TEMPLE OF FLOWERS , Chiostro del Bramante,Rome, Italy
Feb
14
to Sep 30

TEMPLE OF FLOWERS , Chiostro del Bramante,Rome, Italy

FLOWERS. Dal Rinascimento all’intelligenza artificiale

Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy

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excerpt from TEMPLE OF FLOWERS Austin Young 2025, commissioned by Chiostro del Bramante in Rome

“FLOWERS”: THE CHIOSTRO DEL BRAMANTE CELEBRATES FLOWERS IN ART WITH AN EXHIBITION IN ITALY DEDICATED TO THEIR BEAUTY AND POWER

From February 14 to January 15, 2026, “Flowers. Art from the Renaissance to Augmented Reality” presents a journey where the endlessly evocative power of flowers emerges. The show brings together art, science, and technology creating a universal narrative that spans the centuries: from the masterpieces of Jan Brueghel to Ai Weiwei and latest experimentation with digital technologies in contemporary art.

Fragile and powerful, flowers speak a universal language that transcends centuries and cultures. They narrate emotions, celebrate beauty, silently protest, and preserve age-old tales. It is precisely to them that the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome dedicates an extraordinary exhibition: “Flowers. Art from the Renaissance to Augmented Reality”,running from February 14 to September 14, 2025. Curated by Franziska Stöhr and Roger Diederen, in collaboration with Suzanne Landau, the exhibition offers a journey through five centuries of art, culture, and innovation.

‘Flowers are much more than simple decorative elements,’ explains Natalia de Marco, Artistic Director of the Chiostro del Bramante. ‘They act as universal symbols, epitomising every aspect of life: from resilience to spirituality, from love to conflict, from science to ecology.’ This sensory adventure comes to life in an exhibition that combines works from the past and the present, offering the public an unprecedented interpretation of the role flowers have played in the evolution of our history and society.

The masterpieces on display span from the 16th to the 21st century. Paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, tapestries, photographs, site-specific installations, and pieces using augmented reality intertwine to narrate the encounter between art and nature. Among the Masters exhibited are Jan Brueghel the Elder, depicting flowers as silent protagonists in a vast symbolic universe, suspended between sacred and profane; Girolamo Pini and his extraordinary attention to botanical detail; Edward Burne-Jonesand William Morris with their delicate floral representations, evoking an ethereal beauty typical of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

Alongside these historical works, visitors will see Ai Weiwei’s and Kapwani Kiwanga’s contemporary installations, where flowers become a metaphor for resistance, highlighting the social and political challenges of our time and the past.

A key feature of the exhibition is also the use of new technologies. Amongst the contemporary artists featured, Studio Drift seduces the public with their technological installations inspired by natural processes, while Kehinde Wiley offers a bold and vibrant interpretation of the floral theme. Miguel Chevalier explores the question of the naturalness and artificiality of flowers with his immersive installation and Rebecca Louise Law builds a fascinating corridor in which visitors will be literally surrounded by flowers, presenting a sensory experience as unique as the olfactory journey hosted in another area of the exhibition space. Even the exterior of the Chiostro del Bramante will take center stage, completely transformed into an earthly paradise thanks to the installation by Austin Young. 

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Baptisero at Sant’Aniello
Sep
26
to Mar 29

Baptisero at Sant’Aniello

Chiesa Sant’Aniello and the Museo Diocesano of Cosenza invite you to celebrate the unveiling of Benvenuti, a new art installation by Austin Young in the Baptistery Chapel of Chiesa Sant’Aniello. Commissioned by Don Salvatore Fuscaldo.

Come celebrate this ongoing project with us!

La Chiesa di Sant’Aniello e il Museo Diocesano di Cosenza vi invitano all’inaugurazione di Benvenuti, una nuova installazione artistica di Austin Young realizzata per la Cappella del Battistero della Chiesa di Sant’Aniello, su commissione di Don Salvatore Fuscaldo.

Vi aspettiamo per celebrare insieme questo momento speciale!

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LÒGOS. Sguardi contemporanei – AUSTIN YOUNG
May
30

LÒGOS. Sguardi contemporanei – AUSTIN YOUNG

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LÒGOS. Contemporary Perspectives – AUSTIN YOUNG
Saturday, May 30 – 4:00 PM

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The third and final event in the series will feature Austin Young.

The American artist, photographer, and filmmaker, in his talk Concrete and New Baroque: Austin Young in the Church of Sant’Aniello in Cosenza, will discuss the experience of a site-specific project in which international contemporary art enters into dialogue with sacred architecture, transforming it through images and color into a visual space rich with symbols and new possibilities for beauty.

An annual series of meetings dedicated to the relationship between contemporary art and architecture and the sphere of spirituality, thanks to the contributions of authoritative voices from artists, architects, art historians, philosophers, and theologians who have devoted significant study to this theme.

La terza ed ultima tappa del ciclo vedrà protagonista Austin Young.

L’artista, fotografo e regista statunitense, nel suo intervento Cemento e nuovo barocco. Austin Young nella chiesa di Sant’Aniello a Cosenza racconterà l’esperienza di un progetto site-specific in cui l’arte contemporanea internazionale dialoga con un’architettura sacra, trasformandola attraverso immagini e colore in uno spazio visivo carico di simboli e nuove possibilità di bellezza.

L’iniziativa è accreditata al rilascio di n. 2 cfp ad incontro per gli Architetti P.P.C.

Per gli iscritti allʼOrdine degli Architetti, n. 100 posti riservati con prenotazione obbligatoria tramite piattaforma Portale Servizi CNAPPC: https://gcfp.cnappc.it/

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Beyond the Rainbow: at The Bunker Artspace
Dec
6
to Apr 30

Beyond the Rainbow: at The Bunker Artspace

From the outset, co-curators Laura Dvorkin and Maynard Monrow conceived Beyond the Rainbow, The Bunker Artspace’s latest show, as an exhibition that speaks in multiple voices, grounded in the belief that queer history demands plurality. That commitment shaped every aspect of the project.

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BEAUTY! a solo exhibition at Mucciaccia Gallery, Rome
Nov
30
to Jan 19

BEAUTY! a solo exhibition at Mucciaccia Gallery, Rome

BEAUTY! a solo exhibition by Austin Young

The solo exhibition Beauty! by Austin Young opens on Friday, September 26 at 6 pm (and runs until November 29) at Mucciaccia Gallery Project.

A multidisciplinary artist whose unique style has stood out in both international and national contemporary art scenes for his ability to blend, using different expressive languages, pop culture and high art, underground exuberance and rigor, queer imagery and symbolism, Austin Young returns to the capital after the success of Temple of flowers at the Chiostro del Bramante, with a new site-specific project.

