Those that support conceptual art (performance art, video art, social sculpture, happenings etc.) art are mocked by those that do not understand it…and the myth of disbelief, shock, and awe is perpetuated by popular media. Mimicry is common BECAUSE there is a long history of conceptual art, even when it’s lost. The concepts surrounding this …
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Pete Ippel Studio Thank You
This thank you goes out to everyone who sent me a message, gave me a thumbs up, shared their energy, drove me to the hospital, smiled, laughed, held me when I cried, cut my skull open, taught my class, wiped my ass, showered me, fed me, stuck needles in me, listened to my story attentively, …
Material Property II
Material Property II from Hypermodern – Pete Ippel on Vimeo. While I was in the process of opening my studio space for the April version of First Fridays Ventura, I did not notice an accidental shift in my art storage area. One of the corners of a framed drawing distorted the stretched Tyvek of an …
Material Property I
Material Property I from Hypermodern – Pete Ippel on Vimeo.
Free Money, Sticky Fingers
Earlier this month I participated in SOMArts Community Center’s show “MOMENTS (Bringing Back the Now)”. At the opening, Justin Hoover, the newly hired director of the gallery space, re-created the 100 Performances for the Hole that he formerly curated out of his Garage San Francisco’s Pacific Heights Neighborhood. For 100 Performances for the Hole Take-Two, …
Pete Ippel’s Audition Video
My mouth is an opera house with great acoustics.
Free Memory Video by Thorsten Claus
The Free Memory Project from Thorsten Claus on Vimeo. This is a continuation of Free Memory.