Scott Kiernan
Since 2006
Works in Brooklyn, New York United States of America

BIO
Scott Kiernan is an artist and curator who lives and works in New York City. He was a founder and director of Louis V E.S.P., a not-for-profit gallery and performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2010-2012) and co-founder/director of E.S.P. TV, a nomadic curatorial platform for performance/video which takes the form of a live television show.

He has exhibited work internationally in venues such as New Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Storefront for Art and Architecture, NurtureArt, PS122 , Mixed Greens (NYC), Southern Exposure and Baer Ridgway Projects (San Francisco) Centro Internazionale Per L’Arte Contemporanea (Rome), KT&G Sangsangmadang (Seoul) and the Third Guangzhou Tiennial (China) amongst others. Scott received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007.

www.scottkiernan.com
www.esptvnyc.com
www.louisvesp.com
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DISCUSSION

36 Dramatic Situations


Above images (from top to bottom) by: Peter Coffin, Justin Samson

EVENT

36 Dramatic Situations


Dates:
Fri May 28, 2010 00:00 - Sat May 22, 2010

Location:
United States of America

36 Dramatic Situations
May 28 - June 11
Opening Reception: May 28, 7-10 PM


LOUIS V. E.S.P.
140 Jackson St. #4D
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Supplication ♦ Deliverance ♦ Crime pursued by vengeance ♦ Vengeance taken for kin upon kin ♦ Pursuit ♦ Disaster ♦ Falling prey to cruelty/misfortune ♦ Revolt ♦ Daring enterprise ♦ Abduction ♦ The enigma ♦ Obtaining ♦ Enmity of kin ♦ Rivalry of kin ♦ Murderous adultery ♦ Madness ♦ Fatal imprudence ♦ Involuntary crimes of love ♦ Slaying of kin unrecognized ♦ Self-sacrifice for an ideal ♦ Self-sacrifice for kin ♦ All sacrificed for passion ♦ Necessity of sacrificing loved ones ♦ Rivalry of superior vs. inferior ♦ Adultery ♦ Crimes of love ♦ Discovery of the dishonour of a loved one ♦ Obstacles to love ♦ An enemy loved ♦ Ambition ♦ Conflict with a god ♦ Mistaken jealousy ♦ Erroneous judgement ♦ Remorse ♦ Recovery of a lost one ♦ Loss of loved ones

"Now to this declared fact that there are no more than thirty-six dramatic situations, is attached a singular corollary, the discovery that there are in life but thirty-six emotions. A maximum of thirty-six emotions, and therein we have all the savor of existence..."
-Georges Polti, "The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations, 1916

Organized by Scott Kiernan

Artists:
Alisa Barymboym
Amelia Saul
Ania Diakoff
Anne Yalon
Cigdem Kaya
Colby Bird
Deric Carner
Derek Larson
Elena Bajo
Eric Angles
Ethan Miller
Georgia Sagri
Gregory Edwards
J Parker Valentine
Jakob Schillinger
Jen Liu
Joshua Smith
Justin Craun
Justin Samson
Katrina Lamb
Lily Benson
Lisa Oppenheim
Maya Kishi-Andersen
Nuno Ramalho
Peter Coffin
R. Venticinque
Scott Kiernan
Shinsuke Aso
Sreshta Premnath
Thomas Torres Cordova
Tova Carlin

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Please visit www.louisvesp.com for more info on this and past shows.


EVENT

The sh sound was difficult


Dates:
Fri Apr 30, 2010 00:00 - Sun Apr 18, 2010

Location:
United States of America

The sh sound was difficult

Curated by Deric Carner

Opening Reception: April 30, 2010: 7-10 PM

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Fanny Allié
Nathan Austin
Renata Espinosa & Ryan Saylor
Gregg Evans
Erik Scollon
Sally Szwed & Michelle Levy
Zefrey Throwell
Alisha Trimble


A performance / event / situation … mixed situation in which artists respond to the riddle what is no sooner spoken than broken.
Expect a few objects, no videos and live and ambient situations themed around awkward silences, broken promises, oversharing, and underperforming.
(The answer to the riddle is silence or a secret.)

