IN 7

The Third Annual Experimental Film Residency @ Gardenship

Curated by Kasia Skorynkiewicz

Screening - June 11th @ 8pm

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Gardenship's Drive-In Series featuring the third iteration of IN 7, a screening of artist’s videos created in one week, brought to you by Kasia Skorynkiewicz.

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Event will also be streamed live on YouTube @gardenship.art

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Participating Artists:

Brian Curry

Samuel Edelsack

Neil Ghazaii

Alison LeBrun

Andrea McKenna

Jessica Nelson

Erin Carlisle Norton

Natalie Romero-Marx

Miguel Romero-Trejos

Stephanie Spitz

Alyssa Vignone

Lauren Vroegindewey

Matthew Zeitoun

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Curatorial Statement

A 7-day experimental video art residency where site-specific videos are created and screened at Gardenship, was created during the pandemic in the summer of 2020. By using Gardenship as a source of inspiration, we gave artists time, space, and resources to create an experimental video in only 7 days. Local artists create and also collaborate with local videographers, editors, and musicians in order to make their vision a reality. Hence the name, IN 7. It’s an artistic twist on a 24-hour film challenge that concludes with an outdoor drive-in screening that is also live-streamed. Following the success of the last two iterations, we are at it again with IN 7 (Part 3).

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Joey Mac's Food Truck will be on site!

A party 60 years in the making!

Join us Saturday, April 30th from 12:00PM – 6:00PM here at Gardenship in Kearny, NJ.

WHAT TO SEE: Student Award exhibition, littleSCULPTURE show & art sale, Live music and Iron pour

WHAT TO DO: Celebrate, Join a hands on community bamboo build with MythMakers, and explore our studio tours.

WHAT TO EAT: Free nourishment provided by Bro-Ritos Food Truck

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An evening of Iron Casting and Musical Performance - our rained out event is back!!!

Gardenship Iron III

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Watch the livestream here!

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO FUNDING OUR NEW FURNACE WE’LL BE USING FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN 2022

Manhattan Iron Project & Empire Vista: River Crossing

Featuring Live In-Person Music by:

James G. Barry Band

Ferro Alloy Orchestra

& Live-Streamed Music by:

The Players Lounge - Seattle, Washington

Greg Franco - Los Angeles, CA

Assortment of Light - Philadelphia, PA

Music @ 5PM

Metal Pour @ 6PM

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Empire Vista is a fully improvised open jam that has seen musicians join from as far as the West Coast; originally started by Seattle's own Grunge Pioneer John Leighton Beezer (The Thrown Ups, Stomach Pump) and Jason S Dennie (Crier Brothers.)

The Manhattan Iron Project was born at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade in 2006. This ambitious group of sculptors took their iron furnace, welded it to the bed of a pick-up truck, and were planning on casting souvenir medallions to give away to the crowd as they progressed along the parade route. Mother Nature dealt them a torrential rainfall that day, so instead they set up shop outside Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs, the furnace was fired up and the molten iron flowed! When Michael Dominick designed the medallions for this event he added to the backside of the medallions “Manhattan Iron Project… Sculpture for the Ages”. This is historically the first mention and first performance by the Manhattan Iron Project. Despite the rain the iron pour was a huge success and the police eventually had to put an end to it because the crowd was so big they were starting to block traffic. They have used this model as a template for most of their subsequent iron pours and Michael has since developed a technique to paint with the molten iron. This has been a part of their performances ever since.

Mermaid Iron images: https://michaeldominicksculpture.com/section/38893-Mermaid-Iron.html

Molten Iron Paintings: https://michaeldominicksculpture.com/section/44295-Molten-Iron-Paintings.html

The Ferro Alloy Orchestra first appeared on the scene in 2013 at the D.U.M.B.O. arts festival in Brooklyn, NY. With James G. Barry leading the orchestra on guitar, their rock and roll musings expertly responded to and reflected the intensity of the Manhattan Iron Project’s fire breathing, molten iron spectacle happening a few feet away. The orchestra, much like the Manhattan Iron Project, rarely has the same lineup, but the core of both groups remains the same. Together, the two deliver an incredibly entertaining and intense hour of molten iron and electric guitar driven bravado. For this event, James is pumping things up in the form of Empire Vista: River Crossings. Empire Vista is an open jam that has seen musicians join from as far as the west coast. River Crossings refers to the satellite locations that will be on live stream… from across numerous rivers… performing simultaneously and projected onto a huge drive-in movie style screen behind the performance.

Video of D.U.M.B.O. performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAErGriNJak&t=204s

This unique blend of dedicated artists working in two different disciplines, coming together to create an experience that is unlike anything most have ever seen before, show us all what is possible if you open the doors to your inner youth and let the good times roll.

