Ryan Hogan (along with Jaime Raybin) was one of our featured Dance Your Art Out artists at the first party we threw. To use a word such as “fascinating” to describe Ryan’s unique style of sculpture-based installation art is too banal, and does not justly articulate how galvanizing his work actually is. Each piece is singularly provocative, piquing, and complex. As observers, we expect artists to make strong statements-to challenge us in affecting ways. Clearly, Ryan Hogan is on course to become a leader in this realm. Below are eight questions we asked Ryan in an attempt to get a closer look at his talent. Hope you enjoy.
How did you get started in the world of art?
By making Ewok [the character from Star Wars: Episode VI-Return Of The Jedi] costumes at the age of five. In all seriousness, I’m still in very formative stages, so I guess I’m still getting started. I took classes in high school and produced poorly informed, juvenile art. For whatever reason, I studied art in college. I feel like I have to show something for that time spent on a degree. So, here I am today.
When did you first become interested in creating visual pieces, and begin dabbling in artistic pursuits?
I think I alluded to this in the previous question. It’s hard for me to remember a time when I wasn’t making something or working on a project. My parents instilled this in me. When we don’t have something, we make it. My mother is a talented seamstress and my father is an artisan in his own right. Growing up, I would play with legos and erector sets. As I got older, I would continue to construct things, weather it happened to be a small scale model or a disfunctional hover craft. I think this all somehow translates into what I do now. It’s a lot of playing around and not knowing what to expect.
Who are your biggest influences? What artists have inspired and shaped you the most?
There are artists I like and artists I try to mimic. Joseph Beuys is an artist I like. Eva Hesse is an artist I try to mimic. [continue reading…]
Earlier in the year I was approached by my friends at Scenario Entertainment to partner up on an event they had created, called Dance Your Art Out. As creating a live event of some type is something I had been thinking about doing via Radical Notion, I was happy to accept.
So I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve been working hard the last few months to organize the next Dance Your Art Out event, which is happening Saturday, August 6th in conjunction with the August Art Crawl.
To kick things off, we’ve put together this promo video with the details:
Dance Your Art Out:
What: a free art show and dance party
Where: Ha Factory 238 5th Ave N. Nashville, TN 37219 (just two doors down from The Arcade)
When: Saturday, August 6th 8pm (in conjunction with the August art crawl)
What else: DJ Kidsmeal will be playing, and the artwork of Twist Gallery will be featured. This party is totally free, with free beer provided by Star Hill Brewery.
The incredible motion sequence for the video above is a piece by visual artist Ryan Hogan. Ryan has been a featured Dance Your Art Out artist in the past, and kindly let us use his creation in this video. Thanks Ryan!
When people say, “No one is supporting music, buying concert tickets, etc,” they have brain damage. That’s not true.
For example, I went to the Cold War Kids show last nite at Cannery Ballroom in Nashville and it was packed! Further, everyone was singing the songs religiously.
Another example… the average revenue per transaction across everything Topspin has sold to date is $26.
The point is that if you create meaning, you’re going to be relevant with people. If you ignore everything going on around you, people will ignore you.
I always hate to hear about bands getting their gear stolen. It’s a total tragedy. Think about those few items you have laying around that carry a lot of sentimental value. Maybe it’s a piece of jewelry, or a plush toy animal from your childhood. Now realize that many times musicians have a sentimental value attached to their instruments. I’ve still got my first guitar for that very reason. Stealing an artist’s instruments, is like inflicting a mortal wound to a person.
My heart goes out to my friends, Nite Nite, who recently had their gear stolen-so much that they can’t play any shows. But the Nashville music scene once again exhibits its unique camaraderie by banding together and organizing a benefit show for Nite Nite. It’s a great thing that I’m pretty sure most other music scenes in other towns don’t have.
So let’s help get our friends Nite Nite back on track, and making great music once again.
Show Details:
Time: Wed, March 23rd at 8pm
Place: Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN
Bands:
The Lonely H
Bad Cop
Majestico
Diarrhea Planet
Chrome Pony
+TBA
Our last video post in our series to celebrate the Wes Sp8 Three Song Thing release, which came out last Tuesday, August 10th. Catch the previous posts in this series here: Post from last Wed – Wes Sp8: Live at The Basement 7/6/10 Above Beyond Beside Below Post from last Thurs – Wes Sp8: Live [...]
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Here’s the third video in the series we’re doing to celebrate the release of the new Wes Sp8 EP, Three Song Thing. If you missed the previous two, you can catch them here: Wednesday’s – Wes Sp8: Live at The Basement 7/6/10 Above Beyond Beside Below Thursday’s – Wes Sp8: Live at The Basement 7/6/10 [...]
Tuesday we released Three Song Thing from Wes Sp8. To celebrate and have a little fun with that, we’re posting a series of videos from a recent Wes Sp8 performance at The Basement in Nashville. Today’s video is “What Goes Comes”, the third track off Wes’s new release, Three Song Thing, live at The Basement [...]
Yesterday we put out the new release from Wes Sp8, Three Song Thing. As a small act of celebration of sorts, I thought I’d do a short series of posts of some videos from a recent Wes Sp8 performance in Nashville at The Basement. This first video is a live performance of “Above Beyond Beside [...]
Sonic Youth has been coming up on conversation amongst my friends a lot lately. One of my favorite bands. Went to a great show last nite, and met some new friends (incidentally, The Wine Loft in Nashville is a really cool hang), and again Sonic Youth came up in conversation. We spent about an hour [...]
Ryan Hogan (along with Jaime Raybin) was one of our featured Dance Your Art Out artists at the first party we threw. To use a word such as “fascinating” to describe Ryan’s unique style of sculpture-based installation art is too banal, and does not justly articulate how galvanizing his work actually is. Each piece is singularly provocative, piquing, and complex. As observers, we expect artists to make strong statements-to challenge us in affecting ways. Clearly, Ryan Hogan is on course to become a leader in this realm. Below are eight questions we asked Ryan in an attempt to get a closer look at his talent. Hope you enjoy.
People DO! Support Music!
by stinson on March 29, 2011
When people say, “No one is supporting music, buying concert tickets, etc,” they have brain damage. That’s not true.
For example, I went to the Cold War Kids show last nite at Cannery Ballroom in Nashville and it was packed! Further, everyone was singing the songs religiously.
Another example… the Lightning 100 Birthday Party Show happening at 3rd and Lindsley tonite (3/29) just SOLD OUT.
Another example… the average revenue per transaction across everything Topspin has sold to date is $26.
The point is that if you create meaning, you’re going to be relevant with people. If you ignore everything going on around you, people will ignore you.
//stinson
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