With this new installation, conceived for the gallery space in the historic center of Rome, the artist, who has chosen the city as a second home after Los Angeles, continues his exploration of the beauty of nature and flowers as universal symbols with multiple meanings: from resistance to spirituality, from love to conflict, from science to ecology. In his continuous search for beauty and the sublime, Young, who describes himself as an activist for beauty, presents a new body of work inspired by cosmology and the symbolic power of nature, transforming the space into a lush garden where flowers, human elements, and nature merge to create an engaging atmosphere that stimulates all the senses. The title of the exhibition is already a statement of intent: Beauty! not only evokes the beauty of nature but aims to use it as a powerful tool to address the ecological and social challenges of the present.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue published by Silvana Editoriale, with an exhibition essay by Claudia Gioia

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Amore Chiama Colore
Nov
13
to Jan 31

Amore Chiama Colore

FONDAZIONE D’ARC

AMORE CHIAMA COLORE

Curated by Giuliana Benassi

November 13, 2025 - January 31, 2026 more info HERE

Josè Angelino, John Armleder, Pablo Atchugarry, Monia Ben Hamouda,

Ross Bleckner, Giacinto Cerone, Michela de Mattei, Federica Di Carlo,

Piero Dorazio, Alfonso Fratteggiani Bianchi, Genuardi/Ruta, Samuel Nnorom,

Odili Donald Odita, Tadasky, Pascale Marthine Tayou,

Giulio Turcato, Austin Young

With the presentation of new works from the Foundation’s collection

Opening by invitation only: Saturday, November 8, 2025, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM

D’ARC Foundation opens its autumn program with AMORE CHIAMA COLORE, a group

exhibition that, weaving together works from the Foundation’s collection with those of invited

artists, explores the role of color and examines not only its technical properties but also the

meanings it can evoke, from the emotional to the political dimension.

At the core of the exhibition lies Amore chiama colore IV (1956) by Piero Dorazio, a seminal

work from the collection that provides the conceptual framework for the project. From this

starting point, the exhibition introduces for the first time a selection of new acquisitions by

John Armleder, Monia Ben Hamouda, Ross Bleckner, Samuel Nnorom, and Odili Donald

Odita. These are presented in dialogue with works already part of the Foundation’s collection,

including those by Alfonso Fratteggiani Bianchi and Tadasky.

The exhibition also features contributions by additional artists whose practices revolve around

multifaceted investigations of color, including Josè Angelino, Pablo Atchugarry, Giacinto

Cerone, Michela de Mattei, Federica Di Carlo, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Genuardi/Ruta,

Giulio Turcato, and Austin Young.

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Bemis! Benefit Art Auction with Fallen Fruit
Oct
10
to Oct 24

Bemis! Benefit Art Auction with Fallen Fruit

EXHIBITION

Benefit Art Auction Exhibition

October 10, 2025–October 24, 2025

Bemis, Omaha, Nebraska

Austin Young and David Allen Burns / Fallen Fruit will be featuring our new participatory installation artwork / photo booth for the final auction event.  come join us and bee a pollinator!

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BEAUTY!
Sep
26
to Jan 19

BEAUTY!

Austin Young

BEAUTY!

a solo exhibition by Austin Young

Mucciaccia Gallery Project, Roma

Via Laurina, 31

Concepita appositamente per gli spazi della galleria, l'installazione dell'artista trasforma l'ambiente in un giardino lussoreggiante: dove fiori ed elementi umani si fondono creando un'esperienza immersiva che stimola tutti i sensi.

Austin Young, Eve After The Fall, 2025, digital print on watercolor paper, with artist’s intervention on a found framed mirror, 117 x 68 cm

La mostra esplora la bellezza della natura con i fiori come simboli universali e poliusemici: evocano resistenza, spiritualità, amore, conflitto, scienza ed ecologia. Il titolo Beauty! non è solo un richiamo estetico, ma diventa strumento per affrontare sfide ecologiche e sociali trasformando la ricerca del bello in una vera forma di resistenza politica. Young, infatti, usa la bellezza, la gioia e il sublime come antidoti alle dinamiche divisive e tossiche amplificate dai social media, capaci di allontanare l'attenzione da temi positivi come l'amore e la comunità.

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PARADISE LOST - Fallen Fruit in MODENA
Apr
11
to Sep 24

PARADISE LOST - Fallen Fruit in MODENA

Paradise Lost, David Allen Burns and Austin Young / Fallen Fruit, 2025, a new artwork commissioned by Fondazione AGO at Palazzina dei Giardini in Modena, Italy.

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ARS IN HERBIS, AN ALCHEMICAL JOURNEY: INCARNATO
Feb
22
to Mar 22

ARS IN HERBIS, AN ALCHEMICAL JOURNEY: INCARNATO

Beatrice Burati Anderson is delighted to present the first step of her new project, which is meant to be

unfolded in time starting on the occasion of the 60th Venice Biennale.

ARS IN HERBIS develops, both in a philosophical and poetic way, the alchemical theme of transformation, seen through the art of herbariums. ARS IN HERBIS is dedicated to Eliseo Burati (1924-1986), a prominent figure of researcher, pharmacist, herbalist, humanist and alchemist, and a pioneer on natural therapies since the Fifties. Part of his personal herbarium will be displayed in this exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Several artists and art techniques will be exhibited in the charming spaces of both galleries’ venues during the next months, following the development of a five-step journey into the different states of matter and existence.

EMANATIO, evokes the subtle, mysterious emanation which constitutes the “aura” of the material form and even survives it for a while.

IMPRESSIO has to do with both a photographic medium and the feeling (probably vehiculated by light) that we have of every living creature.

DISSOLUTIO is the prelude to abstraction, where the shape crumbles and it is then recomposed following logics other than literal ones.

DISTILLATIO is the art of extracting the very essence, and refers to an alchemical procedure and to poetry as well.

INCARNATIO closes the circle bringing us back to form, with all its enchanting and explosive multiplicity of shapes, colors, dimensions and sensorial wonder.

ARS IN HERBIS

Beatrice Burati Anderson è lieta di presentare la prima tappa del suo nuovo progetto, che si svolgerà per tutta la durata della Biennale. Con il titolo ARS IN HERBIS, il progetto sviluppa, in chiave filosofica e poetica, il tema alchemico della trasformazione, visto attraverso l’arte degli erbari.

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a permanent artwork at Sant'Aniello by Austin Young
Sep
12

a permanent artwork at Sant'Aniello by Austin Young

Come celebrate the opening of my new permanent artwork at the church of Sant’Aniello in Cosenza, Italy!

According to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10, Saint Peter had a vision of a vessel full of animals being lowered from heaven (Acts 10:11).

La Volta di Chiesa di Sant’Aniello Abate

September 12

Via Panebianco, 514, 87100 Cosenza Calabria, Italia

OPENING CELEBRATION of the new cupola artwork

 by Austin Young / Fallen Fruit

3pm Alessandra Donato of Tangoli - fabric making workshop

5pm service and celebration

the site of the new artwork.

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Sposalizio del Mare / Marriage of the Sea ON VIEW IN VENICE.
Apr
18
to Nov 25

Sposalizio del Mare / Marriage of the Sea ON VIEW IN VENICE.