Visions for a New Normal follows the first edition of #pandemicprojections which took place over the course of 10 evenings at the height of the pandemic in spring/summer 2020. The events focused on themes of Nature/Spring/Rebirth. One year later, artists we again asked to consider the future with the following prompts; What do you hope for? What do you envision? What has been lost? What would you like to regain? What does the future hold? 26 experimental video and sound works were selected for this edition.

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Featuring:

Barbara Baron

Liat Berdugo and Emily Martinez

David Borawski

Kevin Brophy

Krystle Brown

Stefani Byrd

Martin Calvino

Anika Cartterfield

Coalfather Industries

Danielle Damico

Cheryl Gross

Donna Kessinger

Sarah Moore

Raisa Nosova

Emily Quast and Jan Kathleen Reyes

Julia Way Rix

Bryan Robertson

Kara Rooney and Fausto Palma

Sarah Rowe and Rohin Khemani

Rustic Mascara

Shuli Sade

Charly Santagado/mignolo dance

Emma Shapiro

Kasia Skorynkjewicz

Lex Turnbull

Nancy Wyllie

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Wavelength is a curatorial collaborative founded in 2015 by Gianluca Bianchino, an artist/curator, and Jeanne Brasile, a curator/artist. Their projects explore the relationship between art and science via immersive exhibitions, interviews with artists/scientists/curators, artists talks, critical writing and symposia. Wavelength takes part in the growing conversation between art and science - with a curatorial practice focused on immersive and experimental formats. Their writing has been featured in the Brooklyn Rail, they have participated in a symposium at the CUE Art Foundation in New York City and their shows have been reviewed by numerous writers in journals, books and web-based publications.

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Image Credit:

mise en abyme

by mignolo dance

Directed by Charly Santagado

An evening of Iron Casting and Musical Performance

Click here to reserve your parking!

Gardenship Iron III

Manhattan Iron Project & Empire Vista: River Crossing

Featuring Live In-Person Music by:

James G. Barry Band

Ferro Alloy Orchestra

& Live-Streamed Music by:

The Players Lounge - Seattle, Washington

Greg Franco - Los Angeles, CA

Assortment of Light - Philadelphia, PA

Music @ 7pm

Metal Pour @ 8:30pm

Food Truck - El Chilango Taco Truck

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Empire Vista is a fully improvised open jam that has seen musicians join from as far as the West Coast; originally started by Seattle's own Grunge Pioneer John Leighton Beezer (The Thrown Ups, Stomach Pump) and Jason S Dennie (Crier Brothers.)

The Manhattan Iron Project was born at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade in 2006. This ambitious group of sculptors took their iron furnace, welded it to the bed of a pick-up truck, and were planning on casting souvenir medallions to give away to the crowd as they progressed along the parade route. Mother Nature dealt them a torrential rainfall that day, so instead they set up shop outside Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs, the furnace was fired up and the molten iron flowed! When Michael Dominick designed the medallions for this event he added to the backside of the medallions “Manhattan Iron Project… Sculpture for the Ages”. This is historically the first mention and first performance by the Manhattan Iron Project. Despite the rain the iron pour was a huge success and the police eventually had to put an end to it because the crowd was so big they were starting to block traffic. They have used this model as a template for most of their subsequent iron pours and Michael has since developed a technique to paint with the molten iron. This has been a part of their performances ever since.

Mermaid Iron images: https://michaeldominicksculpture.com/section/38893-Mermaid-Iron.html

Molten Iron Paintings: https://michaeldominicksculpture.com/section/44295-Molten-Iron-Paintings.html

The Ferro Alloy Orchestra first appeared on the scene in 2013 at the D.U.M.B.O. arts festival in Brooklyn, NY. With James G. Barry leading the orchestra on guitar, their rock and roll musings expertly responded to and reflected the intensity of the Manhattan Iron Project’s fire breathing, molten iron spectacle happening a few feet away. The orchestra, much like the Manhattan Iron Project, rarely has the same lineup, but the core of both groups remains the same. Together, the two deliver an incredibly entertaining and intense hour of molten iron and electric guitar driven bravado. For this event, James is pumping things up in the form of Empire Vista: River Crossings. Empire Vista is an open jam that has seen musicians join from as far as the west coast. River Crossings refers to the satellite locations that will be on live stream… from across numerous rivers… performing simultaneously and projected onto a huge drive-in movie style screen behind the performance.

Video of D.U.M.B.O. performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAErGriNJak&t=204s

This unique blend of dedicated artists working in two different disciplines, coming together to create an experience that is unlike anything most have ever seen before, show us all what is possible if you open the doors to your inner youth and let the good times roll.

Freedom. Liberation. Hope. Joy.

Juneteenth: Jubilation

A Drive In Theater Experience celebrating Black Joy.

This one night only event at Gardenship Art features media works by award-winning artists, photographers & filmmakers.

