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Mark McGowan - Reenactment of the Murder of John Charles De Menzes

THE GUY HILTON GALLERY presents MARK MCGOWAN'S REENACTMENT OF THE MURDER OF JOHN CHARLES DE MENEZES In an extraordinary art event artist Mark McGowan is to reenact the murder of John Charles de Menezes on Saturday 29th November 2008, the event is to start at 2pm outside Stoctwell tube station and finish downstairs on the underground platform. McGowan says, "i think it is awful that John Charles de Menezes was killed in such a violent way, but the cover up and blatant lies by the police, who in fact have been giving false testimonies and purjured themselves in recent weeks is absolutely terrible." This is a free event. GUY HILTON GALLERY Fournier Street LONDON E1 for more info 07828524056 chunkymark1974@yahoo.com

Dangerous Art

"We like our art dangerous. We want to be provoked, shocked, teased. We like our public art big, brash and spectacular. But, it turns out, no one told the artists that "dangerous" was a metaphorical term. When councils all over Britain called up sculptors and said "surprise us", they didn't mean "drop steel spikes from a great height".  

Jonathan Jones on the death of dangerous art...

Some more Greylodge news (more free stuff!)

A few more additions to the Special Greylodge Edition of Raymond Salvatore Harmon: The Philosopher's Stone

Torrent of an MPG RIP of the DVD

Pilotlite "Press to Play" Version

Podcast version

Also: Greylodge podcaster Tracy Twyman http://greylodge.org/gpc/?cat=36 on Coast to Coast AM Sunday night. http://tracyrtwyman.com/blog/?p=419

Act Art 6

Brixton Zoo

 

You need to go to this new branch of Guerilla Zoo, highly recommended. 

The GSpot #44- Greylodge, Alterati and Pilotlite Present: The Philosopher's Stone

Hello everyone. Joseph Matheny here. I'm honored and happy to be a new contributor to the FP blog. As my maiden post, I'm including a podcast and a free movie. (Yeah, free things!) Below is a description of the two items. Looking forward to many more posts.

In this very special edition of The GSpot, Joseph Matheny talks to Raymond Salvatore Harmon about the special release of his movie, The Philosopher's Stone on Greylodge as a torrent to be followed by a "Press to Play" version being released on Altertube.tv and Pilotlite.com, and then a podcast edition to be released on Alterati, Greylodge and Pilotlite. Joe and Ray discuss art on the fringe, how Ray came to film making, the Chicago art scene, and why the economy means nothing to artists working on the fringes.

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Subliminal Films present:The Philosopher's StoneDirected and produced by
Raymond Salvatore Harmon
featuring the music of Bogstarring Jacob Andrew Myers
introducing Isobel Julianna HarmonThe Philosopher's Stone tells the story of Jacob Fausstman, a scientist and early alchemist who searches for the key to curing man of the disease of death. In his frustration Jacob stumbles onto another path to achieve his goals. Turning to the dark arts Jacob conjures the demon Mephistopheles and is given the key to eternal life. But his perceptions of 'life eternal' and the nature of his existence comes into question once he has obtained his desire for true knowledge.

Base in equal parts on the Faustian archetype and the biographical story of Dr. Albert Hoffmann's accidental discovery of LSD, The Philosopher's Stone is an homage to early German Expressionist cinema and the psychedelic visualizations of drug culture.

Courtesy of Greylodge.org

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What critics have said about Harmon's work:

'For Harmon, the visual density of the abstract imagery used will enable the viewer to enter an almost hypnagogic, liminal state, and become perceptually distant from the sense of the real. Once the enveloping visual content has become the landscape of the mind to the viewer, the subliminal content will have access to the subconscious mind.”  - Jack Sargeant

“Accentuating the trio's vibrant performances with colorization, layered collages, dense textures and split-screen effects, Harmon becomes a virtual fourth member of the ensemble.”  - All About Jazz, on Chronicle

'The subdued flame-like flashes and sounds reinforce the feeling of quietly smoldering passion. Together, these elements come together to create a delicate composition which is abstract, yet full of feeling.'  - FilmThreat.com on Tiny Inconsistencies

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The Philosopher's Stone will be available (via bit torrent) for full download FREE Oct 31st 2008 at GREYLODGE.ORG, subliminalfilms.org, and streaming at:

www.philosophersstone.org

for more information please contact:

stone@subliminalfilms.org

or visit

greylodge.org
subliminalfilms.org
raymondharmon.com
philosophersstone.org

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A letter from the director;

In choosing to distribute this film I have decided to skip the theatrical presentation stage and go directly to sourcing the film via the bit torrent network. By giving the public full access to this film I hope to encourage other filmmakers to realize the potential of their audience by abandoning the outdated model of cinematic distribution in favor of an open relationship with the viewers themselves.

