If you're in the North Texas vicinity, please go check out my show with Saskia Jorda at And/Or Gallery, opening tonight. Below is the preview from the Dallas Observer:Local visionaries inaugurate their own galleryBy Sam Machkovech
If you have ever found yourself bored with Dallas arts, then you've obviously never seen the work of local musicians and artists Paul Slocum and Lauren Gray. Whether turning ancient computers and videogame systems into musical instruments while performing as the band Tree Wave or helming the print(f) digital arts series, this hometown duo has little trouble turning its fascination with technology and the archaic into compelling, artistic statements about society. Truly, this fascination is far-reaching—so much so that Slocum and Gray have opened their own art space, the And/Or Gallery, 4221 Bryan St., Suite B. Thankfully, the duo knows better than to glorify its own material in the space, instead choosing to spotlight two out-of-town artists for the gallery's debut exhibit. New York's Tom Moody, a former local who was once involved with the MAC, will present bizarre print media creations that look like the DNA of Oompa Loompas, and former Southside on Lamar resident artist Saskia Jorda will have minimalist found-item sculptures on display. In addition, video jockey Jeremy Johnson will be on hand to pump out pixelated software art on the And/Or walls. The gallery opens at 6 p.m. Entry is free. Call 214-824-2442.
Saturdays. Continues through Feb. 28
And/Or Gallery,
4221 Bryan St, Suite B , Dallas
Oompa Loompas--but which version?
Hi Tom, I went to the show tonight, it was a lot of fun, your work looked great and Saskia's work was cool too, plus the desktop VJ was psych, & they had a nice turnout there.
Thanks for the report. I've gotten a few good comments. One friend is mad at me for not showing some big gnarly abstract piece.
well, they seemed gnarly to me.
They were gnarly enough--he means a *huge* wall-filling piece so people could say, "Damn, he blew me away with the sheer scale and my god the time he put into that piece." I'm being sarcastic--I've done my share of work like that but am sick of that being the sine qua non of entry to the art world.
yeah, it was pretty awesome. great turnout and a lot of nice feedback. didn't get the zine until about 7, but otherwise everything went smoothly
btw: Jeremy was VJing with Alexei Shulgin's WIMP software, but Alexei was not there (I wish!) Jeremy did a great job though.
OK, I put the Observer blurb back the way it was. My friend who wanted the big gnarly abstraction admitted he didn't see the TVs with the GIFs on them because there were people standing around them, and that would seem to be a rather important element in judging the show.
He did say the space looks great, very elegant and professional.
Thanks, Paul, for putting up some pictures up on your blog--I'll put a link up on my main page soon. I'm very happy with the way the show looks.
The TVs look perfect for the "internet bootlegs" of the GIFs, and I like the scale of the Guitar Solo vid relative to the TV. Is the sound coming out of the TV speaker, or are there monitors elsewhere?
It was coming through the TV speaker. The tuning of the Guitar Solo music is about 50 cents off from normal tuning which makes it sound out of tune with almost everything. At one point I was trying to make a DJ set where everything was in-tune with it, but it was way too hard.
That's why I'm known in the music business as "50 Cent." Sorry, couldn't resist.
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If you're in the North Texas vicinity, please go check out my show with Saskia Jorda at And/Or Gallery, opening tonight. Below is the preview from the Dallas Observer: Oompa Loompas--but which version?
- tom moody 1-29-2006 12:09 am
Hi Tom, I went to the show tonight, it was a lot of fun, your work looked great and Saskia's work was cool too, plus the desktop VJ was psych, & they had a nice turnout there.
- Thor Johnson 1-29-2006 10:39 am
Thanks for the report. I've gotten a few good comments. One friend is mad at me for not showing some big gnarly abstract piece.
- tom moody 1-30-2006 10:16 am
well, they seemed gnarly to me.
- Thor Johnson 1-30-2006 10:48 pm
They were gnarly enough--he means a *huge* wall-filling piece so people could say, "Damn, he blew me away with the sheer scale and my god the time he put into that piece." I'm being sarcastic--I've done my share of work like that but am sick of that being the sine qua non of entry to the art world.
- tom moody 1-30-2006 10:52 pm
yeah, it was pretty awesome. great turnout and a lot of nice feedback. didn't get the zine until about 7, but otherwise everything went smoothly
btw: Jeremy was VJing with Alexei Shulgin's WIMP software, but Alexei was not there (I wish!) Jeremy did a great job though.
- paul (guest) 1-30-2006 11:12 pm
OK, I put the Observer blurb back the way it was. My friend who wanted the big gnarly abstraction admitted he didn't see the TVs with the GIFs on them because there were people standing around them, and that would seem to be a rather important element in judging the show.
He did say the space looks great, very elegant and professional.
- tom moody 1-30-2006 11:28 pm
Thanks, Paul, for putting up some pictures up on your blog--I'll put a link up on my main page soon. I'm very happy with the way the show looks.
The TVs look perfect for the "internet bootlegs" of the GIFs, and I like the scale of the Guitar Solo vid relative to the TV. Is the sound coming out of the TV speaker, or are there monitors elsewhere?
- tom moody 1-31-2006 4:00 am
It was coming through the TV speaker. The tuning of the Guitar Solo music is about 50 cents off from normal tuning which makes it sound out of tune with almost everything. At one point I was trying to make a DJ set where everything was in-tune with it, but it was way too hard.
- paul (guest) 1-31-2006 4:51 am
That's why I'm known in the music business as "50 Cent." Sorry, couldn't resist.
- tom moody 1-31-2006 8:25 pm