collaboration

Butch in the bog/She tends to flag on the left, 2008
collaboration with Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
mural (acrylic), collection of drawings, paintings
made on the occasion of Pink & Bent at Leslie Lohman Gallery, NY

Space for Actualisation
Hamburg, Germany

Ginger Brooks Takahashi
Ulrike Mueller

WHIP

14. October - 03. November 2007

Opening.
Sunday, 14.10.07.
from 7 pm.

“A whip is a great way to get someone to be here now.
They can’t look away from it, and they can’t think about anything else.”
Pat Califia, A Secret Side of Lesbian Sexuality, in: The Advocate, December 27, 1979

New York based artists Ginger Brooks Takahashi and Ulrike Mueller present their new video work "Whip" as well as drawings and paper works. They approach their projects in a process and deal with the venue, its surrounding space and the prevailing social circumstances.

The Third Leg branches out with a new collaborative piece made for Sex in the City, a mostly painting show in Brooklyn. "Down the road a ways" was conceptualized by Leidy Churchman, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, and Sam Lopes while vacationing in Maine together on Mount Desert Island. Driftwood was gathered and communities dreamed. And upon return to Brooklyn, three days of painting together created this new piece.

Dumbo Art Center
30 Washington Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel. 718-694-0831
www.dumboartscenter.org

Sex in the City
September 15-December 2, 2007

A.K. Burns
Boris Torres
Chitra Ganesh
David Humphrey
Donnie and Travis
Edie Fake and Dewayne Slightweight
Jayson Keeling
Kathe Burkhardt
Marilyn Minter
Marina Adams
Mickalene Thomas
Suzanne McClelland
The Third Leg with Leidy Churchman & Sam Lopes
Ulrike Müller
Vanessa Chimera
Will Villalongo

Curated by Dean Daderko with Marina Adams

LTTR is a feminist gender queer artist collective with a flexible project-oriented practice. LTTR produces an annual independent art journal, performance series, events, screenings and collaborations. The group was founded in 2001 with an inaugural issue titled "Lesbians to the Rescue," followed by "Listen Translate Translate Record," "Practice More Failure," "Do You Wish to Direct me?" and most recently "Positively Nasty." LTTR is dedicated to highlighting the work of radical communities whose goals are sustainable change, queer pleasure, and critical feminist productivity. It seeks to create a build a context for a culture of critical thinkers whose work not only speaks in dialogue with one another, but consistently challenges its own form by shifting shape and design to best respond to contemporary concerns.

The Third Leg presents IN ART WE GAY
limited edition screenprint on paper, 18" x 24", 2004
made on the occasion of the exhibition "IN ART WE GAY" at La Centrale, Montreal
printed in Montreal with Jesse Purcell

The Third Leg presents Welcome to Gayside
installation & party with banners, party poofs, pink triangle streamers, framed drawings, and a bowl of free condoms
Eastern Edge Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland, 2006

In 1985, residents of Gayside, Newfoundland, a small town in the Canadian Maritimes voted to re-name their hometown, Baytona after enduring increased harassment. Was this an effort to distance the small town from any references to gay culture, especially in light of a new, terrifying AIDS epidemic? Inspired by this tale, and mindful of the climate of social prejudice in heat of the 1980s AIDS crisis, The Third Leg locates another Gayside.

The work of The Third Leg instigates dialog with local queer communities and illuminates complex issues such as societal and internalized homophobia with disarming humor and wit.

offset on newsprint, 22" x 15", 2006
made on the occasion of the exhibition "Welcome to Gayside" at Eastern Edge Gallery, St Johns Newfoundland
included as an artist multiple in LTTR V, 2007

In 1985, residents of Gayside, Newfoundland, a small town in the Canadian Maritimes voted to re-name their hometown, Baytona after enduring increased harassment. Was this an effort to distance the small town from any references to gay culture, especially in light of a new, terrifying AIDS epidemic? Inspired by this tale, and mindful of the climate of social prejudice in heat of the 1980s AIDS crisis, The Third Leg locates another Gayside.

The work of The Third Leg instigates dialog with local queer communities and illuminates complex issues such as societal and internalized homophobia with disarming humor and wit.

screenprint & Sharpie on paper, 18" x 22", 2004
collaborative print with Xylor Jane
made at Owl House, San Francisco

Flex Your Textiles happened for the first time in a vacant apartment in Williamsburg in the Spring of 2006. A one-day group show/gathering/ collaborative effort by Travis Boyer, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, and Donnie Cervantes.
March 2006

Flex Your Textiles
Is a coming out.

With both historically humble and ornate, masterful style, we are re-invigorating textile traditions and creating our own.

What is your process?
What are your techniques?

How do you map your desire in sequins?
What do you do with your menstrual blood, ropes, cast-off fabric, dyes, napkins, and felt when you are alone.
What rhythms do you create with your crochet?
Whose ghost is being evoked?
What ancient weaving tradition is having a revival in your kitchen studio?