Videos of Subprime Performances
October 31, 2008
The stage is moving:
Paul Cary:
our own Toby Bengelsdorf:
Rodney Lee’s Soul Transfusion:
Dead Gods:
– Young Joon
Looking back on Subprime
October 23, 2008
Subprime at Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival
October 17-19, 2008
The Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival is a delightful event. One may take the weekend with family or friends with the hope of skimming through a selection of local cultural producers; perhaps purchasing a pretty picture from one of the many charming artists who sit beside their work, warmly greeting passerbys. Wandering through the many rows of booths in the festival at Plumbers Hall this year, more than a few spectators happened upon the Green Lantern booth, with expressions that read, “What the fuck?” The ‘what the fuck’ expressions ran the gamut of potential applications for the phrase, and also spanned the spectrum of potentially implied feelings, from bewilderment, aggravation, to sheer joy.
“Subprime,” is the busking installation with a rotating schedule of artists, that we set up in the Green Lantern booth. It was initially inspired by Lily, Sarah, and Marvin, the then- members of “Subprime Mortgage,” who took to busking on the streets for the fun of playing for an audience, more than anything else. For “Subprime,” the artists who took part were promised a video monitor or two, a bucket for tips, and a mobile stage/painting, which would serve as the platform for the artists’ performances and exhibitions.
Once the stage was set, it was all up to the artists to arrive and do their thing; and all of the artists did in fact arrive, more or less, at their scheduled times, and everyone did their thing marvelously. Greg Cook exhibited his monument to humanity’s sordid erection. I showed a video about the connection between the painting/stage, my dad, and Sally Struthers. Marco Kane Braunschweiler & Martine Syms showed a video of empty Chicago landmark interiors. Rodney Lee conducted his percussive soul transfusion. Subprime Mortgage collaborated with David Diarrhea, who was inducted into the group through the course of their performance. Amanda Browder exhibited her rainbow vomitting gorilla. Paul Cary crooned amid the hustle and bustle. Tessa Siddle premiered her powerful performance involving surveillance cameras and 6 chickens. Toby Bengelsdorf read penetrating remarks. The Dead Gods brought their own P.A. and very loudly rocked the fuck out! Todd Mattei showed a contemplative video about football and words. And Ventrilla Kiss closed out the festival with a divalicious drag performance.
Central to the praxis of “Subprime” is the action of artists (and artworks) busking for gratuity(ies) from the audience. There was certainly a rotating audience (especially after our installation was moved from the original booth to the front entrance of the festival, after causing a ruckus and too many traffic jams), and a few people made their way to “Subprime” numerous times, for different performances/displays. Each performance/display beckoned spectatorship by the virtues of each artist’s practice. Cumulatively, over the course of the festival, we made a little more than $10 and a cherry tomato.
It happened; we pulled it off; it was beautiful.
Greg Cook’s monument kicked off the event.
The two monitors are playing videos by Young Joon Kwak, and Martine Syms & Marco Kane Braunschweiler.
Rodney Lee Jones took the stage shortly thereafter.
tragic foreshadowing.
Subprime Mortgage
Lily and Marvin
The song called for bangin’ of heads.
Paul Cary
Tessa Siddle
The Dead Gods are setting up, as Toby Bengelsdorf gets ready to read.
Dead Gods
Ventrilla Kiss puttin’ on her makeups.
Goodbye.
much thanks to Around the Coyote and my homegirl, Allison Stites.
-Young Joon
Dealios this Weekend…Brian McNearney & Around the Coyote
October 17, 2008
It’s a busy weekend for many, and The Green Lantern is no exception. In addition to Brian McNearney’s opening on Saturday at 1511 N Milwaukee, (7-10pm) “Subprime” is participating in the Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival, at Plumbers Hall: 1340 W Washington, West Loop, Chicago. FYI there is plenty of
Free Parking
Subprime
Toby Bengelsdorf, Marco Kane Braunschweiler, Amanda Browder, Paul Cary, Greg Cook, Young Joon Kwak, Todd Mattei, Tessa Siddle, Martine Syms, Rodney Lee Jones, Subprime Mortgage (Marvin Astorga & Lily
Robert-Foley), Dead Gods, Ventrilla Kiss
Opening Friday, Oct. 17, 6-10, runs through Sunday, Oct. 19
Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival
Plumbers Hall, 1340 W Washington
Green Lantern Gallery is pleased to present “Subprime,” a 3-day
busking* installation at the Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival, for
which the main structural element is– a painting/mobile stage, which
is the subject of an accompanying video piece, and the platform for
the scheduled artists’ performances and exhibitions. The term
‘subprime’ is engendered with the belief that certain communities
represent a lower order. Taking this for granted, the stage is that
spot in town reserved for the sad and lowly, where through a
performance, a video, or an art object, visual and aural pleasure is
proffered to the audience, with the hope of accruing gratuity(-ies).
