Almost went to the New Museum today to check out Younger Than Jesus but instead I spent a couple hours watchin this guys videos that look like Limelight party monster kids let loose inside a Paper Rad animation / Tarnation iMovie with Chris Crocker's myspace password. Also reminds me of Peewee's Playhouse
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1FA35515604BC8AF
― dmr, Thursday, 16 April 2009 05:17 (fifteen years ago) link
― dmr, Thursday, 16 April 2009 05:18 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/arts/design/01kenn.html
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2009/04/20/090420craw_artworld_schjeldahl
― dmr, Thursday, 16 April 2009 05:20 (fifteen years ago) link
introduced to me by Guy Maddin.
a number of his films can be found here: http://www.ubu.com/film/trecartin.html .
he is awesome.
― the table is the table, Thursday, 16 April 2009 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
oh nice, thx for the link! those are better quality than the youtubes I linked to and not cut into ten pieces (although I think the artist posted the youtubes himself and intentionally scrambled the order)
haven't watched Tommy-Chat yet, just parts of I-Be Area and A Family Finds Entertainment. the dialogue is so ADD and fast moving that in the few parts when everyone starts chanting a phrase together or all singing the effect is really striking and mega creepy.
― dmr, Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i've played a family finds entertainment for many, many people and the reactions are usually either "OMG WOW" or "fuck this hipster bullshit"
love this dude, can't wait to see the new museum piece
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i actually got to see AFFE when it first premiered here in nyc in uh 2005 i guess and at the end of the screening trecartin and the cast bumrushed the stage to do a guerrilla musical performance, with giant balloon structures and cardboard props. it was pretty amazing
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
schjeldahl was raving abt the dude, saying hes the standout of the show
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
lol the last two minutes of tommy-chat is basically just that
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, joe you got me mental into this guy about a year ago when you posted AFFE somewhere, was thinking about starting a thread on this but didn't think anyone would bite. Tammy Chat is addicitive.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
omg what's outside
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
my favorite part of i-be area
WHICH IS TOTAL CODE FOR YOU GUYS SUCK
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
also, is that the guy from Hey Willpower and Imperial Teen in I Be Area? probably not and you can't really see with all that shit on his face but I always think it is. haven't actually watched that one all the way through.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
xp- I like the part in the Craig Ricky clip where I-Be fights with his avatar
― dmr, Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
go to wholefoods, and if you don't like what you see change it it's yours. Health is a universal concern. Health is yours, go to wholefoods and change it it's yours.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
is that awful accent a philly accent then? this guy blew up really big really fast its a bit worrying cos he obviously has a lot of talent, but he's still very young for this attention. Studio work is pretty hilarious too.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
he's from texas i think
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
ny times article says ohio
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
whatever that accent is horrific, but it kindof makes the stuff.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah I think the accent is a put-on. sounds like he's moved around a bit, that nyt thing says grew up ohio, lived in rhode island, then new orleans, now philadelphia
― dmr, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, but its still pretty consistent ("he would live online with yaou")
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
by the way that girl who plays Filangina (?) is seriously wasted right?
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 17 April 2009 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I looooooove Ryan Trecartin!! I've shown AFFE to so many of my friends and we all adore it.
― obscure reference (Stevie D), Friday, 17 April 2009 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
We just discovered this guy (mrs. hurting saw the show) and have been obsessively watching his videos.
"The world ended three weeks ago... starting NOW!"
― excuse me, brutality here? (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 April 2009 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
"Let's put him in a room for a YEAR when he only sees yellowww ... and after that a year of only GREEN ... he'll grow up to be sooo amazing, in high school it will really give him that edge"
― dmr, Saturday, 18 April 2009 06:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i need to go back a second time but what i watched of his new museum pieces looked pretty great. it's hard to hear any of the dialogue w/o the headphones, tho
― wallabout eve (donna rouge), Monday, 27 April 2009 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
sat and watched the entirety of his new pieces today. if you like him you'll love it, definitely won't win the guy converts (tho it seems he has a fairly good standing in the art world among critics, for the most part). really like the stock actors he works with and i basically love anytime he uses kids in his videos (which he does for a good 20-minute stretch in one of the parts). his own monologues tend to drag a bit - very much his playground and his rules so not surprising - but i'm still totally amazed at dude's inventiveness and way w/ language/props/makeup
― shouting BLOGGER BLOGGER BLOGGER BLOGGER (donna rouge), Thursday, 28 May 2009 06:27 (fourteen years ago) link
you can get totally hung up on one line. The "eeny meenie mied the wall, general design OKAY?!" bit of I be Area gets me everytime
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Thursday, 28 May 2009 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link
dialogue is so breakneck i had a hard time remembering anything from the new work, save one line that was something like "i love redistributing myself for people i haven't met yet!"
― shouting BLOGGER BLOGGER BLOGGER BLOGGER (donna rouge), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i like a family finds entertainment most because of how ridiculously intricate it is.
― plax (I know, right?), Saturday, 24 October 2009 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
what he looks like when u clean the shit off of him:
http://theartblog.org/blog/wp-content/uploaded/ryan-trecartin.jpg
― plaques (I know, right?), Friday, 6 November 2009 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
lizzie fitch really gave up her kudos for this guy huh
― plaques (I know, right?), Friday, 6 November 2009 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
new video popular sky
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ubuweb.com/film/trecartin_popular.html
went to a screening of it at a bar
― black betty white (donna rouge), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i seriously love anything this guy does
My dad is a building we lit on fire
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i need to feel endless in both directionsits personal
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
he has new pieces up at the pacific design center in LA right now! wish i could see them but i think they'll be touring out here at some point
― shoggoths in hot weather (donna rouge), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i can't WAIT until they invent concept camo
"wtf are u watching?"
