Chase Alias' Show

Obliquity on Flickr.

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Obliquity from Endogenous Series, 2010 - 2012

All that we do is done with an eye toward something else.
-Aristotle

Imagine if artists had the nerve to make interesting public art anymore. We would all be a little richer. So often artists choose very commercial routes to exhibit and possible sell their works never realizing how much potential exposure and brand recognition is missed by ignoring public art. Very few artist have been bold enough to place their show freely. Banksy in London has made his city so proud his gorilla marketing style is a symbiotic approach to the art experience.

The original gorilla style art however was used and perfected by one of the original Gorilla Girls, Barbara Kruger. Her use of Russian reconstrutivust type faces mixed with Marshall McLuhan inspire phrase layer over her ver raw images gave the viewer A very guttural response. The greatest tool in her arsenal was her smart use of NYC’s billboards to exhibit hers works publicy.

As a young Immersionist I have made sure to create a cannon of works that are as publicly visible as possible. Every image is CC and has great online exposure.

Edogenous Series 2010 - 2012 lends itself to a very large format. With grainy degenerative quaities and the use of heat quotes by fascinating people thes images would works very well on billboards in NYC and other metropolitan areas

The art of it is that the works will advertise nothing but impact their environments greatly all while employe the juxtaposition of using a traditional advertising medium. This might seem like a lift goal. But with public help, public art can be interesting again.

I’m raising money for Interesting Public Art Using Billboards. Click to Donate: www.gofundme.com/343204 #gofundme

#chasealias #immersionism #endogenous

Impossible to Understand on Flickr.

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Impossible to Understand from Endogenous Series, 2010-2012

Any significance would be impossible to understand. When you do understand, it would be indescribable. Everything is different when there is no meaning. - Ai Weiwei

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Impossible to Understand from Endogenous Series, 2010-2012

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Chase Alias gets into the mind state of conceptual artists Ai Weiwei particularly embracing his ideals and philosophies about how he feels nudity is not pornography. Perhaps Chase is taking its to a slightly elevated level though. What is he saying about pornography? Certainly nothing more graphic or shocking than his Conceptual Art Photography forefathers did such as Mapplethorpe, Serrano or even Thomas Ruff.

David S Pollack aka Chase Alias hopes to bring to light with his new Endogenous Series how backwards moving our cultural standards have become. As an Immersionist he look back in envy at the freedoms which artists used to be able to express themselves without having to worry about cultural and even legal action being taken against them.

Immersionism is a young art movement which combines Lewittian Conceptualism with Method Acting practices and principles. Stanislavsky and Strasberg Acting Methods which utilize sense memory and affective memory are an Immersionist’s base. Lewittian Conceptualism adheres to the ideal that the medium is not the message, the idea becomes a machine that makes the art.

Ai Weiwei. Ai Weiwei’s Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009 (Writing Art) (Kindle Locations 1052-1053). Kindle Edition.

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Obliquity from Endohenous Series, 2010 - 2012 on Flickr.

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Obliquity from Endohenous Series, 2010 - 2012

All that we do is done with an eye toward something else. -Aristotle

Imagine if artists had the nerve to make interesting public art anymore. We would all be a little richer. So often artists choose very commercial routes to exhibit and possible sell their works never realizing how much potential exposure and brand recognition is missed by ignoring public art. Very few artist have been bold enough to place their show freely. Banksy in London has made his city so proud his gorilla marketing style is a symbiotic approach to the art experience.

The original gorilla style art however was used and perfected by one of the original Gorilla Girls, Barbara Kruger. Her use of Russian reconstrutivust type faces mixed with Marshall McLuhan inspire phrase layer over her ver raw images gave the viewer A very guttural response. The greatest tool in her arsenal was her smart use of NYC’s billboards to exhibit hers works publicy.

As a young Immersionist I have made sure to create a cannon of works that are as publicly visible as possible. Every image is CC and has great online exposure.

Edogenous Series 2010 - 2012 lends itself to a very large format. With grainy degenerative quaities and the use of heat quotes by fascinating people thes images would works very well on billboards in NYC and other metropolitan areas

The art of it is that the works will advertise nothing but impact their environments greatly all while employe the juxtaposition of using a traditional advertising medium. This might seem like a lift goal. But with public help, public art can be interesting again.

I’m raising money for Interesting Public Art Using Billboards. Click to Donate: www.gofundme.com/343204 #gofundme

#chasealias #immersionism #endogenous

Foreboding Joy from Edogenous Series, 2010-2012rr on Flickr.

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Be vulnerable like a child foreboding joy. -Chase Alias

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Will Someone please tell me exactly what is so controversial about a Method Actor/Conceptual Artist creating an artwork to promote HIV awareness? Particularly to his own community. My goodness how backwards has our society become?

