Kate Watson

Kate Watson http://www.katherineawatson.com Kate Watson Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:48:55 +0000 http://www.katherineawatson.com en Not Spring Not Winter http://katherineawatson.com/Not-Spring-Not-Winter http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/Not-Spring-Not-Winter Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:48:55 +0000 Kate Watson 3913457 <img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/faces_edited-720x288_860.jpeg" width="720" height="288" width_o="720" height_o="288" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/faces_edited-720x288_o.jpeg" data-mid="20438470" caption="Jack Kalish, performing with Ivana Basic, Sound Affects, 2011" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/nsnw-71_860.jpeg" width="720" height="480" width_o="720" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/nsnw-71_o.jpeg" data-mid="20438467" caption="Chien Yu Lin & Thitiphong Luangaroonlerd, Invisible, 2011" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/Screen-shot-2012-02-11-at-8.14.09-PM.png" width="502" height="499" width_o="502" height_o="499" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/Screen-shot-2012-02-11-at-8.14.09-PM_o.png" data-mid="20438871" caption="Claire Mitchel, Vital Portraits, 2011" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/ny1.jpeg" width="660" height="444" width_o="660" height_o="444" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/ny1_o.jpeg" data-mid="20438469" caption="Genevieve Hoffman, Colocation Series - NY1 #1, 2011" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/hand2.jpeg" width="480" height="720" width_o="480" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/hand2_o.jpeg" data-mid="20438472" caption="Genevieve Hoffman, Still Motion Series - Hand #1, 2011" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/gabby_860.jpeg" width="720" height="480" width_o="720" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3913457/gabby_o.jpeg" data-mid="20438478" caption=" Gabriella Levine, The Human Repeater, 2011" border="0" align="left"/> Not Spring Not Winter is 319 Scholes' annual curated exhibition of recent works by students from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts. This exhibition was a collaboration between me, Jack Kalish and Ivana Basic. The third iteration of Not Spring, Not Winter focused on revealing places hidden, internal, or private, gradually exposing what lies beneath the surface for the viewer who is willing to wait. Featuring performance, video, interactive moving image and sculpture, the works in Not Spring, Not Winter employ modes of repetition and duration, examining the shifting division between internal and external properties – the “here” and “there.” Not Spring Not Winter is 319 Scholes' annual curated exhibition of recent works by students from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York... testsite http://katherineawatson.com/testsite http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/testsite Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:20:44 +0000 Kate Watson 3910085 <img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3910085/tempservices.jpeg" width="590" height="394" width_o="590" height_o="394" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3910085/tempservices_o.jpeg" data-mid="20419900" caption="testsite 08.5 ~ Temporary Services at testsite, Temporary Services & Harper Montgomery, November 16 - December 22, 2008 " border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3910085/boyd.jpeg" width="590" height="396" width_o="590" height_o="396" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3910085/boyd_o.jpeg" data-mid="20419896" caption="testsite 09.2 ~ Hide it Under a Bushel, No, I'm Gonna Let it Shine Justin Boyd & Nick Tosches, April 5 - May 17, 2009 " border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3910085/pepe.jpeg" width="590" height="444" width_o="590" height_o="444" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3910085/pepe_o.jpeg" data-mid="20419898" caption="testsite 09.3 ~ Common Sense, Sheila Pepe & Elizabeth Dunbar, May 30 - July 26, 2009" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3910085/ronay.jpeg" width="590" height="416" width_o="590" height_o="416" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3910085/ronay_o.jpeg" data-mid="20419899" caption="testsite 08.4 ~ Heavy Petting, Matthew Ronay & Matthew Drutt, October 5, 2008" border="0" align="left"/> testsite, a project of Austin-based "speculative non-profit initiative" Fluent~Collaborative, situates itself between an exhibition space, an open studio, a temporary residency program and a private home. Participants, usually a writer and a visual artist drawn from far afield or close to home, are invited to create parallel experimental projects though a shared conversation. testsite presents these projects as they are germinating, or at a stage of fruitful exploration and healthy doubt integrated within the corners, shelves, walls and spaces of an intimate space. Serving as the space's curator during 2008-2009, I developed long-term projects with a number of internationally recognized artists, curators and writers, including Matthew Drutt & Matthew Ronay, Harper Montgomery & Temporary Services and Elizabeth Dunbar & Sheila Pepe, among others. Concurrently, I