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5.15.12 -

FCKNLZ is performing at two upcoming benefits. This Thursday, May 17th FCKNLZ presents “Carmawash Deluxe” at The Museum of Arts and Design's L.E.D. Ball. Meet us on the dance floor and we'll clean out your pipes with light.

Thursday, May 31st at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, FCKNLZ will serve you life advice and liquid dreams at Recess' Benefit, “Three's a Crowd.”






5.8.12 -

I have some work in a group show that opens this Saturday, May 12th at Splatterpool. “I Dream of a Threesome” is curated by J. Morrison.



4.25.12 -

I made a music video for the lovely Bunny X!



And here are two new videos I edited for Tumi, directed by Erez Sabag. Check out the Editing Projects page for more work I've done with Erez.






4.16.12 -

FCKNLZ, FCKNLZ, FCKNLZ - A few articles about recent and upcoming FCKNLZ projects:

Art Info - “Museum of Arts and Design Launches Nightlife Fellowship With FCKNLZ, CHERYL, and More” by Janelle Zara

Next Magazine - “Gag's Line-Down-The-Block Eight-Year Anniversary Party at Metropolitan for Was Like Being in A Busta Rhymes Video” by John Russel

Hyperallergic - “Putting the FUN in New York Nightlife” by Hrag Vartanian




4.6.12 -

Easter is upon us. APOCALYPSE FOREVER! Easter Glamour Portrait Studio 4 shoots on Sunday.





3.27.12 -

This Saturday FCKNLZ hosts Cameron Cooper's and Zach Cole's party GAG!, at Metropolitan. It's their eight year anniversary. GAG! infinity! Expect the worst.

In even bigger FCKNLZ news... We are recipients of the 2012 “THE FUN” fellowship, awarded by the The Museum of Arts and Design. Here's the splurb about our project this Fall:

Gypset* lifestyle collective FCKNLZ established their reputation with interactive performances in unexpected places: offering manicures at circuit parties, pop-up spas at galleries and guerilla catering services at black tie fundraisers. For MAD's The Fun Fellowship, FCKNLZ has chosen to celebrate the golden age of New York nightlife with a theatrical re-staging of club kid appearances on TV talk shows from the early 1990's. Based on transcripts from shows such as Donahue, Geraldo, and Jenny Jones (“So what exactly is a clubkid?”), the group has penned a dramatic re-enactment to premiere before a life studio audience at The Theater at MAD in November. This program is presented in conjunction with Clubkid Herstory Month (October 15-November 15).

*gyp•set [jip-set] adjective 1. describing a lifestyle of equal parts bohemian, trendsetter, decadent traveller, and timeless exotic beauty.



3.9.12 -

I've been invited by some of my favorite people in the world, CHERYL, to be part of their performace tomorrow at MoMA.

It's gonna get weird in here. PopRally Presents: CHERYL, In conjunction with the exhibition Cindy Sherman. Super Excited!



2.27.12 -

FG.ft, opens at Envoy on Thursday.

I was particularly inspired by Frank Tovey's performances as Fad Gadget. He was beautiful and graceful, and would often injure and break himself during the show. He notoriously had to cancel an entire tour after leaping off stage and snapping tendons in both his legs. Apparently, he dragged himself back onto stage to finish the performance before realizing how seriously he had injured himself.

Please visit the Polaroid department to view the new series, “Collapsing New People.”



2.20.12 -

I have work in two shows that are opening soon. A video from my ongoing “Album Project” will be shown as part of Heavy Rotation, which opens at Franklin Street Works on February 24th.

And if you are in New York City on March 1st, FG.ft opens at Envoy. A fun group, with many New York artists, will show new work inspired by Frank Tovey and Fad Gadget. Friends and collaborators, Micki Pellerano, Slava Mogutin, and Brian Kenny also have work in the show!




2.12.12 -

FCKNLZ has a new website, and we posted The Doppelgänger Project which was part of the work we made during our residency with Recess.





