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REAL PROPER, ARTIE VIERKANT

PRETEEN IS PLEASE TO ANNOUNCE REAL PROPER, A SOLO SHOW BY SAN DIEGO-BASED ARTIST ARTIE VIERKANT.

PROPER

...PROPER IS THE MOST SUBJECTIVE TAG IN THE SCENE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GENERALLY ARGUE WHETHER THE PROPER IS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL RELEASE. A LOT OF GROUPS RELEASE PROPERS JUST OUT OF DESPERATION DUE TO LOSING THE RACE. A REASON FOR THE PROPER SHOULD ALWAYS BE INCLUDED IN THE NFO.

GROYS

...ART CAN [BECOME UNUSUAL, SURPRISING, &C.] ONLY BY TAPPING INTO CLASSICAL, MYTHOLOGICAL, AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND BREAKING ITS CONNECTION WITH THE BANALITY OF EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE. THE SUCCESSFUL (AND DESERVEDLY SO) MASS CULTURAL IMAGE PRODUCTION OF OUR AGE CONCERNS ITSELF WITH ATTACKS BY ALIENS, MYTHS OF APOCALYPSE AND REDEMPTION, HEROES ENDOWED WITH SUPERHUMAN POWERS, AND SO FORTH. ALL OF THIS IS CERTAINLY FASCINATING AND INSTRUCTIVE. ONCE IN A WHILE, THOUGH, ONE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CONTEMPLATE AND ENJOY SOMETHING NORMAL, SOMETHING ORDINARY, SOMETHING BANAL AS WELL. ... IN LIFE, ON THE OTHER HAND, ONLY THE EXTRAORDINARY IS PRESENTED TO US AS A POSSIBLE OBJECT OF OUR ADMIRATION.

RECODE/RE-ENCODE

A RECODE IS A PREVIOUSLY RELEASED VERSION, USUALLY FILTERED TO REMOVE SUBTITLES, FIX COLOR &C. WHILST THEY CAN LOOK BETTER, IT IS FROWNED UPON IN THE SCENE AS GROUPS ARE EXPECTED TO OBTAIN THEIR OWN SOURCES. RE-ENCODES TYPICALLY DON'T WORK OR PRODUCE QUESTIONABLE RESULTS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TURN A 'BAD' SOURCE INTO A GOOD ONE BY PLAYING WITH NUMBERS.

TIQQUN

IN TRUTH, OUR 'SENSE OF REALITY' NEVER REMAINS BUT A MODALITY RESTRICTED TO THIS SENSE OF THE POSSIBLE THAT IS THE FACULTY WITH WHICH TO THINK OF ALL THAT COULD BE 'AS WELL,' AND WITH WHICH TO NO LONGER ACCORD IMPORTANCE TO EVERYTHING WHICH IS OF THAT WHICH IS NOT (MUSIL, THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES). UNDER COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT, THE TRUTH THAT IS THE MOST CONCRETE OVER ALL ELSE IS THAT OF ITS INFINITE SUBSTITUTABILITY. ALL SITUATIONS WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES ENGAGED, CARRY IN THEIR EQUIVALENCE THE INFINITELY REPEATED MARK OF AN IRREVOCABLE 'AS IF'.

DUPE

DUPE IS QUITE SIMPLY, IF SOMETHING EXISTS ALREADY, THEN THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT TO EXIST AGAIN WITHOUT PROPER REASON.

CAT FIGHT GANG BANG, JUSTIN BOCHEK

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE CAT FIGHT GANG BANG, A NEW SOLO SHOW BY TORONTO-BASED ARTIST JUSTIN BOCHEK.

BOCHEK'S WORK EVOLVES IN A WORLD OF GIRLY PROPS, DOLPHINS AND ANIME. IN HIS MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS AND VIDEO SELF PORTRAITS, HE CREATES A UNIVERSE OF UNABASHED QUEERNESS AND STRUCTURES AN OPEN ENDED PLATFORM FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF HIS IDEAS ON THE FEMENINE IN NORTH-AMERICAN CULTURE. IN AN EFFORT TO DECONSTRUCT GIVEN NOTIONS OF THE GIRLY AND THE SASSY, HE COLLECTS PICTURES OF BLONDE SLUTS POSING IN ULTRA-TACKY AND FUTURISTIC ENVIRONMENTS AND HE FRAMES THEM IN LUSH FIELDS OF COLOR EMPHAZIZING THEIR COMMERCIAL CHARACTER, WHILE APPROPIATING THE VISUAL OUTCOMES OF PROSTITUTION. BOCHEK'S UNIVERSE IS FUNDAMENTALLY QUEER. IN SOME OF HIS EARLY WORK, LIKE IN THE JENNIFER LOPEZ YOUTUBE SCREENCAP PIECE, HE MEDITATES ON THEMES SUCH AS RACE AND GENDER, CRITICIZING THE AMERICAN MUSIC INDUSTRY'S APPARATUS OF CULTURAL SEGREGATION AND THE SYSTEM OF STEREOTYPES IT PROMOTES. PARADOXICALLY, IN THIS SAME EXERCISE, HE CHERISHES CELEBRITY CULTURE AND POP STARDOM. IN HIS PHOTOSHOP COLLAGES AND SCREEN CAPTURES, BOCHEK FURTHER ANALIZES OUR COMPUTERIZED REALITY, THE INTERNET AND ITS EFFECT ON ART MAKING.

CURATED BY REST IN PEACE FARRAH FAWCETT (RIPFF).

RUB TIL SQUIRT, CEDRIC FARGUES

PRETEEN IS VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE RUB TIL SQUIRT, A NEW SOLO EXHIBITION BY FRENCH ARTIST CEDRIC FARGUES.

