Dumb Eyes

New Yorkers. Get on this. E-VAPOR-8 at 319 Scholes

dumbeyes — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:29:59 +0000

E-vapor-8 explores the influence and relationship between contemporary art and rave and electronic music culture. The event is curated by Francesca Gavin, Visual Arts Editor of London based arts magazine Dazed and Confused. Francesca featured I Want You in Dazed & Confused in the past. If you’re in New York, don’t miss this. If you are anywhere else and have extra Jet Blue miles, get your buns to Brooklyn. Be regaled by our resident graphic visionary, our Creative Director, Christian J. Petersen at 319 Scholes.

See more deets: 319 Scholes.
May 05 2012- May 18 2012
Opening Hours: 7:00PM – 10:00PM

Dumb Eyes and Phaidon (and PLUR)

dumbeyes — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:00:49 +0000

We are proud to announce today’s latest news story about our Creative Director, Christian Peterson and one of his latest endeavors, the E-Vapor-8 show at Brooklyn’s 319 Scholes gallery. Phaidon UK hit up Christian for a nice interview and write up. Read it here. Curated by Francesca Gavin, Christian’s fellow exhibitors run the gamut from Cory Arcangel to Fatima Al Qadiri. The E-Vapor-8 exhibition explores the influence and relationship between contemporary art and rave and electronic music culture. That’s how we do.

Phaidon Press is a British publisher of books on the visual arts, including art, architecture, photography, and design worldwide.

Henry Open House 2012

dumbeyes — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:45:37 +0000

With the help of the ever illuminating Nick Bartoletti and Ben Van Citters Dumb Eyes dreamed up and executed sonic/visual revelations outside in the party zone at the Spring Henry Art Gallery Open House. The party was rocking as museum patrons caught their first glimpses of Video Art Pioneer Gary Hill’s new show: glossodelic attractors. Hill’s work at the show includes over a dozen works that investigate how visual and verbal communication are experienced at the phenomenological level, and how that experience creates meaning. We can get with that, how about you?

Also present was Brink Award: 2012 recipient Andrew Dadson from Vancouver, BC, he received a cash prize and some of his work was acquired for the Henry Art Gallery’s permanent collection.

For the Win

dumbeyes — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:56:11 +0000

For the Win is a free party put on by the Awesome Foundation, a non-profit that awards $1000 grants every month to people with deserving ideas. Some of you may remember the Onn/Of festival of light that we were involved in a few months ago. On/Off received one of the first grants awarded by the Seattle chapter. This promises to be a great party filled with dancing, drinks and a photo booth for those embarrassing shots at the end of the night. Come out on April 12th to Sole Repair at 8 pm and show your support for local philanthropy.

More information on the event here. If you have a great idea for the Awesome Foundation and want to get your hands on $1000 to help make it a reality you can apply here.

Poster by Dumb Eyes

Day Night magazine release party at Object

dumbeyes — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:30:07 +0000

New Seattle-based art and design magazine ‘Day Night’ released its first issue at Object at 2nd Ave. downtown. To celebrate the magazine’s first edition flying out of the print shop and into the hands of tastemakers, the publisher threw a big hoedown complete with hundreds of cans of Seattle’s newest craft beer Hilliard’s. The polished boheme talked design and drank chilly brews.

Dumb Eyes was there with a custom video piece we created to be displayed specifically for the big event. Our piece is also in the online edition of the magazine. Check it out and let us know what you think.

Voyager (video)

http://vimeo.com/39792339

THEE Satisfaction at Neumos

dumbeyes — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:31:57 +0000

Dumb Eyes will be providing visual projections for THEESatisfaction’s show at Neumos Thursday 3/29/12. We’re big fans of THEESatisfaction and excited to be involved in their release party for their new album and first release from Sub Pop records: awE naturalE. The staff at the Stranger recently wrote-up 9 unique reviews of awE naturalE calling it “casually profound.”

Photos by Brian O’Shea

Ghost Tote

dumbeyes — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:30:53 +0000

A beloved local gallery on Capitol Hill was damaged by a flood. Ghost Gallery has been host to many Dumb Eyes events and to help we created the Ghost Tote! The bags were printed by Cairo and limited to 35. You can also get a tote designed by Illustrator Izzie Klingles. All proceeds are going to help pay for their costly repairs.

Get your bag now!

The Creators Project Interview

dumbeyes — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:37:43 +0000

Kathleen Flood of The Creators Project asked the Dumb Eyes directors some questions about technology, dreams, and childhood.

Interview here!

ONN/OF Festival

dumbeyes — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:45:05 +0000

Last weekend Dumb Eyes participated in ONN/OF, an art exhibition and “light festival” in Ballard. The show took place inside an 11,000 Sq Ft Ballard warehouse called The Sweater Factory. The curators, Susan Robb, Sierra Stinson, and Jim Demetre invited several artists to create visual art, performance, installation, projection, music, and workshops all working with the idea of “light”. Their aim was “…to create an environment that not only lets people escape the cold and solitude that comes with Seattle’s winter season but to build a warm and energizing experience that might produce enough radiance to help see Seattle through the rest of the winter.”

Dumb Eyes created an interactive installation called “Parliament Hill”. The audience was presented with a screen showing a giant cube floating above Parliament Hill in London. The cube, which was covered with changing patterns and colours, could be controlled with the movement of viewer’s hands.

Stranger Article
ONN/OF

City Arts Magazine’s “Future List”!

dumbeyes — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:15:39 +0000

We’re honored and excited to be part of “The Future List” in City Arts Magazine… But Dumb Eyes isn’t just those three goons in the picture. Behind the curtain there’s a great team of people we’ve worked with in the past and present:

Andrea Jordan, Anna Ryon, Arryvanh Chanthamaly, Austin Sapp, Ben Van Citters, Brad Zeffren, Brian O’Shea, Caitlin Bergez, Dain Gordon, Dave Battjes, Deirdre Helsing, Ellie Dicola, Greg Cook, Ian Louthan, Ian Obermuller, Isa Farnik, Izzie Klingels, Jacob Fennell, Janeale Dean, Jeanine Anderson, Jennifer Day, Joe Waine, Joseph Gray, Keep It Light Photography, Kimberly McCarthy, Kyle Johnson, Lauren Hughes, Lauren Max, Marcy Stone-Francois, Marie Vesela, Mirza Abdic, Nick Bartoletti, Neelu Bhuman, Sandra Rey, RC Cepeda, Shannon Ragan and Tyler Kamigaki

Thanks to City Arts Magazine team: Leah Balthus, Johnathon Zwickel and Dan Paulus. Thanks to Kyle Johnson for taking our picture.