SCOPE Art Show

The SCOPE Foundation Presents

SCOPE New York 2010 Programming

SCOPE Markt

SCOPE Film

SCOPE Personal Development Auction

Sweet Shop

SCOPE Markt:

About Markt

SCOPE Miami 2009 saw the launch of SCOPE Markt, a fashion focused exhibition that drew high acclaim. SCOPE New York 2010 will see the second incarnation of "Markt" with the appointment of Diane Pernet, a leading fashion journalist and the creator of 'A Shaded View on Fashion' blog and film festival. "I was very excited when I heard about the SCOPE project because what interests me the most now is the interaction between fashion, art and film," says Diane Pernet. "There are many designers that just make clothes and there are others who are linked to art and creation. Their work blurs the boundaries of what is normally considered art or fashion. In addition to the fashion/art curation I will be screening a selection of out of competition films from the second edition of ASVOFF. I have two main loves, fashion and film and this exhibition gives me the opportunity to combine the two." Markt will feature a range of designers whose work cross-pollinates with the art world. In addition, to further support the creative positioning of SCOPE 2010 Markt, a series of installations will be organized in collaboration with exhibiting designers and leading figures in art and fashion.

Thirty percent of all proceeds from Markt will benefit the SCOPE Foundation

Mission Statement

You know, fashion is either put on a pedestal or hung on a hanger. How did that happen? What's on the racks can sometimes be touching but it’s seldom thrilling. The most bewitching fashion only ever leaves the catwalk when it's lifeless in a magazine or suffocating in a glass box at some museum. I don't know if fashion is necessarily art but I do know that it deserves to be inhabited by people who ache for it the same way others do for art. What's not fair is that great contemporary art is for sale while great contemporary fashion usually isn't. So this was my motivation when curating The Scope Contemporary Fashion Fair. You can step back and contemplate these pieces like meaningful sculptures or you can buy them and wear them like they ultimately should be. The point for me is that at least they will be accessible to an engaging audience - and hopefully a real life client - not just for someone studying them through the prism of an abstract image. They're close enough to devour and they're ready to be consumed. Just like art.
- Diane Pernet
Markt Curator & Founder of ASVOF/ A Shaded View on Fashion
www.ashadedviewonfashion.com

Markt 2010 - Designers
CHICKS ON SPEED
GRAHAM TABOR & MIGUEL VILLALOBOS
HORMAZD NARIELWALLA
LAMIJA SULJEVIC
SANDRA BACKLUND
SHARI PIERCE
SIX SCENTS PARFUMS
SKYWARD/ANIKA BERGER & ROBERT KNOKE

Martha Colburn
Join the Freedom Force, 2009
4:10min
www.marthacolburn.com

SCOPE Film Program | Thursday March 4 | Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn Presents | "Political Revolution in my Basement"

Films:
Anne McGuire, All Smiles and Sadness (7:00), 1999
Jamie Mohr, Coma Club (10:00), 2010
Michael Rudnick, Claude In “The Shower” (2:05), 2010
Martha Colburn, Join the Freedom Force (4:10), 2009
Felix Kubin (Germany), Lightning Strikes, directed by Sonke Held (4:10), 2009
Felipe Waller (Mexico), Maid in Mexico – Yosoyerica (4:10) 2009
George Kuchar, Artspace (10:00) 2010
Rich Cohen, Feedback (5:00) 2010
Greg Holm, Ice House Detroit (5:00), 2010

Martha Colburn was born in 1971 and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania (USA). Based in Holland and New York since 2000.

A self-taught filmmaker, she has completed over 40 films since 1994. Based in Baltimore, Maryland in the 90's, she self-released six records and toured American and European cinemas and music venues with her work. In 2000 she moved to Holland for the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunst art residency, where she created installations, prints and paintings which were presented in Europe, China and New Zealand art institutions. Her films have screened successive years in Sundance, Rotterdam and New York Film Festivals and In the Fortnight of New Directors at Cannes Film Festival in 2005. Recently she contributed animation to Jeff Feuerzeig's documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnson". Her work has shown in the Whitney Biennial (2006), Centre Pompidou, Andy Warhol Museum and the Museum of Modern Art (NY). She has collaborated with musicians Jad Fair, Eye Yamatsuka, and Deerhoof on her soundtracks and self-released 6 albums of her own music.