THROUGH HIS DIGITAL IMAGE ASSEBLAGES, FARGUES EXPOSES THE UNIVERSAL VALIDITY AND THE POWER OF POP MUSIC TO RADICALLY MODIFY CURRENT PARADIGMS OF SOCIAL REALITY. HE DEPICTS CONTEMPORARY WESTERN CULTURE'S MOST RELEVANT POETIC SINGNIFIERS WHEN HE MAPS MARIAH CAREY AND BRITNEY SPEARS IN COLORFUL, DREAM-LIKE LANDSCAPES IN WHICH NATURAL PHENOMENA BECOMES A FICTIONAL REPRESENATION OF DOMESTIC EVERYDAY AESTHETICS. IN THIS FAR-REACHING EXCERCISE OF QUEERNESS, HE DISSECTS THE FUNDAMENTAL NARRATIVES OF WESTERN COTEMPORARY ART IN THEIR RELATION TO MADONNA AND THE SPICE GIRLS. FARGUES' WORK IS ALMOST TOTALLY DISSEMINATED THROUGH BLOGS AND FACEBOOK PAGES, MAKING THE POWERFUL NATURE OF HIS SOCIAL COMMENT DILUTED AND PERVERSELY VIRAL. IN A SENSE, THE ELUSIVE CHARACTER OF HIS HARD CRITIQUE ON MODERN FEMININITY AND GAYNESS NEUTRALIZES THE WORK'S INHERENT TENSION BETWEEN FORM AND CONTENT WHILE TURNING IT INTO A VISUAL ESSAY ON THE ULTIMATE CONTEMPORARY STATE OF MIND: BEING HIGH.

CURATED BY REST IN PEACE FARRAH FAWCETT (RIPFF).

LSD AIDS, 28/08/10/p>

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO PRESENT LSD AIDS, A NEW GROUP SHOW FEATURING WORKS BY JUSTIN BOCHEK, ZAIN CURTIS AND DYLAN REECE.

WHILE IT COULD BE SAID THAT GEOMETRY'S UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES FOR REPRESENTATION AND EVEN GENERATION OF TANGIBLE REALITIES SURPASSES WHAT COMMON VIEWS ON NATURAL PHENOMENA STATE AS IMPOSSIBLE OR INACCURATE, THERE, AT THE CORE OF MATHEMATHICAL PHILOSOPHY, LIES A SIMPLE, LET US SAY VULGAR NOTION OF POSTSEXUALITY. WE MAY STATE THAT SOCIETY IS PART OF THE FAILURE OF REALITY. HENCE, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN POSTMODERNISM'S PRIMARY CRITIQUE OF POWER STRUCTURES AND DIALECTIC MARXISM. THE SUBJECT IS INTERPOLATED INTO A POST CULTURAL NARRATIVE THAT INCLUDES ART AS A PARADOX. IF POST SEXUAL QUEER THEORY HOLDS, THE WORKS OF MARIAH CAREY ARE POST MODERN. IN LOVERBOY, CAREY ANALYSES BRECTHIAN ABSURDITY. IN TOUCH MY BODY, SHE ELUCIDATES SURREALISM'S PRIMARY DISPOSITIFS FOR DISSECTING NATURAL REALITY. POSTSEXUAL IDENTITY IS RESPOSIBLE FOR OUTMODED PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIETY. ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE WORKS OF MARIAH CAREY IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN CLASS AND NARRATIVITY. IN A SENSE, THE DESTRUCTION/CREATION DISTINCTION INTRINSIC TO CAREY'S ONE SWEET DAY EMERGES AGAIN IN ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU, ALTHOUGH IN A MORE SELF-FULFILLING SENSE. IF ONE HAS RELIABLE VALUES FOR EACH ELEMENT PRESENT IN THE ESPECIMEN BEING ANALYZED, THEN ONE CAN CONVERT FROM ATOMIC FRACTION TO WEGHT PERCENT AND BACK.

CURATED BY REST IN PEACE FARRAH FAWCETT (RIPFF).

ACE OF PISS, CARLOS LASZLO, 21/08/10

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO PRESENT ACE OF PISS, A SOLO SHOW BY LOS ANGELES-BASED ARTIST CARLOS LASZLO.

REALITY IS A LEGAL FICTION. THE DENIAL OF POSTMODERN SEMITIC THEORY WHICH IS A KEY MOTIF IN BARBRA STREISAND'S YENTL IS ALSO EVIDENT IN FUNNY GIRL. IN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, STREISAND MEDITATES ON THE DISTINCTION OF THE DEATH DRIVE AND THE LIBIDO. IN YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS, HOWEVER, WHILE ANALIZING A RATHER RICH VARIETY OF WESTERN DISCORUSES OF LOVE, SHE BRINGS POSTSEMANTICISM AND PRECAPITALISM INTO QUESTION. REALITY SERVES TO EXPLOIT THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, GIVEN THAT LANGUAGE IS INTERCHANGEABLE WITH SEXUALITY. SOCIETY IS FUNDAMENTALLY MEANINGLESS. WE'RE LEFT WITH TWO CHOICES: A LACANIAN READING AND THE SEMIOTICIST PARADIGM OF NARRATIVE. IN THE WORKS OF BARBRA STREISAND, A PREDOMINANT CONCEPT IS THE CONCEPT OF PRECONCEPTUALIST ART. CONSCIOUSNESS IS INTRINSICALLY DEAD. THE POSTCAPITALIST PARADIGM OF REALITY HOLDS THAT CONTEXT MUST COME FROM THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS, BUT ONLY IF THE PREMISE OF THE PREDIALECTIC PARADIGM OF CONSENSUS IS VALID.

CURATED BY REST IN PEACE FARRAH FAWCETT (RIPFF).

SLIKE TH LEVELS OF TH PLAIES AND TH WE US MAEC THLTLQ

CRAQ TH ROQS AND SIDE WTIH TH CHAELIC, FELIX LEE

PRETEEN IS VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE SLIKE TH LEVELS OF TH PLAIES AND TH WE JUS MAEC THLTLQ CRAQ TH ROQS AND SIDE WTIH TH CHAELIC A NEW SOLO SHOW BY LONDON-BASED ARTIST FELIX LEE.

