as Debbie Harry, John Waters and Billy Name"
In the above photo from Billy Name's closet. After the exhibition was taken down, it was stored in the basement. The very same basement that was flooded during the heaviest rainstorm Copenhagen has seen in most mens memory. Now the damaged prints are called "The Copenhagen Edition" and has a whole new value to them along with a patina of Copenhagen history.
The above E flyer was for the exhibition "Mente du Person!" (Did you Mean Person) that was held at APART, a undercover secret gallery in loft on top of Hotel King Arthur. It was curated by Thomas Andersen and Tim Jørgensen, consisting of Copenhagen based artists using photography as a media in their work. In it, Yrs Truly showed work from 1999 (below), as a direct response to the title of the exhibition, relating to the response one sometimes gets from Google when you type in something it does not understand. And thinks you mean something else, when you don't.
It was nice to see that old image again, hanging on a wall in Copenhagen.
Another part of the Copenhagen Photo Festival was the "Vesterbro Street Exibition" that was organized by The Copenhagen Photo Cafe called Foto Cafeen and is on a corner of Vesterbrogade and Vesterbro Torg, a stone throw from the Red Light District of Copenhagen. Here the longest exhibition in Copenhagen was initiated and orchestrated on all the storefront windows of Vesterbrogade and the former shopping centre called Tove where a wide array of photos selected by a curator team in collaboration with Tony from Foto Cafeen. One of the artists and photographers exhibiting in this project was another Triangle artist named Torben Dalhof. A painter, poet, teacher with a degree in Computer Science that has recently release his 4th poetry collection called "Pilgrim". The above photo installation still life was created during a yoga fasting period in the beginning of 2011. These are the visions and work he created in this connection.
According to Torben Dalhof, his images are: "Tribute to Bacchus, which show different ways of living and thinking in the modern world of today. We all have to show each others respect and love. One world many people and life is hard".
The above is of his son Rune.
The above was the window installation at Foto Cafeen in 2010 when Victor Bockris had an exhibition there and Ali and Andy looked out over Vesterbro Torg for quite some time.
Plans for the The Triangle Project's involvement in 2012 Copenhagen Photo Festival includes bringing Istanbul photographers to the city. Through the Triangle Project connections have been made to several New School photographers, whole also exhibited in Part 4 of the project in Karsi Sanat.
In connection to The Triangle Project Part 10, Baris K was the DJ at Mini Muzik Hol on September 21st.
His set was amazing and plans are being made to bring him to Copenhagen soon!
AUTOTOPIA: Cars for a Better Tomorrow
April 8 - 30, 2011 Special Reception and CO2-Friendly Car Showcase on Sat., April 23 / 12-6pm
In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Exit Art is pleased to announce a celebration of CO2-friendly cars through an exhibition that documents its erratic history and an CO2-friendly car showcase. AUTOTOPIA: CARS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics), focuses on the history of the electric car in connection with political and environmental factors that have revolutionized the methods and technologies of transit.
The first electric car (above), made over 100 years ago, was invented soon after the combustion engine vehicle (the kind of engines we use today) was developed as a new way of powering automobiles. Today, electric cars must be seen as serious alternatives to the gasoline powered-vehicles that are depleting fossil fuel supplies, polluting the environment, and exacerbating our dependence on foreign oil. Cars are now being designed to enhance our lives – through the integration of digital communication systems – and improve our future, by providing a solution to our energy crisis. Wireless Internet allows vehicles to connect and share data on traffic patterns, intelligently coordinating movements and keeping drivers connected to social networks. The reinvention of the automobile, and the infrastructures that make it possible, will not be easy – but it will be essential.
The "E" tag over Manhattan
The "E" tag magically also turned into the Twin Towers when isolated. It was from them the initial energy into the project came from, in trying to find an answer to why they were brought down.
This exhibition coincides with Earth Day, and is organized concurrently with the CO2 E-Race, the culminating event of New York City’s Earth Day celebration. Initiated in 2008, the CO2 E-Race (A Race for Climate Awareness) increases public awareness of global climate changes using CO2-friendly cars as a way to spread the message. The New York E-Race is a parade of CO2-friendly cars through the streets of Manhattan; connected to GPS devices, their route can be tracked online and on the Toshiba jumbo screen in Times Square. The “E” shape formed by the parade draws attention to Earth Day and CO2-friendly cars as the future of transportation, encouraging the public to “erase” climate change.
