Green-screened - Triple Canopy

Green-screened
Jacob Ciocci, Dynasty Handbag, Andrea Merkx, Shana Moulton, Michael Smith, Tom Thayer, Conrad Ventur, Mario Montez & Ben Coonley with Cory Arcangel & Gabrielle Giattino

Jacob Ciocci is an artist and a founding member of Paper Rad.

Dynasty Handbag (a.k.a. Jibz Cameron) is a performance and video artist, musician, and actor. She lives and works in New York.

Andrea Merkx received her MFA from Hunter College, City University of New York. She has exhibited and performed at venues such as the Or Gallery, BC, Circuit, CH; the Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, NY; Bureau, NY; Tidens Krav, NO; along with the Bowery Ballroom, Terminal 5, and Irving Plaza, NY. Since 2012 she has been working as part of Merkx&Gwynne, a collaborative framework for interdisciplinary experimentation in group-exhibition-cum-music-video-set production and opera.

Shana Moulton is a video and performance artist based in New York.

Michael Smith

Tom Thayer is a visual artist based in New Jersey. His work was recently included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. He is represented by Derek Eller Gallery in New York, where his exhibition “Crossing the Methane River” was on view this past spring.

Conrad Ventur

Mario Montez

Cory Arcangel

Gabrielle Giattino

Ben Coonley is an artist and an Assistant Professor of Film and Electronic Arts at Bard College.

Published on November 8, 2011

On October 28, 2011, we held our second annual benefit, "The Future Has Two Faces," featuring green-screen performances by Jacob Ciocci, Ben Coonley, Dynasty Handbag, Andrea Merkx, Shana Moulton, Michael Smith, Tom Thayer, and Conrad Ventur with Mario Montez, organized by Cory Arcangel and Gabrielle Giattino.

Andrea Merkx introduces "The Future Has Two Faces":