TIGHT ASIANS FUCKED AND CREAMED. HOT SLUT WITH TWO SHEMALES. WHEN TRANNIES COME OUT TO PLAY. YUMMY CUNT GETS POKED WITH VIBRATING TOYS. ALWAYS DOWN TO FUCK. PREGNANT SLUT BREAST FEEDS OLD PERV. LATINA WANTS TWO COCKS IN HER. DAMN HOT TEEN GETS NAILED. KYRA NEEDS TWO COCKS TO BE SATISFIED. IT'S ALL ABOUT HER ASS. AMBER LIKES GETTING FUCKED IN THE ASSHOLE. DIRTY BLONDE BITCH GETS HER BIG ASS OILED. EBONY DIAMOND FUCKED AND GETS HOT CREAMPIE. BIG ASS ASHLEY DOES ANAL. ROUGH FUCKING AND SQUIRTING. NAUGHTY NUN GETS DOWN AND DIRTY. BROTHER AND SISTER ASS FUCK ON THE FLOOR. TEEN LADYBOY SAYS YES TO MATURE BEAR. YOUNG BLONDE WHORES CRAVING FOR COCKS. WET WILD TEEN CUM SQUIRTING. BIG TITTED BLONDE AND BRUNETTE SUCK AND FUCK. WIFE'S PUSSY BEGGING FOR A HOT FRESH COCK. HOT ASS CHICK MASTURBATED. NAUGHTY NUN FUCKS PREGNANT TEEN WITH A STRAP ON. EBONY SCAT AND FELCH. ASIAN POOPOO SEX. ASS TO MOUTH LATINA SLUT. MATURE MOM GETS IT ON IN THE KITCHEN. TEEN TRANNY BAREBACK FUCK. LATINO BOYS PLAY WITH EACH OTHER. BUTT AND FART FETISH. HIV POSITIVE BAREBACK ORGY. ASIAN CUTIE POOPS ON EBONY MUSCLE DADDY. SPECULUM MASTURBATION AT CLINIC. TWO EUROBOYS SWORD FIGHT THEIR DICKS. JUICY MANHOLE SQUIRTS LUBE.

UNCUTCOCK, 10/07/10

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO PRESENT UNCUTCOCK, A NEW EXHIBITION BY ALICE LANCASTER, MARLON RABENREITHER AND ABDUL VAS.

ONE CHARACTERISTIC THEME OF THE WORKS OF LA TOYA JACKSON IS A POST NARRATIVE INTERPRETATION. IN CAMP KUTCHI KAIAI, JACKSON EXAMINES SEMIOTIC OBJECTIVISM; IN BETCHA' GONNA NEED MY LOVIN', HOWEVER, SHE DENIES POSTCONSTRUCTIVIST DESITUATIONISM. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SEMIOTIC OBJECTIVISM AND A LACANIAN READING. IF ONE EXAMINES POSTMODERN SOCIALISM, ONE IS FACED WITH A CHOICE: EITHER ACCEPT SEMIOTIC OBJECTIVISM OR CONCLUDE THAT SOCIETY HAS INTRINSIC MEANING. THE FEMININE/MASCULINE DISTINCTION WHICH IS A CENTRAL THEME OF JACKSON'S HEART DON'T LIE EMERGES AGAIN IN HOT POTATO. 'CLASS IS PART OF THE COLLAPSE OF NARRATIVITY', WE MAY THINK; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT SO MUCH CLASS THAT IS PART OF THE COLLAPSE OF NARRATIVITY, BUT RATHER THE FATAL FLAW, AND EVENTUALLY THE COLLAPSE, OF CLASS. ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC THEME OF THE WORKS OF LA TOYA JACKSON IS A QUEER REALITY. IN A SENSE, MANY DISCOURSES CONCERNING PRECONSTRUCTIVE APPROPRIATION MAY BE FOUND. THE PRIMARY THEME OF JACKSON'S CRITIQUE OF THE POST SEXUAL PARADIGM OF CONTEXT IS NOT THEORY AS SUCH. WE PROPOSE THE TERM 'PRECONSTRUCTIVE APPROPRIATION' TO DENOTE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POWER AND POSTSEXUALITY. THEREFORE, IF SOCIAL REALISM HOLDS, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PRECONSTRUCTIVE APPROPRIATION AND POSTSEMANTICIST NATIONALISM.

CURATED BY REST IN PEACE FARRAH FAWCETT (RIPFF).

VHS AIDS, 26/06/10

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO PRESENT VHS AIDS, A NEW GROUP EXHIBITION FEATURING THE WORKS OF PETRA CORTRIGHT, DUNCAN MALASHOCK AND RAFAEL ROZENDAAL.

POST SEXUAL IDENTITY IS PART OF THE FUTILITY OF NARRATIVITY. AIDS IS CONTEXTUALISED INTO A POST SEXUAL FEMINISM THAT INCLUDES ART AS A TOTALITY. THE MAIN THEME OF THE WORKS OF BRITNEY SPEARS IS THE COMMON GROUND BETWEEN CLASS AND SOCIETY. HOWEVER, AN ABUNDANCE OF SUBLIMATIONS CONCERNING THE ROLE OF THE POET AS ARTIST MAY BE DISCOVERED. THE PRIMARY THEME OF OUR CRITIQUE OF SUBCAPITALIST MATERIALISM IS A POST SEXUAL REALITY. IF POST SEXUAL THEORY HOLDS, THE WORKS OF BIRTNEY SPEARS ARE REMINISCENT OF KOONS.

IN HEAVEN ON EARTH, SPEARS EXAMINES CAPITALIST DESUBLIMATION; IN CIRCUS, HOWEVER, SHE DECONSTRUCTS SUBCAPITALIST CONSTRUCTIVIST THEORY. THE STASIS, AND EVENTUALLY THE DIALECTIC, OF POSTPATRIARCHIAL MATERIALIST THEORY DEPICTED IN SPEARS'S FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY BROKEN HEART IS ALSO EVIDENT IN I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN. IN A SENSE, ANY NUMBER OF RELFECTIONS CONCERNING SUBCAPITALIST CONSTRUCTIVIST THEORY MAY BE REVEALED.

CURATED BY REST IN PEACE FARRAH FAWCETT (RIPFF).

