Timothy Rollin Pickerill
br 1967, Nebraska, USA
The Omen Project is a magic charm to awaken the dead, living shadows, wandering asleep, forgetful and lost. Deep Black a.k.a. No'One counted among them, being one who has 'fallen off the earth,' is sought by and seeks the beloved. Within this space we find the darkness of his being and the rough bearing of his actions upon the world ('Ensanglante' covered in blood). He is indeed a 'Mother Fucker' plumbing the deep. By these mirrors may he see his errant ways and remember the loss of his beloved and so return. Through these charms might we lift the spell that clouds his mind and coarsens his heart so the cock may crow to the end of this dark night.
Fundamental to my work is my belief that we are essentially schizophrenic as a species. In general we see ourselves as being separate from nature, even superior, separate from 'God' and thus inferior. The cultural arbiters have posited that man and specifically men are the lords of the earth with the rights of profit that this supposed ownership affords. Murder and theft are deemed the rights of power, held by a few who see the rest as 'others' devoid of rights or sovereignty. As in the Iliad and Romeo and Juliet, love is the folly of youth and subservient to power and the family/culture. In both this leads only to tragedy and loss of life. The destruction meted on others ultimately brings tragedy back on the houses of these lords of power. The only way out is for the hero to humble himself (king becomes 'no one,' Nemo, thus all) before nature/god and return to the one he himself truly loves.
Education
California State University San Francisco (Video Anthropology/Media Arts)
Video Festivals
2007 Story Tellers, group show of international video art, Primo Piano Livingallery, Lecce, Italy2007 "The Man Show", Gitana Rosa Gallery, Broolyn, NY2006 Pierogi Flatfile for videos, Brooklyn, NY2006 "Optica 2006", international festival of video arts, Gijon, Spain2006 Liverpool Bienneal Independents, 'Passion' at The Projection Gallery, Liverpool, England2006 The 2nd annual "Pixel Pops!", at C2C gallery, Prague, Czech Republic2006 "METU Video Festival", Ankara, Turkey2003 "Brave Destiny", International Surrealist Film Festival, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
Performance2007 "Jared Withman Show", noise performance, Brooklyn, NY2005 "Plush", noise performance, Brooklyn, NY2005 "Noise! seen and unseen", noise performance, Ontological Theater, NY, NY2004 "Falling Off The Earth", Cave, Brooklyn, NY2002 "Dada Fest", SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA2002 "Necropolis", Theater of Yugen, San Francisco, CA2001 "Necropolis", Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA2001 "Dada Fest 2001", the Omen Project, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA2001 "Nowhere", Theater of Yugen / Noh Space, San Francisco, CA2000 "NORCAL Noise Fest", with Gary Singh, Bo Jangles, Sacramento, CA2000 "Dada Fest 2000", the Omen Project, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA1999 "Body of Light", The Lab, San Francisco, CA1999 "the Messenger Service", Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA1999 High Voltage Capacitor, Yuerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA1999 High Voltage Capacitor, Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA1997 Ape Theater Presents "Play Time", CCA Wattis ICA, San Francisco, CA1994 "Ape Theater", Desert Site Works, Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, NV1994 "7 Days", Desert Site Works, Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, NV1994 Ape Theater Presents, "the Tree of Life", San Francisco, CA1994 "Burning Man Presents", SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions2004 BRIC Studios, Brooklyn, NY2003 DUMBO General Store, Brooklyn, NY1998 "Body of Light", Uff Galleria, Budapest, Hungary
Group Exhibitions2004 Artists Space, NY, NY; "Night of 10,000 Drawings", benefit auction (sold)2004 "Falling Off The Earth", Cave, Brooklyn, NY2002 "Dada Fest 2002", SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA1998 "Internal Drawing", Juried, (National Exhibition of Miniature Drawings, Budapest Autumn Festival), Nador Galeria, Budapest, Hungary1998 "Anti Pessimism", Show N Tell, Nador Galleria, Budapest, Hungary1997 "Art of Place", SFSU School of Creative Arts, Tiburon, CA1996 "SF Street Theater Festival", Interactive Sculpture Garden, San Francisco, CA1995 "Burning Man", Monumental 'tempera' earthwork , Black Rock Desert, NV1995 "Show N Tell", Show N Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA1995 "Mission Sole", Juried, Collision Gallery, San Francisco, CA1994 SFSU Sculpture Dept., Clay Studio, San Francisco, CA1993 "Object",juror: Armando Rascon, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Awards2004 Foundation For Contemporary Performance Arts, finishing grant
Bibliography1999 UFF Gallery 1997 -1999, Pub. Ujlak Foundation, Budapest, 1999, ISBN: 963 03 9111 21998 Internal Drawing, Pub. Belvarosi Muviszetek Tarsasaga, ISBN: 963 03 5970
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