JESS RAMSAY

Numu Arts Collective

2009-06-24T14:15:00.001-07:00

Hi friends. Thanks to Craigslist and a growing energy for DIY art exhibitions, I've found out about a new arts collective called Numu Arts. Founded by three "jack-of-all-trades" artists, the collective seeks to inspire, challenge, and support one another through visual arts exhibitions, community-based collaborative projects, workshops/artshops, and more.

The inaugural group exhibition, "TERPSICHORE", will be held Thursday, July 16 @ the Williamsburg Music Center on Bedford Ave. & S. 5th in Brooklyn, NY. The exhibition will feature live sound/music performance, spoken word/poetry, jewelry-making, 2D & 3D artwork, live mural, an open-mic hour and more! *MeKaniKdolls will be performing a loud noise set at the exhibition.

If you'd like to get involved visit any of the following sites:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NumuArtsCollective
Become a Fan
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/numuartscollective
Blog: http://numuartscollective.wordpress.com
or e-mail the collective at: numuarts@gmail.com

#iranelection

2009-06-15T11:17:00.001-07:00

So, I know, I rarely use this blog for anything other than art dialogue, promotion, and updates, but in the past several hours I've becoming increasingly engaged, almost transfixed, by the power of new media in a time of great conflict. In the wake of the recent election and protests in Iran, several news organizations immediately responded, and Twitter, of all sources, became a hotspot for literally immediate, up-to-the-minute, reports of news updates, photos, links, and stories.

I would normally feel a bit wary of believing and/or adhering to Twitter posts - for the most part my followers are merely friends, artists, galleries, etc. but after spending a bit of time reading the #iranelection thread, I couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of change. In a time of trauma, conflict, and violence, the Internet has become a source of dialogue, support, and more importantly, back to its roots - as a source of information connected through far-reaching networks.

Take a moment and just watch the thread. In less than a minute the option to "Refresh" tells me there are 272 more posts since I last refreshed....truly an amazing time for new media, but a scary and dangerous time for humanity in revolution.

The people of Iran are in my thoughts, and I wish for them safety, power, and revolution. Continue to fight, continue to live, and continue to believe.

MD + MDL = THE PARADERS

2009-06-03T16:16:00.000-07:00

MeKaniKdolls + Matthew De Leon = THE PARADERS!!

Join us this Saturday, June 6 beginning at noon and make some noise with us! Jess Ramsay, Seyhan Musaoglu and Matthew de Leon have joined forces again to create a new, live, fluid, mobile, and crazy performance called The PARADERS, as part of this year's Bushwick Open Studios 2009.

We'll be starting at LUMENHOUSE - 47 Beaver St., Brooklyn, NY at NOON and will continue throughout the afternoon. The PARADERS is a moving performance that will move throughout the map route to the various studio spaces participating. The performance is going to be noisy, musical, joyous, loud, fun, and crazy. Join the Parade!! Everyone can participate, everyone can create.

Hope to see you there :) Make some noise!

Download the Open Studios Map & Program here: http://artsinbushwick.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/program_v6_nomarks.pdf

GREEN LIGHT GO - 4/22 - MeKaniKdolls perform

2009-04-18T19:37:00.000-07:00

I'll be participating in a group show entitled "GREEN LIGHT GO" at the newly-opened Gallery 151 in Manhattan. The opening will be Wednesday, April 22 from 7-10 PM. MeKaniKdolls will have a sound sculpture installed as well as a one-night performance at the opening, at 8PM sharp.

To RSVP email: interviewmagazine@brantpub.com

*Call for Artwork: BUSHWICK VISUALS by MeKaniKdolls**

2009-04-07T16:26:00.000-07:00

BUSHWICK VISUALS - collective video project composed by MeKaniKdolls

On April 25th, Lumenhouse will be hosting a benefit to ensure their continued presence in Bushwick. Lumenhouse has been incredibly generous to Arts in Bushwick, donating their space for many events including AIB benefit for Bushwick Open Studios. Please help us help them.

We would like to compile a collection of digital visuals that will reflect on the creative energy of the Bushwick community, bringing the collective experience together to re-compose a video projection as part of the benefit event paired with the after party. We believe it is crucial in these times of economic hardship to stress the importance of creative community, and to keep alive the artistic support in the spirit of maintaining this important institution — Lumenhouse.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

- Submit any digital visual (photography and/or video) that reflects your experience in the community and the neighborhood. The visuals should be in the manner of short snapshots of people, places, events, objects and experiences.

