Greatest Love of All OPENS OCT 14th!
Greatest Love of All:
An Impromptu Collective
With Angela Beallor, Kerry Downey, & Niknaz Tavakolian
October 14, 2011 from 7-9 pm
Holiday Inn Skyline Suite, 17th Fl.
39-05 29th St
(at 39th Ave, same block as Flux Factory)
Long Island City, NY 11101
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Greatest Love of All Project harnesses the inspirational pop song, Greatest Love of All, as a meditative prompt for impromptu queer collectivity. The song was originally written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed for the film The Greatest, made famous by soul icon, George Benson, but most notably performed by pop star, Whitney Houston. It has a complicated history, an ironic present, and, as with anything, an uncertain future. The lyrics lay out hope to and for the future barring shadows, and embracing self love. Parallels emerge within queer experience, both tragic and inspirational. This project uses the song as a site, i.e. as a space where an event/activity is occurring (or has occurred). In this regard, it occupies several types of time simultaneously. We are using these spaces to address issues around American identity, community, and collectivity and how histories are uplifted, distorted, hidden or erased. This performative event is a site-specific engagement with the song’s layered histories, using the liminal space of a hotel suite to engage with the contradictions between the song’s harmonies and its cultural discords.
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An Impromptu Collective
With Angela Beallor, Kerry Downey, & Niknaz Tavakolian
October 14, 2011 from 7-9 pm
Holiday Inn Skyline Suite, 17th Fl.
39-05 29th St
(at 39th Ave, same block as Flux Factory)
Long Island City, NY 11101
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Greatest Love of All Project harnesses the inspirational pop song, Greatest Love of All, as a meditative prompt for impromptu queer collectivity. The song was originally written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed for the film The Greatest, made famous by soul icon, George Benson, but most notably performed by pop star, Whitney Houston. It has a complicated history, an ironic present, and, as with anything, an uncertain future. The lyrics lay out hope to and for the future barring shadows, and embracing self love. Parallels emerge within queer experience, both tragic and inspirational. This project uses the song as a site, i.e. as a space where an event/activity is occurring (or has occurred). In this regard, it occupies several types of time simultaneously. We are using these spaces to address issues around American identity, community, and collectivity and how histories are uplifted, distorted, hidden or erased. This performative event is a site-specific engagement with the song’s layered histories, using the liminal space of a hotel suite to engage with the contradictions between the song’s harmonies and its cultural discords.
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In this Hello America
Double Session
May 1st - May 22nd
http://doublesession.net
With Douglas Paulson, Christopher Robbins, Ward Shelley, the Rancout/Yatsuk team, Chris Domenick, and lots of Bard students/local peoples
We are re-imagining the cultural space created by Sasson Soffer’s public art sculpture Hello America (1980), and transforming it into an inhabitable headquarters for collaborative projects: In This Hello America. I'll be making some new video works as well.
There'll be a very full schedule of projects, interventions, events, meetings, and discussions going on, which will soon be visible here: http://doublesession.net and here: http://inthishello.tumblr.com/
This project is part of Natasha Llorens' ambitious Double Session show at Bard CCS, which opens on May 1st.
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May 1st - May 22nd
http://doublesession.net
With Douglas Paulson, Christopher Robbins, Ward Shelley, the Rancout/Yatsuk team, Chris Domenick, and lots of Bard students/local peoples
We are re-imagining the cultural space created by Sasson Soffer’s public art sculpture Hello America (1980), and transforming it into an inhabitable headquarters for collaborative projects: In This Hello America. I'll be making some new video works as well.
There'll be a very full schedule of projects, interventions, events, meetings, and discussions going on, which will soon be visible here: http://doublesession.net and here: http://inthishello.tumblr.com/
This project is part of Natasha Llorens' ambitious Double Session show at Bard CCS, which opens on May 1st.
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OPENING APRIL 1st!
Art & Lies
Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY
April 1-14, 2011
Opening Party: April 1, 6PM – 9PM
The group show features installations, photography, sculpture, video, and collage by six artists:Ryan Frank, R. Justin Stewart, Danielle Durchslag, Sam Vernon, Morgan R. Levy, and Kerry Downey.