LOUIS V. E.S.P
140 Jackson St #4D
Brooklyn, NY 11211
www.louisvesp.com


EVENT

Poor Traits


Dates:
Fri Mar 26, 2010 00:00 - Wed Mar 17, 2010

Poor Traits
Curated by Justin Craun

Opens March 26, 2010
Show runs 3/26-4/3 by appointment

Mat Brinkman

MV Carbon

Max Eisenberg

CF

Daniel Lopatin

John Olson

Nate Young


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Louis V. E.S.P. is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by seven artists who are known primarily for their music. Poor Traits presents a closer look at the visual work of these musicians, all of whom have been loosely associated with the American “noise” movement. This term in itself holds little descriptive power so it seems necessary to delve deeper into the images that surround the genre. The works in this show have found connections in their sense of playfulness, theatricality, narrative disposition, and/or deadpan sensibilities.

Mat Brinkman, a founding member of Fort Thunder artist space, has played in Mindflayer and Forcefield and is known in the indie comic community for his elaborate Multi-Force comic strip. Brooklyn based MV Carbon is a painter and composer who has collaborated with many artists including John Wiese, Tony Conrad and Aki Onda. She is one half of the band Metelux. Max Eisenberg co-runs the performance venue The Bank in Baltimore and has performed with Nautical Almanac, Little Howlin’ Wolf, Rubbed Raw Dance Squad and in his solo rap outfit DJ Dog Dick. CF is active in the art, music and comic book worlds. He has performed music under the name Kites and more recently Mark Lord. He is the writer and draftsman of the graphic novel series Powr Mastrs. Daniel Lopatin is a member of Infinity Window and Oneohtrix Point Never. He runs the cd-r label Upstairs and maintains the culture blog Skull Theft. John Olson and Nate Young are members of the epic Michigan based Wolf Eyes. Olson is head of American Tapes label and is also a member of Dead Machines, and Graveyards. Nate Young’s AA label produces records, tapes, shirts, and treated or converted analogue televisions and radios. His other musical projects include Jean Street, Demons, and Regression.

Please visit www.louisvesp.com for more info

LOUIS V. E.S.P. / 140 Jackson St. #4D / Brooklyn NY 11211 / 732-552-7199
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EVENT

MIRROR/WINDOW


Dates:
Tue Jan 19, 2010 00:00 - Tue Jan 19, 2010

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MIRROR/WINDOW
January 28, 2010
7:30-10 PM

at LOUIS V. E.S.P.
140 Jackson St #4D
Brooklyn NY 11211
Call 732.552.7199 for entry or info

Mirror/Window is the inaugural installment of a nomadic, integrative video art salon. The salon takes form at Louis V. E.S.P., a new exhibition space located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and scheduled to begin full programming this year.

Mirror/Window focuses on works that meditate on themes of space and architecture by investigating the relationship between public and private spheres, the body within space, and social codes embedded in architecture. The videos are trans-generational and transnational; spanning from a hotel room in Berlin to popular 80’s sitcoms, simulations of a model home to the iris of a human eye.

Presented in a two-channel facing format and running on a continuous loop, the videos are forced to both confront and familiarize themselves with one another, sparking new and unexpected dialogues framed by notions of place and indulged in by the spontaneity of moving image.

Mirror/Window is comprised of the following artists:
Karen Y Chan (New York)
Heidi Neubauer-Winterburn (Paris/Brest, France)
Michael Haight (Riverside, California)
Anne Herzog (Paris)
JJ Higgins (Prairie Village, Kansas)
Mayumi Komuro (New York)
Yaron Lapid (London)
Derek Larson (DeLand, Florida)
David J. Merritt (New York)
Nicholas O’Brien (Chicago)
Amelia Saul (New York/Berlin)
David Trullo (Madrid)
Blair Zaye (London)

Programmed by Preeti Sodhi and James Woodward.
Image courtesy Derek Larson.

About the curators Preeti Sodhi and James Woodward:
We are interested in works that relate to the city, environment, space and the body. This salon was created using both word of mouth and an open call in order to be as inclusive as possible. The selected theme was intended to inspire artists and lay a foundation for dialogue in what we intend to be a communal environment and experience.
www.sodhiwoodward.tumblr.com
sodhiwoodward@gmail.com

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