I, like most Americans am inundated with sharing. It takes seconds to share. For better or worse, my networks generate the vast majority of the visual, political and cultural content I see. The artists in this collection of videos were selected because for years I have admired their work and their sensibility has influenced me in some way and what they care to share consistently displays one of two qualities that I prefer to see: Poetics and Things that Make Me Laugh.
To the artists: The world can be a bitter and disappointing place some days, but you guys surprise me, remind me, teach me, inspire me and crack me up! Thank you for your contributions to this project. Thanks for sharing.
Jen López lives in Chicago, Illinois and completed her MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2004. She is a recovering academic, makes art for pleasure, curates for fun and the majority of the time is a champion of artisan cheese.
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Birthday Dance
0:49
2012
Eleftheria Lialios is an artist living in Paris, France.
Columbia Rangoli
0:49
2012
Jerzy Rose is an artist living in Chicago, IL. Jerzy's other films can be found at tarwathie.com including his feature length film Some Girls Never Learn.
I'm Francis Bacon
0:59
2012
Rich Curtis is an artist living in Thomasville, Georgia. Rich's work can be found at www.text2sound.weebly.com
All Things in Time
4:51
2011
Noe Kidder is an artist living in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY.
Mistake in Calculations
0:42
2011
Creating a Line While Walking a Dog
2:58
2011
Juan William Chavez is an artist and cultural activist living in St. Louis MO. Juan's work can be found at juanwilliamchavez.com
Shallow Heart, Shallow Water
4:40
2012
Rose is an artist living in Chicago, IL. Rose's work can be found at rosedisalvo.com
You and Me Falconry
2:07
2012
Kenneth Holland is an artist living in Oakland, CA. Kenneth's work can be found at dutchslavetrade.tumblr.com
Next Week, Years Ago
0:21
2011
Javier Carmona is an artist living in Chicago, IL. Javier's work can be found at javiercarmona.com
Joe
5:53
2012
Mariano Chavez is an artist living in Chicago, IL. Mariano's work can be found at marianochavez.com
sometimes a grasshopper, sometimes a bell cricket
1:50
2012
Carl is an artist living in Houston, TX. Carl is represented by Inman Gallery in Houston, TX.
Landlord
10:29
2011
Hanan Harchol is an artist and musician living in New York, NY. Hanan's other films can be found at jewishfoodforthought.com
Dear Steve, Thymaya, Jeffrey, Seth, Jaime, Carlos, and especially Christopher
0:10
2012
Elijah Burgher is an artist living in Chicago, IL.
Elijah's work can be found at ghostvomit.blogspot.com