Brandon Bauer

Art as ethical inquiry.

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  • Transmission Live on 88.9-FM in Chicago

    My sound art piece Transmission: Hectic Mix will be looped and broadcast on 88.9-FM in Chicago from 12:00am until 11:59pm Tomorrow December 31st, 2015. The piece was originally created in 1999 and conceived for a pirate radio broadcast on the eve of the year 2000. The work is a collage of radio broadcasts, analog media…

    randomculture

    December 30, 2015
    Exhibitions and Events, Projects, Sound Art
    Chicago, Live Braodcast, pirate radio, Radius, sound art, Transmission: Hectic Mix
  • Never More! Hiroshima-Fukushima

    My video AN602: Tsar Bomba was selected to be a part of the “Never More! – Hiroshima-Fukushima” video art collection through the CTF – Collective Trauma Film Collections. CTF was Founded in 2012, to collect and present work by artists and filmmakers dealing with topics of collective trauma, and who are using new technologies and…

    randomculture

    December 20, 2015
    Contemporary Art, Contributions, Exhibitions and Events, Political Art, Presentations, Projects, Video
    Collective Trauma Film Collections, Contemporary Art, Never More! Hiroshima-Fukushima, Political Art, screenings, video art
  • Transmission on Radius

    My sound art piece Transmission: Hectic Mix is featured as the current episode of Radius. The piece will be looped and broadcast on 88.9-FM in Chicago from 12:00am until 11:59pm Thursday December 31st, 2015. The sound collage was originally created in 1999 and conceived for a pirate radio broadcast on the eve of the year…

    randomculture

    December 3, 2015
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Projects, Sound Art
    apocalyptic discourse, Chicago, hope and resistance, radio broadcast, Radius, sound art, Transmission: Hectic Mix
  • Bring The War Home on WLUK News

    WLUK News Link: St. Norbert students recreate anti-war image My ART 380 Contemporary Photographic Strategies course at St. Norbert College is restaging an archival photograph of a Vietnam War protest on the SNC campus from 1969 in front of Main Hall. The course is exploring the idea of photographic reenactments of historic photographs as a…

    randomculture

    November 18, 2015
    Collaborations, Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Projects, Teaching
    archival materials, Bring The War Home, Bush Art Center Galleries, Fox 11 News Green Bay, Photography, St. Norbert College, Teaching Art, Vietnam War
  • Composition and Community

    Here is video documentation from a Teaching & Learning workshop at St. Norbert College in which I presented about my Writing Intensive course redesign for an art history course titled: ART205- Art, Technology, and Society. Also featured in the presentation are: Drew Scheler, a professor of English and the Director of the Writing Across the…

    randomculture

    November 16, 2015
    Contributions, Presentations, Teaching
    Art History, Composition and Community, Documentation, Office of Faculty Development, St. Norbert College, Teaching & Learning Workshop, Writing Intensive Course
  • BATHAS TV on the Internet: Episodes 6 – 10

    BATHAS Internationale was an art collective platform founded in 2007. The project explored anonymity in cultural production, collective authorship and identity, as well as the creative misuse of previously authored production. Various BATHAS projects included the production of a public access television show, video art, installation art, interventionist art in the public sphere, sound art,…

    randomculture

    October 12, 2015
    Collaborations, Contemporary Art, Projects, Video
    art collective, Bathas Internationale, BATHAS TV, MATA Community Media, Milwaukee, Public Access TV, TV on the Internet, video art
  • Urban Agriculture Poster in Climate Prints!

    My Urban Agriculture poster is now available for download through Climate Prints! As they say about the site: “Climate Prints is a web-based platform for artists, designers, and organizers who seek creative methods to participate in the Climate Justice Movement. It is a curated site to download hi-resolution graphics under a host of categories that…

    randomculture

    September 22, 2015
    Political Art, Projects, Publication
    art and ecology, Climate Crisis, Climate Prints, poster art, Urban Agriculture
  • Two Exhibitions.

    My work will be featured in two current exhibitions – Social In/Justice at Lawrence University & Motion 15 at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. About the Exhibitions: Social In/Justice Leech Gallery, Wriston Art Center, Lawrence University 711 E. Boldt Way, Appleton, WI 54911 September 18th – November 25th. This exhibition features the print…

    randomculture

    September 16, 2015
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events
    Art Exhibitions, Contemporary Art, Fredrick Layton Gallery, Lawrence University, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Motion 15, print portfolio, Social IN/JUSTICE, video art, Wriston Art Center
  • Dorothy Day & Diego Rivera in the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding

    My photo set ‘Dorothy Day & Diego Rivera’ is now hanging in the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding at St. Norbert College. The photo set is a series of archival documents photographed from the Dorothy Day – Catholic Worker collection housed in the Raynor Memorial Libraries at Marquette University, and the…

    randomculture

    September 15, 2015
    Contemporary Art, Projects
    Catholic Worker, Diego Rivera, Dorothy Day, Marquette University, Norman Miller Center for Peace Justice & Public Understanding, St. Norbert College
  • WGXC Radio streams ‘If a song could be freedom’ mixtapes!

