Meshes Video Art

Meshes is a meet-up providing free screenings of time-based works by contemporary artists. Original pieces are shown alongside additional videos selected by the artist from anywhere in the internet/film/video universe that provide context or served as inspiration for their own work.

 


12/19/2019: HEAT, curated by Natalie Petrosky

1. Liz Wierzbicki, Simulating Feels, 2019
2. Jacob Koestler & Michael McDermit, Sell Me A Cow, 2019
3. Adam Farcus, Untitled, 2018
4. Jeff Hazelden, ikwiamo, 2019

11/05/2019: Wednesday Kim

1. Wednesday Kim, Creeper’s Luncheon. Yes, You Are Invited., 2019–
2. Nobuhiko Obayashi, Hausu Trailer, 1977
3. Nobuhiko Obayashi, Hausu (Watermelon Scene), 1977
4. ehowhealth, Dermatology Treatments : How to Control Underarm Sweating with Dermatologist Raphael Darvish, 2010
5. Unknown Korean Drama, Kimchi Slap
6. Tamer Koh, Easy Playthrough of Rose and Camellia 2, 2012
7. dope2111, Weirdest Asian Products !!!, 2016
8. Wednesday Kim, Indecorous Visitors, 2017
9. Wednesday Kim, Depaysement Dreams, 2016
10. Wednesday Kim, Reimbursement for Your Angels, 2016
11. Wednesday Kim, The Birth of Tragedy, 2015
12. Wednesday Kim, Alteration de la Voix, 2015
13. Wednesday Kim, Hel:l:ow, 2015

09/19/2019: Video in Site

1. Aliza Shvarts, Shoot, 2016
2. Lissa Corona, Swipes, 2015
3. Jasminne Morataya, A Cunt Like You, 2019
4. Margie Schnibbe, Pornstar Pets, 2005 (excerpt)
5. Maura Brewer+Paul Pescador, Uncut, 2019

05/02/2019: Chris Lanier

1. Chris Lanier, The Eternals (Call), 2018
2. Terence Nance (voiceover by Reg E. Cathey and Terence Nance), An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, 2012 (clip)
3. Alfonso Cuarón (voiceover by Daniel Giménez Cacho), Y Tu Mamá También, 2001 (clip)
4. Dissolve Inc (voiceover by Dallas McClain), This Is a Generic Brand Video,  2014, 02:50
5. Sergei Parajanov (voiceover by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan), The Color of Pomegranates, 1969 (clip)
6. Forugh Farrokhzad, The House is Black, 1963 (clip)
7. Live performance & video by Chris Lanier, The Eternals: Door (Right Now), 2019

04/27/2019: Teen Art Night *special* color themed video collage

1. “Untitled (Baegon Outtakes)” directed by Abigail Lucien
2. Kali Uchis “Play” music video directed by Nadia Lee Cohen
3. “Georgia O’Keeffe Interpreted” directed by Petra Collins
4. Rainbow Jelly ASMR
5. “Triadisches Ballett” excerpt of a 1970’s reconstruction by Margarete Hastings
6. “Yellow_rose” directed by Petra Cortright
7. “Untitled (Fruit Punch Outtakes)” directed by Abigail Lucien
8. “Play Your Stripes” directed by Alex da Corte featuring Blood Orange (Dev Hynes) “It is What it Is”
9. “Feet Thinker 1-3” directed by Abigail Lucien
10. “Untitled (Elixir/White Brush Outtake)” directed by Abigail Lucien
11. “Satanic Song for Purple”, excerpt from “Day is Done” directed by Mike Kelley
12. Purple/Blue Paint Mixing ASMR
13. “Blue” excerpt directed by Derek Jarman
14. Solange “Don’t Touch My Hair” directed by Alan Ferguson + Solange w/ Arthur Jafa as Director of Photography

04/02/2019: Angela Dufresne

1. Angela Dufresne, The Best Only Child Yet, c. 2010’s, 03:30 (Angela singing Nico’s “My Only Child”)
2. Wendy Geller, Seven, 1987, 11:38
3. Angela Dufresne, Small Man or Big Man, 2010, 04:30, (Angela singing Judy Garland “The Man That Got Away” from A Star is Born)
4. Angela Dufresne, The Undead, 2015, 06:05

3/01/2019: Petra Cortright

Channel 1: looping YouTube playlist including –
sickening chair games (2015); banksi unbrush ponitaeyel (2015); DRK PARA (2015); buggin out (2013); ✝✝LA.christening vid.move,df ✝Movie on 2013-02-05 at 19.25.mov (2013); True Life – I’m a Selfie – (Fake True’s Negativity Remix) (2012);  Mainbitch.mov Spring Scrap (2012); lara practice (2012); snow2??? (2011); 911 king (2011); antipte2 (2011); antipet1 (2011); sssss//////^^^^^^^ (2011); sickhands (2011); rgb, d-lay (2011); swickoof.mov (2011); Oh my God how we.. Increase. Oh my God, how we rise. (2010); :’ |._ ~**~ _.:’ |._ ~**~ _.:’ |._ ~**~ _.:’ |._ ~**~ _.:’ |._ ~**~ _. (2010); .*` .* ;`*,`., `, ,`.*.*. *.*` .* ;`*,`., `, ,`.*.*. *.*` .* ;`*,`., `, ,`.*.*. * (2010); when you walk through the storm (2009); Das Hell(e) Modell (2009); footvball /faerie (2009); holy tears (2009); bunny banana (2009); DRagON BALL P (2008); DRagON BALL P2 2wice dropda bbeet (2008); moer dancing redux (2008); VVEBCAM (2007)

