Brandon Bauer

Art as ethical inquiry.

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  • 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

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    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

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    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).

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    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…

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    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
  • A Call To Halt – Justseeds Re-post

    Here is a re-post of a post on the Justseeds site about the “Call To Halt” exhibition- Enjoy! To see the Justseeds post click here. /////// A Call To Halt: A multimedia installation and critical timeline of the Euromissiles Crisis, and of the nuclear abolition movement in the United States from 1977-1987 is a new…

    randomculture

    January 4, 2014
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Political Art, Projects
    A Call To Halt, art on paper, artwork, Brandon Bauer, Contemporary Art, exhibition, Frank Juarez Gallery, installation, Justseeds, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament, nuclear freeze movement, People’s History, peoples movements for the abolition of nuclear weapons, Political Art, political graphics, Wisconsin
  • Artist Highlights: Brandon Bauer & Larry Basky

    Artist Highlights: Brandon Bauer & Larry Basky from the November 30th artist reception.

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    December 6, 2013
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Projects
    A Call To Halt, artist reception, artist talk, artwork, Brandon Bauer, Contemporary Art, exhibition, Frank Juarez Gallery
  • Up & Close film: Trailer & Panel discussion highlights

    Up & Close film: Trailer & Panel discussion highlights from the Frank Juarez Gallery. On November 16th, The Frank Juarez Gallery and Kidder Films hosted the premiere of the film followed by a panel discussion with the artists Brandon Bauer, Tony Conrad, Melissa Dorn Richards and William Zuback.

    randomculture

    November 20, 2013
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Projects, Releases, Video
    Artist Documentary, artwork, Contemporary Art, DVD, Frank Juarez Gallery, panel discussion, Up and Close, Wisconsin
  • A Call To Halt – Installation in Progress

    randomculture

    November 17, 2013
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Projects
    A Call To Halt, archival materials, artwork, Atomic Age, Atomic Bomb, Brandon Bauer, Cold War, Euromissiles Crisis, exhibition, Frank Juarez Gallery, history of nuclear weapons, history of the atomic bomb, installation, Multimedia Artwork, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear Disarmament Policy, nuclear freeze movement, nuclear proliferation, peoples movements for the abolition of nuclear weapons, Political artwork, Political Graphics for Social Movements
  • Up and Close Screening

    From the Frank Juarez Gallery Website: UP AND CLOSE: THEIR ART. THEIR STORIES. The Frank Juarez Gallery and Kidder Films are excited to announce a special documentary, Up and Close: Their Art. Their Stories. Over the past few months, Frank Juarez and Zach Kidder along with Erica Barringer, Summer Intern, and Jenna Kidder visited Brandon…

    randomculture

    November 4, 2013
    Exhibitions and Events
    art on paper, Artist Biography, Artist Documentary, artwork, Brandon Bauer, Contemporary Art, Frank Juarez, Frank Juarez Gallery, Melissa Dorn Richards, Tony Conrad, William Zuback, Wisconsin, Zach Kidder
  • A Call To Halt – Opening Soon!

    My exhibition “A Call To Halt” will be opening soon at the Frank Juarez Gallery!

    randomculture

    October 23, 2013
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events, Political Art, Projects
    A Call To Halt, art exhibition, art on paper, artwork, Brandon Bauer, Contemporary Art, installation, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament, nuclear freeze movement, Political Art
  • Indiana Green at the Frank Juarez Gallery

    I will be participating in the upcoming exhibition “Indiana Green” at the Frank Juarez Gallery. From the website: Frank Juarez Gallery is pleased to announce INDIANA GREEN 2013, a regional group show featuring a diverse body of work produced by artists living/working in Illinois and Wisconsin. This exhibition will showcase works ranging from photographs to…

    randomculture

    August 5, 2013
    Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Events
    Art in Wisconsin, art on paper, artwork, Contemporary Art, Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan Wisconsin, Wisconsin
  • To Share – Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles

    To Share – A Statement The piece “To Share” considers the ethical implications of the act of sharing between the real and the virtual world. The ease of replication and transfer in digital forms creates a crisis within the culture of ownership. This ethical confrontation has existed in the notions of the public and private…

    randomculture

    May 28, 2013
    Books and Zines, Contemporary Art, Downloads, Political Art, Projects, Publication, Releases
    archival materials, Arms Race, artifacts, Cold War, democracy, Greenhan Women Against Cruise Missiles, history of nuclear weapons, libraries, net-art, nuclear artifacts, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear Disarmament Policy, Nuclear Weapons, PDF, peoples movements for the abolition of nuclear weapons, Political artwork, Post-Internet, Protest, Virtual Verbs
  • Virtual Verbs

    I just found out my Post-Internet Verb List (after Serra) has been one of the inspirations for a new project by the London based artist Molly Richards– Virtual Verbs. As stated on the website for the project: “Influenced by Richard Serra’s 1972 Verb List (over 100 processes that could be done to, or with a…

    randomculture

    May 13, 2013
    Contemporary Art, Projects, Random
    Contemporary Art, Molly Richards, net-art, Post-Internet Verb List (after Serra), Richard Serra, Verb List, Virtual Verbs
  • New Project – Living With The Bomb

    I have begun working on a new project titled “Living With The Bomb”. It is a project exploring nuclear proliferation, nuclear disarmament, and peoples movements for the abolition of nuclear weapons. I have began a few associated sites related to the exploration and development of the work. There is a wordpress site relating to research…

    randomculture

    April 11, 2013
    Contemporary Art, In the Studio, Political Art, Projects, Work in Progress
    anti-war, Art Engaging History, Brandon Bauer, Contemporary Art, Critical History, Frank Juarez Gallery, installation, Living With The Bomb, New Project, nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament, People’s History, Political Art, political graphics
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