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Cross-Side Crystal Hybrid Orbital

HVW8 Gallery Berlin is pleased to present cross-side crystal; hybrid orbital, a group exhibition curated by Irene Carbonari exploring experimental forces around the idea of the ‘hybrid’. Bringing together the works of eleven contemporary artists from Germany, France, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Russia, the show evokes notions of merging the human, the machine, and the natural organism. The varied presence of hybrid forms in the works are embedded within the complexities and nuances of lived experiences, creating visual odes to the eternal mutability of expression.

In cross-side crystal; hybrid orbital, the works straddle multiple states or slip away from direct categorization, and are characterized by the merging of mediums, including digital, light and sculptural installations, paintings, ceramics, and augmented reality. The works reveal the destruction and reckoning to come from the rise and proliferation of networks and connections within our material world, and the human drive for production and so-called progress.

Text by Miriam Wierzchoslawka

PLEASE VISIT EXHIBITON PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION

View full Exhibition on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/show/hvw8-art-plus-design-gallery-cross-side-crystal-hybrid-orbital

Reserve online to visit the Exhibition in person: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/cross-side-crystal-hybrid-orbital-tickets-138480339423  (Max 2 persons per 30 minute time slot)

Keith Forever

Skateboarding legend and streetwear pioneer Keith Hufnagel passed away at age 46 this year following a battle with brain cancer. To pay tribute to the HUF Worldwide founder, who helped pave the way for sneaker and streetwear culture in the early 2000s, his brand has launched an exhibition in Los Angeles.

Entitled HUF FOREVER, the exhibition is available for public viewing at the HVW8 Gallery from Saturday, Oct. 31 until Nov. 8. Open 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. to the public daily with COVID-19 precautions in place, the showcases features photography from Ari Marcopolous, Giovanni Reda, Tobin Yelland, Atiba Jefferson, and more. There’s also a tribute video on display by RB Umali, and a mural from Remio.

HUF will also release a t-shirt paying tribute to the late skate icon. Designed by Cali Dewitt and James Rockin, the shirt will be available at the brand’s Los Angeles store and the online shop. All proceeds from the t-shirt, which retails for $40, will go towards the non-profit Phase One Foundation, which support cutting edge cancer research.

“Keith Hufnagel paved the way for all of us,” the brand added. “As a respect professional skateboarder, shop owner, brand founder, footwear and apparel designer, creative director, and industry leader. He showed us how to do it, and how to do it right. Keith’s legacy will continue to live on at HUF. Today, tomorrow, and forever.

LIVE from Berlin Saturday 19. 09

5th edition of our monthly broadcast with @hotelradioparis this Saturday. Live from the @hvw8gallery Berlin 📡📡📡

Featuring @dis_fig @raykandinski @maryisonacid @auco_co @peter_booran

@marlonbeatt @tstrickland716 @selecta_k7 @saucepapi.trunkz and

@nicoadomako B2B @kanucia

lock in via Hotelradioparis.com

Artwork by @flohettenbach

Listen to previous recordings here!

ARTV EPISODE 2 LIVESTREAM with NIKKOLOS MOHAMMED

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Friday September 18th from 8 – 10pm PST on HVW8.com (Private event not open to public.)

Programming for the Public Access exhibition continues with livestream Episode 2 of ARTV, featuring a night with artist Nikkolos Mohammed and exploration of the hidden social ideas of sport and its relationship to politics and religion. Delving into topics such as the juxtaposition of sport uniforms to religious attire and sport teams to socialist beliefs, Mohammed is accompanied by Burning Benjamins and Lowkey Hope to create an experience around the concept of “Artist as Athlete”. Visual and sound installations are used to help viewers explore breaking the division of Artist and Athlete. Episode 2 also includes a Q&A with Roy Rollins and music performances by Snowsa and Deadbrains, and animation from Electric Circus.

 

ARTV is a community broadcasting platform generating content and funding for and by artists, local community leaders, and grass roots organizations.

Artist Run TV, Episode 1

ARTV Episode 1: Public Access

Livestreamed from HVW8 Gallery Hollywood, August 28, 2020 HVW8 Gallery presents Public Access, an exhibition made for and influenced by the COVID era.

