Chicago Art Department » Mike Recommends http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org intermedia + art + exhibition + learning Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:30:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 MIKE RECOMMENDS: DJ/VJ MACHINIST http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/2009/08/check-out-djvj-machinist/ http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/2009/08/check-out-djvj-machinist/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:51:24 +0000 mikenourse http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/?p=765 8-17-09burl

Brian aka " The Machinist" Klein is a visual and audio artist based in Chicago. He has taken a few CAD programs in the past including one of the earlier programs taught called "Man vs. Machine". Check him out and see him live!

http://flostationdevice.blogspot.com

http://machinist.godxiliary.com

http://www.myspace.com/themachinist

Here's a recording of Machinist performing live this past june 11.

This Monday August 17th you can find him performing at the Burlington, 3425 West Fullerton, between 10pm and 2am. Enjoy!

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Miguel Cortez has done great things for art in Chicago and his Pilsen-based gallery Antena continues that trend. From the website: "antena" is a project space headed by Miguel Cortez of Polvo and located in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. The spanish word "antena" means a device that is a transducer designed to transmit or receive electromagnetic waves but in this case it is meant to define it as a cultural space that transmits/broadcasts symbolically art ideas, new media and installation projects on a local and global scale.

http://www.antenapilsen.com/

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Shellie Fiocca is a graduate of SAIC, and a former student of Mike's. She has taken Go-Go Video and participated in many CAD events. Her beautiful work incorporates found media and paint, and her work can be found at FocusBalanceCreate.com. On Friday , June 26, 7pm – 10pm, CAD will be hosting work by Shellie and others, please read below and hope you can make it.

"Descriptionmotion/vision/transition" begins a new conversation about movement, appearance, and constant flux in the world around us. In this exhibition, three visual artists explore familiar, everyday subjects—the urban environment, the female form and modern advertising—to visually remove them from the familiar and present them in a way that’s anything but. A pastiche of digital photography, digital imagery, video, oil painting, graphite and ink constructs new visual contexts that re-form the way we view the city, the feminine and the media. The result is a collection of innovative perspectives that fascinate, inspire and engage us with the familiar as if for the very first time.
Meet the Artists: Nick Haas + Nate Winter Shellie Fiocca Kurt Kreissl Opening Reception Friday June 26th 7 PM to 10 PM Mark your calendars!! http://www.haastyle.com/mvtshow/
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Great street and teaching artist who has shown work at CAD a couple times. In his words: I utilize text and lettering and figure-based imagery with mediums such as oils, watercolor, ink, wood, metal and paper. I also revisit a personal and artistic history with aerosol and graffiti as a viable and alternative artmaking tool. Since then I have integrated tagging, stenciling and public political statements into my body of work. Text, Hinduism, Animism and politics are intertwined with instincts, language and emotion surfacing in the most unexpected ways.

hileshpatel.com

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Alexis Joaquin is a very talented photographer, actor, and director. Earlier this year he worked with Mike Nourse on his "City of Found Children" show at Salvage One and has since been doing some great portrait work around Chicago.

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