'Sketch for Sposalizio del Mare' by Austin Young / Fallen Fruit , 2024 (in progress)

Sposalizio del Mare (il Ratto di Venetia )  - by Austin Young  /  Fallen Fruit, 2024,  a site specific artwork at Palazzo Cesari Marchesi in Venice, Italy presented by THE POOL NYC. 

On Ascension Day, for hundreds of years, a sacrifice was made - a glorious golden ring was thrown into the water affirming Venice's dominion over the Adriatic Sea.  The magic of this divine sacrifice was powerful enough to last centuries.  Amid dwindling population, the fouling of her canals, ever encroaching tides, and short term rentals, we re-invoke this ancient vow.  *Desponsamus te, mare, in signum veri perpetuique dominii! *We espouse you, sea, as a symbol of true and perpetual dominion!


Title: Marriage of the Sea (the rape of Venice) /  Sposalizio del Mare (il ratto di Venezia)

Artist: Austin Young / Fallen Fruit

Opening: April 18 from 5 to 10 p.m.

Opening performance: visitors will mary the sea in a ceremony with artist Irene Machetti.  

Where: THE POOL NYC at PALAZZO CESARI MARCHESI

Calle Rombiasio 2539, Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, 30124 Venice

Vaporetto: Giglio

Hours: 11am- 1pm/ 2- 7 pm - Closed on Tuesdays

Technical sponsor: PROMEMORIA 

Technical sponsor for the opening:   Franco Profumiere Venezia

ABOUT AUSTIN YOUNG / FALLEN FRUIT

Austin Young is a multidisciplinary artist whose trademark style interprets a nuanced visual language of beauty, pop culture, art history, folk art, and transgressive underground exuberance. Whether he’s working in photography and video-based modes of performative portraiture, engaging in assertive visibility for Queer culture, or advocating for a community-based resource sharing culture, Young’s interest is in illustrating the sublime qualities of humanity that moves us all forward. 


Fallen Fruit is an art collaboration originally conceived in 2004 by David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young. Since 2013, David and Austin have continued the collaborative work.  Much of the work they create is linked to ideas of place and generational knowledge, and it echoes a sense of connectedness with something very primal – our capacity to share the world with others. Recent permanent artworks and museum exhibitions include Chiotro del Bramante in Rome, Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, Orto Botanico in Palermo, V&A in London, LACMA in Los Angeles, Manifesta 12 in Palermo, NGV Triennial  in Melbourne, and more.
www.austinyoung.com www.fallenfruit.org Instagram: @austinyoungforever @fallen_fruit 

ABOUT IRENE MACHETTI

Irene Machetti (Venice, 1996) uses food as her artistic medium and a tool for anthropological and socio-cultural investigation, studying the traditions and norms that regulate it. Challenging ancient rites and customs, she creates edible installations and performative projects that establish a dialogue between art and food, involving the visitor's body and senses. Her research expands into the journalistic and curatorial field: Machetti writes about art and food on FAD Magazine (where she founded the column “FOOD ART” ) and Artribune. 

Irene Machetti holds a BA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art (London), followed by an MA at the LUISS Business School (Rome). The artist participates in projects between London and Italy, including: Collective Recipes (Open Space Contemporary, London, 2020); Contaminami (Cable Bakery, London, 2020 and Festival "I Tramonti di Tinia", Azienda Agricola Spada, Sutri, 2023); Mi sono scordata di dirti che (Tropismi della memoria, Rome, 2023); Art Diners with Catriona Gallagher (Rome, 2024).

ABOUT THE POOL NYC 

THE POOL NYC is a contemporary art gallery founded in New York in 2009, specializing in modern and contemporary artists and Murano glass. In November 2017 THE POOL NYC opened a permanent home in Palazzo Fagnani Ronzoni in Milan. On the occasion of the Venice Biennale, the gallery organizes a major art exhibition in the lagoon. The gallery stands out for its search for innovative artistic expressions and the rediscovery of artists fundamental to the History of the 20th century. THE POOL NYC is committed to offer an inclusive and diverse platform, welcoming a wide range of artistic mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography and installations. With a focus on experimentation and critical reflection, the gallery promotes meaningful dialogues on contemporary issues through art.

In Signum Veri Amoris

Irene Machetti, participatory performance in three acts, 2024

In dialogue with the artwork Sposalizio del Mare (Il ratto di Venezia) / Marriage of the Sea (The Rape of Venice) by Austin Young / Fallen Fruit, the artist Irene Machetti presents the ritual In Signum Veri Amoris, a token of the ancient Venetian ceremony of the Marriage of the Sea.

The title recalls the formula the Doge – the highest official of the Republic of the Serenissima– would pronounce on the occasion of the symbolic marriage between Venice and the sea: ‘Desponsamus te, Mare, in signum veri perpetuique dominii’ (We marry you, Sea, in sign of our truthful and eternal dominion over you). This union, born from the desire of the Serenissima to ostentatiously display its power and its dominion over the waters, is in stark contrast with the current need to develop a sustainable coexistence between the city and its ecosystem.

To create this type of bond it becomes vital to transform the concept of dominion into one of protection, into a form of love that does not oppress but rather nurtures. Machetti thus proposes a new marriage with the sea, one made 'in signum veri amoris', in the name of love, inviting the public to respect the oath taken during the artistic performance.

Through specific acts and gestures, the artist calls upon the audience to abandon their usual perceptive schemas and to use their body and senses to fully engage in the performance. The ritual symbolically outlines a bridge between the ancient power of Venice, summarised in the decorative splendour of the Bucentaur, and the current state of a city marked by abandonment and a permeating kitsch. The references to the island city, so vividly and poetically described in Austin Young’s imagery, will keep refracting throughout the space, in a continuous game made up of presence and absence, sparkle and decadence: treasure chests of salt will reveal a fragile and porous ecosystem; opulent fragrances will take us far away, in a bygone era that was characterised by preciousness and power; grains of gold will be juxtaposed with transparent, delicate lagoon veils.

The performance will be activated by metaphorical and actual references to the colours and flavours of Venice: A journey through the history of the city evoked by distant and flamboyant ingredients and hints to the sea and the lagoon flowers. This ceremony will be marked by an olfactory journey, specifically crafted by Franco Profumiere Venezia. Starting from a fresh, marine scent, the last act will conclude with the rich perfumes coming from the Far East: a cultural horizon with which the Serenissima has woven solid and profitable ties.

Of particular relevance will be the gestures, which the artist has reconstructed starting from Western wedding ceremonies, a new viaticum to accompany visitors within a unique emotional experience, but with a strong territorial bond.

Technical sponsor: Franco Profumiere Venezia.

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QUEER-ISH
Oct
28
to Dec 15

QUEER-ISH

QUEER-ISH
Photogra
phy & the LGBTQ + Imaginary

Ruth Chandler Williamson Art Gallery

curated by Ken Gonzales-Day

Scripps College

Oct 28 – Dec 15, 2023

Austin Young in front of his portraits of trans men.

Queer-ish is the name of a photography exhibition….

that brings together examples of nineteenth and twentieth century vernacular images and pairs them with works by contemporary artists. The works engage with LGBTQ+ issues and represent a range of approaches to the photographic image. The exhibition is an exploration of what it means to be queer-ish, today.

