News - December - Echo Park; Photographic Study no.009 + New photoblog on The Citrus Report + Amor Fati
I have a photograph in the new issue of Amor Fati Arts & Literary Magazine
AMOR FATI is a quarterly digest featuring the works of Los Angeles writers, artists, and creatives. In a city of disparate parts, our aim is to create an active platform for organic and challenging exchange that is not only reflective of this generation but brings a collective voice to an anomalous city.
The newest set in my Photographic Study Series is now online. Taking a look at the stillness of the streets at night in Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood.
News - October - RE:FORM SCHOOL Exhibition NYC; Juxtapoz Greg "Craola" Simkins Feature
illiteral - j.frede
October 9th –11th, 2010 - On show at the RE:FORM SCHOOL Exhibition in NYC
ABOUT THE WORK:
illiteral transforms a classic American novel into a format that is almost impossible to read while maintaining all of the original content. While readers can interpret some phrases with enough concentration and time, the effort to decipher other elements will cause them to lose hope. This struggle and eventual feeling of hopelessness acts as an exercise in illiteracy.
This book was created to explore the emotional and visual experience of illiteracy. Each word in the book consist of the original letters scrambled. No new letters or punctuation were introduced, keeping the experience as true as possible.
illiteral was conceived and produced for the RE:FORM SCHOOL Exhibition, a pop up gallery whose goal is to raise awareness for education reform. Taking place in a empty school in New York City’s lower east side, RE:FORM SCHOOL brings together artists from around the world to address this cause. illiteral is presented as an object in the exhibition; ten copies will be available for purchase.
- j.frede
ABOUT RE:FORM SCHOOL:
RE:FORM SCHOOL is a group art exhibition and event series, bringing together hundreds of artists to send a loud message that the time has come to fix our ailing Public Education System.
j.frede wrote the cover story for this months Juxtapoz Magazine on Painter Greg "Craola" Simkins.
From the Juxtapoz Website:
"To honor the entry of Fall, we have one of the most prolific and active artists going today, Greg "Craola" Simkins on the cover of the magazine for October 2010 issue. We are pleased he took time out and spoke with contributing writer, J Frede and an epic shoot with Kevin Knight......"
News - August - Camera Obscura Installation; Pinhole Camera Workshop; Juxtapoz Review
Camera Obscura - an installation by j.frede at Machine Project
Saturday August 7th – Tuesday August 17th, 2010
Opening reception Saturday 8/7 from 4-6pm
Viewable by appointment during the day – contact machine@machineproject.com
The use of Camera Obscuras can be traced back to 400BC and has both mystified and educated humans ever since. For two weeks in August, Machine Project will be transformed into a Camera Obscura by Los Angeles artist j.frede. Visitors will get to see the lights and shapes of the busy street outside projected into the gallery, and interact with the project using small handheld screens.
j.frede's new book American Idle has a lovely review in the current issue of Juxtapoz Magazine. Swing by a news stand or bookstore and pick up a copy. Or if you live somewhere that doesnt carry juxtapoz, click on the magazine image to visit their online store.
News - July - New Photographic Study Series & Work in The Group Show "How About Now"
News - June - New Book - American Idle
The second book from Frederick Publishing, American Idle is a collection of journals from author j.frede's time as a taxi driver in Los Angeles as well as his Eye Spy journals detailing the things he encountered commuting in the City of Angels.
Excerpt:
...First call of the night, downtown as I get closer to the location I realized where I’m heading, I go one block past skid row and make a left, the street has no street lights and the dark sidewalks flicker like fireflies, crack pipes glowing for a second or two all the way down the street. I pull up to a “inner city volunteers” building and do a callout, as I sit there the locales are lurching around watching my cab like it’s a giant piggy bank or crack rock. It had a slight feel like a zombie movie, several whores rode by on old bicycles. Finally someone came out and said the guy was already gone, I wasted no time getting out of that zone....
News - April - Case Study Nest ; Photographic Study,
News - February - Manifest Equality , Schaefer Series Photographic Study,
News - January 2010- New Postcard Series;
2010 brings a new postcard series, now available for purchase in the shop.
Postcard Series no.001 - Reclamation no.23
About the photo:
Reclamation no.23 is from the ongoing Reclamation study that is based on plants reclaiming manmade materials.
News - December 2009- New Photographic Study Series; The Old Zoo
News - November 2009- New Photographic Study Series; Cornered
. . The Fire & Water diptychs are now up for view on the Photography page.
About The Images: "These photographs are groupings of smoke and rain clouds that challange our perspective of what is peaceful and what is menacing. Visually the smoke images appear to be billowing clouds which we normally associate with serenity. The rain clouds, however are dark and brooding and bring a sense of apprehension. The dark rain cloud is actaully the giver of life whilst the smoke, being a biproduct of fire, is the destroyer of life in this instance. "
News - October 2009 - Black Gold Installation - New Photographic Study Series; Neons
News - September 2009 - Exhibitions and New Photographic Study Series
A newlimited online exhibit gallery taking a detailed look at Parking Structures
