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Random Number Multiples

In February I’ll be adding art print publishing to the growing list of Random Number services. This new division, aptly titled Random Number Multiples, will offer a curated selection of limited edition artworks. Random Number Multiples will launch with two silk screen print editions by Jer Thorp and two by Marius Watz.

Watz, Arcs04-01

Watz, Arcs04-00

The exciting part about these prints is that Thorp and Watz, who mainly use software as their medium, are embracing a technique that allows their hand to be so evident. All of the images in this post come from a weekend of silk screening at the Bushwick Print Lab, under the guidance of founder Ray Cross.

The four different prints are editions of 50, and are available exclusively through Random Number for $100 each. The online store launches the first week of February and we will celebrate with an exhibition showcasing both artists’ work on February 11 in Brooklyn. It will be a great opportunity to see the screen prints framed and in person if you’re in the NY area.

Details to follow shortly, but pre-orders can be placed by contacting info@randomnumber.nu. Click here to see more artwork details and photos from the printing process.

Thorp, RGB

Thorp, RGB

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Collective Consumption

Participating in the Dumbo Arts Festival with the group exhibition Collective Consumption was a blast! The festival and the exhibition had a great turnout. The Collective Consumption opening was especially memorable–all due to milk & cookies, a live sound performance, and spilled paint. Thanks to all who stopped by 20 Jay Street #1019 to see the show.

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Jenifer Wightman @ Collective Consumption

I couldn’t help but put together a stop-motion video of Jenifer Wightman installing her cookie piece, “Ephemeral Artist.” It was just so much fun watching the cookies pile up on the table and then get attached to the wall.

Collective Consumption: Jeni Wightman from Random Number on Vimeo.

Here is a photo of Jason Seder, from Agitators Collective (another group participating in Collective Consumption), sniffing the wall of scent.

Collective Consumption

You’ll have to come to the exhibition to see the entire installation and smell it, in all its sweet spicy glory. Opens tomorrow (9/24, 6 pm – 9 pm).

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Sal Randolph

$1 Near Something Red

Sal Randolph has been giving away money in performances and installations for several years as part of her Money Actions and Free Money series . By giving away money she hopes to interrupt expectations, opening possibilities for new thought around questions of value and ownership. Her work includes interactions, conversations, and interventions, and often deals with gift economies and social architectures.

During The Case of the Curious Pedestrian, find $100 by hunting for dollar bills near the color red along Myrtle Ave. Look for red bicycles, fire boxes, signs, fences, t-shirts, even apples and you may discover a specially rolled dollar with a printed message enclosed. Dollars will be appearing along the avenue, indoors and out, between noon and 6pm. Try attracting dollars to you by putting out something red. Or take the opportunity to leave some of your own money for others to find.

$1 Near Something Red

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Ranjit Bhatnagar & Angela Fan

Ranjit Bhatnagar works with handmade instruments, found objects, and primitive robotics to make music machines and sound sculptures. For The Case of the Curious Pedestrian, Bhatnagar has modified vintage music toys to mimic the calls of local songbirds. These sculptures will be installed inside the awnings of Mr. Coco, Clinton Hill Express Deli, and Green in BKLYN–all located along Myrtle Avenue.

Bhatnagar’s City Birds installation is perfectly suited to add to the “stumbled upon” sense that I would like to convey with the artwork selection and placement in The Case of the Curious Pedestrian. So too, is Angela Fan’s Watermelon O’clock, in which she made custom hats for the watermelons that are on sale outside of Benhadi Supermarket. It will be a clever and subtle intervention that is intended simply to make viewers smile.

Benhadi’s watermelons

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