Organized by Herb Tam, Associate Curator, and Lauren Rosati, Assistant Curator.
ELECTRIC CAR SHOWCASE - ONE DAY ONLY!
Saturday, April 23, 2011 / 12-6pm
Following the CO2 E- Race, Exit Art will exhibit several participating CO2-friendly cars in a showcase format. Tesla Motors will be showing an electric, zero-emissions Orange Roadster, which gets 245 miles per charge and goes from 0 to 60mph in 3.7 seconds. A converted Electric DeLorean (above) will also be on view, along with a Biofueled (E85) driven Ford Fusion FFV from the Danish company Novozymes.
SEA is a diverse multimedia exhibition program that addresses social and environmental concerns. It assembles artists, activists, scientists and scholars through presentations of visual art, performances, panels and lecture series that communicate international activities concerning environmental and social activism. It provides a vehicle through which the public can be made aware of socially- and environmentally-engaged work, and a forum for collaboration among artists, scientists, activists, scholars and the public. SEA functions as an initiative where individuals can join together in dialogue about issues that affect our daily lives. Conceived by Exit Art Co-Founder / Artistic Director Papo Colo.
Once again a new artist run art space opens up in Copenhagen. Basically it is the same people who ran the 2012 space in the Meat Packing District. One of them being Johan Ebbesen (who also previously ran Gallery Ebbesen on Amager), that in the 2012 space together with Thomas Andersen produced huge amounts of works there. Many of those ways of expression has been carried on into Mr. Ebbesen's solo show at DAMP. The man behind Dansk Luft & Apart, HC Smed, is also involved with this spot.
Next show will be "Trancendens Dilettante" by Suzette Gemzøe and Thomas Seest, opening 25th o
The info about the show can be found in the above image with Mr. Ebbesen, but also below in Danish:
FERNISERING
Frode Bob
Fredag den 4 feb., kl 16.00 åbner DAMP.
DAMP er et kunstnerdrevet uds...tillingsrum/galleri.
DAMP åbner med en udstilling af Johan Ebbesen : "I´m not a generation".
Med afsæt i de tre forfattere ; Georg Trakl, Robert Walser, Fernando
Pessoa`s liv og værk, forholder Johan Ebbesen sig igennem tegninger og
malerier til generationsbegrebet.
Since this post was written back in 2011, DAMP Gallery has closed and now APART is the gallery where things are going down. In above video you can see Lil & Soma play cello's as part of an APART closing event. More about what is going on at APART, go HERE
The 12th İstanbul Biennial, organised by the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts and sponsored by Koç Holding, is set for 17 September-13 November 2011, under the curatorship of Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann.
Adriano Pedrosa is the founding director of Programa Independente da Escola São Paulo (PIESP) and Jens Hoffmann, director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco.
The press meeting of the 12th İstanbul Biennial was held on October 20, 2010, in Pera Palas Hotel, İstanbul. The co-curators, Mr. Adriano Pedrosa and Mr. Jens Hoffmann, together with the director, Mrs. Bige Orer, discussed the process of making the İstanbul Biennial. Their conversation addressed crucial questions related to the many biennials currently being realized around the globe, the current state of the İstanbul Biennial, the "Remembering İstanbul" conference, the educational program of the biennial, and the title they have chosen for the 12th edition. Pedrosa and Hoffmann explained their curatorial approach, which attempts to negotiate two seemingly opposing perspectives in contemporary art: art that is concerned purely with aesthetic and formal matters, and art that overtly addresses political and social subjects.
The title of the 12th İstanbul Biennial is "Untitled (12th İstanbul Biennial), 2011".
The title and the visual identity refer to the work of the Cuban American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Gonzalez-Torres is undoubtedly one of the most important artists of the last 25 years, and his work has been featured in numerous international group and solo shows (including the 5th International İstanbul Biennial in 1997, curated by Rosa Martinez). His minimalist, conceptual, formally innovative works-such as the date pieces, the jigsaw puzzles, the paper stacks, the candy spills, the light-bulb strings, the linguistic portraits, and the photographs-are all about aesthetic form, yet they are also about open-ended content, and they frequently address explicitly political subjects. While Gonzalez-Torres's work will not be displayed in the 12th İstanbul Biennial, his presence will be evoked in numerous subtle ways. "Untitled (12th İstanbul Biennial), 2011" references his particular conventions for titling his work; it also calls attention to a level of communication where language and representation, including names, places, dates, and titles, operate in more abstract and poetic ways. Through his works, Gonzalez-Torres demonstrated that the most successful political moves are ones that do not appear to be political, and that the personal is political and the political is personal.