TITS VAGINA SEX NUDE BOOBS BRITNEY SPEARS PARIS HILTON

JORDAN CAPRI HONEYMOON, PETRA CORTRIGHT, 12/06/10

PRETEEN IS PROUD TO ANNOUCE TITS VAGINA SEX NUDE BOOBS BRITNEY SPEARS PARIS HILTON JORDAN CAPRI HONEYMOON, A NEW SOLO SHOW BY SANTA BARBARA-BASED ARTIST PETRA CORTRIGHT. CORTRIGHT'S WORK GOES BEYOND A MERE REPRESENTATION OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS AND SITUATIONS AND PRESENT AN EERIE, DREAMY REALITY THROUGH DIGITALLY COMPOSED IMAGES AND VIDEO SELF PORTRAITS THAT REVOLVE AROUND SUBJECTS SUCH AS TITS VAGINA SEX NUDE BOOBS BRITNEY SPEARS PARIS HILTON JORDAN CAPRI HONEYMOON HOLLYWOOD LINDSEY LOHAN GIRL WOMAN LADY SEXY MAN HOT STUD SLUT FUCK ASS BITCH NIGGER CHINK GOOK CRACKER BEANER ASSHOLE SHIT FECES DEATH MURDER MAIM KILL RAPE HURT PAIN CARTOON ANIME NARUTO BLEACH DRAGONBALL DBZ EYESHIELD21 NIGGERS NIG FAGGOT FAG GAY LESBIAN PORN PORNOGRAPHY VIDEO GAME HATE LOVE XBOX360 PS3 PSX PLAYSTATION SONY MICROSOFT NINTENDO WII EBAY NOTE ADOBE FINAL CUT APPLE PREMIERE NEWS BUSH REPUBLICAN O'REILLY REILLY SPIN FACTOR LIBERAL CLINTON IRAQ IRAN WAR NEWS TOPLESS BOTTOMLESS TITS BOOBS CUNT PUSSY TITNEY CATS DOGS MICE RATS CROCODILE HUNTER AUSTRALIA JAPAN TOKYO AMERICA NEW YORK OLD 9/11 TRADE WORLD CENTER GRAND THEFT AUTO HALO 1 2 3 EPISODE 10 100 50 CLITORIS SEXUAL FIGHT BOXING BASKETBALL BASEBALL SOCCER TENNIS SPORTS NBA NFL ESPN HORROR COMEDY DRAMA ROMANCE NINJA SHINOBI COSPLAY HENTAI TITTIES BOOBIES BREASTS BOUNCING BEACH BITCHES BIKINI A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z HI BYE RACHEL AMANDA SARAH TONY DAD MOM AUNT UNCLE GRANDMA GRANDPA COLLEGE FILM PRODUCTION DRUMS SINGING AMERICAN IDOL LOST HEROES DISCOVER ANIMAL PLANET FURRY YIFF TUPAC RAP ROCK JAZZ PUNK EMO FALL OUT BOY IN DOOR PANIC AT THE DISCO SUGAR SWEET POP PISS CHRISTINA ANAL BLOWJOB BJ FAMILY GUY SIMPSONS FOX NEWS ONLINE OUTKAST BIRDS BEES CHRISTIAN ATHIEST MOVIES DEMONSTRATION JAPANESE EYES WORLD RECORD BOOK YUGIOH DETECTIVE CONAN CASE CLOSED COMBO GLITCH MAPLE STORY GUNBOUND POPULATION GLOBAL WARMING AL GORE POLITICIANS POLITICAL WHITE HOUSE JESUS GOD WAR BOMB NUKE OSAMA SADDAM K.FED FED CHICKEN POPOZAO PO PO ZAO CONCERT GUITAR HERO MUSIC CDS CD METHOD MAN MEN GROUP JAY-Z ASHANTI MYSPACE GOOGLE ALIENS UFO CONSPIRACY GOVERNMENT DENIAL EXPLOSION MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TOM CRUISE SCIENTOLOGY RE: REPLY JEFFERSON LINCOLN LOGS REN STIMPY CHINESE KOREAN ELECTRIC COMPUTER STOPMOTION STOP MOTION GO TRAFFIC CARS CHEVY FORD CALIFORNIA SOUTH DAKOTA TEXAS FLORIDA MICHIGAN CANADA MEXICO MEXICAN SPANISH TRANSLATED GAMES PARTIES PARTY DRUNK MAKEOUT KISSING RELIGIOUS SCANDAL TRUTH REAL FAKE REALITY TV TELEVISION GAME SHOW BLOOPER ACCIDENT TAG TEAM WRESTLING WWE WWF NWO HULK HOGAN PAMELA ANDERSON KING OF THE HILL DAVID LETTERMAN JAY LENO LATE NITE SHOW DANCE REVOLUTION BEMANI DRUMMANIA BEATMANIA MANIAC 70S 80S 90S 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 70'S 80'S 90'S 60'S 60S 50'S 50S 40'S 40 PEARL HARBOR TSUNAMI ENRON MONEY CASH BLING SEAL CAT DOG BIRD PARAKEET EDITING EDITED EDITOR WORLD EARTH OPEN PRIX TURISMO ASIAN MARTIAL ARTS PAINTING GRAPHICS 3D LANDSCAPE RUDE GORE GURO CHAN 4CHAN 2CHAN 7CHAN FUTABA PRANK FUNNY JOKE SODA AD ADVERTISEMENT RITUAL ORIGAMI ORIGINAL UNIQUE OLD COMMON PRE-MARITAL MODELING PLAY DRESS CLOTHING WEAR FORMAL OUTFIT BUDDAH CHRIST SAVIOR BAND MUSICIAN OTAKU SLUTTY STRIPPER POLE DANCING GUITAR HERO FREAKS J-POP J-ROCK AYUMI HAMASAKI UTADA HIKARU MOVEMENT REVOLUTION REVOLT SPANISH INQUISITION FALLACY COMMUNITY COMMUNIST REVOLVER GUN SHOTGUN HUNTING DEER BEAR DICK CHENEY CONDOLEEZA LATE NITE EARLY MORNING HELL RETRIBUTION HEAVEN FREE HACKS CRACKS HAX HAX0R GLITCHED GLITCHES TRICKS CHEATS CHEATER CHEATED UNFAIR CODE CODES PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE LANGUAGES TONGUE EYE HEART EAR FOOT TOE MEDICAL MEDICENE DOCTOR HAND FINGER LEG ARM SHOULDER ELBOW WRIST KNEE CAP BONE PELVIS SKULL BRAIN NOSE CARTILAGE MORTALITY MORTAL COIL SPRING OBJECT EVERYDAY LORD KING SAVIOR EMPEROR STORY SEGUE VAN AUTOMOBILE AUTOMATIC COUNTRY HICK REDNECK HILLBILLIE HILLBILLY STOCKTON SACRAMENTO DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO DIEGO JOSE PUTO TACO BELL BORDER PATROL MCDONALDS KFC KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN TRANS FAT SATURATED MONOUNSATURATED POLYUNSATURATED UNSATURATED PEANUTS FOOD NETWORK OILS COOKING VINE GARDEN PEACHES FRUITS APPLES PEARS GRAPES BANANA INFAMOUS MURDERER KILLER VICTIM HISTORIAN HISTORY HISTORICAL ACCOUNT YES NO MAYBE SO I DONT KNOW HOMO HOMOSEXUAL IMMIGRANT IRRIGATED IRRIGATION PIPE SEWER MUTATION NINJA CHEMICAL WASTE PLANT GROW SHRINK SUN LIGHT DARKNESS SCENE THE CD CHIP MICRO MINI MACRO QUANTUM WARP SPACE DRIVE DISK STAR TREK PIZZA HUT DOMINOS ECOLI E.COLI EBOLA COLI ANTHRAX THREAT NANI WATASHI ANATA KIMI BOKU BAKA HIKARI GIZMO LINGO GSN SCRAPIN RAPPER CHAINS MINE YOURS MY HERS HIS EVERYONES EVERYBODY STARLET DIVA AWARDS FAGGOTZ RED YELLOW ORANGE BLACK BLUE WHITE GREEN PURPLE VIOLET ULTRA SPECTRUM SPECULUM PLUG ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN ICHI NI SAN SHI YON ROKU NANA SHISHI HACHI HYAKU KYUU JUU JYUU SEN MAN ABSOLUTE FAST SLOW SNAIL SONIC MARIO CRASH BANDICOOT HEDGEHOG METROID TASVIDEOS BISQUIT SPEEDRUNS TOOL ASSISTED. CURATED BY REST IN PEACE FARRAH FAWCETT (RIPFF).

