DIGITAL PRINT SHOW | An international competition
Juror: Marisa Olson, Editor & Curator at Large of Rhizome at the New Museum of Contemporary Art

October 14 - November 19, 2006

Swarm Gallery presents its first international competition, with selections of digital work by Marisa Olson. Marisa is an artist, critic, and curator who divides her time between SF & NY, where she is Editor & Curator at Large of Rhizome at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Marisa has written for Flash Art, ArtReview, Wired, Mute, Afterimage, Art on Paper, Artweek, Surface, Planet, the San Francisco Chronicle, and several other publications.

Swarm received over 1300 artwork submissions from 220 artists from around the world for Marisa's review. Of the entrants, Marisa selected 15 new works created by 9 artists. We're happy to introduce the finalists:

Kari Altmann | Krista Hoefle | Ellen Jantzen | Andrew Kleindolph | Brooke A. Knight
LoVid (Kyle Lapidus + Tali Hinkis) | Guthrie Lonergan | Mark Luthringer | Micke Tong

In PROJECT SPACE - ERIK FRIEDMAN and EMA-HARRIS SINTAMARIAN's collaborative installation, "Storm," resembles an overhead topographical view of sections of East and West Oakland. Made entirely from fragile materials such as works on paper, foam-core board, and balsa wood, Storm is an amalgamation of various architectural elements, many seemingly realistic, others purely imagined, but ultimately offering a composite of what many would identify with these parts of the city. Addressing dilapidated, forgotten, and impoverished aspects of "neighborhood," Friedman and Sintamarian metaphorically reveal the collision of culture, commerce, and exhausted elements of what feels like a completely forgotten and squandered environment.

ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY

"PROJECTIONS"

video by
Cristine Ancalmo
Marisa Aragona
William Cordova
Ellen Dicola
Torkwase Dyson
Ryan Glenn
Achim Neufeld
Mike Paunovich
Renetta Sitoy
Michael Zheng

curated by lauren woods

The opening reception on Saturday, October 14 featured music by Phillip White, La Calle, and DJ URL MONRO; NYC artist-designers Feral Childe set up shop in-studio; and lauren woods curated two video projections, available on view in the gallery. See our blog for pics!