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Drawn to Drawing

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:13:00 -0500

This is the video of a person drawing on the subway. What puzzled me was how much he sank into his paper. It was as if he drew with his mind, his nose, his will power.

Teachable Moments

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:27:00 -0400

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Teachable Moments is a series of podcasts, short movies, slide shows, animations, and stories representing moments in which we experienced learning in surprising or
unexpected ways.

Originated as a class assignment for a studio course in art education, Teachable Moments continues to record unique and unpredicted incidents of learning.

This episode with Pau Atela, Professor of Mathematiks who talks about his newly found interest in drawing, marks the beginning of this series.

A Project by Richard Jochum
New York 2011
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Dust, Dirt, and Scratches

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:43:00 -0400

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[This is a preview version of a movie which has been produced for an exhibition.] Dust, Dirt, and Scratches is a movie about the obsession of cleaning up.It shows the process of digitally retouching an image which is full of stains and scratches in Photoshop. The cursor turns into a wiping cloth and broom. Guided by an invisible hand, it touches the image in sections to remove stains till the spotty image becomes plain. - Recorded as a screen-cast, the movie serves as a tutorial as well as a demonstration of compulsive behavior. If longing for perfection is inherent to the arts - hereby creating beautiful pictures at times - it's also a futile obsession. For a video artist who is used to the format of movies under five minutes, Richard Jochum's screen-cast is remarkably lengthy (42 min). However, the goal is not to have the audience watch the entire movie rather than make the viewer realize that there will always one more spot that needs cleaning. And if the superficial stains are cleared, the image will still show hidden, low-lying stains.

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Daniel Falk

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:40:00 -0500

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Collaborative Silverware

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:29:00 -0400

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Welded silverware, installation & performance, 2009-2010. Collaborative Silverware is an installation and performance piece for 2 performer, 1 table, 2 plates, elongated silverware and food. The 36 inch-spoons, forks and knives will prove themselves to be too long to feed oneself individually; the two performers will have to feed each other. Conceived and directed by Richard Jochum; performed by Jessica Sugerman and William Penrose.

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Tomatoes

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 18:30:00 -0400

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"Tomatoes" is a 1 min animation by Richard Jochum produced with Cooliris, a Firefox add-on. The video shows what is basically a Google-search for images on tomatoes. The result is a reflection on contemporary visual culture as it presents itself through the graphical interface of contemporary social media. "Visual Culture Tomatoes". New York / World Wide Web, 2010.

Matthew Amster

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:57:00 -0400

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Eliot Eskin

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:46:00 -0400

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I Can't Believe It's Not Art

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:36:00 -0400

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The question, whether an object, image or artifact is art or not, cannot be decided either by one single object, image or artifact, let alone by an individual. Art is after all a practice rather than a product, a verb rather than a noun, but more importantly a social agreement, a title thats been decreed and continuously awarded by specific communities, particular institutions, or a group of representatives, placeholders of the world of culture and the industry of art. Nonetheless, theres a common drive in public conversations to raise questions about the legitimacy of certain objects and negotiate them in regard of their status as to what level something is art or not, which I find both, compulsively obsessive and strikingly playful.

I cant believe its not art refers to the popular childhood game with daisies in which we fervently try to decide through a ritual of petal picking whether somebodys feelings are in or against our favor. She loves me, she loves me not cannot be decided by wishful thinking unless it is whimsical to begin with. However, the ritual follows a function: it marks our courting and tries to raise our odds the more so as performed in front of the adored.

I cant believe its not butter is the name of a well-known American brand. To extend the phrase into the field of arts expands the play with daisies into the realm of words. Branding, it shows, is not just a challenging task for companies, but artists as well, see Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Naomi Klein, etc.

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Danielle Jordan

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:50:00 -0400

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Vaughn C. Randall

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:02:00 -0400

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Tracy McEvilly

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:00:00 -0400

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Tara Evans

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:52:00 -0400

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Peter Muehlbauer

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:09:00 -0400

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Diane Acton

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:28:00 -0400

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Gavin Kenwon

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:58:00 -0400

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Heather Powell

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:32:00 -0400

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James Withers

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:06:00 -0400

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James Withers

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:44:00 -0400

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Atlas goes Superman

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:29:00 -0400

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by Richard Jochum, video performance, Athens 2009.

Atlas is the Greek God and Titan who led the rebellion against Zeus for which he was condemned to bear the heavens upon his shoulders. The story has it that he became the personification of endurance. The short video picks up on the ancient legend and continues a series of trials, tribulations, and enactments by the Austrian sculptor and media artist Richard Jochum.

Atlas goes Superman takes the theme one step further and melts the American superhero motif Superman with ancient Greek mythology, home of many potent ueberheros and crafty Gods. Where Atlas had to be turned on his head, Superman does it with a simple rotation: pushing the planet while flying midair.

The artist is digging his way through the territory of global mythology and combines European and American culture. Atlas as Superman has been performed in Athens in the ancient Agora in May 2009 and is the sequel to Atlas (2008 ongoing) and Sisyphus on Vacation which was performed 2006 in the Austrian Alps and first shown in 2007.

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"With Kind Regards From the Late Emperor"

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:49:00 -0400

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Installation with 30 light boxes as a flip book celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Arlberg railroad tunnel.

Location: Blisadonnatunnel between Langen am Arlberg and Kloesterle / Austria
The installation can only be seen from the train.

Richard Jochum shows a short video with a staged portrait of the old emperor of Austria, Franz Josef. The emperor looks friendly towards the eye of the beholder/camera, while kindly lifting his hat and greeting the viewer with a smile ever so gently. The video lasts for 2 seconds only and has been split up into 30 single digital frames which have been printed on translucent foil and put into 30 light boxes. The installation works like a flip book nicely placed to be seen by the travelers from the window of the passing train.

One could imagine the viewers to start a conversation such as: Wasn't this just the old emperor? And those who have missed the short moment of display answering: Whom? Or: Which one? In the process of time people will have heard from the project and the travelers will be waiting for the friendly greeting fromt he windows of their train.

Franz Josef was co-responsible for one of the biggest tunnel construction projects of the 19th century, the Arlberg railroad tunnel with more than 14 kilometer in length. Hence, it made sense to pick his image for an art project playfully celebrating the anniversary. On a deeper level, the project plays with old Austrian sentiments: as a nation that is still proud of its history, the great Empire, yet knowing, that it's grandness has become part of the past. The brief flare-up of "history", i.e. an image from the past as it is presented by the light box installation makes up exerience a ride on a ghost train in a luna park: aiming to say, history is something that flashes us from the past.
What is the celebration of an anniversary turns hereby into an artistic intervention with a pinch of humor: with kind regards fromt the late emperor.

Concept: Richard Jochum
Emperor Franz Josef: Lucien Samaha

More information: http://arlbergbahn.blogspot.com

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Holy Cow

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:16:00 -0400

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Atlas

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:06:00 -0500

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Richard Jochum, 2008. Loop. Austrian Alps.

Atlas is the Greek God and Titan who led the rebellion against Zeus for which he was condemned to bear the heavens upon his shoulders. The story has it that he became the personification of endurance. The short video picks up on the ancient legend and continues a series of trials, tribulations, and enactments by the Austrian sculptor and media artist Richard Jochum. The artist is digging his way through the territory of Greek mythology. Atlas has been performed on the summit of the Austrian Alps in August 2008 among other locations. The photograph shown serves as placeholder for the video loop. Atlas is the sequel to "Sisyphus on Vacation" which was performed 2006 and shown in 2007

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Pawel Wojtasik

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500

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Aphrodite Desiree Navab

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Jochum) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:59:00 -0500

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