-my sister
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
PLA- PLA- PLA-A-A-Y THAT FREAKING RE-E-E-E-MIX AGAIN -GAIN-GAIN
― mother cabrini maxwell (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 23 October 2010 06:13 (thirteen years ago) link
He was part of a recent 4 artist show at a gallery here, and had a pretty extensive installation throughout the gallery. I remember thinking to myself that this is like a noize board thread manifest as a full fledged art project.
Aside from that, I guess I was just thoroughly nonplussed by it all. A bit too much to cognitively handle (but I guess that's part of the point?)
― The Flamoboyant Magic of Gunter and Ernst (EDB), Saturday, 23 October 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
haha when i first saw his stuff i was like "this is SO noize board"
saw some of the new stuff in LA recently - he still unnerves and excites me like few other active artists do
― womack and bolio's (donna rouge), Sunday, 24 October 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
count me in
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
have you seen the piece that's currently up at SFMoMA?
― sarahel, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I am posting to you from December 27th and the answer is yes
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
What did you think of the show overall Sarahel?
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
this is kinda tl;dr but still interesting: his blueprints for his W magazine spread, using some of his frequent collaborators as models
http://dismagazine.com/dysmorphia/9844/ryan-trecartin-w-magazine/
― where they douthat at (donna rouge), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
1 - The Fore Head, Cheek Bones, and Jaw Line will be very Concept Vehicle, "Facial Steering": So that the Face Vaguely Feels like a Steering Wheel or a Navigational Device for Long Distance and Memory.
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― Milton Parker, Thursday, 23 December 2010 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
A friend played me the youtube excerpts of I-Be Area a month ago, then I finally got to watch the entire film all the way through last night -- I was sort of expecting those to be the highlights but watching the bits in sequence only brought out the themes of raising adopted children as a form of rebellion against your already-incredibly-strange-parents -- it's barely random, this is all going to make 100% total sense
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 23 December 2010 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the detail in the W spread about eyeshadow influenced by the colors in financial charts
― where they douthat at (donna rouge), Thursday, 23 December 2010 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Donna are you still in LA? I believe our fair city may be in for a Ryan Trecartin treat later next year...
― LA's newest diva (admrl), Thursday, 23 December 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Also he lives here now, not Philadelphia
― LA's newest diva (admrl), Thursday, 23 December 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i am still here! i saw his MOCA show the first week i got here
― where they douthat at (donna rouge), Thursday, 23 December 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
curious about this treat!
― where they douthat at (donna rouge), Thursday, 23 December 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Trailer for Any Ever which I guess is a 2007-10 compilation that opens at PS1 later this month
http://vimeo.com/24322738http://ps1.org/exhibitions/view/323
Might have to go check that out since I've only seen his stuff on youtube
― dmr, Monday, 6 June 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
OMG SO GOING TO PS1 MY NEXT NYC TRIP
― para-sailin' bus tour (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 6 June 2011 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
the one with all the child actors is amazing
― creme de cassie (donna rouge), Monday, 6 June 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
...which is now apparently up!
http://vimeo.com/24631059
― badtz-maruizm (donna rouge), Monday, 13 June 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
So Peter Schjeldahl just said he was the "most consequential artist since the 1980s"
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2011/06/27/110627craw_artworld_schjeldahl (not available to non-subscribers) unfortunately.
IDK if that's reasonable or not, but my wife has been a ridiculous stan of his for a while.
― mississippi delta law grad (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
i liked that schjeldahl piece! its nice when he begrudgingly credits artists active after ~1975
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
he seems to answer my question of "is it worth going to see these videos at the whitney instead of just watching them on youtube" with a resounding "no"
I get more out of them watching them at home, but I'll still probably go see the PS1 show.
― mississippi delta law grad (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://riverofthe.net/
― Pompoussin (admrl), Sunday, 3 July 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://mam.paris.fr/fr/expositions/ryan-trecartin-lizzie-fitch might go to this if i can get the cash, i love paris anyway so.
― plax (ico), Sunday, 21 August 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
Re’Search Wait’S on his vimeo channel is one of my favorite things these days.
― Sébastien, Sunday, 21 August 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://dismagazine.com/distaste/new-style-options/36271/telfar-ss-2013-formale-life/
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
center jenny is one of the greatest things i've ever seen
http://vimeo.com/75735816
YOU'RE IN COLLEGE
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 08:17 (ten years ago) link
seeing this guy advertised on the tube is kinda mad
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
Are you going to the exhibition?
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
yeah course, someone to go with pending. saw an ica showing of his work the other week, was cool but they def didn't choose his best (affe, cj, k-corea inc) - 'tommy-chat just emailed me' was the highlight & I hadn't seen it before, made it all worthwhile
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
What exhibition we talking about?
I most recently saw a video of his up at Bard in their curatorial center, was pretty good, involved some kind of party bus full of women -- not a huge departure from the I Be Area stuff but good. We still quote the older videos, esp saying that someone "has an amazing area, and deserves fans"
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
about a half a year ago some idiot thought it would be a good idea to show four of his works back to back in a theater and it was one of the most physically excruciating things I've seen
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
it was more disorienting than any noise show that I've had to walk out of, although the film it started with, junior war, was actually surprisingly amazing because it truly captured a certain kind of horrible white drunken midwestern teen existence, like an episode of jackass with a trecartin filter on it
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
yeah the 4 back to back is what I did. not excruciating but could have been better chosen yeah
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 22:11 (nine years ago) link