EXHIBITIONS | HOLLYWOOD

Thunder in Our Hearts

A group show focusing on tiny works with large impact, small gestures, intimacy, coldness, and brief connections

On view: January 30- February 28, 2016
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 30, 2016, 6 – 9pm
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Robert AndradePortrait, 2015, mirror tinted plexiglass, inkjet print, 5 x 5 x 3 inches

Curated by Ginger Shulick Porcella

Participating artists: Robert Andrade, Banrei, Brian Benfer, Cindy Santos Bravo, Einar & Jamex de la Torre, Don Edler, Dave Ghilarducci, Brian Goeltzenleuchter, Marina Grize, Gordon Holden, Debby & Larry Kline, Davin Kyle Knight, Alex Kohnke, Angele Lebert, Nicholas Lesley, Omar Lopex, Justin Manor, Carolina Montejo, Margaret Noble, Sean Noyce, Don Porcella, Jason Sherry, Ali Silverstein, Suzanne Thorpe, Katya Usvitsky, and Perry Vasquez.

Noysky Projects presents Thunder in our Hearts — a multimedia exhibition organized by San Diego-based curator and museum director Ginger Shulick Porcella that is comprised by the work of 25 artists who reside primarily in Southern California/Baja.

Thunder in Our Hearts is a small-works show featuring the work of Southern California artists working at the intersection of sound, video, performance, and installation. Taking its title from Running up that Hill by Kate Bush, the exhibition focuses on tiny works with large impact, small gestures, intimacy, coldness, brief connections, lights, flickers, and tones.


About the curator

Ginger Shulick Porcella  is formerly the Executive Director for the San Diego Art Institute, the only contemporary art museum in Balboa Park, dedicated to the work of artists living in Southern California/Baja. Porcella is a Curator with Artist Pension Trust (APT Global) and has curated exhibitions for galleries and museums across the U.S. including: “LUMEN”, an international video and performance art festival (Founder and Head Curator 2010 and 2011); “Ivory Tower”, a video exhibition concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach 2011; “The Typhoon Continues and So Do You” at Flux Factory; “The Sixth Sense and Other Myths” at NYC Industries for the Blind; the criticallyacclaimed “Future/Past” at REVERSE Gallery in NYC; and most recently “Beyond Limits: Postglobal Mediations” and “Women’s Work: Masculinity and Gender in Contemporary Fiber Art” at the San Diego Art Institute. Porcella’s exhibitions have been positively reviewed in The New York Times and USA Today, and her  work has been featured in Hyperallergic, creem magazine, The L.A. Times, and Modern Painters.


Exhibition Images

Ali Silverstein: Untitled, 2015, 14 x 17 inches
Jake Harper: Cholalcho by Banrei, 2016, car upholstery, stereo speakers, LED, 30’ audio file on loop, playback device, 8 x 6 x 18 inches
Nicholas Lesley: Poor Translation, 2016, 2:30 min, three-channel color video and stereo sound oriented vertically
Marina Grize: Everything is Sacred, 2015, wood, LED, 24 x 3.5 inches
Debby and Larry Kline: Pumping Soy, 2012, video still from My Dinner with The Klines, digital video, dimensions variable
Perry Vasquez: The Subprime Object of Ideology, 2016, paperbacks, poo-dough, 8 x 5¼ x 3½ inches
Gordon Holden: YBPG, 2015, mixed media, 16 x 20 inches
Alex Kohnke: A doe, a deer, a fe…, no. AAAAAA, BBBBBB, CCCCCCCC, DDDDDDDDDDD, EEEEEEE, FFFFFF, GGGGGGGG, HHHHHHHHH, IIIIIIIIIII, KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK, LLLLLLLLLL, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, NNNNNNNN, OOOOOOOOO, PPPPPPPPPP, QQQQQQQQ, UUUUUUUU, RRRRRRRRRR, SSS, TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT, VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV, ah… XXX, YYYYY, XXX, YYY, xylophone, YYY, ZZZZZZZZZ, 2013, alphabet, video, plywood, acrylic, 13¼ x 11¾ x 2¾ inches
Einar & Jamex de la Torre: Relampago (lightning), 2012, archival print, resin castings, mix media, 17 x 13 x 3½ inches
Sean Noyce: Rust Belt, 2013, custom software, tablet, processor, 5 x 8 inches
Don Porcella: The Evolution of Celestial Bodies, 2015, encaustic on wood, 7.5 x 7.5 x 3 inches
Brian Goeltzenleuchter: My Angst, 2016, graphite on paper, bent and secured with pins, 5½ x 11 x 1¾ inches
Davin Kyle Knight: Glider, 2016, photo mixed media, 12 x 12 inches
Brian Benfer: untitled (snp-17), 2016, mixed media, 2.5 x 5 inches
Katya Usvitsky: Untitled, 2015, nylon, fiberfill, nail, wood, 5.5 x 5.5 x 8 inches
Angele Lebert: Angele in 8 Fucking Little Pieces, 2015, polaroids, 4½ x 3½ inches
Carolina Montejo: Landscape 1, part of the series from 2014 called Technical Recreation, Epson archival paper, 9 x 9 inches
Cindy Santos Bravo: Access Lullaby, 2015, video
Don Edler: Primitive Shapes, 2016, crayola crayons, acrylic, plaster, wood, 12 x 12 x 2½ inches
Jason Sherry: Totem III: The Return of Glue All, 2014, Castings of Dissolved VHS Cassettes 12 Copies of Blair Witch Project, 3 Copies Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, 1 Copy The First Power, 1 Copy Cocoon: The Return, and enamel
Justin Manor: Cascade, 2016, LEDs, acrylic, electronics, code, 12 x 12 x 12 inches
Margaret Noble: Homemade Time Machine, 2016, mixed media sound sculpture, 13 x 17 x 10 inches
Omar Lopex: Untitled, 2016, Polaroids, 4½ x 3½ inches