-Along with your submission please include: Name, E-Mail, and How you found out about the project.

-Preferred method of submission is via email attachment at BUSHWICKVISUALS@GMAIL.COM

*For large files up to 2GB, you can upload the file to our Dropbox on YouSendIt at : http://dropbox.yousendit.com/BushwickVisuals4535111

**Accepted Formats**

-Photographs should be in the following formats: JPEG or TIFF @ 72dpi (minimum)

-Video is accepted in the following formats: Quicktime MOV, MP4, or AVI (all compressed)

-The submissions should be: unedited, with no titles or credits, no trailers

**Please keep in mind that these images and videos will be re-composed as part of a new, live video piece, constructed as a dynamic visual as part of the after party DJ set. The new compilation will be manipulated by the performance sound project MeKaniKdolls. Participating individuals will be credited.**

-And remember — You do not need to be visual artist - We want submissions from everyone.

For more information and/or questions about the project please visit our Blog: http://bushwickvisuals.wordpress.com - or - via email at bushwickvisuals@gmail.com

For more about the artists MeKaniKdolls visit: www.mekanikdolls.com

MeKaniKdolls & Kyoung eun Kang @ Dutch Kills Gallery

2009-03-04T13:34:00.000-08:00

Dutch Kills Gallery is proud to announce their Inaugural Group Exhibition. After finishing our performance at SITE fest on Saturday, we'll be making a mad dash to Queens for our second performance of the night, along with our good friend Kyoung eun Kang.

Kyoung eun Kang performs "Gache" at 9PM; MeKaniKdolls perform live at 10:00PM
Other artists include: Mira Aldridge, Kit Brown, Graciela Cassel, Whitey Flagg, Loli Kantor, Isaiah King, Niki Kriese, Kendrick Mar, Tom McCloskey, Nicole Parcher

DUTCH KILLS GALLERY
37-24 24th St. Suite 402
Long Island City, NY
Take N/W train UPTOWN to 36th Ave (Queens).

Hope to see you there!

For more info on the gallery, visit http://dutchkillsgallery.com
For more info about Kyoung, visit http://kyoungeunkang.blogspot.com/

MeKaniKdolls @ SITE Festival

2009-03-03T07:55:00.001-08:00

This weekend, March 7 & 8 is SITE Festival, created and sponsored by Arts in Bushwick. MeKaniKdolls are excited to be a part of the fest and are performing Saturday night at 8:30PM at LUMENHOUSE. Directions and details are below. Hope to see you there :)

Lumenhouse
47 Beaver St.
Brooklyn, NY

Take JMZ train to FLUSHING AVE. Click HERE for map.

belief in a factory

2009-02-15T23:36:00.000-08:00

A semi-new video I did a while back with the help of my sister. She's a deaf educator, so I used her skills in sign language to convey meaning with out sound in this piece. More updates soon on all the things I've been up to. Enjoy!

MeKaniKdolls ON AIR! - NexusRadio 1650AM - 1/17/2009

2009-01-16T23:15:00.000-08:00

HI friends. Tomorrow (Saturday) from 12pm-6pmEST we will be featured on a radio program titled RADIOART, by Cambra Moniz-Edwards. Moniz-Edwards, a sound artist from New School, will be performing a 6-hour live DJ set/Transmission piece featuring the work of HyperAcousia/Joan Schuman, MeKaniKdolls, and more TBA.

On air you will be able to hear a live recording of a recent performance, and an interview/artist talk about our work and upcoming projects with radio.

The only drawback, you can only tune in if you're in the Philly and nearby areas of PA, on 1650AM. Super analog, but a downloadable version should be available shortly after.

For more information visit: http://www.nexusphiladelphia.org/nexusradio.html

-Jess & Seyhan

MeKaniKdolls @ Babylon!! 12/29/08

2008-12-22T18:38:00.001-08:00

MeKaniKdolls will be performing at Babylon in Istanbul on 29th of December. For more information visit Babylon's website www.babylon.com.tr
For tickets go to www.biletix.com

MeKaniKdolls.com Is LIVE!