Combining elements of fine art, music and technology, the exhibition is accessible via ARTV (Artist Run TV), a platform for Los Angeles based artists and activists to exhibit, engage and educate a global online community. The opening of the exhibition on August 28th was livestreamed on HVW8.com and showcases artwork from the exhibition, interviews with participating artists Senay Kenfe, Angela Nguyen, and Nikkolos Mohammed, DJ sets by Pubes, Zuri Adia, and Senay Kenfe as well as participation from independent local businesses such as Salon Benjamin. The exhibition and programming highlights urgent issues such as police reform and systemic inequities in education to criminal justice. A

RTV will livestream programming for Public Access throughout the run of the exhibition. For more information, please visit HVW8.com and @hvw8gallery. ARTV is a community broadcasting platform generating content and funding for and by artists, local community leaders, and grass roots organizations. Public Access features artists Laura Watters (@laurawatters), Adam Tullie (@adamtullie), Angela Nguyen (@pile_height), Nikkolos Mohammed (@honorablemohammed), Senay Kenfe (@senaykenfe), Jerry Hsu (@internetfamous) and Alex Cassaniti (@alexandracassaniti) with curation by Mattea Perrotta, Alberto Cuadros and Tyler Gibney.

Screen 2 Screen – Episode 10: Senay Kenfe

New #screen2screen interview with the great @senaykenfe …. Senay gives us his thoughts, perspective and understanding of what’s been going on, how we got here and what to expect. Thank you Senay … and music in episode courtesy of  @blvckspvdemusic

Senay Kenfe is a photographer, musician, writer and community organizer native to Long Beach, California. Over the last 15 years he’s collaborated with artists around the world as a member of local hip hop act The Natives, as well as worked on projects from documenting the graffiti scene in Brazil and Egypt to leading clean water filtration projects in Ethiopia.

More information at @senaykenfe

Hotel Einhundert at HVW8 Berlin

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We’re hosting @hotelradioparis for a day !
@100einhundert radio broadcast, live from our Berlin Gallery feat. @shes_drunk, @tuananh__, @moneyama, @duals1m b2b @23v1n, @run_p @selecta_k7, @c_h_e_n_y_i_n_n and the Einhundert Soundsystem (@kanucia, @low.vision and @nicoadomako)

Lock in via hotellradioParis.com (please note that the gallery won’t be open to the public) 📡
Artwork by @flohettenbach

Latest Screen 2 Screen Episodes

Episode 3: Navot Miller

Israeli American Visual Artist Navot Miller talking about sources of inspiration and daily routine in days of limited movement in his Artist Community Home—Berlin.

Artist links:

www.navotmiller.com

www.instagram.com/navotmiller

Artsy link: https://www.artsy.net/show/hvw8-art-plus-design-gallery-screen-2-screen-online-initiative

Episode 4: Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.

American painter based in East Los Angeles, discussing getting inspiration from his neighborhood, giving a tour of his home studio and current work, and perspectives on the virus’ impact on local immigrant communities and the artworld.

Artist links:

https://www.alfonsogonzalezjr.com/

Artsy link:

https://www.artsy.net/show/hvw8-art-plus-design-gallery-screen-2-screen-online-initiative

Episode 5: Jangate Wood

Jan is a self taught artist living and working in Los Angeles, CA. Meditating on the intersections of drawing, painting, and collage Jan uses his practice as a means to create a specific brand of dark comedy. The images that arise from his studio collide seemingly disparate sources to form works that simultaneously contain rejection and harmony.

@jangatewood

Screen 2 Screen – Episode 1: Tyler Gibney HVW8 Gallery

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HVW8 Gallery presents ‘Screen 2 Screen’, a weekly artist interview series featuring stay at home interviews and virtual studio visits.  By focusing on artists’ perspectives, insights and practices in these uncharted times, we see how a global community of artists are dealing with and creating during current lockdown and quarantine measures.

Episode 1: Tyler Gibney HVW8 Gallery

Featuring curator and artist Tyler Gibney (HVW8 Gallery) from Los Angeles in conversation with Alberto Cuadros, discussing outlook, setting up a home studio, and the impact of the quarantine on the art world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj4M4l_6lLk

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Happy Birthday Shaniqwa Jarvis!

Images from her current exhibition ‘Rituals’ with Raj Debah. Though the Los Angeles and Berlin galleries are currently closed, exhibition installation images and artist statements are still available to view online.

We’re also exploring ways to support our international community of artists through upcoming virtual exhibits, artist talks, studio visits and performances broadcast from our Los Angeles and Berlin spaces (as permitted by local order).