* Busking is the practice of performing in public places for tips and
gratuities.
Subprime Busking Schedule October 17-19
Friday
6:00 Greg Cook, Monument
7:15 Rodney Lee’s Soul Transfusion
8:30 Subprime Mortgage
Saturday
1230 Paul Cary
2:30 Subprime Mortgage
5:00 Amanda Browder, Gorilla
Sunday
1:00 Tessa Siddle, Hey Fox
2:30 Toby Bengelsdorf
3:30 Dead Gods
4:30 Ventrilla Kiss
Videos by Young Joon Kwak, and Marco Kane Braunschweiler & Martine
Syms will be shown simultaneously, Friday & Saturday. On Sunday
October 19, a video by Todd Mattei will close out the show.
Great Interiors is a contemplative video piece by Marco Kane
Braunscwheiler and Martine Syms, about intimate public spaces.
Subprime is a video by Young Joon Kwak, which explores the connection
between a painting/stage on casters, and Sally Struthers.
ON SUNDAY
Hey Fox!!: A multi-media performance.
Tessa Siddle is proud to premier a new performance at the Green
Lantern Booth at the Around the Coyote Fall Festival, this Sunday,
October the 19th. “Hey Fox!!,” seeks to blur the line between the
personification of animals and the de-personification of the artist by
performing legendary animal behaviors whilst confessing personal and
animal desires through live video feeds.
Donations go directly to the artist.
for more info go to: http://www.aroundthecoyote.org/festivals/2008_fall/
“Subprime” Opens Friday!
October 15, 2008
Amanda Browder’s “Gorilla”
Subprime
Toby Bengelsdorf, Marco Kane Braunschweiler, Amanda Browder, Paul Cary, Greg Cook, Young Joon Kwak, Todd Mattei, Tessa Siddle, Martine Syms, Rodney Lee Jones, Subprime Mortgage (Marvin Astorga & Lily Robert-Foley), Dead Gods, Ventrilla Kiss
Opening Friday, Oct. 17, 6-10, runs through Sunday, Oct. 19
Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival
Plumbers Hall, 1340 W Washington
Green Lantern Gallery is pleased to present “Subprime,” a 3-day busking installation at the Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival, for which the main structural element is– a painting/mobile stage, which is the subject of an accompanying video piece, and the platform for the scheduled artists’ performances and exhibitions. The term ‘subprime’ is engendered with the belief that certain communities represent a lower order. Taking this for granted, the stage is that spot in town reserved for the sad and lowly, where through a performance, a video, or an art object, visual and aural pleasure is proffered to the audience for donations.
Schedule
Friday
6:00 Greg Cook, Monument
7:15 Rodney Lee’s Soul Transfusion
8:30 Subprime Mortgage
Saturday
12:30 Paul Cary
2:30 Subprime Mortgage
5:00 Amanda Browder, Gorilla
Sunday
1:00 Tessa Siddle
2:30 Toby Bengelsdorf
3:30 Dead Gods
4:30 Ventrilla Kiss
Videos by Young Joon Kwak, and Marco Kane Braunschweiler & Martine Syms will be shown Friday & Saturday. On Sunday October 19, a video by Todd Mattei will close out the show.
– Young Joon
1 Minute Financial Tips from Howard Kwak
October 12, 2008
“Subprime”
Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival
Oct 17, 18, 19
Plumbers Hall, 1340 W Washington
– Young Joon
Subprime
October 9, 2008
“Subprime”
GIVE US YOUR MONEY
Greg Cook, Amanda Browder, Subprime Mortgage (Lily Robert-Foley & Marvin Astorga), Young Joon Kwak, Marco Kane Braunschweiler, Martine Syms, Howard & Sonia Kwak, Paul Cary, Rodney Lee Jones, Dead Gods, Tessa Siddle, Toby Bengelsdorf, Todd Mattei, Ventrilla-Kiss
Green Lantern Gallery & Press
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Around the Coyote 2008 Fall Arts Festival
Now in the West Loop
Plumbers Hall, 1340 W Washington
October 17-19
Opening Party
Friday October 17: 6pm- 10pm
Saturday October 18: noon-10pm
Sunday October 19: noon-6pm
– Young Joon
The Green Lantern Press 