https://blakeybessire.com Blakey Bessire Sun, 27 Aug 2023 22:22:37 +0000 https://blakeybessire.com en https://blakeybessire.com/Untitled-Page Sun, 27 Aug 2023 22:22:37 +0000 Blakey Bessire https://blakeybessire.com/Untitled-Page https://blakeybessire.com/Nav Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:44:53 +0000 Blakey Bessire https://blakeybessire.com/Nav ❶ Nula ❷ Janice’s Toy Dog (Brooklyn, 1928)&nbsp;❸ The Place Inside the Smoke&nbsp;❹ At the Cement Factory ❺ Barely Fair https://blakeybessire.com/Janice-s-Toy-Dog-Brooklyn-1928 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:44:53 +0000 Blakey Bessire https://blakeybessire.com/Janice-s-Toy-Dog-Brooklyn-1928 Janice’s Toy Dog (Brooklyn, 1928) is a rendering of a stuffed dog belonging to generations of women in the artist’s family, beginning in Brooklyn in 1928. The object is set in a landscape of machination and storage technology – a loving expression of memory through digital fossilization. A synthetic creature, the sculptural rendering is not a reproduction, but a preservation of memory. Centering a fear of loss, its taxonomic language places the work between an object of study and play. Janice’s Toy could be seen as digital facsimile as much as an archaeological discovery. Shown in “Bliss Montage” at&nbsp;NADA Foreland with Project Art Distribution, July 2023.“SPEEDO INTERNATIONAL” at Parent Company Gallery, August 2023. <img width="1121" height="1084" width_o="1121" height_o="1084" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e87a70573cb7672e48888d66b2b167ff4f53eeed17b73d4bc4a75e521491626b/D8571D8E-6C8E-4C6C-85D5-56A356913D32.JPG" data-mid="189032017" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e87a70573cb7672e48888d66b2b167ff4f53eeed17b73d4bc4a75e521491626b/D8571D8E-6C8E-4C6C-85D5-56A356913D32.JPG" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a62fb5aa7a0c52cfbc551a64ff395fc3801ba0525d196d50d050c1276ae67fae/DSCF8136.jpg" data-mid="189420660" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a62fb5aa7a0c52cfbc551a64ff395fc3801ba0525d196d50d050c1276ae67fae/DSCF8136.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/774b49649acde5ecf99a2c8280bb0c9921a8bf9e469a6e58a17eab59af4abefc/DSCF8140.jpg" data-mid="189029836" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/774b49649acde5ecf99a2c8280bb0c9921a8bf9e469a6e58a17eab59af4abefc/DSCF8140.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfe95f03d4e4b71f3d3a203f08aaa8243379782e08cf086d9500aee0674fa1a3/DSCF8138.jpg" data-mid="189029835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cfe95f03d4e4b71f3d3a203f08aaa8243379782e08cf086d9500aee0674fa1a3/DSCF8138.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e89de9161a94ca8a771412e943b9924910a94059ce461b29b9176cc82390180/DSCF8054.jpg" data-mid="189031673" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e89de9161a94ca8a771412e943b9924910a94059ce461b29b9176cc82390180/DSCF8054.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4812a157260b9cdd9c3180da5a2c79a9b61eae6c0dacd5b3b2af974a4da11e6c/DSCF8047.jpg" data-mid="189031671" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4812a157260b9cdd9c3180da5a2c79a9b61eae6c0dacd5b3b2af974a4da11e6c/DSCF8047.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f82a3ac95b4a47dc2ad4ae4f25245d80d7957c0155afd3a87afa0948bc3507f9/DSCF8049.jpg" data-mid="189031672" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f82a3ac95b4a47dc2ad4ae4f25245d80d7957c0155afd3a87afa0948bc3507f9/DSCF8049.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47ae2336dfcdded3e9f45d800355ad1ff6c67bbd5454456cbdeaa51836a1e845/07_bliss.jpg" data-mid="189420615" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47ae2336dfcdded3e9f45d800355ad1ff6c67bbd5454456cbdeaa51836a1e845/07_bliss.jpg" /><img width="734" height="804" width_o="734" height_o="804" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f66961d0c46800875ac2e0f7c579ff7b2384c4a43c5c165a8842a30972d1eff9/image.png" data-mid="189420618" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/734/i/f66961d0c46800875ac2e0f7c579ff7b2384c4a43c5c165a8842a30972d1eff9/image.png" /> https://blakeybessire.com/The-Place-Inside-the-Smoke Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:04:53 +0000 Blakey Bessire https://blakeybessire.com/The-Place-Inside-the-Smoke The Place Inside the Smoke January 1, 2021 marked the beginning of the Initiative for Trade Aesthetics (ITA), an ongoing long-term collaboration between Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen and the oral corporation Yugoexport. So far, ITA has found forms outside the exhibition, supporting the writings of Irena Haiduk, who heads Yugoexport since 2015. Two collections of writing Studio Feelings and All Classifications Will Lose Their Grip have propelled production of accessories, scripts, sets, animated films, educational and performance programs.The written word is heard without speaking (like these lines you are reading now). Inside of the reader’s head there is an inner voice that sounds an oral path, towards an image nobody can own but anyone can use.We start with stories that make the path to All Classifications Will Lose Their Grip. To enter, read on. “The Place Inside The Smoke (with Blakey Bessire)” As a Television Headquarters is bombed, a pack of stray dogs find a hidden room. Continue here. Download