GOOD HUMOR :June 18, 2004

*About the Artists*:
	Sharon Balaban >Blow up/2000 + Bread/1997 Balaban undertakes a detailed examination of the body, as it communicates with and reflects the environment in which it moves. The video camera allows her to examine the results of focusing on a certain bodily movement when it is isolated from the body itself. She tests the sexual as the space where the animal and the base in human existence are most emphatically displayed, and where cultural structures are revealed at their most absurd.
	Chris Bors >I Win/1999 Bors reinterprets imagery and objects to create new meaning. His source material varies, but a sense of dysfunction is conveyed through his videos, photographs, performances, paintings, and sculpture. The combination of several, often conflicting ideas about relationships, sexuality and regression is presented in the work. "In I Win!, manipulated and altered found objects are contrasted with the lure of instant success and the odd hilarity that ensues. Utilizing an array of quirky characters, the work revels in the idiosyncratic way in which people celebrate winning."[www.chrisbors.com]
	Paul Harrison & John Wood >Device /1996 John Wood and Paul Harrison produce short performance videos that combine precisely choreographed physical exertions with droll and infectious humor. They have been working together since 1993 after graduating in Fine Art from Bath College of Art.
	Kim Kimball >Yeah, I'm Havin' a Show/1999 Kimball uses repetition, digression, and (often self-deprecating) humor and pathos to establish an unsettling relationship to the viewer via the subject matter. In the videos Kimball performs alone before a stationary camera in the tight quarters of his New York apartment amidst a chaotic plethora of his creations.
	Jeroen Kooijmans >A Short Ride/ 2000 Jeroen Kooijmans' work is characterized by small, but highly significant interventions. Evident in the choice of the framework or a subtle adaptation of the recorded material in the montage at a later stage. In a lively, carefree manner, Kooijmans succeeds in presenting extremely realistic images. His work seems to be closely related to that of pure observation, as if it is a direct translation of that which Kooijmans saw or imagined.
	Tricia McLaughlin >Bungee Blast /2001 Working with 3D animation superimposed with video footage, McLaughlin alters the design of existing situations. In the case of the Bungee Blast, an amusement park ride is redesigned with bungee cords that makes for some fatal fun. [www.triciamclaughlin.net]
	Maria Ocanto >Untitled/2000 Ocanto is interested in the relationship between image and sound, in perception and in reaching the viewer on a visceral level. Her work integrates textural image and sound with a self-reflexive stance and an exploration of bodily fragmentation. With "Untitled" the feet are representing the entire person and are the main performers in a humorous and private "tomato drama."
	Sharon Paz >Desiring/2000/ + Little Red Sisterhood/2001 In her work, Paz examines the “fragments of life” and analyzes the patterns of psychological and social behavior. The motivating force of her work is restlessness, curiosity and reflection. The focus of her work is mainly social examining ideas of identity and communication. Paz uses subjects and objects from her own surrounding, playing between imagination and reality. [www.sharonpaz.com ]
	Michael Smith >Do It /1996 Michael Smith is a video and performance artist who uses humor to comment on the impact of television on everyday life, drawing attention to the bland consistency maintained and celebrated by the medium. Smith follows the television tradition of entertainment, appropriating its language and format to create a satire on present-day America.
	Jim Torok >Sissyphus/2000 + Deal/2000 Jim Torok's "lo-tech animations" are made by making slides from drawings and projecting them. Each one tells a story about something.
	TYPE A >Five Urban Rescues/ 1998 Andrew Bordwin and Adam Ames are the team behind TYPE A. Although they each work separately as artists, TYPE A is their collaborative effort. Five Urban Rescues has these two competitive personalities saving each other from potential urban disasters.[ www.the-action.com ]