SPRING RAPE, 27/03/10/

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO PRESENT SPRING RAPE; A NEW GROUP EXHIBITION FEATURING THE WORKS OF KARI ALTMANN, ABDUL VAS, RADAMES JUNI FIGUEROA, ANNE DE VRIES, PETER SUTHERLAND, DYLAN REECE, LUCAS SOI AND CHEMI ROSADO. SPRING RAPE IS BOTH A CELEBRATION AND AN EXPLORATION OF THE THEME OF SPRING, WITH ITS PARTICULAR POWER TO TRANSFORM NATURAL PHENOMENA SUCH AS THE COLOR PALETTE CHANGES IT FORCES UPON VISUAL REALITY AS WELL AS ITS FASCINATING POWER TO STIMULATE AND IMPROVE PENILE ACTIVITY. SPRING RAPE IS ALSO A MEDITATION OF THE COMPLEX FIGURE OF RAPE IN ALL ITS DIMENSIONS, FOCUSING ON THE SUBTLE WAYS THE SHOMEHOW ELUSIVE PSYCHOANLYTICAL FIGURE OF RAPE MANIFESTS ITSELF THROUGH CONCRETE OBJECTS AND SITUATIONS. RAPE IS PART OF THE GENESIS OF CULTURE; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT SO MUCH RAPE IS PART OF THE GENESIS OF CULTURE, BUT RATHER THE STASIS, AND SUBSEQUENT DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC, OF RAPE. IN A SENSE, THE SUBJECT IS INTERPORLATED INTO A BRECHTIAN ABSURDITY THAT INCLUDES RAPE AS A MYTHOPOETICAL WHOLE. SEVERAL OF TODAY'S MOST BRILLIANT MINDS SEEM INCAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING ITS INCREASING RELEVANCE TO UNDERSTANDING THE FUTURE OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY AND THE CURRENT POSTSEXUAL PARADIGM OF DISCOURSE. ACCORDING TO LACANIAN PRINCIPLES, SOCIETY BEGINS AND ENDS WITH RAPE. CAN WE EVEN IMAGINE HOW LOVELY RAPE IS? IF SOCIETY HAS A FAVORITE CHILD, IT IS RAPE. CURATED BY REST IN PEACE FARRAH FAWCETT (RIPFF)

THE DRAWINGS OF OTHER MEN, GERARDO CONTRERAS

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE DRAWINGS OF OTHER MEN; A NEW SOLO EXHIBITION FEATURING COLLAGE AND SCULPTURE WORKS BY GERARDO CONTRERAS. ORIGINALLY TRAINED AS AN ARCHITECT, CONTRERAS'S WORK REVOLVES AROUND THE TRANSMUTATION OF EVERYDAY PHENOMENA AS IT RELATES TO CURRENT CONCEPTIONS OF TRHEE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE AND HUMAN LIFE. AS WELL, IT DESTABILIZES WIDESPREAD NOTIONS OF EMPTINESS AND MATTER THROUGH SPATIAL EXPERIMANTATION. THROUGH HIS COLLAGE PIECES AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPROPIATIONS, HE DELVES INTO THE THEMES OF MEMORY, SICKNESS AND DEATH. THE DRAWINGS OF OTHER MEN IS AN ATTEMPT TO EXAMINE COMMON PATTERNS IN THE REPESENTATION OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACE AND STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS TO ASSUME A HUMOROUS TAKE ON THE SUBJECTS OF LOSS AND DEATH.

TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS AND FUCK ME, BEA FREMDERMAN

PRETEEN IS PROUD TO PRESENT TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS AND FUCK ME; A NEW SOLO EXHIBITION BY ARTIST BEA FREMDERMAN. INFLUENCED BY THE FETISHIZED YOUTH PORTRAIT, FREMDERMAN JUXTAPOSES IMAGES OF TEENAGE CULTURE WITH ISOLATED OBJECTS INTO DIGITALLY MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHS REVOLVING AROUND CONCEPTS SUCH AS ALIENATION, IMMATURITY, SELF REFLECTION AND AGRESSION. THESE IMAGES BECOME MONUMENTAL TO YOUTH CULTURE THROUGH THE POWER OF COLLAGE OUTSIDE OF THE MODERNIST GESTURE. BEA FREMDERMAN (B. KISHINOV, MOLDOVA) LIVES AND WORKS IN CHICAGO, IL. RECENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE CAN'T STOP THINKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO; THE YIELD AT HEAVEN GALLERY, CHICAGO AND YOUNGER THAN JESUS AT THE NEW MUSEUM, NEW YORK.