2008-11-30T01:52:00.001-08:00

MeKaniKdolls.com is now LIVE! Now you can stay up-to-date with all the happenings, weird noisemakings, and new films. Learn more about the dolls :)

MONO NO AWARE 2008

2008-11-30T01:50:00.001-08:00

MeKaniKdolls will be a part of this year's MONO NO AWARE event. Hope you can all make it.

MONO NO AWARE is a unique event of live film performances. It will run on Nov. 30 at 6:00 p.m. at the East Coast Aliens Salon in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

A program of live music, performance, and audio to accompany 16mm and S8 mm film prints,... NO DIGITAL!

Performances by :
Fern Silva / Doron Sadja,
Brittany Gravely & Jennifer Pipp,
Sam Dishy / Lily Pickett,
MEKANIKDOLLS

for more info visit: http://mononoawarefilm.com/gallery.html
read more: http://www.badlit.com/?p=1899

SUNDAY NOV 30th
FILMS START 6 PM : END 10 PM : MUSIC TIL 12 AM FREE

Location: East Coast Aliens
216 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY for directions see: MAP

MeKaniKdolls at BETA Spaces 08

2008-11-30T01:35:00.000-08:00

"The Biting Fairies" (Matthew De Leon dresses MeKaniKdolls ) made the front page of BushwickBK.com/Williamsburg Courier online.

Click the link below to read the article by Diego Cupolo about our performance in this year's BETA Spaces 08 in Bushwick.

"BETA Spaces: From the LABryinth to 'George'"

2008-11-30T01:34:00.001-08:00

MeKaniKdolls.com is LIVE! Stay up-to-date with all the happenings.

-xo
j

MeKaniKdolls perform at Synthetic Zero

2008-10-26T19:27:00.000-07:00

MeKaniKdolls will be performing in the upcoming Synthetic Zero Art Event to be held on Saturday November 1st & Wednesday November 5th. We'll be performing both nights. The event will feature live performances, experimental film/video and visual art in the gallery space. The details and location are listed below:

Synthetic Zero Art Space
305 E. 140th St., #1A
Bronx NY 10454

Saturday November 1 - 7pm-midnight
Wednesday November 5 - 6pm-11pm
free!

For more information, details and directions please visit: http://www.syntheticzero.com/events/

Vibrational Disturbances

2008-10-17T20:05:00.000-07:00

Just a friendly reminder that we're performing this Saturday, October 18, at Lumenhouse in Brooklyn. We will be performing with two other sound projects: The Shooting Star Experiment of Lights and Head.Trip.Conception. Details are below. Thanks for spreading the word and we hope to see you there.

LUMENHOUSE
47 Beaver St.
Brooklyn, NY 11206
showtime: 8pm
$5.00 cover

Directions: Take JMZ train to FLUSHING Ave. Walk EAST to Beaver st. Turn RIGHT, walk to PARK. LUMENHOUSE is on the corner of Beaver & Park.

(Thanks again to those who came out to our show on Tuesday.)

For more information:
http://www.myspace.com/mekanikdolls
http://www.myspace.com/createsounds
http://www.myspace.com/trippingonconception

See you soon,

Jess & Seyhan

Live @ Lit Lounge 10/14

2008-10-11T15:48:00.000-07:00

MeKaniKdolls are performing this Tuesday, October 14, at LIT LOUNGE in NYC. Showtime is 9:00PM and cover is $6.00 at the door. We'll be performing with three other sound projects: the shooting star experiment of lights, Bone less (feat. Cody Ranaldo), and Carver Audain.

Lit Lounge

92 2nd Ave. (btw. 5th & 6th St's)

New York, NY 10003

TUESDAY, October 14
9PM, $6.00 cover

Hope you can make it.
Jess & Seyhan

Anti Oxidant Cinema Series

2008-10-07T22:02:00.001-07:00

This Wednesday, October 8th, we will be screening our newest short film, "Antagonist" on Super 8, along with found footage on 16mm at the Anti Oxidant Cinema Series in Brooklyn. The monthly event is held at the Lounge @ Northeast Kingdom. Screenings are 9-11, but come early for drinks & dinner. Seating is limited, and the event is FREE :)

Hope you can join us!

