Stephen Mallon Artist Talk, this Sunday, October 4th at 4pm


Please join us this Sunday at 4pm as we host an Artist talk with Stephen Mallon


"Brace For Impact: the aftermath of flight 1549"
Photographs by Stephen Mallon
September 10th-October 11th, 2009
Viewing hours: Fri-Sun 1-6 and by appointment


"On Jan. 15, 2009, a few Canadian geese with bad timing became snarge, a steely pilot became a hero, and the world became fascinated with images of a jet splashing into the Hudson River and then floating calmly as passengers crowded its wings.

But until now, few people have seen the equally surprising pictures of the second half of this story: when a salvage team used the biggest floating crane on the East Coast to pluck the ill-fated Airbus A320 from the frigid water.”


Front Room gallery


Matthew Shechmeister, “Wired Magazine”

Front Room Gallery is pleased to host Stephen Mallon's artist talk for "Brace For Impact: the aftermath of flight 1549.” It is very difficult to encapsulate the events that happened during and following the crash of flight 1549, but Stephen Mallon's large-scale photographs, taken during the salvage of the fuselage and engine, impart a physicality and scale to these incomprehensible occurrences. Mallon's photos present us with the aftermath of this disaster and remind us how it was averted despite nearly unbeatable odds through the mastery and bravery of the pilot and crew.

Allan Packer at Gardiner Art Gallery


Allan Packer at Gardiner Art Gallery
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
405-744-6016



October 12 - October 30

Reception 5 – 6pm, Artist’s Lecture 6 -7 pm, Thursday, October 8

Paintings, prints, sculpture + drawings of space, machines + myth from NASA, Cape Canaveral, Knossos, Crete, Lake Tahoe, CA. Cape Dorset, Nunuvit, and Taos NM.

Weaving between deep space exploration and Hollywood references of time travel Packer takes us on a journey in the spiritual realm of the unknown.

"Brace For Impact: the aftermath of flight 1549" Opening Reception Saturday, September 12th from 7-9 pm






"Brace For Impact: the aftermath of flight 1549"
Photographs by Stephen Mallon
September 10th-October 11th, 2009
Reception Sat. Sept 12th, 7-10
Viewing hours: Fri-Sun 1-6 and by appointment


Join us this Saturday from 7-10pm for the Opening reception of "Brace For Impact: the aftermath of flight 1549", photographs by Stephen Mallon


It is very difficult to encapsulate the events that happened during and following the crash of flight 1549, but Stephen Mallon's large-scale photographs, taken during the salvage of the fuselage and engine, impart a physicality and scale to these incomprehensible occurrences. Mallon's photos present us with the aftermath of this disaster and remind us how it was averted despite nearly unbeatable odds through the mastery and bravery of the pilot and crew.

Never before has a commercial aircraft crashed in the Hudson with the complete survival of all passengers and crew. They were rescued by the Circle Line sightseeing cruise ferry (along with other rescuers) almost instantly. Men, women and children waited their turns patiently standing on the wings of the plane, half-submerged in the icy water on what felt like the coldest day of the year. This feat is a testament to the bravery of the crew and passengers.

As the fuselage and engine of the aircraft were later brought up intact by a gigantic crane and a team of divers in heated wetsuits, Stephen Mallon captured the moment standing on the deck of the crane-barge. In Mallon's uncanny photographs the plane sometimes appears to be a metaphorical wounded animal, like a whale lifted completely out of the water. It is damaged, beat up and missing one of its engines, but it nevertheless survives. The divers, in their heated wetsuits with huge face-gear, seem like astronauts floating through an icy void in space. And, we finally get a glimpse of the famous engine—disabled by some unfortunate Canadian geese—in a stunning pseudo-portrait by Stephen Mallon as it is lifted from some eighty feet of icy water.

Message From Copenhagen

Philip Simmons and his collaborative artist team with Katja Jakobsen and Hartmut Stockter send an update from Copenhagen where they are presenting an ambitious outdoor installation as part of Kurs: the Harbour.




Here is an image of the exterior of the pilot house in its location.





Image of interior of Pilot house, with map by Philip
Simmons



















Another image of the interior with ship-in-bottles by Philip and Hartmut. (Philip's is the green one with a model of their previous project "Gowanus Haven")

KURS: The Harbour










This September 5th-November 29th, Philip Simmons will be presenting work with the collaborative team Katja Jakobsen, Hartmut Stockter and himself in Copenhagen, Denmark.

As part of the KURS: The Harbour, organized by KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, this group will be creating a collaborative art installation next to a harbor in Køge, Denmark. They will be creating a a full-size pilot house, such as one would typically see on a fishing boat. Inside the pilot each artist in this team will be creating individual art pieces which, working together, will create a unified experience of being at a point of coming and going, between the desire to travel and to return home. The pilot house will be installed on the end of the jetty which forms the entrance and exit to Køge Harbor.

Emily Roz in Joy Quarterly













Issue 4 of Joy Quarterly features an interview and a six page spread profiling the work of Emily Roz by writer and performer, Richard Toth.