PDF, here. &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="667" width_o="1920" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73f1cd3bc654ba087338a7b0c05f2ebbbcbba41b16cd1959d09eb744c88343fb/429132_f9e61e39c60c679b92abf49ec5ea2905.jpg" data-mid="189033651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73f1cd3bc654ba087338a7b0c05f2ebbbcbba41b16cd1959d09eb744c88343fb/429132_f9e61e39c60c679b92abf49ec5ea2905.jpg" /> <img width="2824" height="1574" width_o="2824" height_o="1574" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9202e4d43a7991f136b1dd2fab30ee2896524b2f1b70ee98e32a8e2533fa8e2a/Screen-Shot-2023-08-27-at-1.06.03-PM.png" data-mid="189032651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9202e4d43a7991f136b1dd2fab30ee2896524b2f1b70ee98e32a8e2533fa8e2a/Screen-Shot-2023-08-27-at-1.06.03-PM.png" /> https://blakeybessire.com/At-the-Cement-Factory Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:45:10 +0000 Blakey Bessire https://blakeybessire.com/At-the-Cement-Factory At the Cement Factory Episode One presented by Project Art Distribution (P.A.D.) at NADA Flea, Spring 2023. <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a6127675b372d7d5f8e700a527212836a5bb11b3c4a5704626c00cb76c30754/ezgif.com-video-to-gif-1.gif" data-mid="189037233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/8a6127675b372d7d5f8e700a527212836a5bb11b3c4a5704626c00cb76c30754/ezgif.com-video-to-gif-1.gif" /><img width="1000" height="1540" width_o="1000" height_o="1540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/738df127fb4722d41cf6cd0535311764de1080c885de139d3e43e076486f574b/Screen-Shot-2023-08-27-at-2.36.29-PM.png" data-mid="189037081" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/738df127fb4722d41cf6cd0535311764de1080c885de139d3e43e076486f574b/Screen-Shot-2023-08-27-at-2.36.29-PM.png" /><img width="942" height="1540" width_o="942" height_o="1540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1771370ac5ede985d39a7b77b0c3c30a7dd3c56e5b5c2e35a7951fde7803ea1/Screen-Shot-2023-08-27-at-2.37.46-PM.png" data-mid="189037077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/942/i/c1771370ac5ede985d39a7b77b0c3c30a7dd3c56e5b5c2e35a7951fde7803ea1/Screen-Shot-2023-08-27-at-2.37.46-PM.png" /> <img width="3300" height="2550" width_o="3300" height_o="2550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/486d66a5547d7e54f949ba9af2d3987adf412f698bf4431a4c359b54abd35be2/5.5x8.5.jpg" data-mid="189037147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/486d66a5547d7e54f949ba9af2d3987adf412f698bf4431a4c359b54abd35be2/5.5x8.5.jpg" /> https://blakeybessire.com/Barely-Fair Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:42:14 +0000 Blakey Bessire https://blakeybessire.com/Barely-Fair Janice’s Toy Dog (1928)Polylactic acid, gloss enamel 5” x 4” x 2.25” For Barely Fair, P.A.D. presents ‘PAD,’ a fully domesticated booth upholstered in a furniture pad and ready to move. Mouse holes, door stops, toys, and paintings, this home is a full house filled with some of P.A.D.’s latest and long-standing contributors.BARELY FAIR is an international art fair operated by Julius Caesar. The invitational fair presents a tiny peek inside the programming of thirty contemporary art galleries, project spaces, and curatorial projects during “Art Week” in Chicago. Included spaces will exhibit works in 1:12 scale booths built to mimic the design of a standard fair. Barely Fair, Chicago, with Project Art Distribution (P.A.D.), Winter 2023. https://www.barelyfair.com/spotlight2023&nbsp; https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/13/barely-fair-miniature-art-fair-chicago <img width="1628" height="1163" width_o="1628" height_o="1163" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a5f8c5e99fc0a605b5f7369e67676faf728dd3948bed5508eed0d15eedb1eff/barely-documentation.jpg" data-mid="189037697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a5f8c5e99fc0a605b5f7369e67676faf728dd3948bed5508eed0d15eedb1eff/barely-documentation.jpg" /> <img width="1554" height="1554" width_o="1554" height_o="1554" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6c05790c84b5df7b89478df47698c874e1a4fbf34d5e7608d1b8caae25902d0/Janice-s-Toy_Print.png" data-mid="189037878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6c05790c84b5df7b89478df47698c874e1a4fbf34d5e7608d1b8caae25902d0/Janice-s-Toy_Print.png" /> <img width="2482" height="3309" width_o="2482" height_o="3309" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a418aa2d76bad425ac193f893d8c26341014cfb049ff1f4cd15c83d715d0e2d7/PROFILE-VIEW.jpg" data-mid="189038011" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a418aa2d76bad425ac193f893d8c26341014cfb049ff1f4cd15c83d715d0e2d7/PROFILE-VIEW.jpg" /> <img width="2467" height="3290" width_o="2467" height_o="3290" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/842aab841fba2f4c4bd6865646c935c7635984df3d50e5a6756405aa5de163e4/BACK-VIEW.jpg" data-mid="189037868" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/842aab841fba2f4c4bd6865646c935c7635984df3d50e5a6756405aa5de163e4/BACK-VIEW.jpg" />&nbsp; https://blakeybessire.com/Info Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:44:53 +0000 Blakey Bessire https://blakeybessire.com/Info I’m an editor of Diane William’s literary annual, NOON and a contributing writer to Cultured Magazine’s The Critic’s Table. I currently work as the creative director of The New York Sign Museum and teach writing. Projects and collaborators include: Digital Counsel, Artlab at Hyundai Motor, Performa, Noble Studios, Cultural Counsel, Topical Cream, The Armory Show, The Speed Museum, Amant Foundation, The Kitchen, and others. Portfolio available upon request. blakeyhcb-at-gmail.com