Robb Fladry

“Day One” – an Exhibition

Robb — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:38:46 +0000

The Master of Fine Arts Organization at University of South Florida is holding a group exhibition of new works by second and third-year MFA candidates at the USF William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, August 9-20, 2010. The William and Nancy Oliver Gallery is located at 3801 Holly Dr, Tampa 33620, in the FAS building. The opening reception is Friday, August 13, 2010, 7-9pm. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. Gallery hours are by appointment.

Exhibiting artists include Maria Bevilacqua, Biff Bolen, Robb Fladry, Ryan Foster, Zak Hemsteger, Megan Hildebrandt, Jay Hollick, Sarah Kelly, Lin Li, Forrest Macdonald, Fran Marquez, Justin Martin, Cindy Mason, Shane Mayberry, Bruce Monroe, Daniel Moore, Ellen Mueller, Chris Otten, Taylor Pilote, Scott Rosenberg, Serhat Tanyolacar, Jordi Williams.

Hookers and Autobots (Audio Commentaries)

Robb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:06:30 +0000

Hookers and Autobots is the generic name I have assigned to the DVD-style audio commentaries I have been recording for popular films. I chose random movies that I had no physical connection with and recorded an improvisational commentary track to go with them. Originally this project started by recording these commentaries myself and then realized I that adding another person to the mix would help the overall flow. The commentaries turned into a dialogue that branched off into random subjects that had some vague origin with the original film but no logical parallel. [June 2009 - Ongoing]

Tom Cruise Comic Panels

Robb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:51:56 +0000

The Tom Cruise Comic Panels are a tongue-in-cheek focus on one of the most exposed Hollywood personalities. Most of us have some sort of familiarity with this person and we project our own ideas and perceptions onto him. We passively or actively relate to his persona and his familiarity grows. The statements themselves don’t necessarily have any validity. They are just an exaggeration of who we think this person is.

Each print is eighteen inches by twenty-four inches. [May 2010]

100 Bootlegged Videos

Robb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:03:29 +0000

100 Bootlegged Videos is exactly that, 100 copies of pirated movies for the audience to take home and do with them as they will. A small informational card about fair use is included and hopefully will spark some interest and further reading on what fair use is, what it implies, and what it protects.

Pirated Copies of: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Clash of the Titans, Date Night, Green Zone, How to Train Your Dragon, Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, Robin Hood, The Back-Up Plan, The Losers [May 2010]

Top Ten Grossing Films of 2009

Robb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:54:31 +0000

A series of ten email messages have been printed out to represent the ten highest grossing films of 2009. Each one of these emails signifies a copyright violation sent for downloading a pirated movie in turn representing the movie to it’s fullest potential.

Each print is eight and a half inches by eleven inches. [May 2010]

American vs. Anti-American

Robb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:37:42 +0000

The American and Anti-American prints contain the FBI Anti-Piracy Logo and the Fair Use logo. Neither have been recognized as either American or Anti-American, leaving the judgment of which one is which up to the viewer.

Each print is five inches by five inches. Edition of five each. [May 2010]

$2,728,483,199 of Product on a Ninety-Nine Cent Video Tape

Robb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:18:27 +0000

$2,728,483,199 of Product on a Ninety-Nine Cent Video Tape is an edition of 3 VHS copies of James Cameron’s Avatar. The highest grossing movie of all time, also a purely digital movie, was never meant to be on a dead format like VHS. I have downgraded the quality of the film by placing it on this format, but at the same time increased the value of the tape itself by making it gold. [May 2010]

Ten Richest Actors in Glorious 3-D

Robb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:10:01 +0000

The Ten Richest Actors in Glorious 3-D project features the wealthiest actors made into anaglyph 3-D images. The titles of the pieces are not representative of who the actor is or what role they are playing rather the dollar amount of their net worth and the value we as consumers place on them.

Each image measures eighteen inches by fourteen inches. 3-D glasses are provided for the viewer to bring the images to life. [May 2010]

I Hate You M. Night Shyamalan

Robb — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:52:17 +0000

I Hate You M. Night Shyamalan is a video diary about my frustrations towards this “visionary” director, complete with important scenes from the movies he has made. [May 2010]

Hookers and Autobots – APSU Downtown Gallery

Robb — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:44:23 +0000

The artist Robb Fladry worked for a time as a DJ, and the experience of remixing songs, of “taking two different records and making something new but recognizable,” has stuck with him. But instead of music, he is now mashing together the countless bits of pop culture trivia trapped in his head, in an effort to create new works of art representative of the world he knows.

“Movies, television and music are the building blocks for my generation,” he said. “I like to think of any viewer as a friend with whom I can talk to about a subject we’ve spent our whole lives passively studying.”

A new exhibition of Fladry’s work, “Hookers and Autobots,” opens on June 3 for the First Thursday Artwalk at the Austin Peay Downtown Gallery. The show, with influences as varied as the Rambo movies and the 80s television show “Family Ties,” runs through June 26.

“In the simplest terms, I consider myself as a remixer of popular culture,” he said. “I take existing contexts and references and filter them through my self and my equipment. I’m not always looking to evoke a particular response or to ask the audience to take my side in any issue. I would prefer them to do what I do; to reevaluate how I see something I am familiar with.”

Fladry’s work has been exhibited at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, the BEA Festival for Media Arts in Las Vegas and the Digital Fringe Festival in Melbourne, Australia. He earned a BFA in studio art and an M.A. in theatre from Austin Peay State University, and he is currently a graduate assistant at the University of South Florida, where he is pursing an MFA in studio art.

Last year, the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts leased a building in downtown Clarksville to provide gallery space for APSU alumni, such as Fladry. The gallery, located at 116 Strawberry Alley in downtown Clarksville, is open from noon to 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays. For more information on this space or the exhibit, contact Gregg Schlanger at 931-221-7789 or schlangerg@apsu.edu.