[bygone] Opening Reception May 2014 @ Proteus Gowanus Gallery (New York)

Opening Reception @ Proteus Gowanus Gallery (New York)
Water Works – Opening Reception / Saturday, May 31, 2014, 6-8pm
Opening reception of Water Works, featuring the work of 16 visual artists. The title of this exhibition is derived from the board game, Monopoly. It invokes the infrastructures and agencies that deliver water to our sinks and tubs while also serving as a metaphor for tears. / Curator: Christopher Saucedo Artists: Kevin Baer, Gina Phillips, GAS, Laura Gipson, Jessica Goldfinch, Cheryl Hayes, Rachel Jones Deris, Matthew Kirscht, Holger Lang*, Malcolm McClay, Anastasia Pelias, Christopher Saucedo, Dan Tague, Ashley Robbins – Tague, Michel Varisco, Monica Zeringue (*all artists included in this exhibition are working in New Orleans except Holger Lang, from Vienna, Austria) Proteus Gowanus / 543 Union Street / Brooklyn, New York 11215 / 718.427.2200 http://proteusgowanus.org/proteus-gowanus-archive/water/index.html

intentionally disposable website

As of today, the day with the most views of this blog on one day was the 1st of February 2020. The, also as of today, most viewed post was the one titled Premiere of "Metropolis Megaplex". Both facts are interesting and somewhat surprising for me, but it may also change in the future. Most likely, it will. And this blog existed as part of one older website, then it was neglected and paused for a decade, during which I tried to move information from the older website to the newer ones, but I also abandoned that new one a few years later and left it hovering in limbo. A year ago, I used a different platform to play around with an intentionally disposable website, also caused by the control about the contract with the provider: I use a contract that allows me to use it, but I am not the one who signed and paid. So that site will vanish for sure, and I was looking for methods to preserve it. Maybe I find a way to involve it here, but again, I am not sure. This here is a commercial platform that could trash all my work in a blink. A site fully controlled by me also had not satisfied me because I will not be able to maintain it forever, so it would and will decay by itself. That's all interesting and strange for me.

Hail Joker

The next post will have the number 110 and the newest pictures in it will sum up to 170. The plan goes up to a number of 500 posts until the summer next year - then we will see where we arrived and what you will see and read and sing ...

The Joker / Steve Miller Band / / Some people call me the space cowboy / Yeah / Some call me the gangster of love / Some people call me Maurice / 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love / People talk about me, baby / Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong / Well, don't you worry, baby, don't worry / 'Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, / Right here at home / 'Cause I'm a picker / I'm a grinner / I'm a lover and I'm a sinner / I play my music in the sun / I'm a joker / I'm a smoker / I'm a midnight toker / I sure don't want to hurt no one / I'm a picker / I'm a grinner / I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner / I play my music in the sun / I'm a joker / I'm a smoker / I'm a midnight toker / I get my lovin' on the run Woo-hoo, woo-hoo / You're the cutest thing that I ever did see / I really love your peaches / Want to shake your tree / Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time / Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you good time / 'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner / I'm a lover and I'm a sinner / I play my music in the sun / I'm a joker / I'm a smoker / I'm a midnight toker / I get my lovin' on the run / I'm a picker / I'm a grinner / I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner / L play my music in the sun / I'm a joker / I'm a smoker / I'm a midnight toker / I sure don't want to hurt no one / Woo-hoo, woo-hoo / People keep talking about me, baby / Say I'm doin' you wrong / Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry / Mama / 'Cause I'm right here at home / You're the cutest thing I ever did see / I really love your peaches / Want to shake your tree Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time / C'mon baby and I'll show you a good time / / Songwriters: Steven Haworth Miller / Eddie Curtis / Ahmet Etregun / The Joker lyrics © Sailor Music, Rooster Jim Music, Jim Rooster Music Co., Cotillion Music Inc, Jim Rooster Music Co /

Uncle Peter

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I am LAZY with my website (in April 2016)
I know, it’s not smart, not helpful, not encouraging and not productive – but somehow circumstances are a good excuse for NOT REALLY putting much up here on my website. Yes, there is some stuff here, but most of it is OLD and from my OLD website. And that had already been very minimal. NO, there is no excuse, just a description of facts: I am LAZY ….

That's what I had posted on my previous, previous website.
In June 2020 I had published a temporary new website.
Or at least something like that.
Also not better, or - in better words:
Definitely not better than the previous one.
- Still not sure about the internet ...
kinda crazy, in May 2021
hmmm

Hamburg 2020

TITEL: Geht’s noch? Weiter?
MEDIUM: Licht / Raum / Bild / Installation
KÜNSTLER/NAMEN: Mutual Loop / Martina Tritthart / Holger Lang
ERÖFFNUNG: Freitag, 14. Februar 2020 um 19 Uhr
AUSSTELLUNG: 15. bis 16. Februar 2020
ÖFFNUNGSZEITEN: Sa. und So. 15 – 18 Uhr
Das im Kollektiv mutual loop zusammenarbeitende Duo aus Wien, Martina Tritthart und Holger Lang, wird im FRISE Künstlerhaus ortsspezifische Arbeiten zur Wahrnehmung von Raum, Zeit und der persönlichen Position innerhalb der für uns fassbaren Parameter erstellen. Zwischen zwei jeweils eigenständigen Zugängen werden sich im zentralen Raum Schwingungen, Emotionen und Bilder zu einer umfassenden Erfahrungszone verbinden. In der Überschneidung individueller Standpunkte wird ein Spannungsfeld für Projektionen und Interpretationen möglicher Zukunftsperspektiven erstellt.
https://archive.frise.de/349-0-Mutual+Loop.html
https://www.frise.de/en/exhibition/archive/mutualloop/

mutating error embracement

A mutant is a biological entity that has undergone a change in its genetic structure. In applied genetics, it is usual to speak of mutations as either harmful or beneficial. A harmful or deleterious mutation decreases the fitness of the organism. A beneficial or advantageous mutation increases the fitness of the organism. Changes in any structure can happen due to errors of multiple qualities. Some believe errors should be avoided at all costs, and errors are proof of failure. The future is unavoidable and will not care much about your petty ideas of right and wrong, of success or setback, of accomplishment or misfortune. In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA. Viral genomes contain either DNA or RNA. Mutations result from errors during DNA or viral replication, mitosis, or meiosis or other types of damage to DNA, which then may cause an error during some forms of repair or an error during replication. Biological mutations may also result from the insertion or deletion of segments of DNA due to mobile genetic elements.