We feel now more than ever artists must come together in solidarity and support each other through these difficult times. Art is important as ever providing relief, reflection, insight, commentary and sometimes a distraction in these unprecedented circumstances. HVW8 Gallery is dedicated to continue to be a platform and vehicle for the international artist community.

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Stay Healthy and Strong.

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From Hollywood to Worldwide – Music from Brave New Views

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Intimate performace with  Shafiq Husayn, Jimetta Rose, Taz Arnold, Coultrain and Computer Jay.

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Black Party family affair,

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Diamondstein Metal Set.

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Live performance with Black Nile 

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Bae Bae DJ Set.

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Boom Bip all vinyl.

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Live Set with Ray Brady

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Podcast Recording with Kilo Kish.

From Hollywood to Worldwide. A few of the musicians that performed during this year’s ‘Brave New Views’ series.

Listen to complete series on NTS (or Search HVW8 on NTS.live), additional photos from the events can be viewed here.

There’s also a host of ‘Brave New Views‘ conversations with HVW8 Gallery’s Tyler Gibney now available for download. Hear discussions about art, music and exhibits with Kilo Kish, Lisa Leone, Eric Elms, Peter Beste, DJ Ross One, Calmatic and Steven Traylor.

Links to main providers below:

Spotify

Apple

Google Podcasts

 

BRAVE NEW VIEWS – MIAMI

Brave New Views Miami

Fri Dec 6th – Sun Dec 8th, 2019

After a year-long run at HVW8 Gallery in Los Angeles, Brave New Views takes on Miami with a pop-up gallery in the epicenter of Downtown Miami. The three day exhibition features artwork and installations from some of today’s leading contemporary artists at the intersection of music and art.

To kick things off on Thursday, December 5th, NTS, HVW8 and Up in Smoke will host an invite-only, late-night event at Woodside Club from 11pm – 5am with heavy hitters from the Alamo Records roster.

In addition to the artwork and installations, the Brave New Views pop up will host surprise DJ performances with a few special guests from the extended NTS family.

The Brave New Views Miami Exhibition features artists:

Calmatic
DJ Ross One
Charlie Ahearn
Eric Elms
Steven Traylor
Kilo Kish
Lisa Leone
Peter Beste

Exhibition Dates & Address
Opening: Thurs Dec 5th, 6 – 9pm

Exhibition Hours:
Fri Dec 6th – Sun Dec 8th, 1 – 7pm
78 E Flagler st, Miami, FL 33130

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KILO KISH ROBINSON – BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that I had

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BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that I had

Opening reception + performance

Friday Nov 15th, 7 – 10pm.
Exhibition runs Nov. 15th until Dec. 15th, 2019

RSVP at kilokishrsvp@hvw8.com

BLESSED ASSURANCE: a dream that i had is an exhibition examining the interactivity between the spiritual and creative. Kilo Kish explores the sacrificial nature of the artists’ path. Opening on November 15th, this show marks her second solo show at HVW8 Art + Design Gallery Los Angeles.

The show features a 3-channel film euphoric featuring artist interviews and the revelations that come from creative practice.

“When I started interviewing the artists, I was so inspired by their willingness to suffer for a calling they found pure. Their audacity made them saintly to me. I wanted to explore belief in one’s art and the way it relates to religious faith and spiritual calling. Creative practice almost becomes a religion. And I think, through it, you become closer to God.”

The show will feature an interactive “audio-visual room of the mind” where visitors become a part of the creative process.

The title of the show BLESSED ASSURANCE comes from a hymn. “This entire show came to me in a dream. I find it intriguing to create a physical space from a mindset and an openness that I feel so connected to as a driving force. I’m happy to explore the act of making as its very own reward. Its very own promise and certainty.”

There’s a sparkling sculptural altar that represents all creative vision, belief, and worth created through the work. “It is the embodiment of unattainable perfection. Creatives are constantly running towards a promised land that is somehow always out of reach.”

Kilo Kish / Kish Robinson is an American musician, visual artist, and designer living in Los Angeles.

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Mike Blabac – Family Portraits

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For Immediate release: 11.5.19

“There are a very small number of people that have been photographing skating consistently for as long as I have. I’m lucky that my skateboard and camera have allowed me to travel the world with my friends skating just like I did as a kid growing up in the Midwest. Skating is like a family – I’ve known all those guys in the film for most of my life.” – Mike Blabac

HVW8 Art and Design Gallery in Los Angeles will host a book release party November 8 for legendary skateboard photographer Mike Blabac’s “Family Portraits,” published as a limited edition with just 500 copies available.