Martha Colburn has been featured in exhibitions and film festivals around the world including at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY, Musee d Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK, Anthology Film Archive, New York, NY, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, LT, Nanjing Art Institute Gallery, Nanjing, China, Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, NL, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT, New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY.

www.marthacolburn.com

Michael Nyman
Witness II
Aushwitz (Poland) 2008
Single Screen - DVD
Duration 06.17min

SCOPE Film Program | Friday March 5 | A Shaded View on Fashion Film

A Shaded View on Fashion Film curated by Diane Pernet presents a day of film

A Shaded View on Fashion Film shakes up the old rules of fashion by putting the focus on the moving image, in an industry long dominated by the "still" photographic medium. In the time of digital, film has become the freshest way for fashion makers to draw attention to their work. Revolving around a selection of short films, the common thread is the use of fashion, beauty and/or style; a study in the drama, power and personification that fashion evokes and commands on screen. Since its premier in 2008 at the Jeu de Paume National Gallery, the program of short films has traveled to institutions like the Guggenheim Bilbao, Cinema Rise X in Tokyo, the Chelsea Arts Club in London; fashion events such as AltaRoma in Rome and many others around the world - Seoul, Riga and Mexico City to name just a few; and screenings at festivals like Hyeres, Festival 9 in Vienna and the Arnhem Biennale.

Diane Pernet of A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival presents a selection of films including works by Michael Nyman, Erwin Olaf, Steven Klein, Bianca Pilet, Benjamin Seroussi, Camille Vivier & Sanghon Kim, Malcolm Pate, Vincent Gagliostro, Georgie Greville, Fumiko Imano, Suzie Q & Leo Siboni, Andrea Splisgar, Elisha Smith-Leverock, Chris Cunningham, Sara Dunlop, Griffin, Mattias Montero, Ruth Hogben, Justin Anderson, A Shaded View, Johan Renck, Manuel Miranda, Diane Pernet & Matthew Hawkins, Jun Takahashi, Igor Zimmermann, Frode Fjerdingstad, Marcus Palmqvist, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Nick Knight, Eric Smith, Alia Raza, Ada Bligaard Soby and Pacome Thiellement.

www.ashadedviewonfashionfilm.com
www.ashadedviewonfashion.com

Bradley EROS + Tim Geraghty
TRANSTRANS
(Transformers Transformed), 2009
HD/ digital video
12min

Soundtrack mix includes:
Francois Bayle, Frank Zappa, Einsturzende Neubauten, Terry Fox, Christian Fennesz.

All text from F.T. Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto (1909) & Manifesto on Futurist Cinema (1916).

Commissioned by Performa 09

SCOPE Film Program | Saturday March 6 | Zach Layton

"D.I.Y. Sci-Fi"

Curated by Zach Layton

Damon Packard - Space Disco One (part one) aka "Beyond 1984", 19 min 16 " (2007)

Jessie Stead, Color Photographs of the Moon - 1 min 33" (2003)

Joshua Thorson - World Contact, 14 minutes, (2004) Music by I Love You. With John Kelly, Pat Palermo, Adam Reed, and Louis Columbo.

Shana Moulton - The Mountain Where Everything is Upsidedown, 4:00 (2006)

Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) - The Remote Controller, 9 mins (2003)

Bradley Eros - Transformers Transformed, 7 mins (2009)

Alyssa Taylor Wendt - "You the Vandal", 19 mins (2008)

Felix Kubin & Mariola Brillowska - Hotel Supernova, 4 min 04" (2002)

Damon Packard - Blade Runner 2, 6 mins 06" (2008)

Jeannie Liotta - Sweet Dreams, 3 mins 45" (2009)

Shana Moulton - Whispering Pines 4, 10 mins 53" (2007)

Jeff Keen - Irresistable Attack, 10 mins, 8mm (1995)

Joshua Thorson - New Testament, 21 minutes, (2007) Music by Nick Hallett and Uncle Woody Sullender. With Larry Miller, Paul Sepuya, Viva Ruiz, and Matt Dunn.

