Daily Archives: August 3rd, 2009

The Horticulture of the High Line

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

High Line Horticulture from Irene Roxanne on Vimeo.

My friend Irene used to hop the fence on the High Line back when it was an abandoned and forbidden urban wilderness. I never had the courage to follow her trespassing lead. She incorporates some of the shots she got back then in this sweet video. (if the video plays poorly for you, click the HD button to switch out of HD. Also make sure you have the latest Flash Player Installed. Closing other tabs, browser windows and applications may help.)

Botany is a force of nature whose quiet yet critical role in our ecosystem is often neglected. Fortunately, this is not the case with the new High Line park. In this video I interview Patrick Cullina, Vice President of Horticulture at the High Line, to learn more about this unique garden in the sky. When shooting this video, I also had my mother in mind – her carefully tended yard, and frequent childhood visits to the Bronx Botanical Garden where she’d take innumerable photos of my siblings and I next to the flowers. As an adult, I appreciate such beauty even more.

– Irene Tejaratchi Hess
Producer, NATURE
thirteen.org/greenthirteen/uncategorized/video-the-horticulture-of-the-high-line/25/

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Kal Spelletich Opening Thursday

Monday, August 3rd, 2009


California Investigative Healing organized by Kal Spelletich
opening reception: Thursday, August 6th, 6-9pm
136 Watts New York, NY 10013 (Below Canal between Washington and Greenwich)
The Jack Hanley Gallery, New York is pleased to present California Investigative Healing, a multisensory exhibit
organized by San Francisco-based artist, Kal Spelletich. Spelletich will unveil, for the first time to a U.S. audience,
the Herb Alpert Upper Body Hydro-Pneumatic Pulsation Vacuo Engine, an exercise machine that powers eight
different apparatuses, machines, robots and a turntable that plays only Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass or Art
Machines Purport to Cure The Health Care Crisis!
The opening night, Thursday, August 6th, will feature a reading by writer Pete Simonelli, vocalist for San
Francisco band the Enablers, as well as a giant robot powered by the Herb Alpert Upper Body Hydro-Pneumatic
Pulsation Vacuo Engine. It walks, crawls, hops and Bar-B-Qs!. Art cupcakes will also be for sale.

Kal Spelletich received his MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and currently lives and works in San
Francisco, CA. Spelletich helped found SEEMEN, a collective of individuals who enjoy building extreme machines
and robots that they allow their audience to operate. He has also worked with the machine performance art group,
Survival Research Laboratories.

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Beach Blanket Bingo – Opening Wednesday

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Beach Blanket Bingo

Participating artists include: Adam Wallacavage, ?AJ Fosik?, Alex Hornest (aka: Onesto), ?Ana Bagayan, ?Andrew Foster, ?Anthony Lister, Cleon Peterson?, Dan Witz, ?Dave Cooper, ?David Ellis?, Elbow-toe?, Erik Mark Sandberg, EZO, Glenn Barr, ?Jack Long, ?Korin Faught, ?Logan Hicks, ?Martin Wittfooth, ?Matt Haber, ?Meredith Dittmar, ?Natalia Fabia?, Nicola Verlato, Ray Caesar?, Rich Jacobs, ?Richard Colman?, Rick Froberg?, Ron English, Scott Radke, Seonna Hong, Skinner?, Turf One?, and Xiaoqing Ding.

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is located at 529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm. For more information, please call 212-243-3822, visit www.jonathanlevinegallery.com, or email : [email protected]

Here’s a piece by Elbow Toe that will be in the show:

Interview: Elbow-Toe Hits Up Streets of London

Update August 5: This Dan Witz piece was a definite favorite. Each face was done with the care of a portrait.
Dan Witz - Moshpit
And it gathered an appropriate amount of awe from the crowd.

Dan Witz - Moshpit detail
A detail. Oil and mixed media on canvas.

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