After years of struggle with the format of distribution cinema has found an ever evolving platform of distribution on the internet. Years of so called  'format wars', first between film gauges and then between dv formats, have ended in the wake of widening broadband access for the average person.

The ability for anyone to simple download and watch a film already exists, as does the ability for anyone to make a film and allow the world to experience it directly. The filmmaker has a wide range of encoding practices available that allow them to maximize video quality for each project's distribution on the web. As further technologies and better codecs are develop the filmmaker will be able to expand on the available sources for the cinematic presentation.

As much as the Philosopher's Stone visually represents a historic period in early 20th century cinema it looks forward to a future unfettered by lack of distribution and a platform for broadcast that gives everyone a chance to experience cinema to its fullest.

This film is meant as a mirror, reflecting what has been onto what will become.

Obviam lux Lucis

Raymond Salvatore Harmon
October 3rd - 2008

Download a PDF of the PR

Download Torrent of the movie: The Philosopher's Stone

Download the special GSpot interview with  Raymond Salvatore 

Wont Get Fooled Again

Guaranteed to be an overview of the pack of lies which constitutes much contemporary art, Jon Purnell has selected 15 video and performance artists to play with our perception.

All day screening and monitor presentations: 13 – 21 September, Wed – Sun, 11am – 6pm (Saturdays 12 – 6pm).

SPECIAL LAUNCH EVENT WITH PERFORMANCES: 13 September from 3 – 6pm. Contributing artists: Antoine Catala, Erica Scourti, Alex Staiger, Beagles and Ramsay, Adam Fearon, Jason Dee, Jonathan Trayner, Calum F. Kerr, Jim Hollands, Cack-U-Like, Simon Reuben White, Karen Russo, Dave Ball, Mark Brogan, Rose Eken.

Cafe Gallery
By the lake, Centre of Southwark Park, London SE16 2UA. Tel: +44 (0)20 72371230. click here for map http://www.cafegalleryprojects.com/html/Location.htm

In Acknowledgement

FoolishPeople would like to say thank you to the following people for their hard work and devotion to the project. Each of you have played a significant role in manifesting 'Terra:Extremitas' and it has been a pleasure to work with you all.

Our hosts: Everyone who works at the PickUpClub and the NDSM-werf, especially Marc Koolen and Eric Bijleveld.

Our sponsors: comic store Lambiek, uitgeverij Oog & Blik, stripblad De Inktpot and BeamSystems.

Our supporters both emotionally and financially: Yolanda Jesse, Larry Bath, Greet Berkhof, Elly Jesse, Fred Kohl, Felix Mensingh, Stripmakersforum, Joyce, Finn, Gage and Karen Harrigan, Helen and Peter Allin, Michiel Mensingh, Maud Bredius & Vittoria Russo.

All the participants who helped create the world of Terra: Extremitas: Doug O'Neil, Philippe Garcesto, Chrisitan Patracchini, Richard Webb, Christina Mitrentse, Jonas Ranson, Spax, Wes Unruh, Joseph Matheny, James Curcio, P Emerson Williams, Sonica Storm, Ikipr, Teresa Donohoe, Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule, Skratte, Michiel Mensingh, Samm Hain, Reinhard Schleining, Ilse Versluijs, Pieter van Oudheusden, Maarten Gerritsen, Joshua Peeters, Alice Kok, Albo Helm, Peter Moerenhout, Mattt Baaij, Stephan Brusche, Swahili, Sandra Kleine Staarman & Pepijn Schermer.

Our wonderful photographer: Cecile Mella

The free roaming fools of Terra:Extremitas: Daniel Rakish, Ulf & Nina Boas.

