Robb Fladry

Weekend at Bernie’s (Sweded Film)

Robb — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:30:09 +0000

A Swede version of the film Weekend at Bernie’s for the Tampa Bay Swede Fest. I also helped in the production of Dumbo & Wayne’s World. [October 2011]

I Still Have a Bad Feeling About This…

Robb — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:53:39 +0000

I will be having a show alongside fellow artist Deon Blackwell, Adam Kitzerow, Jim Reiman & Vince Kral at the West Tampa Center for the Arts this December.

A long time ago in a gallery far far away artists Deon Stanley Blackwell, Adam Kitzerow, and Vincent Kral unleashed the Star Wars themed exhibition “I Have a Very Bad Feeling About This….”

The artists have returned in full force to present the exhibition’s sequel, “I Still Have a Bad Feeling About This!” December 9th, 2011 at the West Tampa Center for the Arts. Artists Robb Fladry and James Reiman have joined this rebellious alliance and their plans to transform the WTCA with an event hotter than a summer afternoon on Tatooine! The exhibition promises to offer a heart warming, yet blunt critique of George Lucas’s Star Wars Universe. They will give a loyal life long fan’s response to the good, the bad, and the ugly things that have come out the legendary film franchise and its numerous prequels and re-releases. Come witness the celebration and the wrath of these five talented artists as they conjure up power of the Force and Dark Side to create an arsenal of artistic works in a variety of media.

Swede Fest Tampa Bay

Robb — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:08:15 +0000

I am participating in Swede Fest Tampa Bay which happens on Friday, October 21st. If you are around you should check it out! I “sweded” the film Weekend at Bernie’s and helped out on a few more projects.. I’ll post them online soon.

More info on the festival can be found at http://swedetampabay.com/.

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. A cat’s a better mother than you.

Robb — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:39:29 +0000

Video & sound composed from frames extracted from the films “Gone With the Wind” & “The Godfather” to create a new visual and aural narrative. [April 2011]

Psychedelic Sublime

Robb — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:34:30 +0000

Psychedelic Sublime
Works by Jordi Williams, Jay Hollick, and Robb Fladry

Atlantic Center’s Harris House Gallery
214 S. Riverside Drive

New Smyrna Beach, FL

April 2 – May 27, 2011

The April-May exhibition in ACA’s Harris House Gallery is the outcome of a site specific, multimedia collaboration between three different artists. The artists, Robb Fladry, Jay Hollick, and Jordi Williams are University of South Florida graduate students.

Robb Fladry’s work deals with ways popular culture works to unify otherwise disparate communities, creating common ground that can transcend geography, age, and cultural background. Through manipulation of digital photography, the internet, and video, Fladry mixes and recontextualizes pop cultural images to create something new from the familiar, everyday images that saturate daily life.

James Hollick’s paintings and mixed media works explore the phenomenon of seeing spiritual images in everyday objects. Inspired by such events as The Virgin Mary’s appearances on toast or the face of Jesus in a seat cushion, Hollick seeks to question what can be considered a sacred object, and where the borders of sacredness lie.

Jordi Williams’ work addresses the ability of an experience, and the following sense of nostalgia for that experience, to transform disposable consumer objects into personal relics and symbols. She investigates the common characteristics of the consumer goods that often accompany personal milestones and celebrations, such as party and holiday decorations, party lighting and favors, in the hope of capturing their magic.

These artists share a common interest in transforming the everyday into the sublime. They also share an interest in the point where popular culture and spiritual experience blur. They employ similar tactics to evoke a strong reaction from viewers, such as use of theatrical presentation methods, extreme colors and innovative use of space. Rather than collaborating by each working on the same work of art, they will work together to transform the gallery space, creating an environment intended to cause the viewer to question issues surrounding the mundane, everyday world, the world depicted in popular culture, and the sacred, spiritual worlds we create to embody what we cannot see.

Starting Fires

Robb — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:09:56 +0000

2011 MFA Graduation Exhibition
April 1 – May 7, 2011

This annual exhibition featuring Master’s Final Project works by MFA Candidates in the USF School of Art and Art History provides an opportunity for graduate students to have their work viewed by the public, as well as University faculty and colleagues, in a professional environment. This year’s class includes: Robb Fladry, Ryan Foster, Zak Hemsteger, Lin Li, Francis Marquez, Justin Martin, Bruce Monroe, Daniel Moore, Ellen Mueller, Chris Otten and Jordi Williams.

Concurrent with Starting Fires, the School of Art and Art History hosts ArtHouse, a favorite annual event where open studios, special installations and performances are presented by graduate and undergraduate students of the School, and complemented by music, food and beverages.

Further information and directions can be found at the Contemporary Art Museum’s website.

New Audio Commentaries with Maria Bevilacqua

Robb — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:49:05 +0000

I’ve recently recorded two new audio commentaries for the films Gladiator and The Wizard of Oz. These commentaries were recorded with Maria Bevilacqua and will be featured in her upcoming show at the William and Nancy Oliver Gallery in Tampa. There will be a reception on Janurary 14th from 7 to 9pm, stop by if you can.

I’ll be adding some clips of the commentaries in the coming weeks.

Calling (615) at TEMPUS PROJECTS

Robb — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:08:09 +0000

Calling (615) is a multi- media art exhibition featuring Nashville artists Nicole Baumann, Derek Coté, Shara DeWitt and Ronald Lambert. This exhibition opens Saturday November 13, 2010 from 7 – 10 PM at TEMPUS PROJECTS and runs through November 26, 2010.

TEMPUS PROJECTS brings these artists together for a diverse exhibition of video, installation and works on paper. This exhibition will debut at TEMPUS PROJECTS in South Seminole Heights located on the back lot of 5132 Florida Ave Tampa, FL 33603. More on these artists will soon to be posted at www.tempus-projects.com

In the courtyard for one night only, Synesthesia an audio/video collaboration between Robb Fladry and Aaron Hutcheson, artists brought together by an admiration of tools and technology to spawn audiovisual works. Performances by Fladry and Hutchenson are broadcast via the internet from remote locations. Find Synesthesia at -http://wearesynesthesia.com

Dreams : Acts 1 – 5

Robb — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:52:41 +0000

As part of my collaboration with Aaron Hutcheson, our current studio project focuses on the idea of dreams. We are creating audiovisual narrations from dream recounts we have found on internet message forums. A narrator communicates a dream through first-person narration and we take that footage and expand upon it through the use of collage, appropriation and original content. [September - October 2010]

The Drift Project

Robb — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:07:44 +0000

The Drift will be a one-night exhibition that celebrates and explores an artist’s movement through his or her medium. The idea of the Drift, as best defined by the Situationists is: an unconscious yet willing movement from one place to another; the leisure activity of letting oneself be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there.

On October 14th 2010, from 6-9pm, visitors will be guided both simultaneously and virtually, to and from these different spaces, in an interactive show piece that will invite people to wander both physically and mentally through these multiple exhibitions. Utilizing ‘Ustream,’ each exhibition will be broadcasted live on the Internet as well as projected in each space. Artworks will explore the concepts of movement, wandering, terrain and architecture in relation to the artist or wherever they might project themselves. Artwork included in these exhibitions will incorporate all mediums such as: Video, 2D, sculpture, mixed media, installation & performance art.

For more information please visit thedriftprjct.tumblr.com.