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Synthetic Zero - Call for artists, filmmakers, and performers

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From: Synthetic Zero Loft Events <mitsu@syntheticzero.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Subject: Call for artists, filmmakers, and performers for next Synthetic Zero event
To: jess.ramsay@gmail.com

Hi,

On June 3 and 6 we're having another event, and we're again looking for visual art, experimental film, video, readings, performances, music, etc. The show will again be part of the Bronx Culture Trolley and is partly sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts. If you'd like to submit visual art or a performance, please email mitsu@syntheticzero.com; if it's a video, send it to:

Mitsu Hadeishi / Synthetic Zero 
305 E 140th St #1A 
Bronx, NY 10454 
718 772-4961

Preferred formats for video are DVD (NTSC or PAL) or Blu-Ray disc.

Also coming up:

May 1st (7pm opening), 2nd (4pm - 6pm), and 6th (6pm)

"Otherworld: Explorations of the Uncanny"

Alison Ward curates a show featuring artwork by Lauriston Avery, Jenny Doussan, Josh Kil, Wyatt Nash, Clive Murphy, and Alison Ward. It is a mix of painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and sound work that deals with the notion of cognitive dissonance - that uncanny feeling that happens when one holds two contradictory ideas simultaneously. All of the work that she has chosen for the show has a dialogue with the other pieces as well, so the whole exhibition should read as a larger installation piece. The show opens on Friday May 1st with a reception that evening, and will be open for the 3rd Annual Mott Haven Open Studio Tour on Saturday the 2nd from 4pm-6pm. 

DIRECTIONS:

The art space is at 305 E. 140th St., #1A, Bronx NY 10454.

305 is on a paper sign in the glass door. Ring doorbell marked 1A, to the right of the door. If 1A does not answer, please ring 3A. 

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO FRIENDS! Thanks. 

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Ask yourself how you can know that anything else you experience or have ever experienced has not already done that, or can not do that?

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Sent on 4/17/09 at 1:33am.

Earth's Orientation (?)

Why do we always present visualizations of the Earth with the Northern Hemisphere placed above the Southern, when and how did we decide it looked like this:

instead of this:

???

I considered briefly that it could be the way that the Sun affects different areas of the Earth in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles, but even if this establishes our position relative to the Sun who's to say that the Sun isn't upside down as well? . . .

Sent 4/16/09 at 10:47pm.

Pink Gorilla and Cookie Monster Rock Out

the music was really creepy, actually.

Sent 4/16/09 at 4:08pm.

Gallery 151 - "Green Light Go"

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writing credit: Bo Moore

Pass The Banana

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Ok, so yeah, you can have as many players as you want, the more the merrier for sure on this one.

Each person writes a sentence on the top of the paper - this can be absolutely anything subject-wise (should be legible for reading purposes), then you pass the message (the banana) to the person to your left.

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More soon....

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ArtSpam initiative

isn't really spam, it's more like we all just share pictures.

it's kind of like the photoswap app for the iPhone except the images you get are interesting.
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                             ..it's crazy how flannel seems to just make it all okay again.

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