Artists Included:

Laura Aguilar, Ohan Breiding (SC ’06), Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas), Rick Castro, Claude Cahun (w/ Marcel Moore), Tammy Rae Carland,  Zachary Drucker & Rhys Ernst,Ken Gonzales-Day, Naima Green, John K. Hillers, Molly Landreth (SC ’01), Bob Mizer, Pierre Molinier, Catherine Opie, Pau S. Pescador,  Marcel Pardo Ariza, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Annie Sprinkle, Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, Austin Young, and over 100 vernacular images others.


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HERE

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QUEER SCREAMS! features Jump Cut 3
Aug
18
to Aug 20

QUEER SCREAMS! features Jump Cut 3

winner! we won best editing! Editing by Hout & Valentin, and Austin Young

queerscreams.com . Celebrating LGBTQ+ genre cinema from emerging and established queer artists within the community – locally, nationally and internationally. To support LGTBQ+ Artists and Creators of queer stories by providing a platform – via a live film festival event – to reach a larger audience. To present opportunities to connect with LGBTQ+ horror/sci-fi/fantasy/thriller fans through film screenings, as well as personal interaction. To contribute to an evergrowing community of genre film lovers by engaging in “the conversation” and the pursuit of positive queer representation in media. To have a “gay old time”.

Nadya Ginsburg as ‘The Worm’ video still from Jump Cut 3

still from Jump Cut 3, THEM

Jump Cut #3 (aka ‘Them’) is created by Austin Young and is the third installment of the six episode series of commissioned video artworks by Dana Gingras of Animals of Distinction. This short experimental film exploits transformative performance artists and drag stars Willam Belli, Laganja Estranja and Alaska Thunderfuck in a 21 minutefairy tale which digs up backyard issues of identity, and morality, featuring music by queer icon, Peaches and performances by Love Connie, Johnny Smith, Siri and Nadya Ginsburg as ‘The Worm.’ 

#willam #alaskathunderfuck  #leganjaestranja #austinyoung  

Video, Direction and Concept: Austin Young

Music: Peaches 

Choreography: Laganja Estranja 

Performance: Alaska Thunderfuck, Laganja Estranja and Willam Belli

Also Featuring: Love Connie, Johnny Smith, Nadya Ginsburg, Autumn Beck  and Em Westheimer

Videography: Austin Young, Emily Lacy, Stefano Galli

Art Direction: Austin Young 

Jump Cut SProduced by: Animals of Distinction

Jump Cut Conceived by: Dana Gingras

edited by: Hout & Valentin and Austin Young

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QUEER / CUIR
May
20
to Aug 31

QUEER / CUIR

a group exhibition at OPC, Puerto Vallarta, curated by Oscar Moran

Dirección / Adress:

Juárez 598 (esq. Aldama) Col. Centro
C.P. 48380 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

 

Horario / Hours:

Miércoles a Viernes / Wednesday – Friday:
11:00 – 14:00 / 17:00 – 20:00 hrs

Sábado / Saturday:
10:00 – 14:00 hrs

 

Contacto / Contact:
Tel. +52 (322) 222 0541
opcvallarta@gmail.com

 

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IG       @OPCPV
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CONVERSAZIONI SACRE / SACRED CONVERSATIONS
Jan
28
to Dec 30

CONVERSAZIONI SACRE / SACRED CONVERSATIONS

CONVERSAZIONI SACRE / SACRED CONVERSATIONS, ACCADEMIA CARRARA, BERGAMO 2023

a new permanent artwork by Fallen Fruit at Accademia Carrara Museum

Piazza Giacomo Carrara, 82, 24121 Bergamo BG, Italy

https://www.lacarrara.it/en/

Sacred Conversations happen everyday. Between a mother and child, a grown man and his father, a friend consoling another friend, a teacher and a student, and more. These small conversations shape our lives, inform how we love, expand our feelings, galvanize the world around us. It is these small moments of intimacy and trust that locks an experience into an understanding for a lifetime. They shape our character. They embolden our moral ethics. They enhance our ability for compassion towards others. It is said that the last one of these kinds of conversations you experienced is, in fact, the last sacred conversation you needed to have. In this way, it is a kind of blessing.

Created for Accademia Carrara, Sacred Conversations is an immersive artwork installation for the stairwell that connects the galleries of the historic museum. The artwork is sourced from hundreds of original photographs taken by the artists that include details from paintings, drawing, and etchings from the permanent collection. Along with documentation from the streets, parks, and piazzas of the city of Bergamo that include a variety of local fruits, flowers, birds, religious icons, and more. The title of the artwork ‘Sacred Conversations’ invokes a message about how the past relates to the present and often informs the future. And also, how sometimes in our lives, we travel from a place of darkness into light.

The artists explain that “‘The artwork is about the ritual of “place.” A type of consciousness celebrating everything everyday. The walking. The hellos. The arrivadecis. The thank yous and the welcomes. Bergamo is a continual fountain of greetings all throughout the day. In the piazzas, palazzos, the parks, the walking streets, the monuments, the cafes, the cathedrals, and on and on…”.

The collection at Accademia Carrara is often spiritual, and as artists, we became holistically inspired by the work of Lorenzo Lotto as well as the compassionate perspective of the entire collection. We spent many days exploring Carrara’s galleries and archives and photographed details. We looked for everyday objects in the collection – fruits, flowers, small animals, people’s hands, insects, pollinators, and more. These common elements of everyday life seem to form a bridge from the past into the present that connects all of us in our own unique pathway along the sacred journey of our lives. 

To create this artwork, we immersed ourselves in the city of Bergamo. We walked all of the streets and alleys of the old city on the hill called “Citta Alta.” We explored cathedrals, monasteries, castles, parks, cafes, and libraries. We met with the city’s historians, and we toured the streets and historic buildings with expert guides. We photographed things that stand out in public spaces. We documented elements from the historic library, the cathedrals, the opera house, the botanical gardens, and details throughout Bergamo.   

“This site specific artwork from our exploration of Bergamo considers the architecture of the building as the frame. The artwork itself becomes an experience for the visitor – a journey from darkness to light or from night into day. The visitor is the subject or protagonist. This is a type of metaphor for an everyday journey – and also a spiritual journey.,” says the artists’.