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recent shows
THESE THINGS are a-happenin
Action Club and Build-It-Green present
ALL TOGETHER NOW!
May 1st at 5pm sharp at Build It Green
Join us in recording, performing and celebrating a one song album
http://www.action-club.org/
Great Fallings: Kerry Downey, Ellie Irons, Lori Merhige, Claudia Peña Salinas
May 15-June 13, Fabricolor Bldg, Paterson, New Jersey
Opening: Saturday May 15, 3–9 pm
http://www.greatfallings.com/
You Can Have It All
Kerry Downey and Jeremy Willis
May 20th-June 19th
Opening: Thurs, May 20th 6-8 pm
Spattered Columns
451 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10012
646.546.5334
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Action Club and Build-It-Green present
ALL TOGETHER NOW!
May 1st at 5pm sharp at Build It Green
Join us in recording, performing and celebrating a one song album
http://www.action-club.org/
Great Fallings: Kerry Downey, Ellie Irons, Lori Merhige, Claudia Peña Salinas
May 15-June 13, Fabricolor Bldg, Paterson, New Jersey
Opening: Saturday May 15, 3–9 pm
http://www.greatfallings.com/
You Can Have It All
Kerry Downey and Jeremy Willis
May 20th-June 19th
Opening: Thurs, May 20th 6-8 pm
Spattered Columns
451 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10012
646.546.5334
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Seven Easy Steps: Scientific Discoveries
Curated By Amanda Schmitt
Horton Gallery
504 West 22nd Street
Chelsea
March 29 - March 29, 2010
Opening: Monday, March 29, 7 - 8:30 PM
http://hortongallery.com/exhibition/72
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Curated By Amanda Schmitt
Horton Gallery
504 West 22nd Street
Chelsea
March 29 - March 29, 2010
Opening: Monday, March 29, 7 - 8:30 PM
http://hortongallery.com/exhibition/72
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Ecstatic
Me and my buddies of Action Club (http://www.action-club.org/) have some Build It Green bling installed in a room in this old convent.
For Immediate Release:
The Round Robin Collective presents:
ECSTATIC
March 13 – April 4, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, March 12, 7-9 pm
The former convent of St. Cecilia’s Parish
21 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY
roundrobinbrooklyn.blogspot.com
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For Immediate Release:
The Round Robin Collective presents:
ECSTATIC
March 13 – April 4, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, March 12, 7-9 pm
The former convent of St. Cecilia’s Parish
21 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY
roundrobinbrooklyn.blogspot.com
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The Man I Wish I Was @ A.I.R. Gallery
Recent Show
A.I.R. Gallery
The Man I Wish I Was
Curator:
Kharis Kennedy, Independent Curator and Artist
Jurors:
Lauren Ross, Curator and Director of Arts Programs, Friends of the High Line
Kat Griefen, Director, A.I.R. Gallery
Kharis Kennedy, Independent Curator and Artist
Exhibition Dates: January 6 – January 31, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 7, 2010 from 6-8pm
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A.I.R. Gallery
The Man I Wish I Was
Curator:
Kharis Kennedy, Independent Curator and Artist
Jurors:
Lauren Ross, Curator and Director of Arts Programs, Friends of the High Line
Kat Griefen, Director, A.I.R. Gallery
Kharis Kennedy, Independent Curator and Artist
Exhibition Dates: January 6 – January 31, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 7, 2010 from 6-8pm
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Play With Fire Festival
http://playwithfirefestival.wordpress.com/
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Show in Saskatchewan: One After Another
Curated by Chen Tamir
GO TO LINKS TO SEE SHOW
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GO TO LINKS TO SEE SHOW
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Kerry was on tv!
My thesis show was on Mtv2
I was a highlighted artist as part of indie NYC
View clips by clicking on my LINKS
I was a highlighted artist as part of indie NYC
View clips by clicking on my LINKS