    Sep 12, 2015: 8pm – Sep 13, 2015: 5:30 am Saturday Night Special: If a song could be freedom… Organized Sounds of Resistance Tune in at 90.7-FM if you’re in the broadcast range or go to wgxc.org Wave Farm’s WGXC-FM is please to present a special durational broadcast of ‘If a song could be freedom……

    randomculture

    September 12, 2015
    Exhibitions and Events, Projects, Publication
    Brandon Bauer, Dan S. Wang, Felipe Mujica & Johanna Unzueta, Ganzeer, If a song could be freedom…Organized Sounds of Resistance, Interference Archive, Mixtapes, Phil Andrews, Political Music, radio, Regine Basha, Skot! Oh, subMedia.tv, Tom Roe, Wave Farm, Xaviera Simmons
  • Protest and Survive Mixtape!

    I contributed a punk mix relating to the nuclear abolition movement in the 1980s to the Interference Archive ‘If A Song Could Be Freedom’ mixtape series. The mixtape series has been released online concurrent with the exhibition ‘If a song could be freedom…Organized Sounds of Resistance‘on view from June 25 – September 6, 2015. The…

    randomculture

    September 2, 2015
    Contributions, Publication, Punk
    Euromissiles Crisis, If a song could be freedom…Organized Sounds of Resistance, Interference Archive, mixtape, Nuclear Abolition Movement, Protest and Survive, Punk Rock
  • BATHAS TV on the Internet: Episodes 1 – 5

    BATHAS Internationale was an art collective platform founded in 2007. The project explored anonymity in cultural production, collective authorship and identity, as well as the creative misuse of previously authored production. Various BATHAS projects included the production of a public access television show, video art, installation art, interventionist art in the public sphere, sound art,…

    randomculture

    August 20, 2015
    Collaborations, Contemporary Art, Projects, Video
    art collective, Bathas Internationale, BATHAS TV, MATA Community Media, Milwaukee, Public Access TV, TV on the Internet, video art
  • Drain – Athleticism (Vol. 12:1)

    My work Endgame Strategy (For Vince Lombardi) has been included in the latest issue of Drain, a refereed on-line journal published biannually that seeks to promote a lively and well-informed debate around theory and praxis in arts and culture. Links Drain Journal: Drain – Athleticism (Vol. 12:1) Art Project: Endgame Strategy (For Vince Lombardi)

    randomculture

    July 28, 2015
    Contemporary Art, Projects, Publication, Releases, Video
    art ontology, art publication, Athleticism, Contemporary Art, Drain Journal, Endgame Strategy (For Vince Lombardi), Ice Bowl, refereed journal, video art
  • Gallery Artists Group Show At Frank Juarez Gallery

    randomculture

    July 24, 2015
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events
    art exhibition, Contemporary Art, Dale Knaak, Frank Juarez Gallery, Melissa Dorn Richards, Tony Conrad, William Zuback, Wisconsin Art
  • Gerald Holtom Poster

    I made this poster about Gerald Holtom for a project in 2013, but ended up not using it. I just found it again and thought I would post it here. Gerald Holtom was a British artist and conscientious objector. He designed a nuclear disarmament logo for the first Aldermaston March, organised by the Direct Action…

    randomculture

    July 18, 2015
    Lost and Found, Political Art, Projects, Releases
    Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, CND, Gerald Holtom, Peace Sign, poster
  • The Colors I Cannot Explain at HCC

    Brandon Bauer – The Colors I Cannot Explain / April 9th – May 3rd The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery – Howard Community College Opening Reception: April 23rd, 5:30-7:00pm Gallery Hours: Monday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Information Here. Howard Community College 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia, Maryland 21044

    randomculture

    March 28, 2015
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Projects
    1000 Suns, Contemporary Art, Critical History, history of nuclear weapons, Howard Community College, photo archive, The Colors I Cannot Explain, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Video Installation
  • Array [] Project

    I have had my work peer reviewed and included in the newly formed and developing ARRAY [] Project! ARRAY [] is an evolving peer reviewed online textbook platform for digital art and design foundations. It is described as a “repository of entryways into new media craft, processes, materials, cultures, and contexts”. The project was created…

    randomculture

    March 2, 2015
    Projects, Publication
    Array [], Art and Design Foundations, Digital Art, Digital Video projects, Teaching digital art, To Open To Collect To Expand To Continue
  • SNC Art Faculty Exhibition (2015)