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𝗫-𝗮𝗠𝗘𝗡-𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
Oct
6

𝗫-𝗮𝗠𝗘𝗡-𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀

I am taking portraits of Trans men, Men’s men, art fags, butch dykes, bois, drag kings and male identifying bodies. join us!
‼️ 𝙎𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀 ‼️

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 | 𝟳:𝟯𝟬-𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬 𝗽𝗺

📍: 𝗟𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 (𝟭𝟮𝟰𝟱 𝗡. 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁., 𝗟𝗔 𝗖𝗔 𝟵𝟬𝟬𝟭𝟮)

Freewaves presents 𝗫-𝗮𝗠𝗘𝗡-𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, a multi-faceted artistic extravaganza examining masculinity from a wide range of perspectives and through multiple mediums. For one night only, under a full moon, 15 established artists will stage an expansive, interactive space and engage with the concept of masculinity through a variety of lenses, both positive and negative, critical and irreverent. Together, their works will create a carnivalesque experience exploring the meanings of masculinity in 2022 🎡

𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀:

𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨 / @alexdonis

𝙍𝙖𝙛
𝙖 𝙀𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙯𝙖 / @elrafaesparza

𝙙. 𝙎𝙖
𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 / @yameansupreme

𝘼𝙨𝙝
𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙣 / @chickentasteslikewood

𝙅𝙤𝙨é 𝙂𝙪
𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙥𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 / @theotrajose

𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣 / @johnsonandjohnsonandjohnson

𝙋𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙣?
? / @phranc.la

𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙇𝙎 / @cassilsartist

𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 / @Austinyoungforever

𝙏𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙨 / @cokes_tony

𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙤𝙣??𝙧𝙙𝙤 / @elcleonardo

𝙆𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩?? 𝙏𝙖𝙢 / @kenneth__tam

𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙡??𝙣 / @seanmilan

𝙇.𝘼. 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙢??𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚?? / @parmelettes

𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜

𝙋𝙖𝙪𝙡 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙙

The evening’s finale will feature THE MASC4MASK House Ball, an artistic exhibition of masculinity within the House/Ballroom community, curated by Sean Milan, commentated by Season 1 Winner of HBO's "Legendary" 𝙏𝙤𝙧??𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙢??𝙞𝙣 ( @toriebalmain ) 🎤 with judges 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 & 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠??𝗿𝗰 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀
( @gravityjacobs ) Sounds by 𝘿𝙅 𝘽𝙚𝙣 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙯𝙖 💿The ball is open to all!

Curated by 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗞𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼, and 𝗔𝗻𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗺

This event is FREE!

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'CRAZY' at Chiostro Del Bramante, Rome
Feb
18
to Jan 9

'CRAZY' at Chiostro Del Bramante, Rome

CRAZY

Curated by Danilo Eccher

Chiostro del Bramante

Exhibition period 18.02.2022 - 08.01.2023

Arco della Pace, 5, 00186 Roma RM

‘LOVE TRAP’ by Austin Young and David Allen Burns / Fallen Fruit, 2022

Detail study by Austin Young and David Allen Burns / Fallen Fruit for ‘Entrapped Love’ 2022.

ART

Madness, which is often used as a synonym of creativity, is connected to art. Their relationship has become ever deeper after the earliest psychanalytic and neuroscientific studies of the beginning of past century. Surrealists were the first to reveal the inner and clearer link between insanity and art. After Surrealism, the two dimensions, the existential and the artistic ones, have been weaving together, merging and chasing each other throughout the 20th century till nowadays. The clear boundary between the medical domain and the poetic landscape gradually faded away, leaving space to open comparisons and reciprocal contaminations. This let the foolish creativity show her multifaceted masks.

Danilo Eccher, CHIOSTRO DEL BRAMANTE, ROMA

Crazy” proporrà in mostra le opere di:

  • Carlos Amorales

  • Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir / Shoplifter

  • Massimo Bartolini

  • Gianni Colombo

  • Petah Coyne

  • Ian Davenport

  • Janet Echelman

  • Fallen Fruit / David Allen Burns e Austin Young

  • Lucio Fontana

  • Anne Hardy

  • Thomas Hirschhorn

  • Alfredo Jaar

  • Alfredo Pirri

  • Gianni Politi

  • Tobias Rehberger

  • Anri Sala

  • Yinka Shonibare

  • Sissi

  • Max Streicher

  • Pascale Marthine Tayou

  • Sun Yuan & Peng Yu

La mostra al Chiostro del Bramante

La pazzia, come l’arte, rifiuta gli schemi stabiliti, fugge da ogni rigido inquadramento, si ribella alle costrizioni.

Così anche “Crazy“, il progetto di Dart – Chiostro del Bramante a cura di Danilo Eccher

IL CHIOSTRO

Known for being a jewel of the Renaissance architecture in Rome designed by Donato Bramante, which hosts an amazing fresco by Raffaello Sanzio, Chiostro del Bramante has established itself as an important museum at both national and international level. For more than twenty years, it has been organising several modern and contemporary art exhibitions in dialogue with the Renaissance architecture of the Chiostro and in collaboration with many relevant art institutions and international museums, such as le Musée D’Orsay, le Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern and Tinguely Musuem. It’s with the organisation of the trilogy LOVE, ENJOY and DREAM curated by Danilo Eccher that Chiostro del Bramante continue his careful research and experimentation in the contemporary artistic discourse. In this occasion, the curator created original and site-specific projects, which presented the works of art of some of the most relevant contemporary artists.

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Connected Alienation / Vernetzte Entfremdung
Jan
29
to Mar 27

Connected Alienation / Vernetzte Entfremdung

CTM 2022 Exhibition:

The exhibition provides a look into various aspects of working collaboratively in pandemic times.

The works are the result of artistic exchanges across distances. Taken together, they point to potentials, effects, successes, and pitfalls of telematically mediated contact and encounters. How can connections, artistic exchange, and mutual understanding be developed and nurtured when physical togetherness is not possible?

The Exhibition in clouds the 6 part series, Jump Cut , curated by Dana Gingras/Animals of Distinction.

Jump Cut #3 by Austin Young will play online at 6pm on February 3, 2022.

Find the schedule here: https://www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2022/programme/schedule-part-1

Image credit: Leganja Estranja, Alaska Thunderfuck and Willam Belli (left to right), video still from Jump Cut #3 aka ’Them’, by Austin Young.

Runs: 29.1.–27.3.2022
Kunstraum Kreuzberg

Opening: 28.1.2022 at 17:00

Opening hours
Sun–Wed 10–20:00
Thu–Sat 10–22:00
Free entry

Jump Cut #3 (aka ‘Them’) is created by Austin Young and is the third installment of the six episode series of commissioned video artworks by Animals of Distinction. This short experimental film exploits transformative performance artists and drag stars Willam Belli, Laganja Estranja and Alaska Thunderfuck in a 21 minute surrealistic fairy tale which digs up backyard issues of identity, and morality. The three muses of subculture embody our collective hunger for meaningful relationships within marginalized spaces of mainstream Hollywood in this mini camp masterpiece, featuring music by queer icon, Peaches and performances by Love Connie, Johnny Smith, Siri and Nadya Ginsburg as ‘The Worm.’

Jump Cut #3 BTS: The behind the scenes short features a conversation with Austin Young, Dana Gingras, Peaches, Willam Beli, Laganja Estranja and Alaska Thunderfuck.