The other free roaming performers: Nathaniel J. Harris, Jasmine, Anton & Perdita. 

James Curcio would like to thank the following people for their contribution to 'Darkness to Light/Light to Darkness': Jason Stackhouse, John Harrigan, P. Emerson Williams (Choronzon), Scott Landes, Jon Siren, Marz233 and the 233project.

Teresa Donohoe would like to thank: Apjiw, Moabi and Ocosi for their contribution to her sound pieces.

To all the members of FoolishPeople who have been central in developing the event: Lucy Allin, Yiri T. Kohl, Maggie de Heer, Victoria Karlsson, Tereza Kamenicka and Claire Tregellas.

And finally to the man who created this place (T:E): John Harrigan.

Bast: Soft, velvet, pounding, prowling the bounds. 

Dyl: Shifting the patterns of belief so the tide flows our way. 

asmadai: The fire in our blood.

Lilith: Glorious mother, sharing her archetypes with us.

Dionysus: Sharing the wine of creative delirium with us.

Ganesh: Holding the pillars of our narrative and removing obstacles.

Moon: Showering us with the mysteries, bestowing your beauty upon us. 

The beast of the FP egregore, becoming the God Zero.

Terra:Extremitas- P. Emerson Williams

For years, P. Emerson Williams has explored and defined industrial blackmetal, and post-metal, touched on pre-jazz, retro-punk-black-speedy-jazz-thrash to the edges of contemporary noise music, and that just within the limits of any one track of the xeno music project Choronzon. Further experimentation with ritualistic trance states can be found to varying degrees in his work with Veil of Thorns, and collaborations with Manes, subQtaneous and now with the art collective kkoagulaa. In the last few years, P. Emerson has been working with more and more musicians, writers and artists on works including illustration, voice acting and soundtrack music for James Curcio's novel Fallen Nation and its attendant audio book. He has been showing art at music festivals and performing at art galleries. It has been rumored in parapolitical circles that he is the voice of the audio book versions of El-Centro and the Incunabula Papers, but he's not talking. We can say for sure that he has been contributing some decidedly odd work to Alterati.com.

P. Emerson Williams has been retrofitting his mind with self-coded patches for as long as he can remember. What this means in practical terms is that he uses his art as part myth making, part mediation and part deprogramming. His method for making music involves self indiced trance states and rituals to peel away layers of ego and persona and avoid habits of technical skill. His visual method is to sit still, shut up and get out. He'll let his subconscious take hold of the brush or pencil, and will not direct it until he understands what is being conjured and only then will he help pull the elements of the images into higher relief. His tools are mostly old world: pencil, ink, brush, oils and watercolors. He'll use the computer if someone asks nicely, though, and for his sporadic video projects. Mr. Williams is currently illustrating «Stalker Variations» a collaborative vivisection of romance and obsession with author Jason Stackhouse, multi media re-constructuralism with kkoagulaa and an as yet secret project.

"Art exists for you to shape it, hijack it and remake, remix, reiterate and even reject it. It is for you to inspire thought, critical thinking, re-consideration. Society, culture and all actions in space-time are examples of art, and by extension acts of magic and the continued creation of the Universe. This is why art has been confined within its gilded cage, for it is too dangerous to remain at large. I'm very excited to be contributing to Terra:Extremitas. What we have here is a tying together of scattered and hidden fragments from which it has been difficult to apprehend the greater narrative and act upon it. But through this collage, this act of going from solve to coagula, we can begin to understand the holographic nature of matter and thought."

veilofthorns.com

Terra:Extremitas- Stephan Brusche

Stephan Brusche (1977) is living in Rotterdam (Netherlands) with his lovely wife-to-be. He makes a living as a graphic designer, but also likes to paint and draw comics. He has won the 'Clickie Humor Benelux'-award for his interactive webcomic 'My Weekly Comic' but that doesnt mean he hates the traditional way comics are presented on paper.

His style may come across as 'pretty dark', but as a sincere believer in Christ he also wants his work to point towards the light and even more so to motivate people to think about it. Thats how his character Lucifer started and thats why Lucifer is in the whole Terra Extremitas-project.

http://www.sb77.nl
http://www.lijstlucifer.nl