Elle Burchill - AFTERMATH, 7 mins (2010)

Jen Liu - 2304 is a Beer Drinking Year, 5 min 49" (2004)

ANONYMOUS ART INITIATIVE, Feminist Harvest, 4 mins, (2010)

Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) - Trying Things Out , 4 mins (2007)

Jillian McDonald - Apocalypse Zombie, 5 mins 44" (2009)

feature:

Craig Baldwin, Specters of the Spectrum, 91 mins (1999)

4pm live performance:

Fair Use Trio - (Luke Dubois, Matthew Ostrowski, Zach Layton); 2001: A space odyssey & Blade Runner (30 mins)

Rammy Lee Park
At Night I Wake to Dream , 2008
Mini DV
07:00 min

Oz Malul
Stepping on your face (it's me bitches) , 2007
Mini DV
01:54min

SCOPE Film Program | Sunday March 7 | Divya Mehra and Rammy Lee Park

Divya Mehra and Rammy Lee Park present | "The Interruption" a day of film and hyperreal installation in collaboration with the MFA film program at Columbia University

interrupt |ˌintəˈrəpt|
verb [ trans. ]
1 stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process) : the buzzer interrupted his thoughts.
- stop (someone speaking) by saying or doing something : "Of course..." Shepherd began, but his son interrupted him | [with direct speech ] "Hold on," he interrupted.
2 break the continuity of (a line or surface) : the coastal plain is interrupted by chains of large lagoons.
- obstruct (something, esp. a view).

ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin interrupt- 'broken, interrupted,' from the verb interrumpere, from inter- 'between' + rumpere 'to break.'

The artistry of interruption is best experienced in New York City's Chinatown district, where one is incessantly inundated with all levels interruptions; pushy street vendors, distressed children, screeching traffic, fortune tellers grabbing you by the left arm while bookies in secret shops grab your right arm in attempts to convince you to bet against the Jets. With so much over-stimulation it's a miracle that our ears still perk up at even the faintest whispers in this neighborhood, as though we were waiting to hear something meaningful. "Gucci? Prada? Rolex...Rolex?" Camouflaged amongst Chinatown's congestion, it's very easy to walk right by one of tens of dozens of secret hawkers, passive aggressively trying to push the the latest knock-off Chanel clutch. However unlike everything else happening in Chinatown, individuals actually come from all over New York and abroad to seek out these vendors. They hide in alleys promising good bargains, concealing their counterfeit goods in large black garbage bags or suitcases with wheels; that allow for a quick get-away from the authorities. The most inventive of these vendors will lead you into their storefront shop, which appears to sell perfume, belts, scarves and video-games, into a back-room or a basement. Those brave enough to venture this far in are rewarded with knockoffs of the highest quality.

In collaboration with the MFA film program at Columbia University Mehra and Park present a day of film and hyperreal installation based on the technique of interruption; that is the idea to create a break or freeze of what is currently happening forcing a change in direction or thought.

The collaboration will unfold simultaneously. The first part is a hyperreal installation specifically created for the SCOPE Art Fair and aptly titled The Interruption ['10]. The intention is to create an installation where it becomes difficult to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Multimedia artist Mehra, will install 25 performers who will situate themselves throughout the fair and attempt to hawk masterpiece counterfeit works of art. Much like the hawkers in Chinatown they carry large black garbage bags, suitcases, dress in dark plain clothing and most importantly, all be of the same ethnicity. Do we shy away from these men or report them to security as we begin to notice one after the other? Are we afraid of our misconceptions? Or during these recessionary times do we rush over to buy knockoffs and score a deal at the fair? Although it is in sharp contrast to the method which Mehra usually presents her work, the intentions are similar: to question ideas of cultural identity, race, and our preconceived notions of the other.

The second component to the collaboration are films from Columbia's MFA Film department; a program curated by Rammy Lee Park and Divya Mehra. The program experiments with narrative storytelling, creating extraordinary tales out of imagined experiences. A few of the chosen works include, Recess ['09], which attempts to explore teenage rebellion, pinpointing the exact moment in a girl's life when childhood is violently interrupted to make way for adult responsibilities. At Night I Wake To Dream ['08], touches on an active dream-life used as a means to escape reality - but reality will always interrupt fantasy. These, along with a few select works, impose interruptions in multiple ways to reveal fragile inner desires and offer varied interpretations of what it means to be interrupted, or to interrupt.

All filmmakers and artists involved are candidates for or graduates of the School of the Arts at Columbia University.

Artist Bio | Statements

Rammy Lee Park
www.rammypark.com

Synopsis: A young girl's imaginary escape is interrupted by harsh realities.