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ARTNBOUND PRESENTS MUSTACHE MONDAYS
Nov
17

ARTNBOUND PRESENTS MUSTACHE MONDAYS

A DOCUMENTARY BY MARRIANNE AMELINCKX

Nov 17th 9pm ARTBOUND at KCET Season 12 episode 6

See how a roving LGBTQ night club event in Los Angeles called “Mustache Mondays” became a creative incubator for today’s leading edge contemporary artists. This film examines the history of these spaces and how they shaped the Queer cultural fabric unique to Southern California.

https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/episodes/mustache-mondays

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ENDLESS ORCHARD LAUNCH CELEBRATION AND FRUIT TREE ADOPTION
Nov
13

ENDLESS ORCHARD LAUNCH CELEBRATION AND FRUIT TREE ADOPTION

HEY FRIENDS!!!  Friends of friends, and everyone you know…. Come hang out with us! We are hosting a Fruit Tree Adoption for everyone who pre-registers, Public Juicing Station, Fallen Fruit Jam and Toast, Trans-dimensional blessings and oracle readings by legendary performance artist Anna Homler, ‘Interpretive Orange’ performed by Page Person, music by multi-disciplinary artist Davia Spain, and a crystal bowl sound healing by Dominic Moore at sunset. Bring friends, a blanket, food/snacks, warm clothes and some good vibes to share the love. <3′

xoxoxo, Austin and David / Fallen Fruit

PUBLIC EVENT IN LOS ANGELES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2021 — at LASHP, 2pm to sunset.

ENDLESS ORCHARD by FALLEN FRUIT – Launch Celebration and a Public Call to Action

YES! SI! OUI! JA! RIGHTON!! What if you could walk down the street and pick an apple or an orange? Can public and private fruit trees offer more than just decor to our neighborhoods? What if they were a public service to the community? It’s all possible with the Endless Orchard, the world’s largest collaborative public artwork –a non-contiguous global fruit orchard planted, mapped, shared, and cared for by everyone who participates.  

Image credit: courtesy of Fallen Fruit. Join us for a public gathering and fruit tree adoption at the Monument to Sharing on November 13 at Los Angeles State Historic Park  (LASHP)

PLANT A FRUIT TREE AND SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2021 

2pm to SUNSET
Free to the public!

LOS ANGELES STATE HISTORIC PARK (LASHP)
1245 N Spring St, Los Angeles at at the Monument to SharingCHINATOWN / DTLA

Join Los Angeles-based artists David Allen Burns and Austin Young from Fallen Fruit for a Fruit Tree Adoption and celebration of the ENDLESS ORCHARD. Help us expand local access to public fruit by adding 100 new public fruit trees to Los Angeles mapping the trees at EndlessOrchard.com

Endless Orchard Fruit Tree Adoption is free and limited to 100 applications. Recipients are required to plant trees in or on the margins of public space, to ensure that the fruit will remain permanently accessible to the public, and agree to map their trees with EndlessOrchard.com. To apply send an email to info@fallenfruit.org

Read the LA WEEKLY story about the Endless Orchard HERE

SHARE YOUR FRUIT!

To apply for the fruit tree adoption, send an email to info@fallenfruit.org, with ‘Fruit Tree Adoption’ in the subject line and include the property address and the location of the planting area and/or photograph. The event and adoption are free to participate.

THE ENDLESS ORCHARD FRUIT TREE ADOPTION EVENT:

1. You have space along a sidewalk or fence of a home, local business, apartment building, school, or community center. You must plant in private space or obtain a permit to plant the fruit tree in public space   

2. The selected location is sunny and is being watered or can be watered regularly.

3. You agree to share the fruit tree with neighbors and passersby and map it on the Endless Orchard website.

4. Apply at info@fallenfruit.org to participate. 



A PUBLIC CALL TO ACTION:  JOIN US! PLANT A FRUIT TREE TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE. Let’s make an Endless Orchard. Plant a fruit tree next to the sidewalk, or along a fence near your home, school, community center, or business. On or next to public space. Water and care for your tree and map it on EndlessOrchard.com to share with others. Encourage local governments and elected leadership to take action and plant fruit trees in parks, public-rights-of-way, and along sidewalks. Dig up cement and make our cities like communal gardens where fruit can be harvested by everyone. Identify pre-existing fruit trees in neighborhoods and map them.


Fallen Fruit aims to position this project globally and engage communities around the world with the idea that generosity begets generosity. “Sharing is the definition of culture. Time, ritual, common interests, a meal, geography. It’s all about sharing.” -Fallen Fruit

During the pandemic, our collective experiences of everyday life have become more meaningful. Our need to be social and go outside became essential. As food shortages erupted due to quarantine related closures and global supply chains were interrupted, the drive to eat hyperlocale and grow edible gardens exploded.

We have already established public fruit parks in 19 different cities across the United States. Fruit tree plantings have been initiated across Southern California including Culver City, San Diego, Torrance, Riverside, San Bernardino, Downtown Los Angeles, Westlake, and across the United States in Buffalo, Columbus, New Orleans, Omaha, San Diego, Philadelphia, New York City, and more. What we’re excited about is that these fruit trees will be here for generations. In many cases, the project sites have been declared as works of art, so that those spaces must persist in the public realm as a place for sharing. The fruit trees would be replaced if necessary.


A forthcoming downloadable PDF will include all of our instructions on planting trees and sharing with the Endless Orchard

Source: http://www.endlessorchard.com

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Los Angelitos de Nuestra Señora del Jardín- a permanent artwork.
Nov
2
to Dec 2

Los Angelitos de Nuestra Señora del Jardín- a permanent artwork.

CREDITOS DE LA IMAGEN / IMAGE CREDIT: Detail from the artwork installation "Los Angelitos de Nuestra Señora del Jardín” Custom-made wallcovering, archival watercolor inks printed onto natural fabrics. Dimensions vary. David Allen Burns and Austin Young / Fallen Fruit, 2021.

Los Angelitos de Nuestra Señora del Jardín, 2021

David Allen Burns and Austin Young / Fallen Fruit

Custom made wallcovering, archival watercolor inks printed onto natural fabrics. Dimensions variable.

An immersive installation artwork created by the artists specifically for the chapel at the Vallarta Botanical Gardens, outside of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This unique asynchronous wall coverings source’s materials from hundreds of original photographs taken by the artists in the gardens at different times of year — as well as historic watercolors and lithographs, by Mexican botanist Rafael Montes de Oca and English ornithologist John Gould, respectively. Orchids and hummingbirds dance around the interior spaces intermixed with seasonal favorites from the botanical collection. The extraordinary flora and fauna naturalized by this exotic setting is permanently embellished into the interior spaces of the chapel and contextualized by never ending organically merging colorfields. The natural world turned inside out.

Noche de Los Muertos & Inauguration of Art “Los Angelitos de Nuestra Señora del Jardín” in the Garden Chapel

Event: Tuesday, November 2, Vallarta Botanical Garden at 6 pm.