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Featuring:

Jamel Shabazz @jamelshabazz

Gary Campbell @the_artist_recreates_the_world

Don'dre Bullock @donmagazne

Kay The Kreator @kaythekreator

Dolly P. @princeofinternationalsound

Tiffany Salas @tiff_styles_u2

Curatorial Statement

Juneteenth celebrates freedom and pays homage to our ancestors.

Though our works inspire the Arts; our talents are often overlooked in our creative industries & our credits never given.

Our duty is to curate the narratives about us, by us; for us.

Unity is necessary.

Allyship is necessary.

Awareness is necessary.

Most importantly, the freedom to just be is necessary.

Each film is a visual of Black Expression in its varied forms; each should be celebrated.

-Tiffany "Chiffani" Salas

What is Juneteenth?

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.

Later attempts to explain this two and a half year delay in the receipt of this important news have yielded several versions that have been handed down through the years. Often told is the story of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom. Another is that the news was deliberately withheld by the enslavers to maintain the labor force on the plantations. And still another is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last cotton harvest before going to Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. All of which, or none of these versions could be true. Certainly, for some, President Lincoln’s authority over the rebellious states was in question. Whatever the reasons, conditions in Texas remained status quo well beyond what was statutory. (juneteenth.com)

Beverages provided by PerfeQ Mix .

Caribbean Cuisine provided by Gramps Kitchen

Gardenship Presents - IN 7

Buy your parking reservation here! Proceeds go to supporting Gardenship’s programming.

Gardenship's Drive-In Series featuring the second iteration of IN 7, a screening of artist’s videos created in one week, brought to you by Kasia Skorynkiewicz.

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Curatorial Statement

During the pandemic last summer, IN 7 was created to fill the void that many of us were feeling. We were starved for a connection with our artist community and to other people. We wanted to create collaboratively and share our creations with others in a safe manner. We wanted to test the limits of what can be created from start to finish in a short time frame. By using Gardenship, a massive warehouse that houses art studios in Kearny Point NJ, as a source of inspiration, we gave artists time, space, and resources to create an experimental video. An artistic twist on a 24-hour film challenge that concluded with an outdoor drive-in screening. Following the success of the concept, the exciting turnout of participants & audience, and the outstanding caliber of art videos created, we are at it again with IN 7 (Part 2).

A 7-day experimental video art residency where site-specific videos are created and screened at Gardenship in Kearny Point. Artists are chosen to create a project they've been dreaming about or something completely out of the blue, inspired by the site. Artists already working in video AND artists that have never made videos before but always wanted to are invited to apply. Some artists work primarily alone with little assistance while other artists who need to collaborate with others are connected through this residency with videographers, editors, and musicians in order to make their vision a reality.

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Event will also be streamed live on Instagram @gardenship.art

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Participating Artists:

Rita Jiménez

Charlie Spaderman

Jess Krentz & Jade Vincent

Alyssa Vignone & Galo Andres

Axel Ortiz

Gwen Charles

Nicole MeMaio

Mary Young

Kevin Cruz

Teresa Braun & Ayo Okunseinde

Irena Pejovic

Lance Margarett O. Panes & Iris

Warner Wada

Eco Groove Tribe

Lauren Vroegindewey

Kasia Skorynkiewicz

Rashad Wright

Curated by Linda Street - Chief Chick @ Pink Dragon Artist Syndicate in collaboration with the Jerry J Gant Estate

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Featuring : 

Joyah Angola Thompson 

Jerry Gant 101 5:50
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Brown70 Films / Tim Brown 

Bulletproof Intro 1:37

Bulletproof Ambition Remix 7:54

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Solid Brick Ent. / Dubois Ashong / Pierre Coleman 

The Gantalist 31:06

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Jerry J Gant Estate 

Tapestry of a Jerry Blossom: Gant’s 2013 self-chronicling fashion film 3:03 

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Gary Campbell 

What Is Poetry? Trusting The Lies in Spite of 9:59

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Paul Chinnery 

Intro to Jerry’s Tribute 3:46

Jerry’s Rest Day 4:51

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Kiymora ‘Kay The Kreator’ Smith 

Art Battle Recap / Newark Museum Honors Jerry Gant 5:18

Join the Gardenship community for a morning where the artist community will be reflecting upon the Climate Crisis and sea level rise that will be affecting our community.

We will painting a mural on our campus where we will draw the water line in 2100 after sea level rise and then again another line delineating the water level of storm surges from Atlantic-borne hurricanes using evidence we have right here on site from Sandy!

Calling All Artists: Bring your own stencils and and other implements of public art-making!

Calling All Poets: Bring your words and prose inspired by flooding, hurricanes, and sea level rise to get in the mix!

Calling All Members of Our Community: Bring your bodies and minds and let’s come together as a community to confront the reality of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change!