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tectonic industries Live: Monster Drawing Rally
tectonic industries completed three text-based glitter drawings at the Monster Drawing Rally at Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis on December 13th, 2008. The chosen texts were anagrams of the names of fellow artists drawing at the event. All three were sold to help fundraise for the gallery.
Yeah Yeah Whatever (That’s What You Always Say)
A couple alternates singing each performing ten epic love ballads, while the other remains utterly unmoved.
The probability of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one
12 MONITOR VIDEO INSTALLATION DIMENSIONS VARIABLE 1 HOUR 28 MINUTES DURATION CINEMATOGRAPHY BY EVAN DROLET COOK An open call was held for volunteers to come and recount the plot from the original three Star Wars films, on camera, alone in the studio. Participants were asked to wear black and retell the story to...
PAY ATTENTION : GM08
VITA.MN SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 BY GREGORY J. SCOTT PAY ATTENTION : GM08 A showcase of Twin Cities art. Capsule review: A showcase of Twin Cities art. This opening at the Soap Factory is going to be so laden with obscure art-world antecedents, you may need a crib sheet to keep up with all...
The desire to stay versus the inevitability of change
16 MONITOR VIDEO INSTALLATION DURATION 1 HOUR 58 MINUTES DIMENSIONS VARIABLE CINEMATOGRAPHY BY EVAN DROLET COOK INSTALLATION IMAGES BY RIK SFERRA Sixteen participants were allocated a role from Alfred Hitchcock’s film, The Birds. Each participant was filmed isolated in their own home, watching the film in silence. When their allocated character had a speaking part,...
Pay Attention: GM08- CLOSING SUNDAY
Pay Attention: GM08 Patricia Healy McMeans and Christopher Pole, producers Dave Salmela and Yasmil Raymond, structural advisors Location: Soap Factory, Minneapolis Opens September 13 – October 26, 2008 In 1974, Gordon Matta-Clark wrote “the only difference between expectation and surprise is authorship.” This observation framed his artistic process; he regarded the bisection of buildings and...
Soap Factory $99 Sale
The famous $99 sale happened in September. 200+ artworks, 1 size, no price, no names... Someone bought their very own tectonic industries artwork...
Feeding Frenzy at NYU
A symposium on food and performance New York University September 2008 Lars will represent tectonic industries in the upcoming event “Feeding Frenzy”, a symposium on food and performance at NYU.
Wanted: Your thoughts on Jabba the Hutt
BY JAY GABLER TC DAILY PLANET August 10, 2008 A pair of St. Paul conceptual artists who go by the name tectonic industries (small t and small i, please) are preparing a new work, and they are looking for volunteers to sit in their studio this weekend and be filmed for up to an...
Featured Banner Artists: tectonic industries
access+ENGAGE Issue 32.1: Women Behind the Camera mnartists.org online e-mag August 2008 Banner artwork: Still from the sixteen-monitor video installation, The Desire to Stay Versus the Inevitability of Change, recently on exhibit at Franklin Art Works, produced by tectonic industries in conjunction with the cinematographer Evan Drolet Cook. Sixteen participants were allocated a role from Alfred Hitchcock’s...
Do nothing, that is the second best option
This large scale video projection focuses on the inseparable themes of group hysteria and the cult of the celebrity.
Essay: The desire to stay versus the inevitability of change
Catalogue: Franklin Art Works By Ben Heywood, Executive Director, The Soap Factory The Desire to Stay Versus the Inevitability of Change (2008) If you provide an explanation for the phenomenon then the film becomes science fiction; we’re not making science fiction. “Birds” is a thriller, hence we leave out any explanation – Alfred Hitchcock on...
Review: Tectonic Shiftlessness
Art Review & Preview, v1.4 Spring 2008 By Jay Gabler On a sunny Saturday afternoon in late February, the Danish-Minnesotan artist Lars Jerlach stood in a dark gallery surrounded by sixteen flickering televisions, holding his infant daughter and talking about the frustrating paradoxes of modern life. “Nobody has time anymore to invest anything in...
tectonic industries: the desire to stay versus the inevitability of change
The Rake Magazine March 2008 By Haily Gostas Image courtesy tectonic industries Typically, the word “tectonic” refers either to the construction or deformation of our planet’s foundational materials. For lars jerlach and helen stringfellow, it’s a little more specific: As tectonic industries, a collaborative partnership, their artistic goal is to build around collective mainstream memory—...
The Desire to Stay Versus the Inevitability to Change
Metro Magazine March 2008 By Gregory J. Scott Helen Stringfellow has a pretty strong opinion of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. “Everyone remembers being scared by it as a kid,” she says. “But you watch it now, and you say, ‘This is crap.’ ” Stringfellow, who originally hails from England, and her husband, Lars Jerlach,...
Quick picks: tectonic industries
Minn Post February 29th, 2008 By Molly Priesmeyer Photo courtesy of tectonic industries “Tectonic Industries: The Desire to Stay Versus the Inevitability of Change.” Franklin Artworks, 1021 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis. Through March 29. Free. The uneasiness is palpable in a room where 16 people seem to talk to one another via flickering TV...
Art: Boredom is goal at Franklin Art Works show
vita.mn February 7, 2008 By Gregory J. Scott Photo courtesy of Tectonic Industries In eight years of programming at Franklin Art Works, “only three artists [have come] to my attention from blind submission,” said gallery director Tim Peterson, “and Tectonic Industries was the first.” Tectonic Industries — an uprooted...
The desire to stay versus the inevitability of change
The desire to stay versus the inevitability of change is a sixteen monitor video installation produced in conjunction with the cinematographer Evan Drolet Cook. The work was exhibited at Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis in February 2008.