The Vallarta Botanical Gardens presents a new expositionby artists David Allen Burns and Austin Young of the project Fallen Fruit, “Los Angelitos de Nuestra Señora del Jardín

Evento: Martes, 2 de noviembre en el Jardín Botánico de Vallarta a las 6:00 pm

EL JARDÍN BOTÁNICO DE VALLARTA PRESENTA UNA NUEVA EXPOSICIÓN DE ARTE. ARTISTAS DAVID ALLEN BURNS Y AUSTIN YOUNG DEL PROYECTO THE FALLEN FRUIT DEBUTAN “LOS ANGELITOS DE MÉXICO”Martes, 2 de noviembre en el Jardín Botánico de Vallarta a las 6:00 pm

Una instalación artística en la capilla del Jardín Botánico de Vallarta creada por los artistas, en las afueras de Puerto Vallarta, México. Este singular tapiz asincrónico se nutre de cientos de fotografías originales tomadas por los artistas en los jardines en diferentes épocas del año, así como de acuarelas y litografías históricas del pintor mexicano Rafael Montes de Oca y del ornitólogo inglés John Gould, entre otros.

PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN O PARA COMPRAR SU BOLETO PARA EL EVENTO EXTRAORDINARIO 

The Vallarta Botanical Garden is a 64-acre botanical garden at 1,300 ft above sea level, near Puerto Vallarta. The garden was founded in 2004 and has been open to the public since 2005.
Carretera Puerto Vallarta, Carr. Costera a Barra de Navidad Km 24, 48425 Jal., Mexico +52 322 223 6182

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ART FOR LIFE auction at Columbus Museum of Art
Oct
23

ART FOR LIFE auction at Columbus Museum of Art

Art for Life 2021 October 23, 2021 at the Columbus Museum of Art. https://artforlife.equitashealth.com/. . buy My Portrait of trans man Tyler Daly! it's in the auction hosted by Columbus Museum of Art : Art for Life - a biennial art auction, started in 1989, that has helped raise awareness and approximately $6 million in funding for HIV/AIDS medical care, prevention, education, testing and advocacy services.

Austin Young, Portrait of Tyler Daly, 2014, 30x22, inkjet on matte paper, edition of 6

Preview Party | October 22, 2021| Columbus Museum of Art

Art for Life | October 23, 2021 | Columbus Museum of Art

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The Jump Cut marathon at MUTEK Festival
Sep
24
to Jun 18

The Jump Cut marathon at MUTEK Festival

video still of Willam Belli in Jump Cut #3 - by Austin Young

View the The Jump Cut marathon via Mutek Montreal festival! .
Jump Cut #1 (Tot Onyx, Sonya Stefan, Dana Gingras) CA/QC+DE/JP
Jump Cut #2 (Marie Davidson, Sabrina Ratté, Dana Gingras) CA/QC+QC/FR
Jump Cut #3 (Austin Young, Alaska Thunderfuck, Willam Belli, Laganja Estranja, Peaches, Nadya Ginsburg, Love Connie, Johnny Smith, Siri) CA/QC+US
Jump Cut #4 
(Lucrecia Dalt, Aina Climent, Judit J. Ferrer, Miguel Prado) CA/QC

video still of Alaska Thunderfuck in Jump Cut #3 - by Austin Young

The Jump Cut series is co commissioned by CTM Festival in Berlin, an internationally recognized platform for adventurous music and art.

Jump Cut is a six-part cable-access-style web series of streamed collaborations between multidisciplinary international artists. Conceived by Dana Gingras/Animals of Distinction as a way to survive and thrive in these times, Jump Cut is an opportunity to curate an unpredictable encounter between artists who are currently working in isolation. Each episode will feature a unique combination of artists to create a multi-disciplinary collaboration that will only be accessible as a unique on line experience.

Jump Cut, Episode #3

For Jump Cut #3, Multi-media artist Austin Young brings together drag performance artists Alaska Thunderfuck, Willam Belli and Laganja Estranja to form a triple deity. They are triple-voiced, triple-pointed and triple-faced. Together they playfully engage with themes of transformation and manifestation in a search for an authentic multiplicity.

Jump Cut #3 was made possible with support from Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, CTM Festival (Berlin), Take Me Somewhere (Glasgow).

Video, Direction, story and Concept: 
Austin Young

Choreography: 
Laganja Estranja 

Performance: 
Alaska Thunderfuck, Laganja Estranja and Willam Belli

Also Featuring: 
Love Connie, Johnny Smith, Nadya Ginsburg, Autumn Beck and Em Westheimer

Videography: 
Austin Young, Emily Lacy, Stefano Galli

Art Direction: 
Austin Young 

Jump Cut Produced by Animals of Distinction
Jump Cut Conceived by Dana Gingras

www.animalsofdistinction.org
www.austinyoung.com 


Jump Cut is a six-part cable-access-style web series of streamed collaborations between multidisciplinary international artists. Conceived by Dana Gingras/Animals of Distinction as a way to survive and thrive in these times, Jump Cut is an opportunity to curate an unpredictable encounter between artists who are currently working in isolation. Each episode will feature a unique combination of artists to create a multi-disciplinary collaboration that will only be accessible as a unique on line experience.

Source: https://mutek.org

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ULTRA! Torrance Art Museum
Jul
17
to Aug 21

ULTRA! Torrance Art Museum

CROSS TORRANCE + MAIN GALLERY:

ULTRA!

JULY 17 - AUGUST 28, 2021

Featuring a new public artwork by Fallen Fruit / Austin Young and David Allen Burns

An adventurous new public art exhibition featuring more than 20 artworks from some of the region's most exciting contemporary artists in accessible locations throughout Torrance. Sculpture, installation, video projection, and interactive experiences are among the works that visitors will find in various parks, storefronts, schools, and government buildings.

Torrance Art Museum serves as the hub station. The Main Gallery will feature additional works by some of the Ultra! artists, providing a wonderful complement to the other locations.

Ultra! Featured Artists: Luciana Abait, Richard Ankrom, Badly Licked Bear, Joshua Beliso, Reed van Brunschot, Juan Capistran, Ana Carolina Estarita-Guerrero, Fallen Fruit, Finishing School, Jeff Frost, Narsiso Martinez, Julie Orser, Matthew Pagoaga, Esther Ruiz, Abram Santa Cruz, Sonja Schenk, Allison Stewart, Jan van der Ploeg, Dan S Wang, Glen Wilson, and Yarn Bombing LA.

Join us for these Ultra! Events taking place at Torrance Art Museum.

Saturday, July 17 at 12pm
Ultra! Kickoff & Museum Reopening Ceremony
Live Performances & Installations by:
High Beams Project, Yozmit, Zac Monday, Mary Anna Pomonis, and Justin Stadel.

Saturday, August 21 at 3pm
Ultra! Extra
Live Performances by:
Ibuki Kuramochi and Beck+Col with Tetiana Sklyarova and Kayla Aguila.