Artist bio: Rammy Lee Park is a writer and filmmaker. A former journalist, she cut her storytelling teeth at NY1 News, ABC News, New York Magazine and The Associated Press. Her work as a director/producer has screened at The Anthology Film Archives, the Pusan International Film Festival, (le) Poisson Rouge, Cinequest and the Spokane International Film Festival. She was a finalist for the HBO Young Filmmaker's Award and was recently nominated for a film grant from the Princess Grace Foundation. Her next film, THE HOMECOMING QUEEN, is currently in post-production. An MFA candidate in the film program at Columbia University's School of the Arts, she lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

DIVYA MEHRA
www.divyamehra.com

Artist Bio: Divya Mehra is a multimedia artist who recently earned an MFA from Columbia University, New York. She obtained her BFA with Honors from the University of Manitoba's School of Art. In her practice she explores issues of cultural displacement and hybridization, deploying a humorous perspective in the execution of the works. Her work has been included in a number of exhibitions and screenings across North America and overseas, most notably at The Queens Museum of Art and The Guild Art Gallery (New York, U.S.A.), the Beijing 798 Biennale (Beijing, China), Plug In ICA (Winnipeg, Canada), The Images Festival and A Space (Toronto, Canada), Groupe Intervention Video (Montreal, Canada), and Gallery OED (Cochin, India). Mehra currently divides her time between Winnipeg and New York.

MARKUS KIRSCHNER
www.markuskirschner.com

Synopsis: When Dolly's fiance ditches her in the Nevada desert, her worst nightmare becomes her only comfort. Communion explores young love interrupted by one of our biggest fears: abandonment.

Artist Bio: Markus Kirschner holds a B.A. in Literature from Bard College and an M.F.A. in Filmmaking from Columbia University, New York. His short film, Communion, won the Nevada Filmmaking Award at CineVegas 2009 and also played at the AFI Dallas, Palm Springs, Rhode Island and Bilbao International Film Festivals. His first short film, Caged Birds, premiered at NewFilmmakers at Anthology Film Archives in New York City. When not creating his own work, Markus works as a production designer. Most recently he production designed Sundance 2010 selection, 3 Backyards starring Edie Falco and Elias Koteas. Kirschner is also a contributing curator to ryeberg.com. Kirschner lives and works in New York City.

OZ MALUL
www.ozmalul.com

Synopsis: A topless D.J. is sitting in front of his computer, all alone in his studio. The songs are replaced by drum loops and the sound bites are played repetitively. The D.J. is introducing the songs by shouting a series of undefinable syllables facing the wall with his back to the camera. The mix of these components results in a grotesque portrait of modern culture.

Artist bio: Recent graduate of Columbia University's MFA department, Malul is currently living and working in Israel.

BLAKE MARTIN

Synopsis: Driving home to see his dying father, Nick's journey is interrupted by thoughts of what he might say at his bedside. But life doesn't go by any one script, and Nick may be surprised by the raw beauty of it all.

Artist bio: Blake Martin studied writing and photography at the University of Pennsylvania before turning to film. He credits a post-bac course on Fellini and a handicam bought on credit for his conversion to the moving image. His third film, 3 Endings was shot on location in Richmond, Virginia.

APRYL RICHARDS

Synopsis: Childhood interrupted.

Artist bio: Apryl graduated cum laude from the University of Washington, where she concentrated in Experimental Digital Video and was a Mary Gates Research Scholar. She was a Production Design teaching assistant and guest lecturer at the University of Washington and received an Award for Academic Excellence in a Technical Program for her carpentry work at the Center for Wood Construction. Apryl has also worked as a technical illustrator and graphic designer for the Microsoft Corporation, was an Art Director for The Brand Upon the Brain!, (a feature film directed by Guy Maddin), and was a project manager for Swingset Film & Audio - a start-up film production company established to support low-budget filmmakers, musicians, and visual artists in Seattle. As the director of youth programs at the Maysles Institute in New York she developed curriculum for a summer documentary film program for children in Harlem. Apryl is currently pursuing her Master in Fine Arts in Film at Columbia, and is a visiting faculty member at the Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media at the University of Washington.

SUNSET TELEVISION
www.sunsettelevision.com

Synopsis: SUNSET TELEVISION EPISODE 4: SADNESS: The fourth episode by New York experimental comedy collective Sunset Television is very short, but still manages to seamlessly and lovingly intertwine three-legged blind dogs, beautiful Swedish men with glorious flowing long hair, and nude sandwich eating into one long emotional shower of depressing humor. Happiness interrupted.

Artist bio: SUNSET TELEVISION is a small group of individuals working in New York City together in a small room, creating little pieces of absurd comedy with a focus on blurring the line between what they find and re-appropriate, and what they create from scratch. Each episode is meticulously strung together together with a theme in mind and then called an"episode."

DAVYDE WACHELL
www.davyde.com

Synopsis: Recess tracks a suburban American girl's struggle with her queerness.