PIE IN THE SKY YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL BRANDI STRICKLAND

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE PIE IN THE SKY YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL; A NEW SOLO SHOW BY NORTH CAROLINA-BASED ARTIST BRANDI STRICKLAND. STRICKLAND'S MINIMAL GRAPHIC ASSEMBLAGES RESEMBLE THOSE OF HANNAH HÖCH IN THAT THEY SERVE AS DOCUMENTS OF DAY TO DAY EPHEMERA AND THAT THEY PORE OVER FEMALE SUBJECTIVITY IN A SCANT AND DELICATE MANNER. ALSO, THEY SCRUTINIZE THE POWER STRUCTURES THAT SHAPE THE VISUAL OUTCOMES OF GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY AND MATHEMATICS. THE HUMAN BODY AND NATURE ARE REPRESENTED IN AN OFTEN FRAGMENTED, NEBULOUS AND NOSTALGIC WAY. TEXT BECOMES A MERE ORNAMENTAL COMPONENT MORE THAN A LINGUISTIC OR POETIC SIGNIFIER. HER METHOD OF WORK ALLOWS HER COLLAGE PIECES TO DEVELOP INTO AN ODDLY APOLITICAL ACCOUNT OF QUOTIDIAN LIFE.

UP THE YING YANG!, HAZEL HILL, 17/10/09

PRETEEN PRESENTS UP THE YING YANG!; A NEW VIDEO AND ANIMATION SHOW BY LA-BASED ARTIST HAZEL HILL. HILL BEGAN CREATING VIDEOS AS HOMAGE TO HER MUSE, HER PUG ROCKIT (B. 2003). ASSUMING A DECONSTRUCTIVE TAKE ON PROPRIETY, SHE CREATES VIDEOS AS A LOS ANGELES NATIVE. HER WORK FOCUSES ON HER FAMILIARITY WITH THE CITY'S TIMELESS ABSURDITIES AND HER RELENTLESS DEDICATION TO FAME AND FORTUNE. BY RE-EDITING IMAGES DERIVED FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF SOURCES, SHE CREATES RECONDITIONED OBSERVATIONS OF HER OBSESSION FOR LEADING MALE ROLES PLAYED BY THE LIKES OF MICHAEL DOUGLAS, TOM CRUISE AND MARTIN LAWRENCE.

SVART METALL, GRANT WILLING, 19/09/09

PRETEEN IS PROUD TO PRESENT SVART METALL; A NEW SOLO SHOW BY GRANT WILLING. THE EXHIBITION FEATURES SVART METALL WILLING'S LATEST PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES. SVART METALL IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE THEMES AND IDEALS OF THE BLACK METAL MUSIC GENRE. BLACK METAL EXPLORES DE IDEAS OF ANCIENT PAGAN AND SATANIC VIEWS AND PRESENTS THESE FEELINGS IN A VIOLENT, OFTEN CACOPHONOUS MUSIC. PROGRESSING FROM THE THEMES OF THE MUSIC, A SUBCULTURE HAS DEVELOPED IN WHICH MURDERS, CHURCH BURNINGS, AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES, AND OTHER BARBARIC ACTS HAVE OCURRED. GRANT WILLING'S PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY INTO THIS WORLD LOOKS AT CONSISTENT LYRICAL THEMES AND AN OVERALL CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IS PUT FORTH BY YHIS WAY OF LIFE. THE FOLKORE AND MYTHOLOGY ARE ACTING AS THE BASIS BEHIND THIS FANTASY AND THE DIRE ACTS OF VIOLENCE OCURRED BEING THE BASIS IN REALITY. BY CONTRASTING VARYING ELEMENTS THAT ARE ROOTED IN THESE CENTRAL THEMES, WILLING IS CREATING AN OVERALL FEELING OF THE INHERENT GRIMNESS AND MISANTHROPY THAT EXISTS IN BLACK METAL CULTURE.

CHICAGO VS DENVER, CORNROW RIDER

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE CHICAGO VS DENVER; A SOLO EXHIBITION BY NEW YORK BASED ARTIST COLLECTIVE CORNROW RIDER. THE COLLECTIVE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008 AS A PLATFORM FOR SEVERAL ARTISTS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY CROSSBREEDING GENRES, BACKROUNDS, IDENTITIES AND WORK HABITS. THEIR LATEST WORK IS COMPOSED OF PROJECTING AN UNEDITED AMERICAN FOOTBALL GAME FROM THE 2009 NFL SEASON. WITH THE SEEMINGLY EFFORTLESS GESTURE OF SHIFTING THE CONTEXT FROM LIVING ROOM TO GALLERY, THE COLLECTIVE MINES CONVENTIONAL MEDIA TO WARHOLIAN PROPORTIONS. CHICAGO VS DENVER CONTINUES THE COLLECTIVE'S EXPLORATION OF CLASS, RACE, AND SEXUALITY NOT BY MANIPULATING THE SOURCE MATERIAL, BUT THE ACTUAL AUDIENCE WHOM CONSUMES IT.

RICH MAN'S GURU, POOR MAN'S GURU, MIKE PARÉ

PRETEEN IS PROUD TO PRESENT RICH MAN'S GURU, POOR MAN'S GURU; A NEW SOLO RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS BY ARTIST MIKE PARÉ. PARÉ HAS EXPLORED THE CULTURE OF YOUTH AND THE BIGGEST YOUTH MOVEMENT EVER, THAT OF THE 1960'S. HE HAS AS WELL TOUCHED THE SUBJECTS OF REBELLION, IDEALISIM, BROTHERHOOD AND THE MYTOLOGY OF YOUTH; ALSO THE TRASCENDENTAL IDEAS OF YOUTH COLLECTIVITIES. THE WORKS IN THIS SHOW ARE SMALL FIGURATIVE DRAWINGS FROM THE PAST TEN YEARS, SELECTED BASED ON THEIR SUBJECT MATTER: CROWDS OF ADVERNTURERS RANGING FROM WESTERN DEVOTEES OF EASTERN GURUS TO ROCK CONCERT CROWDS TO OUTLAW BIKERS. ALL OF THESE GROUPS ARE SEEKERS OF TRASCENDENCE IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. THE DRAWINGS ALSO EVOKE IDEAS OF SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM, CLASSISM, AUTHENTICITY AND THE SELF RIGHTEOUS SWAGGER OF A TRIBE THAT IS THE PRODUCT OF ITS OWN INVENTION.

