grayDUCK gallery and Phillip Edward Niemeyer present a show of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and design for anaglyph 3-D glasses. Some of the work uses traditional anaglyph 3-D in unconventional ways. Other pieces exploit the red/blue color filtering of the glasses to purposefully short the optic signals to the mind, creating illusory vibrations and a new color, a hot violet. Artists: Alec Dartley, Dan Forbes, Dana McClure, Hannah Cole, James Blagden, Joseph Phillips, Mike Reddy, Nicole Stone, Phillip Edward Niemeyer, Rebecca Rothfus, Ryan Junell, Shawn Camp & Tanya Newton-John.

As a companion piece to the show, experimental label Aagoo is releasing DOUBLE MONO, a compilation recorded in double mono: the left and right chanels play distinct sounds. Double Mono features music and sounds by Palaxy Tracks, John Saba Jr., Devin Maxwell, !!!, Jim Eno, The Octopus Project, AU and Erin Flannery & Zach Layton. The limited pressing of 300 will be available at the gallery for the duration of the show. Opening reception sponsored by Dripping Springs Texas Vodka and features red and blue drinks by The Goodtime Gals.

participating artists

Alec Dartley (1973, Englewood, New Jersey) is a painter and sculptor working from Jersey City, New Jersey. He received his BA from Parsons School of Design (95) and was later awarded the prestigious Skowhegan residency. Mr. Dartley’s paintings explore the psychic space between intuition and composition and have been shown at Jessica Murray, Luxe Gallery, and others. He is also the founder of Aagoo, a label for experimental and emerging musicians and sound artists.

Dan Forbes (1974, Decatur, Illinois) is a photographer working from Woodstock, New York. His photos have appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, V, Time Magazine, Numero, Wired, and others.

Dana McClure (1979, New Jersey) is a New York-based visual artist and designer working across a variety of mediums including graphic design, printmaking, and timebased media. Ms. McClure teaches at Parsons School of Design and NYU. Her current focus is on self-initiated visual art and product design – from fine art prints to handprinted textiles.

Hannah Cole (1978, St. Louis, MO) is a painter working in Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Cole has exhibited internationally, and received numerous awards, including fellowships at the Ucross Foundation and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. She recently had a show at Galleria Atlantica in Vicenza, Italy and she will have solo show May, 2013, at Slag Gallery in Bushwick.

James Blagden (1982, Denver, Colorado) is an artist and director, based in New York City. His animated short film “Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No” won a jury-prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Joseph Phillips (1977, Austin, Texas) is an artist working in Austin, Texas. Mike Reddy (1974, Reston, Virginia) is an art director and illustrator working in Brooklyn, New York. He recently illustrated “Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany”– a collection of short pieces by the author of “True Grit”.

Nicole Stone (1980, Darrow, Indiana) is an artist working and teaching in Boston, Massachusetts.

Phillip Edward Niemeyer (1973, San Antonio, Texas) is a designer, director and principal at Double Triple, splitting time between Austin, Texas, and Brooklyn, New York. He is currently engaged in branding and video projects.

Rebecca Rothfus (1977, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a visual artist based in Austin, Texas. Rothfus has exhibited in group and solo shows throughout the United States, including Galleri Urbane (TX), San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (CA), Pentimenti Gallery (PA) and Urban Arts Space at OSU (OH).

Ryan Junell (1973, San Angelo, Texas) is an artist, animator and filmmaker working from a barn studio in Southwest Connecticut. He is a co-founder of the influential conference Webzine (1998-2005) and the organizer of the Slow Motion Film Festival (2004). He collaborates with his wife, Tanya Newton-John, as Superbarn.

Shawn Camp (1971, Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho) is an artist whose textured oils recall aerial views of Western lands. Mr. Camp completed an MFA in painting at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1997. He moved to Austin in 1999 where he works and serves as Senior Lecturer in Painting at the School of Art and Design at Texas State University- San Marcos

Tanya Newton-John (1972, Ottawa, Canada) is an artist and illustrator working from New York City. When not providing illustrations to NickJr and other Nickelodeon properties, she is working on a 3-D children’s book and raising her four multi-dimensional kids. She collaborates with her husband, Ryan Junell, as Superbarn.

On the “Double Mono” record (in track order)

Palaxy Tracks
These are the first tracks released by the legendary Austin band since 2007. Led by the vocals and songwriting of Brandon Durham (1973, Austin, Texas) and recorded by Ted Cho of Austin bands Flying Saucers and Poi Dog Pondering, “An Episode” is three minutes of ecstatic now-pop bifurcated into a guileful topline melody and a pulsing rhythm.

John Saba Jr. is a singer, songwriter and member of the Austin group San Saba County. On “Cowboys & Indians”, Saba juxtaposes two different guitars with recordings of small children playing drums.

Devin Maxwell (1978, Denver, Colorado) is a composer and percussionist whose music has been presented and performed around the world. He has received commissions from Bent Frequency, New Music USA/Commissioning Music USA (Meet the Composer), Ensemble Dedalus, and “mmm...” ensemble among others. His music is critically examined in the book Boring, Formless Nonsense; Experimental Music and the Aesthetics of Failure by Eldrich Priest, and in the journal Postmodern Culture. He is currently splitting his time between Brooklyn and the University of Utah where he is a doctoral candidated in music composition. “Chord Toss 2” is a ten minute piece for a double ensemble of two duos each located on opposite sides of an audience. It was originally performed in Brooklyn in 2012.

!!!
Pronounced as a succession of any three percussive sounds (chu-chu-chu, chick-chickchick, etc), !!! has been making avant bootie music since 1996. The band’s fifth full-length, ‘THR!!!ER’, will be released Spring 2013 on Warp records Spring of 2013. They are currently based in New York, New York, Portland Oregon and Sacremento, California

Jim Eno is an engineer, producer, and principal of the recording studio Public Hi-Fi. He is also the drummer and a founding member of the band Spoon. “606 vs 808” sets a 606 and 808 drum machine in a synopated phase.

The Octopus Project
Yvonne Lambert, Josh Lambert, Toto Miranda & Ryan Figg create innovative and completely life-affirming ambitronic experimental pop music. They have toured the world and were the first fan-voted act to appear at Coachella. Their new album, ‘Fever Forms’, will be released on Peek-A-Boo Records in the summer of 2013.

AU
Songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Luke Wyland founded the experimental pop group AU in 2005. Currently based in Portland, Oregon, they are releasing a new EP in 2013 entitled ‘3PE’ (The Leaf Label).

Erin Flannery & Zach Layton
Soprano Erin Flannery (1976, Minnesota) met composer and multi-instrumentalist Zach Layton (1977, New York, New York) while both studied at Oberlin College. Flannery performs both traditional and experimental repertoire, often in association with the NYC-based Experiments in Opera. Layton is former curator for PS1 and ISSUE Project Room. Both reside in New York City and have collaborated for years on projects as diverse as sock puppet opera, Terry Riley’s “In C”, and the horror cover band Dionne Werewolf.