2.8.12 -

If you're in a taxi in New York City these first two weeks of February, you might catch a video I edited for Yigal Azrouël's CUT25 and Erez Sabag. The excerpt was originally part of a work we made for their Spring/Summer 2012 installation. Watch the full video now!





2.2.12 -

I posted a small set of Polaroids shot during FCKNLZ's “Family Creative” project. Behind the Scenes! More work from the project is coming soon!




1.23.12 -

I've been working on several exciting video projects with Erez Sabag. Recently, I completed edits for a series of six videos for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. I posted three of the videos on the EDITING PROJECTS page.




1.10.12 -

Brenda Buck recently gave me these prints she made of a photo and video collaboration we did together called “Nightshades.” Cool!





12.28.11 -

Aren't you so excited about 2012?! I'll be celebrating the passing of time and directional planets with CHERYL on New Year's Eve. They made a video for their party where I play a particlarly beutiful creature who amidst all the excitement has lost her words.




12.9.11 -

After ten whirlwind weeks, FCKNLZ' residency with Recess in Red Hook has come to an end. Seaport dumpster diving has never been better! Here is a preview of the Doppelganger Portrait series we made during our time there:





11.30.11 -

J. Morrison's “24 Days of Printed Matter” begins this week. I'll be silk screening with Brian Kenny, Michael Magnan, Slava Mogutin, and Cyrus Saint Amand Poliakoff this Saturday December 3rd, and then again on the 21st with James. Come say hi!







11.9.11 -

Congratulations! On 11.11.11 FCKNLZ will be celebrating the once in a lifetime alignment of the opening of the divine portal, the full moon, and Veterans day.

Do you know who you are? Do you value your vibration?

Now is the time to set sail with your new spiritual soul mates. The limo will pick you up at Carroll Street F/G stop in Brooklyn and deliver you to Recess at Kidd Yellin Gallery in beautiful Red Hook. Enjoy crafts, refreshments, and the indoor fire. A preview of our work from the first five weeks of our residency at Recess will be displayed.

The limo will run between the train and the gallery approximately every twenty minutes from 7:40-11:30pm. Look for the person holding a bottle of Qream and a “just married” sign.

Can you feel the shift?

The Family Creative by FCKNLZ
Recess at Kidd Yellin
133 Imlay Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
New York 11231

November 11th, 2011
8pm-11:11pm



10.25.11 -

While adventuring over the Summer, I continued work on a personaltiy quiz I've been tinkering on for some time. “ENFJ”, is the lastest series exploring that direction. Please visit the POLAROID department and have a look.





10.15.11 -

Now up in the HANDS AND FEET department are photos from the event at ISCP hosted by FCKNLZ.

FCKNLZ is a beauty and lifestyle collective producing gypset* aesthetic treatments. For the ISCP event, FCKNLZ presented a five course catering service of edible beauty hors d'oeuvres. Camouflaged as cater waiters, FCKNLZ began the evening serving a virgin mary shot and mature multi vitamin pack. The waiters transformed in appearance as the rounds of food evolved throughout the evening. The service ended with a white chocolate french manicure nail with a fair trade cacao tip**.

footnotes: *gyp·set [jip-set] adjective 1. describing a lifestyle of equal parts bohemian, trendsetter, decadent traveller, and timeless exotic beauty.
** all service treatments are subject to change.





10.1.11 -

Today, FCKNLZ begins our two month residency with Recess Activities Inc. Our project is called “The Family Creative” and we'll be having an event on 11.11.11 in our Red Hook workshop. More about that coming soon.

FCKNLZ is Hunter Cressman, Kelsey Hall, Destiny Pierce, Cyrus Saint Amand Poliakoff, David Riley, and Grant Worth. Check out the two sided press release below.




8.19.11 -

“Take Out” was reviewed by Holland Cotter in the New York Times today!




8.15.11 -

Press from the FUCKNAILS event at Daniel Reich Gallery in July:

ARTNET - Sweet Birds of Youth by Charlie Finch
ARTNET - New Art Gallery Ramble by Emily Nathan

More exciting FUCKNAILS events coming soon!






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