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JUMP CUT #3 / premiers at Take Me Somewhere Festival 2021
May
22

JUMP CUT #3 / premiers at Take Me Somewhere Festival 2021

Animals of Disction presents:

JUMP CUT - EPISODE #3

STREAMED COLLABORATION

CREATED  by Artist Austin Young

PERFORMANCE by Drag artists  Alaska Thunderfuck, Willam Belli, & Laganja Estranja

Streamed Collaboration Followed by Discussion

Sat 22 May 2021
8.30pm (30 mins)

online at takemesomewhere.co.uk

Video, Direction and Concept: Austin Young

Choreography: Laganja Estranja 

Performance: Alaska Thunderfuck, Laganja Estranja and Willam Belli

Also Featuring: Love Connie, Johnny Smith, Nadya Ginsburg, Autumn Beck  and Em Westheimer

Videography: Austin Young, Emily Lacy, Stefano Galli

Art Direction: Austin Young 

Jump Cut Produced by: Animals of Distinction

Jump Cut Conceived by: Dana Gingras

Jump Cut is a six-part cable-access-style web series of streamed collaborations between multidisciplinary international artists. Conceived by Dana Gingras / Animals of Distinction as a way to survive and thrive in these times. Jump Cut is an opportunity to curate an unpredictable encounter between artists who are currently working in isolation. Each episode will feature a unique combination of artists to create a multi-disciplinary collaboration that will only be accessible as a unique online experience. 

For Jump Cut #3, Multi media artist Austin Young brings together drag performance artists Alaska Thunderfuck, Willam Belli and Laganja Estranja to form a triple deity. They are triple-voiced, triple-pointed and triple-faced. Together they playfully engage with themes of transformation and manifestation in a search for an authentic multiplicity.

TAKE ME SOMEWHERE
21 MAY - 5 JUNE 2021

GLASGOW, EVERYWHERE & ANYWHERE

As the world begins to open some of its doors, our theatres remain closed… and so Take Me Somewhere has crafted an online festival programme for 2021 that will take you beyond the computer screen. True to the festival’s name and spirit, artists in the programme will invite you to immerse yourself completely in the work, whilst holding your (virtual) hand and taking you on a journey… somewhere.

Take Me Somewhere 2021 features over 40 works, shows and events, including:

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WIE IM PARADIES
May
6
to Oct 17

WIE IM PARADIES

detail of the art installation, Like In Paradise, Austin Young and David Allen Burns / Fallen Fruit, 2021

LIKE IN PARADISE I WIE IM PARADIES

HÖHENRAUSCH Museum, Linz, Austria

OPENS MAY 6, 2021

Fallen Fruit, along with more than 40 international artists have transformed HÖHENRAUSCH.

The multi-part exhibition trail leads through the OK Center, onto the rooftops of Linz, up atop the historical attics of the former Ursuline convent into the Ursuline Church. 

curators: Martin Sturm, Rainer Zendron

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UNBUILT - avec Fallen Fruit
Jan
7
to Jan 13

UNBUILT - avec Fallen Fruit

A tous ces objets caressés d’un peu trop près

7 au 10 janvier 2021


Group show avec Fallen Fruit, Kamil Bouzoubaa-Grivel, Sarah Tritz,

Vincent Lamouroux, Gary William Webb, Emilie Pitoiset, Sophie Bonnet-Pourpet,

Marie Bette, Hélène Bertin, David Dubois, Goni Shifron, Mireille Blanc,

Louise Desnos, Sophia Taillet, Morgan Courtois, Marie-Jeanne Hoffner,

Alexandre et Florentine Lamarche Ovize, André de Lumen, Eric Baudart.

UNBUILT réunit des artistes contemporains qui pensent l’objet. Des objets d’affects conçus par amour, nécessité ou générosité.

Venez découvrir et acquérir des objets d’art et de design, en présence des artistes.

80 rue de Turenne

75003 Paris

Métro Filles du Calvaire


Jeudi 7 janvier de 12h à 19h30 

Vendredi 8 janvier de 11h à 19h30 

Samedi 9 janvier de 11h à 19h30 

Dimanche 10 janvier de 11h à 16 h



Nous serons heureux de vous retrouver dans le respect des règles de sécurité en vigueur.

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Fallen Fruit at NGV Triennial
Dec
19
to Apr 14

Fallen Fruit at NGV Triennial

Fallen Fruit, artist duo Austin Young and David Allen Burns, will have an immersive installation at the NGV Triennial. The NGV Triennial brings contemporary art, design and architecture into dialogue, offering a visually arresting and thought-provoking view of the world at this time. Featuring major new commissions and recent works that span geography, perspective and genre, the exhibition celebrates the work of some of the world’s most accomplished artists and designers, while also giving voice to emerging practitioners.

Source: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/triennial-2020/

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Fallen Fruit at National Gallery of Victoria
Dec
19
to Jun 27

Fallen Fruit at National Gallery of Victoria

Fallen Fruit, artist duo Austin Young and David Allen Burns, “Natural History’ commissioned by the NGV for the 2020 Triennial is now on view through the end of June.

see a virtual tour here:  https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/virtual-tours/triennial-2020-fallen-fruit/

Fallen Fruit (artist collective). United States of America est. 2004. David Allen Burns, American, 1970, Austin Young, American, 1966. Natural History 2020 digital print on self-adhesive polyester fabric. Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Natural History 2020 is supported by Nicholas Perkins and Paul Banks. Collection of the artists

see a virtual tour here: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/virtual-tours/triennial-2020-fallen-fruit/

The NGV Triennial brings contemporary art, design and architecture into dialogue, offering a visually arresting and thought-provoking view of the world at this time. Featuring major new commissions and recent works that span geography, perspective and genre, the exhibition celebrates the work of some of the world’s most accomplished artists and designers, while also giving voice to emerging practitioners.

Source: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/triennial-2020/

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Art, people, fruit &amp; public spaces. Imago Mundi
Oct
28

Art, people, fruit & public spaces. Imago Mundi

Art, people, fruit & public spaces. With Fallen Fruit and Laura Barreca

Fondazione Imago Mundi launches "Blah blah blah – Conversations on Contemporary Art”, a series of 20-minute talks about art & thought-provoking topics from the world, broadcasted live on Instagram and Facebook, every Wednesday at 5.30pm (Italian time, +UCT1).

https://www.facebook.com/events/349283516340537

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 11:30 AM CDT – 12 PM CDT

Starting from October 28, one artist from the Imago Mundi community and one journalist, writer, expert or curator will share views on a same topic in a cross-disciplinary conversation.

We will begin with Fallen Fruit and Laura Barreca, who will talk about ART AND PUBLIC SPACES.

Fallen Fruit is a Los Angeles based artists David Allen Burns and Austin Young, Fallen Fruit began by mapping fruit in public space and has expanded to include serialized public projects, sitespecific art installations and happenings in various cities around the world, and often working with fruit trees and fruit as a material or medium. Their projects and works re-imagine the public interactions within the margins of urban space, systems of community and narrative real-time experience, by turning them into creative and interactive art activities, highly useful also in terms of public utility, community and participative involvement. Fallen Fruit is an art collaboration originally conceived in 2004 by David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young. Since 2013, David Burns and Austin Young have continued the collaborative work.

Fallen Fruit is now on show at Gallerie delle Prigioni, as part of the Imago Mundi Art Theorema#2 collection.

Laura Barreca is Director of Museo Civico Castelbuono (Palermo) and mudaC | museo delle arti Carrara and Professor of Contemporary Art History at the Fine Arts Academy, Carrara.

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