served as Associate Editor for testsite's sister project, ...might be good, a contemporary art e-journal that reaches over 8,000 international readers each month. testsite, a project of Austin-based "speculative non-profit initiative" Fluent~Collaborative, situates itself between an exhibition space, an open studio, a... Web Development for artists http://katherineawatson.com/Web-Development-for-artists http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/Web-Development-for-artists Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:53:43 +0000 Kate Watson 3909982 <img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3909982/Screen shot 2012-08-13 at 6.37.41 PM.png" width="670" height="395" width_o="1234" height_o="728" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3909982/Screen shot 2012-08-13 at 6.37.41 PM_o.png" data-mid="20419267" border="0" align="left"/>I love working with artists on developing clean, beautiful portfolio sites. Most recently, I worked with Brooklyn-based Eve Bailey, who is an artist who uses a wide variety of mediums to explore the human form in movement. I designed this site for her by customizing the incredible Wordpress theme for artists, WPFolio. Eve and I worked to create a product uniquely her own, and I reworked much of the existing CSS to suit her needs. I am always available for hire to do artist portfolios: Wordpress, custom, or otherwise. My crossover expertise in both the art world and in web design allows me to have flexible knowledge of both worlds, and I am also available to assist with artist statements or general personal branding. <img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3909982/Screen shot 2012-08-13 at 6.38.11 PM.png" width="670" height="295" width_o="1278" height_o="564" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3909982/Screen shot 2012-08-13 at 6.38.11 PM_o.png" data-mid="20419486" border="0" align="left"/> I love working with artists on developing clean, beautiful portfolio sites. Most recently, I worked with Brooklyn-based Eve Bailey, who is an artist who uses a wide... Dan Shiffman is Awesome http://katherineawatson.com/Dan-Shiffman-is-Awesome http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/Dan-Shiffman-is-Awesome Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:25:53 +0000 Kate Watson 3909726 <img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3909726/Screen shot 2012-08-13 at 5.59.58 PM.png" width="670" height="401" width_o="1194" height_o="716" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3909726/Screen shot 2012-08-13 at 5.59.58 PM_o.png" data-mid="20417954" border="0" align="left"/> Last winter, I was approached by my grad school's administration to take on a big project-- help one of the professors in our program at NYU take home a student elected teaching prize, the David Payne Carter Teaching Award. Student leaders from each department at Tisch School of the Arts are tasked with choosing a favorite professor and creating something creative they feel represents the teacher's contribution to their department. The Dean of Tisch votes on the final winner. After going to the student body, my pal and partner on the project, Natalie Be'er, and I saw the clear winner: the amazingly talented programmer and artist Dan Shiffman. Dan had been nominated multiple times before but never taken home the prize, which is highly competitive across all the departments at Tisch. We made the second iteration of "danshiffmanisawesome.com" with one goal in mind: to very simply convey both Dan's wonderful sense of humor as well as his incredible ability to convey complex ideas to his students. And Dan finally won the coveted award! Totally thrilling. Check out the website here. <img src="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3909726/Screen shot 2012-08-13 at 6.01.54 PM.png" width="670" height="385" width_o="1440" height_o="829" src_o="http://payload80.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3909726/Screen shot 2012-08-13 at 6.01.54 PM_o.png" data-mid="20417947" border="0" align="left"/> Last winter, I was approached by my grad school's administration to take on a big project-- help one of the professors in our program at NYU take home a student... After Image (Animation Reel) http://katherineawatson.com/After-Image-Animation-Reel http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/After-Image-Animation-Reel Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:40:51 +0000 Kate Watson 3833656 After Image is a Brooklyn-based animation and digital studio comprised of artists, designers, animators, illustrators and makers who are passionate about collaboration. We work across media and are most excited about creating new forms of commercial art for the screen and beyond. Founded by me and my incredibly talented pal Ivana Basic, we are actively seeking clients who are looking for the freshest approaches to the moving image. After Image is a Brooklyn-based animation and digital studio comprised of artists, designers, animators, illustrators and makers who are passionate about... Art Spaces Directory http://katherineawatson.com/Art-Spaces-Directory http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/Art-Spaces-Directory Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:14:18 +0000 Kate Watson 3833581 Serving as Digital Fellow for the New Museum in summer 2012, I served as part of the team bringing the Art Spaces Directory to life online. From the Museum: "The Art Spaces Directory is an international guide to over 400 independent art spaces from ninety-six countries. Building on the Museum as Hub model, the 2012 New Museum Triennial, 'The Ungovernables,' incorporated consultations with a worldwide network of curators, organizations, and artists." <img src="http://payload76.