The Lounge @ Northeast Kingdom
18 Wyckoff Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
9-11PM
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

-Jess & Seyhan

ISE Gallery - Emerging Artists Juried Screening

2008-09-01T11:27:00.000-07:00

Hi all. My video "seemingly.obvious.representations" has been selected to be screen as part of ISE Gallery SOHO's Emerging Artists Juried Screening to be held this Friday, September 5, 2008 from 5-8 PM. Details below:

ISE Gallery SOHO
555 Broadway
New York, NY
5-8PM

and here's a link to the event: http://www.iseny.org/usr_helio1/show_news.php?newsid=63

I hope you all can make it. Here's a still from the video for a little teaser.

Film Festivals

2008-08-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

Exciting news. Back safe & sound from Istanbul, and already having screenings. Seyhan & I submitted films before vacation and arrived back to find our film had been selected to be in the Bushwick Film Festival. The 3-day festival was full of shorts, features, music videos, experimental films and performances. Our film "Frantic Sketches" screened Saturday, Aug. 23 at 6pm. Also on August 31, our film will be screened at the Micro Theater in Pittsfield, MA as part of an Avant-Garde Experimental festival sponsored by No School Productions. More to come...

Istanbul!

2008-08-14T03:31:00.001-07:00

I'm in Istanbul and loving it!!! Stay tuned for pics and more updates.

Papa B Show EXTENDED!

2008-07-12T00:03:00.000-07:00

Great news! The opening for the show "I'm Still Here" at Papa B Studios in Bushwick was such a hit, that the show is being extended through July 25. The work is all local artists mostly from Brooklyn, and the pieces are for sale and go straight to the artist's pocket. So, if you're feeling extra generous, buy some art. Hope you all can make it, and for those who came out last night, I had a blast. Thanks for a great party!

Here's some pics from the show. My work and Seyhan Musaoglu's. enjoy!

Open.Heart.Surgery.Lies
-Suzanne Stroebe taking a listen...
-longshot.

Floating Skull: with reference to Warhol
Hard to Breathe
Seyhan Musaoglu

ISE Cultural Foundation Exhibition 2008

2008-07-08T00:26:00.001-07:00

I will be showing a new print in ISE Cultural Foundation's Student Exhibition 2008. The show runs from July 11 - August 30, 2008, and features emerging artists from Japan and the U.S. There is no official opening party, but there is a closing celebration on August 30th, so there's plenty of time to see the new work.

Papa B Studios OPENING!

2008-07-03T19:22:00.000-07:00

Hey all, more big news. Friday, July 11, I'll be showing a video in a group show to promote the upcoming Bushwick Film Festival. The show, entitled "I'm Still Here", will be held at the newly-opened Papa B Studios. The opening is July 11, from 7-11PM. The space is located at 907 Broadway, Brooklyn NY 11206. It's a one-night only show, so I hope you can be there.

Hope you can make it!! Seyhan will also be showing two prints in the show. Come check it out!

SYNTHETIC ZERO

2008-06-26T13:08:00.000-07:00

meKaniKdolls are having our first LIVE performance in a gallery this Saturday, June 28, as part of a Bronx Art Council Open Studios event. The 2nd Annual Mott Haven Open Studios event, coordinated by Laura Napier, features a studio tour in the South Bronx.

SYNTHETIC ZERO is a program featuring experimental video, performance, and visual art. The new loft event will be held at the new SYNTHETIC ZERO art space at 305 E. 140th St. #1A, Bronx, NY 10454. The event is FREE and will feature filmmakers, performance artists, and visual artists from a broad range of mediums and features work on an international scale. The event is being held from 12(noon)-6PM, and the performances will be from 3PM-6PM in the mainspace.

We are performing at 5PM in the SZ Space.

I hope to see you all there! We are going to be performing our live, improvisational sound, paired with interpretive dance and manipulated film projection. We are looking forward to showing our new work, and it's sure to be an engaging, exciting, and interactive experience for all who attend.

Read more about us on our websites.
Jess Ramsay
Seyhan Musaoglu
MeKaniKdolls

new blog

2008-06-22T19:07:00.000-07:00

Hey all. I've decided to blog again. Here I will update you on any shows, events, openings, and projects I have going on, as well as any reviews of shows/films, etc. that I feel like sharing.

Thanks for watching.