LOLITA, LUCAS SOI, 15/08/09

PRETEEN IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE LOLITA; A NEW SOLO EXHIBITION BY VANCOUVER BASED ARTIST LUCAS SOI. SOI'S WORK DEALS WITH ADOLESCENCE AND FEMININITY AS THEY RELATE TO CURRENT WESTERN SOCIETY'S MODES OF CONSUMPTION AND EXPLOITATION. A PHOTO COLLAGE, A SCULPTURE AND A SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATION ENTITLED IT'S MY BODY MAKE UP LOLITA. IT'S MY BODY IS SUCCESFUL IN USING SINGLE SHOT SCENES AS READYMADE NARRATIVE UNITS TO BUILD UP A SORT OF AN ESSAY ON HOW THE HETERESOXUAL MALE GAZE STRUCTURES ADOLESCENT FEMININITY'S VISUAL OUTPOURINGS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXPERIENCES.

BEYOND STONED, NEW YOGA, 25/07/09

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO PRESENT BEYOND STONED, A SHOW FEATURING NEW YOGA'S DARK BONG, THE RESULT OF A SIX MONTH AUDIO-VISUAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN BOSTON BAND NEW YOGA (JEFFREY K. JOYAL) AND LOS ANGELES VIDEO ARTIST PIG EYE (CARLOS SAUL LASZLO). DARK BONG, SOAKED IN THE EIGHTIES' SPIRIT, DOCUMENTS THE NEW WAYS OF PHISYCAL AND MENTAL EASTERN TRANCE. THE TELEVISION CONTROL PRACTICES AND CURRENT TECHNOLOGIC TANTRAS. ALSO, THE ANGRY AND DIRTY FORMS OF VERBAL AND MENTAL LIBERATION. WITHOUT QUESTION DARK BONG IS A NOSTALGC CELEBRATION OF LIFE WITH A CHARACTERISTIC POSTCAPITALIST AND PREDECADENCE VISION.

KÜCHENMUSIK, DIE TÖDLICHE DORIS, 27/06/09

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE KÜCHENMUSIK, A SHOW FEATURING A PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLAGE AND A RETROSPECTIVE SCREENING OF THE FILM WORKS FROM LEGENDARY BERLIN BASED PUNK TRIO DIE TÖDLICHE DORIS. DIE TÖDLICHE DORIS, AS PART OF THE NEUE DEUTSCHE WELLE (THE GERMAN NEW WAVE) WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC ART COLLECTIVES IN WEST BERLIN DURING THE 1980'S AND WERE A KEY FIGURE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIQUE INTERPRETATION OF PUNK AESTHETICS IN GERMANY. THEIR WORK MET NO BOUNDARIES IN TERMS OF MEANS OF EXPRESION: WRITING, FILM, PHOTOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE, ART OBJECTS AND FASHION DESIGN. THEY WERE ACTIVE FROM 1980 TO 1987

PSYCHOTROPIC HORIZONS, LUKE BARBER-SMITH, 20/06/09

PRETEEN IS PROUD TO PRESENT PSYCHOTROPIC HORIZONS, AN EXHIBITION FEAUTIRING PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO WORKS BY LUKE BARBER-SMITH. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLAGES QUESTION OUR CURRENT GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL VIEWS WITH A DEEP PASSION FOR COLOR AND ATMOSPHERIC MIASMA, ESTABLISHING A LANGUAGE OF TIME FORMALLY OUT OF REACH. BUILDINGS BECOME CHARACTERS IN A DECAYING WORLD THAT IS BOTH ROMANTIC AND HAUNTING. LUKE BARBER-SMITH WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PA AND LIVES AND WORKS IN BROOKLYN, NY.

NOTHING IN PARTICULAR, TANIA LESHKINA, 02/05/09

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO PRESENT NOTHING IN PARTICULAR, A NEW SOLO EXHIBITION BY LONDON BASED, RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHER TANIA LESHKINA (B. 1990). HER WORK DEALS NOT SO MUCH WITH CAPTURING A “DECISIVE MOMENT” OR A “PRESENCE OF ABSENCE” AS IT DOES WITH SYNTHESIZING THE AMBIANCE OF A GIVEN SITUATION AND PRESENTING PICTURES AS PIECES OR HINTS FOR THE VIEWER TO CONSTRUCT A LARGER SETTING THAT MAY NOT BE STRCTLY IMAGE BOUND. THIS SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPGS SHOT IN DOMESTIC INTERIORS EXPOSE TANIA’S APPROACH TO IMAGE MAKING AT ITS MOST BLURRY AND AMBIGUOUS, LEAVING A LOT OF ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION. TANIA HAS COLLABORATED TO NUMEROUS MAGAZINES LIKE VICE AND METAL. SHE HAS EXHIBITED IN PARIS, LONDON, MILAN, ROME, VENICE AND MALAGA.

OMG AND WTF BY AIDS-3D, 21/03/09

PRETEEN IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OMG AND WTF, A NEW EXHIBITION FEAUTIRNG VIDEO, ANIMATION, SOUND, IMAGES AND TEXT BY BERLIN BASED DUO AIDS-3D (DANIEL KELLER, NIK KOSMAS). AIDS-3D POSITION THEIR WORK OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL MEANS OF REPRESENTATION, CREATING PIECES THAT RELATE TO VIEWERS IN AN OFTEN DISTURBING MANNER. THEIR APPROACH TO ART MAKING ALLOW THEIR PERFORMATIVE PIECES, WHICH MERGE POLITICS, PAGAN RITUALS, RAVE CULTURE, COMPUTER KITSCH AESTHETICS, APOCALYPTIC VISIONS AND A PARTICULAR FUTURISTIC IDEAL OF HUMAN INTERRELATIONSHIP TO ENTER THE PUBLIC SPHERE THROUGH THE INTERNET LIKE A SLOW ACTING VIRUS LETTING THESE “POSSIBLE WORLDS” TO WORK BACK IN REAL LIFE.

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PRETEEN SCREENING #2, HANDSOME BY JOE GAGE

JOE GAGE’S FILMS BELONG TO THAT RAREFIED REALM OF EARLY, TRULY CINEMATOGRAPHIC, PIONEERING PORN ALSO OCCUPIED BY THE LIKES OF FRED HALSTED AND JACK DEVEAU.

