I’m excited to be taking part in the International Studio & Curatorial Program’s Spring Open Studios March 29-30. You can find out more information about it here.
Workspace Residency at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Center (Buffalo, NY)
I will be a Workspace Resident at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center from March 9-23, 2019. As a part of my residency I’ll be working on a new project, teaching a class ‘The Conflicted Image’, and doing an artist talk.
'Regarding the Wild' exhibition (NYC)
March 3 - March 31, 2019
Opening Reception: Friday, March 8th, 6 - 9PM
One Brooklyn Bridge Place
(waterfront side of)
360 Furman Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 11AM - 6:30PM
Curated by Basia Goszczynska, Regarding the Wild brings together paintings, sculptures, cyanotypes, drawings and a video installation by Nellie Appleby, Matt Arbuckle, Jason Baerg, Heidi Daehler, Jeffrey Heiman, Delphine Hennelly, Jodie Mack, Debby Miller, Alison Nguyen, Sharon Norwood, Ben Pederson, Gabriel Ramos and Alexander Stark.
you can't plan a perfect day sometimes it just happens by Alison Nguyen, Hd video installation, single channel, color, sound, 10'w x 5' 7 1/2"h x 1' 3 3/4"d custom projection screen, 8 minute loop, 2017 - 2019
you can't plan a perfect day sometimes it just happens by Alison Nguyen, Hd video installation, single channel, color, sound, 10'w x 5' 7 1/2"h x 1' 3 3/4"d custom projection screen, 8 minute loop, 2017 - 2019
True/False Film Festival 2019 (Columbia, MO)
My short video ‘every dog has its day’ will premiere at True/False Film Festival on March 1st at 7:45pm.
https://truefalse.org/program/shorts/
‘every dog has its day’ explores the notions of iconicity, immortality, and terror in consumer-produced media. Drawing from home movies, social media, surveillance, and videos created by religious cults/extremists, the appropriative work explores the porous visual relationships between domestic intimacy, terror and technology.
"...agitation, irritation, self-reflexivity, random acts of violence, narcissism, feedback loops of constructed selves, instant history and cultural amnesia all collide in mirror-play, pseudo-remembrance and denial."
-Bradley Eros
Performance of Chiara Fumai's 'S.C.U.M. Elite' at ISCP (NYC)
February 12, 2019, 6–8pm: I will be performing in the reenactment of The S.C.U.M. Elite (2014) by pioneering feminist artist Chiara Fumai (1978–2017).
Fumai’s hybrid practice was deeply rooted in performance and her interests were far-reaching—encompassing radical feminism, chaos magick, terrorist propaganda and Italian Autonomist Marxism. In her work, she frequently deconstructed ideologies that have impeded women’s empowerment. Fumai performed as marginalized historical figures, transmitting occult messages that revived forgotten or discarded narratives.
The International Studio & Curatorial Program announces the opening of LESS LIGHT, an exhibition of work by Chiara Fumai , a 2017 ISCP alumna. The artist’s first solo exhibition on this continent, LESS LIGHT brings together two of Fumai’s pioneering works, The Book of Evil Spirits (2015) and Dogaressa Elisabetta Querini, Zalumma Agra, Annie Jones, Dope Head, Harry Houdini, Eusapia Palladino read Valerie Solanas (2012-13), as well as a reenactment of the performance The S.C.U.M. Elite (2014) at the opening reception.
Artist Residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program for 2019 (NYC)
I’m honored to be an artist-in-residence at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, NY for all of 2019.
You can find out more about my work and events/exhibitions here.
Many thanks to the following donors for their support: Yoko Ono, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, Joyce Lowinson, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Residency at the Institute of Electronic Arts (Alfred, NY)
Honored to be an artist-in-residence at The Institute of Electronic Arts from Oct 28 -Nov 3, 2018. I will be working on a new video piece “every dog has its day” and a quadraphonic sound mix for an installation of “Dessert-Disaster”.
“Dessert-Disaster” (2017-2018) in the Institute of Electronic Arts’ Immersive Gallery
Leeds International Film Festival (UK)
November 2nd, 2018
6:30pm
Leeds Town Hall - Albert
https://www.leedsfilmcity.com/film-year-round/leeds-short-film-audience-award/dessert-disaster/
Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong)
Still from “Signal” (2017) by Alison Nguyen and Hemant Sreekumar
October 23, 2018
7-9pm
Tai Kwun Contemporary
10 Hollywood Road
Central, Hong Kong
I’m excited to be showing “Signal”, my collaboration with Hemant Sreekumar, as a part of “Start From Scratch, Not Two Steps Back” curated by Simon Liu. In great company with works by Sky Hopinka, Ross Meckfessel, Erica Sheu, and Simon Liu, among others.
Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film"
I’m honored to be one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. Excerpt below. You can check out the full article by Scott Maccaulay here.
The Unseen Film Festival 2018 (Denver, CO)
San Diego Underground Film Festival 2018
SF Art Book Fair @ Minnesota Street Projects
I will be exhibiting my video 'you can't plan a perfect day sometimes it just happens' at the SF Art Book Fair this year.
The SF Art Book Fair is an annual multi-day festival celebrating artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, zines, printed ephemera and artists’ multiples. Presented this year at San Francisco’s Minnesota Street Project July 20–22, the 2018 iteration features an astonishing curated cast of over 100 independent publishers, antiquarian dealers, artists, collectors, and enthusiasts as well as a diverse range of talks, discussions, book launches, on and off-site special projects, exhibitions and signings.
For 2018, San Francisco Cinematheque joins forces with Canyon Cinema at SFABF to present an array of collectible publications (for perusal and purchase) and screenings of 16mm film and media works all weekend-long. Click on links for full details.
Friday, July 22 (details on full Friday line-up here)
6:30pm: Ephraim Asili: Fluid Frontiers
7pm: Out of Print (guest curated by Linda Scobie): works by Lewis Klahr, John Smith, Barbara Hammer, Greta Snider, Jay Rosenblatt, James Broughton, James Sansing
8pm: I Am Not Here (CROSSROADS capsule 1): works by sair goetz (in person), Youngzoo Im, Rosa John, Nico LaShea
9pm: Visions of the Void (CROSSROADS capsule 2): works by Peggy Ahwesh, Jodie Mack, Lydia Moyer, Alison Nguyen, Seth Pimlott,
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Sunday, July 24 (details on full Sunday line-up here)
11am: Michael Snow: So Is This
12pm: Visions of the Void (CROSSROADS capsule 2). Works by Peggy Ahwesh, Jodie Mack, Lydia Moyer, Alison Nguyen, Seth Pimlott, Alexander Stewart
1pm: Anne McGuire’s Oh Hi Anne + Curt McDowell’s Weiners and Buns Musical (Anne McGuire in person)
2pm: Canyon Cinemazine Digest. A selection of 16mm films featured in the first 5 issues of the Cinemazine including works by Jodie Mack, Paul Glabicki, Anna Geyer and more.
3pm: James Benning: Casting a Glance
4:30pm: Colectivo Los ingrávidos: The Sun Quartet, part 4: November 2/Far from Ayotzinapa
Marfa Film Festival
Excited to be screening 'Dessert-Disaster' at Marfa Film Festival
July 11 - 15, 2018
Crowley Theater
98 S Austin St
Marfa, TX 79843
Still from 'Dessert-Disaster' (2017-2018) by Alison Nguyen