technologies and perception

Television had been a recognisable influence on the public perception of the world. In the 90s of the last century, during the last decade of the last millennium, I also produced programs for television. 25 years later I am still wondering what had happened to our brains during the short period before the digital confluence in multiple media. Television was based on the experience of analog electronic video technologies and had a very linear structure. Once you are primed by such a quality it is harder to leave the tracks.

recorded in 1994

Long forgotten album by motel.11, recorded in 1994, titled heavy passion / white science / templum est - collect enough money for a release in 2024, stay tuned.

hyenas growing balloons

indistinguishable from the other balloons
you are a small spot on the moving surface
there is a seconder world around the center
the experience is outside you and it is scary
are you ever able to see what tumblrina is spinning
around the twitteriola in instagrammy and faceitland
they even compete about the first smile ever photographed
as if this would win you a significant prize

pose as a knowledgeable leader
as a caring mother or a confused child
present yourself as crazy jester in no court
when women to hyenas growing, they make with horror art
remaining insignificant and trivial
but because I am really tired of knowing that
it's more fun to compute when we're functioning
on automatic we are dancing so mechanic

101

what if it is nothing but finding the right spell
a spell to stay alive and connected
being alive is being connected
to what you love and what you loved before
loved before it drifted apart and you
try to find the spell that create the thread
that will never be cut

fabulous road to nowhere
finding a new way of walking and a new way of working
nostalgic futurism, sentimental phantasies
finding a way across the sea, with no destination
torn and born by the winds of the wild
synchronised by the moon

Karlsruhe, Germany

ON - Friday, October 21, 2016 | 10.30am ZKM Vortragssaal @ ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany | MASTERCLASS HOLGER LANG (Austria)

when will it fade away

ON - Wednesday, May 4, 2016 | 7.30pm Austrian Cultural Forum, NY | 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022 | Panel discussion and Q+A with Jeffrey Scher (USA), New York-based filmmaker and animator; lecturer at the School of Visual Arts and adjunct instructor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts; opinionator at the New York Times and Holger Lang (AT), Assistant Professor and Research Faculty, Webster Vienna Private University and Adjunct Professor, Webster University St. Louis.

ownership of property

the idea of property is connected to many questions -
as there is no social media that is owned by societies -
whatever you put out into the world, whatever you publish -
through any corporate channel, through any website -
will ultimately be used by the commercial companies -
that built and control the structures that they entail -
ans once they claimed ownership they will defend it -
as a commodity they assume to have a right to utilise -

disguise and conquer

Can you agree to the claim, that between suggestive fashion statements and role play in disguise we starve to experience reality, so we assume we must find accurate news sources to show us what bubbles and foams behind the superficial surfaces - thus, is this so?

strategic thinking

Is the juxtaposition of images already expressing a distorted view on human entities, or do primarily words create the interpretation of visual input. Are two women in communication about a dead cat, or do they contemplate the so-called "dead cat strategy", or "deadcatting", which is a term used for the introduction of a dramatic, shocking, or sensationalist topic to divert discourse away from a more damaging topic. Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between human beings based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they are perceived to belong. The Yale Book of Quotations is a collection that focuses on modern and American quotations and claims a high level of scholarship and reliability. Edited by Fred R. Shapiro, it was published by Yale University Press in 2006 with a foreword by Joseph Epstein, ISBN 978-0-300-10798-2. Shapiro is also the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations, and several other books. According to him, the term "sexism" was most likely coined on November 18, 1965, by Pauline M. Leet during a "Student-Faculty Forum" at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Also, according to Shapiro, the first time the term "sexism" appeared in print was in Caroline Bird's speech "On Being Born Female", which was published on November 15, 1968, in Vital Speeches of the Day (page. 6). Sexism can affect anyone, but currently it primarily affects women and girls.

briefed awareness

Good morning my splashing, colourful, shiny, happy, sunny yoga-tennis team. I will not make any deals with you. You may, however, attempt to gain awareness through sports. I've resigned where Hindu meditation meets Country Club recreation. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own and you can choose your own adventure. I resign and throw the paint on the canvas in the lap of Baba Rick Champion.

increasingly restless

The Greek troops are waiting at with their ships, ready to sail for Troy, but are unable to depart due to a strange lack of wind. After consulting a seer, the Greek leaders learn that this is no mere meteorological abnormality but rather the will of a goddess, who is withholding the winds because the king had offended her. The seer informs the generals that in order to appease the goddess, the king must sacrifice his eldest daughter. In spite of his horror, he must consider this seriously because his assembled troops, who have been waiting on the beach and are increasingly restless, may rebel if their bloodlust is not satisfied. He sends a message to his wife, telling her to send their daughter to the harbour, on the pretext that the girl is to be married to a very famous warrior before he sets off to fight in the foreign lands. The daughter is thrilled at the prospect of marrying one of the great heroes of the Greek army, but she, her mother, and the ostensible groom-to-be soon discover the truth.