JOE GAGE WAS BORN IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA AND RAISED ON CATALINA ISLAND. HE DIRECTED AND WROTE AN INFLUENTIAL TRILOGY OF GAY FILMS, COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS "THE WOKING MAN TRILOGY" (1976-1979). THESE FILMS WERE PRAISED FOR THEIR CONSISTENT PORTRAYALS SEX OCCURRING BETWEEN RUGGED, MASCULINE MEN WHO CAME FROM BLUE-COLLAR AND SUBURBAN BACKROUNDS AND WHO RELATED AS EQUAL MALE PARTNERS. CHARACTERS IN THE GAGE FILMS OFTEN DISPLAYED BONDS OF MALE CAMARADERIE THAT WENT BEYOND MERE, EPHEMERAL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.

FOR THIS SCREENING, WE’VE CHOSEN HANDSOME (1981), AS IT SYNTHESIZES GAGES’S PREVIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS IN CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING, MUSIC, SOUND DESIGN AND USE OF EERIE LOCATIONS TO STAGE SCENES. IT OFFERS AS WELL A MORE MATURE, SUBLIMATED AND EVEN MESMERIZING VISION OF MALE SEXUALITY, MAKING IT A SORT OF AN ESSAY ON THE AESTHETICS OF RURAL, AMERICAN WORKING CLASS MEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTIES, THROUGH DREAMLIKE, HYPNOTIC SEQUENCES OF HANDJOBS AND JACKOFFS OVER AN AMAZINGLY SEDUCTIVE SOUNDTRACK FROM MAN PARRISH, FEATURING VOCAL MONTAGES BASED ON THE AD BY RICK L. POLLACK.

NO NY, PETER SUTHERLAND, 07/02/09

PRETEEN IS PLEASED TO PRESENT NO NY, A NEW SOLO EXHIBITION BY THE NEW YORK BASED ARTIST PETER SUTHERLAND.

FOR PETER SUTHERLAND "GETTING OUT OF NEW YORK CITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF LIVING IN NEW YORK". THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF THIS SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS ARE THE PEOPLE AND PLACES OF EVERY DAY ANONIMITY.

SUTHERLAND HAS SHOWN IN GROUP EXHIBITIONS AT RIVINGTON ARMS/NY, GUILD AND GREYSHKUL/NY, CIRCLECULTURE GALLERY/BERLIN, V1 GALLERY/COPENHAGEN AND THE TRAVELLING TINY VICES SHOW, CURATED BY TIM BARBER. HIS SOLO EXHIBITIONS HAVE BEEN ON VIEW AT SOMEDAY GALLERY/MELBOURNE, MU/EINDHOVEN AND GALLERY WHITE ROOM/TOKYO. RECENTLY, HE'S RELEASED BUCK SHOTS (POWERHOUSE BOOKS) AND THE FILM TIERNEY GEARON: THE MOTHER PROJECT (ZEITGEIST FILMS).

WONDERFUL SHIT, ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ, 24/01/09

PRETEEN IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE WONDERFUL SHIT, A SOLO EXHIBITION FEATURING DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS BY MEXICAN BORN FASHION DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR, ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ.

ROBERTO WAS BORN IN CUERNAVACA, MORELOS IN 1983. HE STUDIED DRAWING AND PAINTING FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD. HE LIVES AND WORKS IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE HE DESIGNS CLOTHES AND ACCESORIES FOR THE HIGH FASHION, CULT BRAND, TEAMO.

HIS WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN MAGAZINES SUCH AS CÓDIGO (MEXICO), AMELIA'S (LONDON), INDIE ROCKS! (MEXICO), HARPER'S BAZAAR (MEXICO), CELESTE (MEXICO) AND BABY, BABY, BABY (MEXICO).

666!, MANUEL MORALES, 20/12/08

PRETEEN PRESENTS 666!, A SOLO EXHIBITION BY ARTIST MANUEL MORALES. HIS WORK BRINGS TOGETHER A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS THAT FOCUS ON THE STUDY OF THE MOST BASIC CIRCUMSTANCE: EXISTENCE. THE PIECES ATTEMPT TO DOCUMENT AND POINT OUT THE OBSCURE AND BIZARRE ASPECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE WITHOUT OVERSEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCE. THE TITLE OF THE SHOW SETS THE TONE FOR THE WORK EXHIBITED; UNIFYING A SPIRITUAL POSITION WITH A CASUAL EXPRESSION AND MAKING USE OF HUMOUR TO EMPHASIZE THAT, IN THE END, LIFE WITH ITS QUOTIDIANNESS OVERSHADOWS THE IDEA OF SPIRITUALITY AND THE REGIME OF THE SOUL AND TRASENDENCE.

PRETEEN SCREENING #1, DOG STAR MAN, STAN BRAKHAGE

'IF MAYA DEREN INVENTED THE AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE CINEMA, STAN BRAKHAGE REALIZED ITS POTENTIAL. BRAKHAGE SINGLE-HANDEDLY TRANSFORMED THE SCHISM SEPARATING THE AVANT-GARDE FROM CLASSICAL FILMMAKING INTO A CHASM. AND THE ULTIMATE CONSEQUENSES HAVE YET TO BE RESOLVED; HIS FILMS APPEAR NEARLY AS RADICAL TODAY AS THE DAY HE MADE THEM. DOG STAR MAN DEFINITIVELY MARKS THE TRANSITION FROM A LYRICAL STYLE, CENTERED ON INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE, TO A MORE EPIC STYLE, WITH A FOCUS ON BROAD METAPHYSICAL THEMES. ROUGHLY SPEAKING, THE FILM EXPRESSES A MYTHIC CONCEPTION OF THE STRUGGLE AND FALL OF MAN. MADE IN FOUR PARTS, WITH A PRELUDE, DOG STAR MAN INCORPORATES MANY LAYERS OF SUPERIMPOSITION AND A DENSE, RAPID EDITING PATTERN. AS THE ELEMENTS OF THE FILM GRADUALLY BUILD AND CASCADE INTO ONE ANOTHER, ONE BEGINS TO SEE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS MORE AND MORE CLEARLY, HOW AND WHY CERTAIN THEMES ARE REPEATED, AND THE SIMULTANEOUSLY EPIC AND ANALYTIC QUALITY OF THE FILM ITSELF'. � BRIAN FRYE.

THE SCREENING OF DOG STAR MAN WAS A NON-PROFIT, PRIVATE EVENT. ALL IMAGES BY STAN BRAKHAGE.