Channel 2: looping Vimeo playlist including –
i thot i was free (2016); TFW UR WATCHING MAKEUP TUTORIALS ON CONTOURING BUT READING STEPHEN KINGS “IT” SIMULTANEOUSLY (2016); FIRE (FANTASTIC PLANET) (2016); COLOR BLOCK (2016); yellow_rose (2016); moodgoingup last november (2015); 666 Smielyz (2008); cats spirt spsit spit (2008); sad hhahahahats (2008)

1/29/2019: Devin Troy Strother

1. Devin Troy Strother, The Splendidness of Painting with Reggie Ross, 2018, 01:00 promo clip
2. Alima Lee, Mandy Harris Williams, and Devin Troy Strother, The Worst Witch (Make-up Outtake), 2018, 06:30
3. Devin Troy Strother, The Splendidness of Painting with Reggie Ross, 2018, 0:30 promo clip
4. Paul Mooney live at the Laugh Factory, 2007, 01:00 excerpt of hour long special
5. Devin Troy Strother, Too Wavy Commercial, 2018, 02:00
6. Tom Segura, Completely Normal, 2007, 06:55 excerpt of 1 hour 13 min special
7. Alima Lee, Mandy Harris Williams, and Devin Troy Strother, The Worst Witch, 2018, 10:30

2018 CONTRIBUTORS:
Valery Jung Estabrook, Shana Moulton, Michelle Lassaline, Abigail Lucien, and Julie Weitz

12/17/2018: Julie Weitz

1. Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen, Der Golem, 1915, 04:29 excerpt of 60 minute film
2. Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator, 1940, 02:34 excerpt of 124 minute film
3. Fritz Lang, Metropolis (Maria’s Dance), 1927, 00:25 excerpt of 153 minute film
4. Jane Fonda’s Original Workout Trailer, 1980’s, 01:08
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 2 Episode 3, Trick or Treat, 2001, 01:23 excerpt of 30 minute episode
6. David Duke, Exposing Sarah Silverman, Larry David, and Steven Spielberg, c. 2000’s, 03:00
7. Liliana Cavani, The Night Porter, 1974, 02:50 excerpt of 118 minute film
8. Jean Paul Gaultier, Chic Rabbis, 1993, 03:00 excerpt
9. Julie Weitz, My Golem Instagram Compilation, 2017-2018, 00:55
10. Julie Weitz, My Golem 2 Channel Video Billboards, 2018, 00:59
11. Julie Weitz, My Golem is Reborn, 2018, 03:34 with clips of performance at Public Pool Gallery, Encino, California
12. Julie Weitz, The Great Dominatrix, 2018, 07:10

10/03/2018: Abigail Lucien

1. Series, approx 03:10 –Abigail Lucien, Untitled (Fruit Punch Outtakes), 2018; 7-UP The Uncola Commercial, 1970’s; Bacardi Commercial, 1985
2. Series, approx 08:10 – Abigail Lucien, Untitled (Baegon Outtakes), 2018; Abigail Lucien, Confiance, 2018; Ultra Sheen Cosmetics, 1977; Muzzy in Gondoland clip, 1986; Mixing Face Powder Cosmetics, 1958
3. Abigail Lucien, Feet Thinker 1-3, 2016, 02:25
4. Series, approx 03:00 – Muzzy clip, 1980’s; Afro Sheen Commercial (Featuring Fredrick Douglass), 1970’s ; Abigail Lucien, Untitled (Elixer/White Brush Outtake), 2018
5. Abigail Lucien, Gentle Treatment 1, 2018, 04:15
6. Series, approx 01:30 – Classy Curl Commercial; Afro Sheen Ad
7. Abigail Lucien, Desert Islands, 2017, 13:00

09/16/2018: Michelle Lassaline

1. Oskar Schlemmer, Triadisches Ballet (Triadic Ballet), 1970 film recreation, 01:20 excerpt
2. Werner Herzog, Into the Inferno, 2016, 02:07 excerpt
3. William Wegman, Dog Baseball, 1986. 03:29 excerpt
4-5. Peter Fischli and David Weiss, The Right Way, 1983, 06:10 excerpt and 09:11 excerpt
6-10. Michelle Lassaline, Goat, Cow, and Fox; Coyote; Bobcat; Bluebird; Pronghorn, 2014-2016, approx. 05:00
11. Michelle Lassaline, Pelican, 2018, 03:56

08/27/2018: Shana Moulton

1. Wendy Vainity (madcatlady), Viral Vacuum, 2010, 01:23
2. TED Talks, Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight, 2008, 18:34
3. Paul “Bear” Vasquez (yosemitebear62 formerly hungrybear9562), Double Rainbow 1-08-2010, 2010, 03:29
4. Shana Moulton in collaboration with composer Nick Hallet, Whispering Pines 10, 2018, 35:36

07/24/2018: Valery Jung Estabrook

1. Patty Chang, In Love, 2001, 03:28
2. Key & Peele, Flash Mob, 2012, 00:41
3. Rainbow ASMR, plucking bad energy, 2018, 07:19
4. Vic Berger, Jim Bakker Had a Dream About Young People, 2016, 02:53 (music by Alpha Micro by Robin Artus & Paul Kass)
5. Valery Jung Estabrook, Beautiful Face, 2017, 09:29
6. Valery Jung Estabrook, My Hands Are Medicine, 2018, 10:21