ABOUT
JOEY RYKEN
I make drawing, which becomes installation, which becomes a site of performance, which becomes a photograph, which becomes film and again drawing. My drawings are small and meticulous; the objects and performances are designed with measured and purposeful indulgence; both the films I make and installations I build seek to find a path along and between the parameters ascribed to media, and to consolidate a maelstrom of ideas into a functional lexicon. This involves improvisation; transforming the status and presumed value of both mundane and crafted objects, and their subsequent recombination into an oblique iconography.
My work is based on an attempt to connect personal anecdote, occult ritual/symbology, and references to both popular culture and sub-cultures, dismantling them through shambolic mimicry. I am interested in degeneracy as an affect of avant gardism as a concept, historically and politically with parallels and connections to secret societies and occult history.
The work is in a constant state of revision, existing in a feedback loop which archives the variant media and processes of the research, making and documentation. It goes on to represents itself holistically as an installational archive, creating original narrative connections with each reconfiguration.
Date of Birth: 02 September, 1976
Place of Birth: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Education:
2009 - BA (Hons), First Class Honours, Central St Martins College of Art and Design
1997-1999 Fine Art, Cabrillo College, Aptos California
1995-1997 Fine Art and Film, College of Marin
Exhibition Record:
Nov 2009 - An Afternoon of Assemblage, Tea and Madeleines: Live Mash-Ups, DYI Sculpture, Screenings and Experimental Biological Modelings, Programmed by Chloe Vaitsou, Guest Projects, London
Nov 2008 - Awopbopaloobop, group exhibition, Transition Gallery, London, UK
May 2008 - Jazztime; group exhibition, curated at Central St Martins, London, UK
March 2004 - Loveliness Amongst the Scutwork, group exhibition at Basement Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Performance Record:
2005 - DJ Brainz and Co Electric Medicine Show; weekly psychedelic rock / cult movie showcase at Star Shoes, Los Angeles, USA
2003-2005 - Dede Lazer; Improvisational psych-rock collective. Los Angeles, USA
2001-2002 - Hobbyhorse; Sonic Arts Performance Series at 911 Mission, Santa Cruz, USA. Conducted a performance of John Zorn’s COBRA with members of Estradasphere; played in Ziensgholt Schneider and the Angry Neighbor, and as DJ Brainz. Some showcased bands: Thrones (member of Melvins), Rubber O Cement (members of Caroliner Rainbow), Gorge Trio (members of Deerhoof and The Flying Luttenbachers), Sweaty Vibrant (members of !!!), Lowdown (members of Comets on Fire).
2001 - Santa Cruz Public Access Television; DJ Brainz with saxophonist
John Whooley. Santa Cruz, USA
2001 - Bakersfield; invention of classic rock band within one week, culminating in a performance with Rumah Sakit at Saturn Café, Santa Cruz, USA
2000 - COBRA; performance of John Zorns COBRA game piece, Prompted by William Winant, including Fred Frith and Chris Brown. University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
1998-1999 - Zoron the Magnificent; solo noise-guitar “super-hero” persona. San Francisco / Santa Cruz, USA
Other Projects:
2007-Present - Time Bear; ongoing sonic art/conceptual band project. London, UK.
www.myspace.com/timebearband
Web:
www.thejoeyryken.com
joeyryken.blogspot.com
I make drawing, which becomes installation, which becomes a site of performance, which becomes a photograph, which becomes film and again drawing. My drawings are small and meticulous; the objects and performances are designed with measured and purposeful indulgence; both the films I make and installations I build seek to find a path along and between the parameters ascribed to media, and to consolidate a maelstrom of ideas into a functional lexicon. This involves improvisation; transforming the status and presumed value of both mundane and crafted objects, and their subsequent recombination into an oblique iconography.
My work is based on an attempt to connect personal anecdote, occult ritual/symbology, and references to both popular culture and sub-cultures, dismantling them through shambolic mimicry. I am interested in degeneracy as an affect of avant gardism as a concept, historically and politically with parallels and connections to secret societies and occult history.
The work is in a constant state of revision, existing in a feedback loop which archives the variant media and processes of the research, making and documentation. It goes on to represents itself holistically as an installational archive, creating original narrative connections with each reconfiguration.
Date of Birth: 02 September, 1976
Place of Birth: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Education:
2009 - BA (Hons), First Class Honours, Central St Martins College of Art and Design
1997-1999 Fine Art, Cabrillo College, Aptos California
1995-1997 Fine Art and Film, College of Marin
Exhibition Record:
Nov 2009 - An Afternoon of Assemblage, Tea and Madeleines: Live Mash-Ups, DYI Sculpture, Screenings and Experimental Biological Modelings, Programmed by Chloe Vaitsou, Guest Projects, London
Nov 2008 - Awopbopaloobop, group exhibition, Transition Gallery, London, UK
May 2008 - Jazztime; group exhibition, curated at Central St Martins, London, UK
March 2004 - Loveliness Amongst the Scutwork, group exhibition at Basement Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Performance Record:
2005 - DJ Brainz and Co Electric Medicine Show; weekly psychedelic rock / cult movie showcase at Star Shoes, Los Angeles, USA
2003-2005 - Dede Lazer; Improvisational psych-rock collective. Los Angeles, USA
2001-2002 - Hobbyhorse; Sonic Arts Performance Series at 911 Mission, Santa Cruz, USA. Conducted a performance of John Zorn’s COBRA with members of Estradasphere; played in Ziensgholt Schneider and the Angry Neighbor, and as DJ Brainz. Some showcased bands: Thrones (member of Melvins), Rubber O Cement (members of Caroliner Rainbow), Gorge Trio (members of Deerhoof and The Flying Luttenbachers), Sweaty Vibrant (members of !!!), Lowdown (members of Comets on Fire).
2001 - Santa Cruz Public Access Television; DJ Brainz with saxophonist
John Whooley. Santa Cruz, USA
2001 - Bakersfield; invention of classic rock band within one week, culminating in a performance with Rumah Sakit at Saturn Café, Santa Cruz, USA
2000 - COBRA; performance of John Zorns COBRA game piece, Prompted by William Winant, including Fred Frith and Chris Brown. University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
1998-1999 - Zoron the Magnificent; solo noise-guitar “super-hero” persona. San Francisco / Santa Cruz, USA
Other Projects:
2007-Present - Time Bear; ongoing sonic art/conceptual band project. London, UK.
www.myspace.com/timebearband
Web:
www.thejoeyryken.com
joeyryken.blogspot.com