In the fall season of 2004, The exhibition called Max's Kansas City - Art Imitating Life, Imitating Art curated by Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen in collaboration with Yvonne Sewall Ruskin was shown at The Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, housed in the 13th Century Churh called Nikolaj in the center of Copenhagen. It was one of the first exchanges between Copenhagen and New York, as part of what later became The Triangle Project. The concept and shape of the Triangle had a large part in the design of the catalog that was designed in collaboration with Emilie Hasløv. The very fact that Dan Flavin's sculpture in the Red Back Room creates one large Triangle and two within itself is of course also of great inspiration. The above collage was created by Danish Graphic Designer Sten Jauer for Copenhagen's free newspaper called Citadel. Most of the images are taken by Anton Perich.
The Banana is the new cross! Anton Perich's lightbox of Warhol to the left and a print of Mich Jagger by Warhol to the right. The original Banana hanging above Warhol's head is one of the ones he made in connection to designing the LP cover for Velvet Underground and Nico and a photo by Billy Name also documented the moments when they were made
The Tiger Morse Golden Dress from behind, with a print of Candy Darling by Richard Bernstein to the left and Andy Warhol taking a polaroid of Anton Perich, who took the picture of him. And the Banana as the new cross.
A Bald Silver Model wearing a golden dress by Tiger Morse with a silkscreen print on the front, in the background the Back Room insatallation behind the black curtain. An image of Tiger Morse with her back huge glasses on the right side of the entrance.
The stairs up to the main part of the exhibition, with red bulbs in the old church's light crown.
The Malcolm Morley painting of Mickey Ruskin and his split up family at a messy breakfast table
Leee Black Childer's "Who is Who of Max's" installation with images and his brilliant text
The re-creation of the Back Room with an original Dan Flavin Red Neon Triangle Sculpture with video's by Anton Perich and Ira Schnider. The sound from the video was connected to a speaker where a mirror was glued to the membrane on top of the room. Onto this this mirror, a laser was shot from high up in the tower of the church and down throughout the exhibition with several mirrors, finally hitting the mirror when the music that was playing in a loop ("All Tomorrows Parties" most of the time) made the membrane move, making the green beam of light bounce up into the vaulted ceiling, where in the center there was a fish fresco sculpture that danced with the vibrating laser. It was a little hello! to Billy Name who is also a fish. The laser installation was inspired by Frosty Myers laser installation that he made at Max's, that shot out of his studio window, down through Park Avenue South and finally hitting a mirror that was glued to the speaker membrane of the Juke Box inside.
The "Girl Eating a Banana Dress" was made as a tribute to the "Max's Kansas City exibition" by Ann Charlotte Vengsgaard and as a part of a fashion-line-up and interactive catwalk performance. Anton Perich's print was on the front of the dress and he signed it "live" on the back of the model Sabine, as a part of a happening produced on the "Copenhagen Night of Culture". The same Night that Frosty Myers installed his Pyramid Light Sculpture over the Nikolaj Church and Maya Albana performed music from her album "God Bless Education".
Betsy Johnson T - Shirt installation in the glass box and Debbie Harry (who also worked as a waitress at Max's) in her first band The Stilettos hanging above by Bob Gruen
The Frosty Myers Search Light Pyramid Sculpture over the Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, housed in the 13th Century Nikolaj Church. The Sculpture installation was specially designed for the Copenhagen City Night of Culture held each fall.
The above invitation for the 40th Anniversary event in 2005 held at the Hit Factory Studios that also houses Gibson Guitar Show Rooms. The project was also a fundraiser for Max's Kansas City Project, with an auction with art work by artists connected to Max's. The invite was designed by the Turkish artist and DJ Cansu Aybar, who is part of the Istanbul Art Collective KOP ART. She was also later part of The Triangle Project as DJ Bang in both Istanbul and Copenhagen.
The image above of actress and model Misha Sedgwick (also Anton Perich's muse) from the Max's Kansas City Punk Event in 2006. Photography by Kristian Holm and Enok in Studio 7 at the Gibson Baldwin Show Room in the Hit Factory Studios.