    • Reviewd in the SNC Times – Bush Art Center: Art Faculty Exhibition • Reviewed in the Scene – Discover What Art Can Do St. Norbert College Art Faculty Exhibition • Reviewed in The Rainbow Hub – Ceramic Tapestry and Curated Stacking: The St. Norbert College Art Faculty Exhibition For more images visit the St.…

    randomculture

    February 27, 2015
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events
    Art Department, Art Exhibitions, Art in Wisconsin, Art Reviews, Contemporary Art, De Pere, St. Norbert College, St. Norbert Times, The Rainbow Hub
  • The Colors I Cannot Explain in the UW Oshkosh Student Newspaper

    “The Colors I Cannot Explain” intrigues students (reprinted from the Advance-Titan UW Oshkosh Student Newspaper) Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:33 pm Photo credit: CHELSEA PHILLIPS/ADVANCE TITAN Colors Cameron Cosey observes Brandon Bauer’s exhibition “The Colors I Cannot Explain,” which was on display in the Annex Gallery from Oct 1 until Oct. 27 By Chelsea…

    randomculture

    December 3, 2014
    Random
  • The Colors I Cannot Explain at UW Oshkosh

    I have a solo exhibition currently on view at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in the Annex Gallery. The exhibition features a new two-channel video installation critically examining the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, as well as work drawn from an ongoing project of archival photo documentation of above ground nuclear tests conducted by United States.…

    randomculture

    October 3, 2014
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Political Art, Projects, Video
    art exhibition, Critical History, Hiroshima, Photography, The Colors I Cannot Explain, Uboveground Nuclear Tests, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Video Installation
  • Celebrate People’s History at the Durland Alternatives Library!

    “Celebrate People’s History – a visual journey through social movements past and present” at the Durland Alternatives Library on the campus of Cornell University! If you are in Ithica come check it out! More info here…

    randomculture

    September 19, 2014
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Political Art, Posters, Projects
    Celebrate People’s History, Cornell University, Durland Alternatives Library, Justseeds, Political Art, political graphics
  • Brandon Bauer in the Up and Close Documentary

    Brandon Bauer discussing his Euromissiles Crisis portfolio suite in the documentary “Up and Close – Their Art. Their Stories.” The documentary features four artists from Wisconsin discussing their work, inspirations, motivations, and techniques. Up and Close was directed by Zachary Kidder and produced in association with the Frank Juarez Gallery (2013).

    randomculture

    September 17, 2014
    Contemporary Art, In the Studio, Interview, Political Art, Projects, Video
    1980s, activism, Brandon Bauer, Critical History, Documentary, Euromissiles Crisis, Frank Juarez Gallery, Kidder Films, Nuclear Disarmament Policy, Up and Close, visual art, Wisconsin Art
  • Recent News

    My work has been included in a number of recent exhibitions, and there are some upcoming solo exhibitions I am preparing for just around the corner!  Here are some recent highlights: Exuberant Politics In March work from my Euromissiles Crisis series were included in the exhibition Exuberant Politics, a celebration of art, politics, and activism…

    randomculture

    May 30, 2014
    Exhibitions and Events
    Atelier Engramme, Cedarburg Cultural Center, Euromissiles Crisis, Exuberant Politics, Frank Juarez Gallery, Indiana Green, Justseeds, La Biennale de Québec, Lawrence University, Legion Arts Center, Manif d’Art 7, Masculine Archetypes in Visual Art, Public Space One, Racine Arts Council, Social IN/JUSTICE, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, University of Iowa, Voices from the Outside
  • Clamor Magazine in the Internet Archive

    The Clamor Magazine Collection has recently been cataloged in the Internet Archive. Clamor was a fantastic magazine, and the archive is a great view into the intermingling of the global justice movement and the anti-war movement in the post-9/11 era. The magazine was founded in 1999 and came to an end with its final issue…

    randomculture

    January 25, 2014
    Books and Zines, Collaborations, Downloads, Lost and Found, Publication
    anti-war movement, Becoming The Media, Clamor Magazine, global justice movement, Indy Media, Internet Archive, Jen Angel, PDF, PM Press
  • Free Texts!

    My essay To Open […] To Collect […] To Expand […] To Continue: Richard Serra’s Verb List, Post-Internet Appropriation, and the Culture of the Use of Forms was cited, included within, and available for download in the installation “Free Texts” by San Francisco based artist Stephanie Syjuco. Syjuco’s installation functions as a physical archive, public…

    randomculture

    January 8, 2014
    Contemporary Art, Downloads, Exhibitions and Events, Publication
    alternatives to capitalism, artwork, Contemporary Art, digital copyright, Free Texts, installation, net-art, open source culture, PDF, Stephanie Syjuco, the Culture of the Use of Forms, To Open To Collect To Expand To Continue
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