The evening will also include the premiere of Jacob Rosenberg’s short film, “Mike Blabac – Family Portraits,” as well as a selection of some of Blabac’s most iconic photos on display.

Over the last quarter century, Blabac captured an archive of skateboarding history, including Danny Way’s backside 360 over the Great Wall of China and Josh Kalis’s Love Park tre flip over the can.

But this collection isn’t just about skating and people flying through the air. The real trick is how  Blabac’s work represents a group of kids who slowly changed the landscape of our culture while creating a family with ties that can’t be broken and the lessons they taught each other along the way.

With an accompanying short film by director and fellow skater Rosenberg, we are brought into an intimate world where everyone was welcomed as long as you had heart.

The viewer is treated to a depth of work only accessible through deep connection and trust.

After the one-two punch of the stunning portraits and the moving film, you will be moved by the intimacy and connection these artists share with you — even if you’ve never pushed off on a board.

Join us Friday, November 8th/ 7-10PM at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery in Los Angeles for Mike Blabac’s Family Portraits book release and film premiere directed by Jacob Rosenberg with live music by Ray Barbee.

Please RSVP to RSVP@hvw8.com

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Opening Friday Nov 1st – Manuel Osterholt (SUPERBLAST)

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Exhibition Opening
Friday, 1st of November 2019
6:00pm – 10:00pm
HVW8 Berlin – Linienstraße 161, 10115 Berlin

In bursts of neon paint, Osterholt configures symbolic odes to our human condition and mortality. Through his use of vivid and unnatural colors, elements of nature, the celestial and the otherworldly are transfigured into warning signs, as if illuminated by the prophetic glow from an explosion elsewhere. Like a heatwave in fall, the paintings whisper age-old fables in the flicker of pink-orange candle light: an ancient cycle of birth and destruction binds humanity and the natural world. Osterholt also presents a series of ceramic masks which reference both the traditions of ancient ceremony and ritual, and hiding in plain sight. These themes are unified in the glow of a lightbox installation, which features in the show as a symbolic gesture towards the tension between light and dark.

While these works possess Osterholt’s signature iconography, the artist embraces a looser mode of expression than his usually-refined graphic style. Painterly strokes and sketchiness signal a renewed urgency in his message, as well as a playfulness which refracts remembered summers of his youth among the olive trees in Greece. The lucid mythologies encoded in the works also instigate a dialogue with the viewer about sacred tales of morality. Framed by the title’s impossible endeavour of ‘measuring the sky’, Osterholt’s work brings into question the role of the ego in the imbalance between good and evil. Through the mirroring of forms such as raindrops and flames, a microcosm emerges for the stardust from which we came, and that to which we’ll return.

Text by Brit Seaton

Peter Beste – October 19th – Brave New Views

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HVW8 Gallery and NTS return with a new edition of Brave New Views this October, featuring an exhibition by photographer Peter Beste – ‘Defenders of the Faith’ – exploring the subcultural phenomenon of heavy metal fandom. The event will be accompanied by some suitably heavy DJ sets from Nuge, NTS resident Diamondstein and B2B set from Josh Anzano and Angry Andy. Free with RSVP: stop by HVW8 Los Angeles on Saturday 19th October from 7-10pm PST.

🗯 Photographer Peter Beste has been documenting subcultures for over 20 years. His fourth book, also titled Defenders of the Faith, is a photographic treatment of traditional heavy metal culture and dress code – distilled through fervor and time to an almost sacred object – the battle vest. Often referred to as a Kutten (German for monk’s robe), the vest has become a practice of identity. In Beste’s own words, “for many, it shows how “true” one is by how authentic their patches are, which festivals they have attended, or which bands you got to see way back when. It is an object that gains in value as it deteriorates, and is pretty much never bought or sold. You have to create your own.”

🔊 Don “The Nuge” Nguyen is a pro-skater for Baker Skateboards and played bass in Oklahoma garage band American Ruse.

🔊 Diamondstein is an NTS resident host best known for experimental, drone heavy electronic mixes, here showcasing his metal collection for Brave New Views.

🔊 Josh Anzano B2B Angry Andy – two local heavy metal scholars go head to head.

Produced with support from adidas Originals. RSVP below:

https://www.nts.live/events/nts-hvw8-brave-new-views-october-2019

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