THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER

THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER

The stars align next month with three exhibitions open simultaneously in the L.A. area. Zen Psychosis: Anatomy of a Dream opens at California State University Los Angeles, Saturday, Nov 4, 4-6pm. Curated by Mika Cho, the show expands on the book's exploration of dream phenomena to create a participatory, multi-sensory experience. On view for two weeks only (thru Nov 16), with a closing reception and book signing Tuesday, Nov 14, 6-8pm.
 

Zen Psychosis: Anatomy of a Dream at the Silverman Fine Arts Gallery
 

Problematic Palms opens Nov 7 at the Marks Art Center in Palm Desert, with a reception Wednesday, Nov 15, 4-6pm. Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot and featuring work by Francesca Bifulco & Andrew K. Thompson, the exhibit debuts the series Chromatopia – multispectral exposures that combine infrared and visual spectrum light to create impossibly rich colors at epic scale. This new work is presented courtesy of Melissa Morgan Fine Art (thru Dec 15).
 

Day Tripping – Kinematic Pinhole Exposure – Los Angeles, California – 2010Permanent Collection: Museum of Art & History (MOAH) – Lancaster, California, USA

Thunderbird – Multispectral Exposure – Palm Springs, CA – 2023

And don't miss Shifting Landscapes: Sea Level Rise in Los Angeles and Beyond at Building Bridges Art Exchange, curated by Marisa Caichiolo with artist Guillermo Vezzosi in collaboration and Dr. Eric Larour, Manager: Earth Sciences NASA/JPL. A discussion moderated by art critic Shana Nys Dambrot is scheduled for Saturday, Oct 28 at 11am. The exhibition's extended run ends Nov 7, including a closing walkthrough on Saturday, Nov 4 at 11am.
 

SEA OF CHANGE - Click arrows to view FULL SCREENSingle-channel video with original audio, 8 minutes – 2023-25
Writer, director, producer, cinematographer: Osceola Refetoff

All earthbound video, color infrared photographs & drone photography: Osceola Refetoff
Space images and graphics courtesy of NASA
AI video generated from images captured by Osceola Refetoff, with seven shots "created" using prompt-based AI

The film’s original soundtrack is written and performed by Canadian electronic music duo Sultan + Shepard with award-winning composer/pianist Paul Cantelon.
Creative consultant: Shana Nys Dambrot.

The initial 2023 iteration was edited with Juri Koll. Sea of Change is envisioned as a perpetual work in progress that will evolve with each new set of images and data. In the spirit of film director Kenneth Anger and the immortal words of Marcel Duchamp, the project will ever remain “definitively unfinished,” and therefore future site-specific presentations will differ from its original 2023 incarnation.

All Arctic images were captured in Svalbard (Norway) near the North Pole during a 15-day The Arctic Circle artist residency aboard the tall ship Antigua in October 2022. Edited and first presented during a Building Bridges Art Exchange Artists & Scientists Residency in collaboration with Dr. Eric Larour, scientist and manager of NASA's Earth Sciences Division at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, curated by Marisa Caichiolo, and made possible in part by the Getty Marrow and Broad Diversity programs, the City of Santa Monica, and the Lancaster Museum of Art & History.

© Osceola Refetoff 2023-25
Follow the project: @ospix

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Plan B (sculpture) and Sea of Change (8 min video) at Building Bridges
 

The Building Bridges residency is supported by The Getty Marrow Program, The Broad Diversity Apprenticeship, and the City of Santa Monica.

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