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3833581/Screen shot 2012-07-30 at 1.02.57 AM.png" width="670" height="337" width_o="1363" height_o="687" src_o="http://payload76.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3833581/Screen shot 2012-07-30 at 1.02.57 AM_o.png" data-mid="19971097" border="0" align="left"/> Serving as Digital Fellow for the New Museum in summer 2012, I served as part of the team bringing the Art Spaces Directory to life online. From the Museum: "The... Knockdown Center http://katherineawatson.com/Knockdown-Center http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/Knockdown-Center Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:42 +0000 Kate Watson 3833558 Knockdown Center is a new 3-acre multimedia art space located in Maspeth, Queens. As part of the founding team for the project, I am currently overseeing digitial content, coordinating events, and defining long term strategy for this industrial gem. Full programming has recently begun in the space. For recent coverage, check out the Paper Magazine feature, Inside Knockdown Center, Your New Favorite Venue... <img src="http://payload76.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3833558/factorynod.png" width="670" height="446" width_o="1000" height_o="667" src_o="http://payload76.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/3833558/factorynod_o.png" data-mid="19970812" border="0" align="left"/> Knockdown Center is a new 3-acre multimedia art space located in Maspeth, Queens. As part of the founding team for the project, I am currently overseeing digitial... Writing http://katherineawatson.com/Writing http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/Writing Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:23:15 +0000 Kate Watson 2444080 During my time in Austin between 2006-2010, I actively wrote and edited art-related content for lots of different publications. Here are some of my best below. The Austin Chronicle, independent, alternative newsweekly in Austin, TX Contemporary Culture Lora Reynolds Gallery Vol.29 No.7, October 16, 2009 Colby Bird: Cold End Okay Mountain Vol.28 No.47, July 24, 2009 Glasstire, widely read online journal of visual art in Texas Interview with RoseLee Goldberg January 2010 Interview with Arturo Palacios November 2009 Interview with Eve Sussman October 2009 I Am Not So Different Art Palace July 2009 2008-2009 blog,Texpat ...might be good, Austin-based contemporary art e-journal Cloud Eye Control Fusebox Festival Issue#148 My Wicked Twisted Sense of Love Women & Their Work Issue#137 No Zoning Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Issue#124 Lunchfilm Austin Film Society, Avant Cinema, Austin Issue#122 Interview with Russell Etchen Domy Books Issue#119 Pat Graney: House of Mind DiverseWorks, Houston Issue#116 Interview with Matt Stokes Arthouse Issue#115 Rapture in Rupture Arthouse Issue#111 The Marfa Sessions Ballroom Marfa Issue#108 The Program Conduit Gallery/Dallas Video Festival Issue #105 Rotozaza: Etiquette (Part of Fusebox 2008) Issue #99 Mads Lynnerup: If You See Anything Interesting Please Let Someone Know Immediately Lora Reynolds Gallery Issue #92 Hyper-Design Shanghai Biennale Issue #79 During my time in Austin between 2006-2010, I actively wrote and edited art-related content for lots of different publications. Here are some of my best below. The... Circulatory System http://katherineawatson.com/Circulatory-System http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/Circulatory-System Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:11:27 +0000 Kate Watson 2752398 Circulatory System is a Texas-based curatorial endeavor founded by me and Morgan Coy in the summer of 2009. We sought to strengthen the dialogue between diverse communities across the state of Texas, with a specific interest in connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. We travelled around by converted school bus, a mode of transportation that allows for endless creative opportunities. Circulatory System continues from time to time today, acting as a catalyst for both local and regional conversation, connecting active artists, curators and writers with a particular passion for experimental video, performance and installation. Visiting Unit B Gallery, San Antonio, with Traveling Video Show #1: <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/13656_205324013323_140456303323_3009289_5671520_n.jpeg" width="604" height="402" width_o="604" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/13656_205324013323_140456303323_3009289_5671520_n_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969267" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/13656_205323923323_140456303323_3009278_3351552_n.jpeg" width="604" height="402" width_o="604" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/13656_205323923323_140456303323_3009278_3351552_n_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969261" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/13656_205323913323_140456303323_3009277_4379553_n.jpeg" width="604" height="402" width_o="604" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/13656_205323913323_140456303323_3009277_4379553_n_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969270" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/13656_205323923323_140456303323_3009278_3351552_n.jpeg" width="604" height="402" width_o="604" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/13656_205323923323_140456303323_3009278_3351552_n_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969261" border="0" align="left"/> In honor of artist collective Temporary Services, we produced Art Work: Austin, we mapped images of artists working at their day jobs throughout the city: <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/19543_522329430757_28600012_31026367_6671581_n.jpeg" width="604" height="402" width_o="604" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/19543_522329430757_28600012_31026367_6671581_n_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969506" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/18556_297306460725_120416940725_4979396_424531_n.jpeg" width="604" height="453" width_o="604" height_o="453" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/18556_297306460725_120416940725_4979396_424531_n_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969450" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/19543_522329445727_28600012_31026370_5600757_n.jpeg" width="604" height="402" width_o="604" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/19543_522329445727_28600012_31026370_5600757_n_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969457" border="0" align="left"/> As part of Austin Art Week 2010, we hosted a series of performances in Austin's Republic Square Park: <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/circulatorysystem.tumblr.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1000" height_o="667" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/circulatorysystem.tumblr_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969732" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/circulatorysystem.tumblr-1.jpeg" width="670" height="448" width_o="1024" height_o="685" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/circulatorysystem.tumblr-1_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969717" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/circulatorysystem.tumblr-2.jpeg" width="670" height="505" width_o="1024" height_o="772" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752398/circulatorysystem.tumblr-2_o.jpeg" data-mid="13969720" border="0" align="left"/> Circulatory System is a Texas-based curatorial endeavor founded by me and Morgan Coy in the summer of 2009. We sought to strengthen the dialogue between diverse... Stopover on A Quiet Street http://katherineawatson.com/Stopover-on-A-Quiet-Street http://katherineawatson.com/following/katherineawatson.com/Stopover-on-A-Quiet-Street Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:59:00 +0000 Kate Watson 2752124 <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752124/Stopover_4-800x260.jpeg" width="670" height="217" width_o="800" height_o="260" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/5/174299/2752124/Stopover_4-800x260_o.jpeg" data-mid="15842734" border="0" align="left"/> ‘Stopover on a Quiet Street’ By Diana Huang, Kate Watson and Emily Webster Produced for ITP's Big Screens, 2011 ‘Stopover on a Quiet Street’ peers into the personal details of everyday experiences by removing the facade of three households on a single suburban block. The story unfolds through silent narrative vignettes that take place at dusk. The architectural exterior has been peeled from each home revealing residents proceeding through their daily lives. Through this voyeuristic lens, we are able to capture all ranges of emotion between family, neighbors, friends and self — joy, uncertainty, grief, love. Created for the IAC Center’s 120 foot horizontal video screen, we’ve created an immersive experience for the viewer where tiny moments in our characters’ lives are played out on a massive scale. The audience simultaneously sees both the “big picture” and the private, intimate details. Events of the environment that even the subjects of the story are not aware of are captured on the screen, bringing the viewer into an active role in a world filled with rich, vivid detail. Special thanks to: Our actors, Eleanor Wilson, Geoff Mansfield, Hillary Hanson, Matthew Hagan, Diana Canterbury, Chloe Scharf, Laura Scharf, Booch O’Connell and Madison Sacchiero. To Susan Jones, Giacomo Mirabella, Jim Tottis, Eddie J. Bartolomei, Nancy Hechinger and the Museum of the City of New York for graciously providing access to the historic Stettheimer Dollhouses. And lastly, a very special thank you to Lauren George, Eden Cayen, Gabriella Levine and Conor McCourt for the donation of their beloved dollhouses and miniatures, without which we could not have created this piece. Technical Assistance by Spike McCue and Ivana Basic. ‘Stopover on a Quiet Street’ By Diana Huang, Kate Watson and Emily Webster Produced for ITP's Big Screens, 2011 ‘Stopover on a Quiet Street’ peers into...