Come see my brand-new, one night only installation “Double Negative” at
LiveBox Labs
curated by Patrick Cunningham and Catherine Forster
Location: Splat Flats Studios, Miller Lumber Building,
1815-25 W. Division Street (east and west wings)
From 6pm until midnight
Each artist was given one studio and two weeks to create
site specific work.
This is a fundraiser for Around the Coyote, which is teetering on the brink of extinction, so they’re asking for a $30 donation. Obviously that’s nuts so don’t let it deter you, I’m sure they’d rather have five bucks than nothing at all. So come drink some grolsch and champagne and check out the work, its going to be good!

Participating Artists:

Studio 24E - Jonas Sebura
Studio 25E - Brookhart Jonquil
Studio 26E - Xavier Jimenez
Studio 29E - Mik Kastner
Studio 32E - Gary Pennock
Studio 33E - Eric Ashcraft
Studio 35E - Ryan Dunn
Studio 36E - Ben Rosenburg
Studio 37E - Markus Vogl and Margarita Benitez
Studio 38E - TBA

Studio 21W - Mark Beasley and Isabella Ng
Studio 22W - Sam Jaffe
Studio 23W - Yefeng Wang
Studio 25W - Nicholas O’Brien
Studio 33W – Jared Weiss
Studio 34W - Holly Murkerson
Studio 35W - Shirin Mozaffari

Outdoor Gallery - Scott Jarrett
Courtyard - Alex Lee

Choreographed by Davy Bisaro with costumes by Liliya Lifanova. I’m performing the part of a pawn in this 32 person chess-inspired performance.

Tuesday, September 8th at 4pm. Opening at Gallery X at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Friday, September 11th at 5:30pm. At the Church of the Epiphany

Check out costumes and diagrams at www.sissyfuss.us

Here’s a new piece I’m working on, it should be done very soon. It’s graphite on masonite. I start by drawing my self portrait, and keep working it until my drawn image is replaced by my image reflected in the graphite (or the reflection of anyone looking at it).

It’s finished! A two page comic written by me and drawn by the very talented Sanya Glisic! See it on her blog here.

Sugar – Video and New Media Art curated by LiveBox
Around The Coyote Spring Festival

“Sugar” is a multidisciplinary exhibition of art practices devoted to the arenas of computer imaging, digital video, digital sound, interactive media, computer animation, three-dimensional modeling, computer-controlled kinetic sculpture, interactive installations, and computer-aided and algorithmic composition. Participating artists are current students or alumni of the Art and Technology Department of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.The exhibition was curated by Catherine Forster and Patrick Cunningham (MFA Art & Technology) and made possible by support from Claudia Hart (Art & Technology Faculty).
Participating artists: Ben Carney and Cassandra Jackson, Spencer Paul Hutchinson, Brookhart Jonquil, Mik Kastner, Alex M. Lee, Shane Mecklenburger, Surbhi Saraf, Micah Schippa, Sandra Rosas Ridolfi, Wonbin Yang

Friday night performance: Justin Block
Saturday night performance: Matt Griffin, Mark Franz, and Ryan Dunn collaboration

1234 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago - May 29-31
Friday, May 29: Opening Party
VIP preview, 6:30pm
General Public, 7:30pm- 11pm
Saturday, May 30: noon-10pm
Sunday, May 31: noon-6pm

I’ll be in a curated section of this year’s Around the Coyote art festival in Bucktown, along with a lot of friends. This is going to be a great show! Opening night is Friday, May 29 from 7:30pm until 11. It will continue Saturday and Sunday.
Around the Coyote will take place in a number of locations, this show will be at 1234 Milwaukee Ave, near the Division Blue Line stop.

here are a few pics from the show

I’ll be in Art Chicago, represented by SUGs at booth 12-159.
Here’s what’s said about me in the catalog:

Brookhart Jonquil’s work challenges the viewer to understand their own relationship with the physical world. Of particular concern are aspects such as consciousness and observation, which still suffer under a Cartesian exile from our bodies. Using a semi-scientific approach, Jonquil conflates mind and consciousness with the body, and positions the individual as a dynamic organ of the environment. By taking a systemic view of our relationship with reality, his work seeks to transform our fundamental assumptions about objectivity and subjectivity.

Other people to look for at Art Chicago:
Sanya Glisic at Spudnik Press
Alex Lee at Waymaker Gallery
Kentaro Yamada at SUGs
Angel Otero

My notes on the adventure were minimal, check out Sanya’s blog if you want to know more of what we did.
I’ve been back in Chicago since January, makin stuff! Things are comming together, I’ll be adding images soon.

Boy, I sure slipped off the radar didnt I? A lot has happened since Mysore, most importantly Surabhi’s wedding in Indore. The wedding was completely spectacular and reeeaally long. It was an awesome experience, as was staying with Surabhi’s wonderful family. But now we’re in Thailand already! The food here is so fresh and light, such welcome reprieve from two months of Indian food. The entire time I was in India I never got sick, I even started drinking the water in the resturants now and then at the end, and I ate tons of dubious street food. So I guess coming to Thailand, where everything is much cleaner and easier, and more westernized, I got cocky. I drank a glass and a half of water from a street restuarant and I’ve been reaping the consequenses for about 5 days. It’s not sooooo bad, it hasn’t kept me from enjoying the beach! Sanya and I are staying at the most peaceful, beautiful little bay in the entire world. Its called Khlong Jak Bay, on Ko Lanta. Much of the coral has been damaged, but there are still some nice fish, the first day out we saw a Lion Fish! It was really exciting. Tomorrow is Christmas eve, and nobody around here really cares at all, the island is 95% Islamic, 4% Buddhist, and the rest is local anamist religion. There are some cheezy out of place Christmas trees for the tourists though. And there’s some bizzare snow-land thing, all cotton balls and spraypaint.
Lots of holliday love to everyone!