Artist bio: Davyde Wachell is a young filmmaker from Vancouver. His shorts examine the problem of violence and identity in young people. Wachell's work has premiered at Tribeca. His most recent work includes producing, Pool Party, by director Sara Zandieh in Tehran. Wachell currently lives in Istanbul.

Personal Development Auction:
Schedule
First Bid | Wednesday March 3
Public Bid | March 4 - 6 | SCOPE Pavilion
Closing Bid | Saturday March 6 | 6pm

PDA NYC 2010, the SCOPE Art Show, People’s Revolution and artist Lilah Freedland present the Personal Development Auction (PDA), where luminaries, artisans, and icons donate one hour of their time, redeemable as mini mentorships.

This season, SCOPE presents the PDA, a unique participatory project from artist Lilah Freedland, benefiting the Scope Foundation. During the PDA, participants have the opportunity to bid on experiences like a private lesson with a top chef, a personal tour of the Columbia Brain Science Lab, a lesson in pyrotechnics, a session with the pied piper of screen printing, or lunch with a top financial planner.

The silent PDA will culminate Saturday afternoon in a Live Auction of Personal Favors. Proceeds from the auction go to the SCOPE Foundation to support artist projects. Upcomming and recent projects include: ArtFarm, an artist residency on a working farm, where artists work in the studio and in the field to contribute food and inspiration to weekly farm dinner events and goods; The Arctic Circle, a series of artist-led expeditions to The Arctic Circle aboard a traditionally rigged sailing vessel; and The Girl Project, which explores the lives of American teenage girls through photographic images they create themselves.
The mandate of the SCOPE Foundation is to help emerging contemporary artists, musicians and curators through grants, awards and acquisitions. This artist-driven 501(c)(3) was launched to fund and promote emerging contemporary art in and out of the traditional marketplace. The SCOPE Foundation provides everyone with the opportunity to be a philanthropist.

PAST SCOPE FOUNDATION PROJECTS
The Collector Mentorship Auction with: Arnold Lehman, Kim Levin, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Kenny Schachter, Kay Saatchi, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Eileen and Richard Eksract, Dennis Oppenheim, Rob Teeters, Terrie Sultan, Alexis Hubshman, Louisa Buck, Melva Bucksbaum and Rayomond Learsy

Cheap Fast and Out of Control
Print editions, T-shirt s, books, records, live music

The Girl Project
thegirlproject.org

The Arctic Circle
thearcticcircle.org
Museum presents | scope film | scope sound

The mandate of the SCOPE Foundation is to help emerging contemporary artists, through grants, awards, and acquisitions. SCOPE is dedicated to not only supporting the international up-and-coming artistic community, but local schools and not-for-profit arts institutions.

The Sweet Shop by Pratima Naithani

Agró/Glickman STEP (1) is pleased to announce that The Sweet Shop, a new multi-media, mobile art installation by New York-based artist Pratima Naithani will make its debut at the SCOPE New York Art Show from March 3 to 7, 2010.

Reinventing select vestiges from India’s vast artistic, cultural, and religious traditions within a contemporary context, The Sweet Shop is a mobile art installation that takes place throughout the exterior and interior of a refurbished school bus. The project’s premise involves using the universal language of art as a “vehicle” for sharing the artist’s perspective on vibrant aspects of Indian culture with a broad audience by taking art OUT of the gallery and INTO the streets. Open to public viewing while parked at SCOPE, the installation will also shuttle visitors between the various art fairs taking place from March 4 to 7. Additional works by the artist are also on view inside.

Sweet Shop Schedule
Hours parked at SCOPE:
Wednesday 3/3 from 3 - 9pm
Thursday 3/4 from 12 - 4pm
Friday 3/5 from 12 - 3pm
Saturday 3/6 from 12 - 4pm
Sunday 3/7 from 2 - 6pm
SCOPE is located at 62 St. between Columbus/9
th Ave. and Amsterdam/10th Ave.

Hours shuttling between SCOPE, the Armory, and Pulse:
Thursday 3/4 from 4 - 6pm
Friday 3/5 from 5 - 7pm
Saturday 3/6 from 4 - 7pm
The Armory drop-off/pick up location is on the lower level of Pier 92 on 12th Ave. at 52 St.
Pulse is located at 330 West St. at the corner of the West Side Highway and West Houston St.

For schedule updates and for more information on
The Sweet Shop, please visit
http://www.step1art.com/scopeny2010_home.html
www.pratimanaithani.com/sweet.

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