While in Southern California visiting friends for Halloween, I stopped into the opening night for the exhibition of BLACK HOLES AND INVISIBLE FORCES BENDING TIME THROUGH PARTICLE DEFORMATIONS CREATING INFINITE FREEDOM IN THE GARDEN OF THE MOON, which was presented in the back lot of Comune Clothing’s headquarters in Costa Mesa, California on October 23. Not knowing what to expect, I walked over to the spot with my friends that happened to live right around the corner. As we entered we were greeted by three large shipping containers that had been converted into mobile gallery spaces and placed in the lot. Inside the largest container was a row of seven flatscreen monitors with accompanying headphone that played different versions of a video, edited by different people and exhibited on the TV’s. Opposite the monitors were various paintings and some small sculptures as well. In the other shipping container galleries, there were more sculptures and paintings all done by the artists who had edited the video installations, as well as a wall of screen grabs from the movies printed onto canvases.
The scene was half art gallery, half party. With bands playing throughout the night, free tacos and an open bar people moved freely throughout the space. The atmosphere really added to the exhibition as a whole because it allowed people to view the art casually as they conversed with friends and enjoyed the live music, food and drinks.
It was very interesting to see the different artists take on their personal video edits. The subject for all of them was snowboarding and they all used a good amount of the same video, but all added their own effects, more video and different musical accompaniment. The shipping containers as gallery spaces also made the space seem small and intimate, but casual at the same time due to the large open common area outside of them. I think this was a great way to exhibit the art and it seemed like everyone there was having a good time as they walked around checking out everything the space had to offer.
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