Deric Carner - Soft Hard Bodies
Artist Book by Deric Carner
Essay by Michelle Levy
6 x 9 inches
66 pages, full color
softback perfect bound
Deric Carner received a Masters from the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL and an MA from the University of Plymouth UK. His artist publications have been showcased internationally at Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve, Witte de With, Rotterdam, ICA London, Istanbul Biennial and Kulturforum Berlin. Carner has had solo shows at Romer Young, Trestle Projects, Four AM, Louis V E.S.P., and Tent. Rotterdam. Group shows include at FIERMAN, PROTO Gallery, Radiator Gallery, Present Company, NurtureArt, Louis B James and Participant Inc., Spazio A, EFA Project Space, Queen's Nails Projects, Southern Exposure, and the Baltic Triennial of International Art. He has been awarded fellowships from the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, and MacDowell.
V/A003: E.S.P. TV "LIFESTYLE GURU" #3
JILL KROESEN: HOW TO COPE WITH A PSYCHOPATHIC PRESIDENCY
Edition of 50
Hand cut lathe recording on lacquer with
laser engraving. Full color gatefold and broadside insert.
The title says it all. Jill Kroesen delivers tips to avoid becoming prey under a psychopathic presidency.
V/A003: E.S.P. TV "LIFESTYLE GURU" #3
JILL KROESEN: HOW TO COPE WITH A PSYCHOPATHIC PRESIDENCY
Edition of 50
Hand cut lathe recording on lacquer with
laser engraving. Full color gatefold and broadside insert.
The title says it all. Jill Kroesen delivers tips to avoid becoming prey under a psychopathic presidency.
V/A002: E.S.P. TV "LIFESTYLE GURU" #2
BEN VIDA : SOFT SYSTEMS MUSIC
Edition of 50
Hand cut lathe recording on 7" lacquer with laser engraving.
Full color gatefold and broadside insert.
Soft Systems Music uses facial recognition software as a compositional tool to sonify the smile.
Vida then transforms the expressions of smiling actors into what he calls a "soft system”—a blend of the human and algorithmic, in which any subtle motion alters the composition.
This work debuted in his 2016 exhibition, [SMILE ON.] ... [PAUSE] ... [SMILE OFF.] and was later adapted to a live performance for E.S.P. TV's "Lifestyle Guru" event in 2017.