So this is Christmas, huh. Another year over and a new one about to begin. “What year is it anyway?” Robert thinks to himself. The last few years have all just sorts blurred themselves together in his mind. Bouncing around from house to house and state to state. Going where the cool wond Takes him. Ya dig! In one of Roberts rare moments of clarity he remembers to take his Atripla. “I hope these work this time” he says. He sure is happy with his gay doctor who understands him and his current lifestyle enough to give him the HIV drug prophylactically. Cuz the last few nights have been so unforgettable they remain a blur. With all of these guys throwing around all of these letters, T, C, G and D and no one stopping for a moment to even ask if he’s poz. Let alone put on a condom. Condoms in this world are the taboo. What a word, what a christmas. Oh well, thinks robert, here’s to a happy New Year.

David S Pollack aka Chase Alias hopes to bring to light with his new Endogenous Series how backwards moving our cultural standards have become. As an Immersionist he look back in envy at the freedoms which artists used to be able to express themselves without having to worry about cultural and even legal action being taken against them.

Immersionism is a young art movement which combines Lewittian Conceptualism with Method Acting practices and principles. Stanislavsky and Strasberg Acting Methods which utilize sense memory and affective memory are an Immersionist’s base. Lewittian Conceptualism adheres to the ideal that the medium is not the message, the idea becomes a machine that makes the art.

This is a role being played by Chase Alias an actor. But for way too many young gay men out in the world, lost and alone, they play this role every day. Lets keep our wits about us when we go to blow our minds.

Show Up and Get Work Done: From Endogenous Series, 2010 - 2012 on Flickr.

Immersionism is a young art movement which combines Lewittian Conceptualism with Method Acting practices and principles. Stanislavsky and Strasberg Acting Methods which utilize sense memory and affective memory are an Immersionist’s base. Lewittian Conceptualism adheres to the ideal that the medium is not the message, the idea becomes a machine that makes the art.

Portrait of Julia. by DeusXFlorida on Flickr.

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Portrait of Julia.

Nikon D60+ Hasselblad Carl Zeiss Sonnar 150mm f4 T* CF.

Light : One Norman head with softcube on crane , one Norman ML-400 with beautydish , one silver reflector.

Portrait of Julia. by DeusXFlorida on Flickr.

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Portrait of Julia.

Nikon D60+ Hasselblad Carl Zeiss Sonnar 150mm f4 T* CF.

Light : One Norman head with softcube on crane , one Norman ML-400 with beautydish , one silver reflector.

Sajjad Ahmed’s Theorize NY on Flickr.

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Theorize New York: Impossible to Understand, 2012 Black March Edition, Contemporary Art Fair, Featuring an Opening Night with SWEETIE, Theorize That!

New York, NY – February 17, 2012

. Theorize New York and CILA llc, Management are excited to bring to you World Renowned Performer Sweetie, to host the Theorize New York: Impossible to Understand, 2012 Black March Edition Opening Party. Sweetie’s credits include “Too Wong Foo”, “Project Runway” , and the 2x award winning documentary ‘Charmed Life” (Best Documentary and Best Alternative Lifestyle Documentary).

Theorize New York: Impossible to Understand, 2012 Black March Edition is the first and only artists run intimate art fair in NYC that will open its doors at Wyndham Garden Inn, Chelsea during Armory Art Week from March 8 through March 11, 2012

“Theorize New York: Impossible to Understand” was originally conceptualized by New Media Conceptual Artist Chase Alias and organized by three artists, Eric Ginsburg, David Pollack and Marina Reiter, In the tradition of the original Grammercy Hotel Art Fair. Serving as a satellite of the Armory Show, much like the satellite fairs of ArtMiami, “Theorize This!” allows attendees to engage one-on-one with artists in an intimate venue.

“We are very excited to be able to bring this new art fair concept to the artist community,” said David Pollack of Theorize New York. “Theorize gives artists the opportunity to present their work to collectors and galleries directly and engage in an open dialogue. It’s all about giving the artists exposure, a chance to be seen and heard.”

The non-profit international artist-run organization, Conceptual Art Network, is pleased to announce the first ever “Theorize This! – New York”, Theorize New York: Impossible to Understand, 2012 Black March Edition Contemporary Art Fair will run March 8-11, 2012 at the Wyndham Garden Inn Chelsea located at 37 West 24th Street, New York City, New York 10010. The art fair will be open daily 12pm -10pm with the Grand Opening scheduled for Thursday, March 8th (5pm Exhibition opens; 6pm -10pm Opening Party).

For more information, please visit www.theorienewyork.com or email theorizeart@live.com.

Gil Coronado, CILA llc, Management, 201-753-0093

Buy Independent, Buy From the Artists (and independent galleries?)! Theorize This! #Black March #BLACKMARCH #THEORIZETHIS #Theorize This! #TheorizeNewYork2012 #chasealias #Sweetie #EricGinsburg #susannathornton #MarinaReiter # EdgarGarcia

Sajjad Ahmed’s Show on Flickr.

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Sajjad Ahmed’s Show
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Trained as a designer and artist, Sajjad has an exceptional eye for found images that encapsulate the modern condition both from a Pakistani perspective but more often as a citizen of the world.

Exhibiting works through Conceptual Art Netwoork, Inc. a Not for Profit Arts Organization, conceptualartnetwork.com

Showing at:
Theoriwe New York, 2012
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