Spirit Surfers - Kevin Bewersdorf and Paul Slocum :: Until May 4 :: Reception: March 22, 2008; 7 - 10 pm (the artists will be in attendance) :: Live electronic music by BUBBLYFISH at 8.30pm (free) :: vertexList, 138 Bayard Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Exhibited works by Kevin Bewersdorf include: Two videos for the Mitchell Chiropractic Clinic Separated by Eighteen Years (two channel video) and Maximum Sorrow Throw Blanket #2 (digitally produced quilt). Also in the show Four Seasons (gicle print on canvas) and You’re Not My Father (video) by Paul Slocum. Both artists will collaborate on the launch of a brand new web-surfing club Spirit Surfers, which will premiere at the opening reception.

This joint exhibition is an exploration of a new type of objecthood, which emerged as a product of the information era: the ephemeral-imperfect, forced back into the palpable reality from the domain of codes and numbers. Kevin Bewersdorf and Paul Slocum work toward establishing the contemporary expressive vocabulary, capable of transforming the internet-mediated, generic content into meaningful statements.

Paul Slocum is a new media artist, curator and a musician, currently living and working in Dallas. Slocum was recently included in Nexus Texas at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas. He has also been included in exhibitions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas, and the National Center for the Arts, Mexico City, Mexico. In 2004, his work was exhibited at the Liverpool Biennial in the United Kingdom. In addition, he has been invited to do performances in France, The Netherlands, Canada, The United Kingdom, and New York.

Kevin Bewersdorf is a conceptual media artist living in Austin. His was featured recently in Passing Time and the Changing Seasons of Time at Okay Mountain in Austin. He is also known for his work in the critically acclaimed film, LOL: The Movie, which he co-wrote and stars in.

Bubblyfish (Haeyoung Kim) relocated to the US from Korea in 1992. With a background in classical piano, she has been focusing on experimental electronic music. Currently, under the name Bubblyfish, she creates “lo-fi,” 8 bit sound works and experimental compositions. Based in NYC, Haeyoung has worked as a composer, sound designer, and audio engineer. Haeyoung’s work has been presented in various art venues, clubs, festivals, and galleries including Centre Pompidou, The American Museum of the Moving Image, Eyebeam, The New Museum, Roulette, and Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater.

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