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“Surviving the End of Your World” is the first Los Angeles solo exhibition from Chad Person. The multimedia effort currently fills the Mark Moore Gallery and continues through the middle of August.

Chad Person, The Mayor Rests, vinyl, steel, electronics & mixed media, 2008.

The economic downturn has left most of the country feeling a little flat. A large inflated sign of power slumped in the corner might not make anything better but it can’t hurt. In trying times, change occurs and we’ll need to be ready. For his part, the artist has constructed an “apocalypse bunker” in New Mexico and has been appearing in the gallery from there via live video feed.

Chad Person, Improvised Double Barrel Shotgun, wood, steel pipe and fittings, glue and twine, 2010.

“Surviving the End of Your World,” is a display of repurposed goods. The halted commercial backdrop to these pieces exclaims a transformation of value and a new sense of what may constitute as raw material.

Chad Person, Twelvepack, US currency on canvas, 2010.

Chad Person
Surviving the End of Your World
10 July – 13 August 2010
Mark Moore Gallery
Santa Monica, CA

The design duo of Mike and Maaike have shared their vision of personal transportation in the year 2040. The name of the concept vehicle is ATNMBL which is short for Autonomobile.

Mike and Maaike, ATNMBL, 2009.

It is inevitable that we will, one day, relinquish authority of our steering wheels to computer control. Mike and Maaike have used this knowledge as a starting point for their latest project. Upon entering the ATNMBL you will be asked, “Where can I take you?” Your reply will be the sole responsibility for the commute.

Mike and Maaike, ATNMBL (driveway), 2009.

When the duty of driving is dismissed it will be crucial to rethink the interior space of the transport. Mike and Maaike have considered the possibilities and restructured the task of diving into the pleasure of riding.

Mike and Maaike, ATNMBL (interior), 2009.

For complete specifications click through to the article at Core77.

This week we will be adding some exciting new items to our online catalog at NOWhere Limited. The work comes from Craig Koch and Heather Dalton, artists local to our hometown of Nederland, Colorado.

Craig Koch is a recent transplant from Arizona. He creates these tight little sculptures mainly from disused electronics and wire. He classifies his interests as post-apocalyptic tribal.

Heather Dalton is an accomplished painter that impressed us with her work as part of the “Better than Yesterday” project at the gallery. She is making some nice hand pulled silkscreen t-shirts that we couldn’t resist.

These exceptional works from both artists will be available in the gallery this weekend and online beginning Wednesday, May 6th at 3pm EDT.

Last weekend we opened the group show “Thawed Out: Visions of the Future” at NOWhere Limited. We’ll be in the gallery this weekend so stop by and let us know what is on your mind.

The exhibit is in celebration of an annual local oddity known as “Frozen Dead Guy Days”. It seems that a deported Nederland resident made an attempt to cryogenically freeze the body of a deceased relative. Grandpa, as he is affectionately known by the sleepy mountain town, remains on dry ice in a Tuff Shed in the hills. Each year the masses flock here to enjoy festivities such as a hearse parade, polar plunge and coffin races.

Thirteen diversely talented artists round out this themed show. We requested that the artists contemplate what the world might be like when Grandpa was “Thawed Out”. Various visions of the future are represented ranging from the absurd to the sublime.

March 6-8 Nederland, Colorado is the place to be. Click here for a video of the insanity from last year.

NOWhere Limited is in the heart of the party so we will be offering sober reports from the (drunken) front lines. Friday evening the drumming of Greg Willson will fill the gallery. On Saturday at 4:30pm the Dead Bubbles will once again be turning it up to eleven.

Thawed Out : Visions of the Future
21 February – 15 March 2009
NOWhere Limited
Nederland, Colorado

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It’s quite an experience to travel at 270mph on the ground. They do it all the time in China. Thanks to Winding Road Magazine for posting this video to give us all an approximation of the experience.

Asimo, the long lived robot from Honda continues to evolve. Recently, Asimo conducted a special session of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. I can remember when this thing could hardly walk. Now it runs! See the video below.

Singularity appears to be approaching at an accelerated rate. The Japanese firm, “Kokoro” claims that it takes about ten seconds for recognition to occur and that soon they expect to extend that time to ten minutes. This is going to change the way that we interact with each other in dramatic fashion. “Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t realize that you were real.”