Category: Experimental Video

This Is Our Life

As a child growing up in the 80s, Ghostbusters was not only my anthem but also my favorite movie so it was a huge honor to work with Ray Parker, Jr and produce the first music video for the Parker Boys. It was my first time working with kids on set which was great fun and I totally thought we should be producing television for Disney Channel.

“This is Our Life”
Parker Boys
Directed by Eric Heights
Executive Produced by Raydio Music
Produced by Niche.LA Video Art

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New Video: Vignette directed by Nic Cha Kim

VIGNETTE
written and directed by NIC CHA KIM
produced by Dogmeat in association with Niche.LA Video Art & Bootstrap Entertainment

starring (in order of appearance) KATHRYN CASTANEDA, ROBERT RENDEROS, JARED HUNGERFORD, REKO MORENO, D.T. MATIAS, MATT PETTINEO, PHIL YOUNG, CAROLINE LE DUC, ADDIE FOGLEMAN, MARLOW KNOBLE, RYAN POHANIC, JOHN HAMPTON

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Niche.LA presents Transdissipation

Niche.LA Video Art presents Transdissipation
new digital artwork by James Adams
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On June 11, 2009 from 4-9PM during the Downtown Art Walk in Gallery Row, Niche.LA Video Art presents “Transdissipation,” original video and digital artwork by James Adams.

James lives and works in downtown Los Angeles. His work spans across media and disciplines from video and sound to sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting.  Adams has exhibited throughout Southern California at venues including The Constant Gallery, Kellogg Art Gallery, i-5 Gallery, Soundwalk and the University Art Museum at CSULB.  His single channel videos have screened at the Experimental Edit International Video Festival in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Niche.LA presents Motion

Niche.LA Video Art presents new works  and video by Motion One
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – From November 13th – December 6th, 2008, Niche.LA Video Art presents a collection of new works by LA artist Motion One as well as his video art debut Mear One – Live Art Experience, a video expression chronicling famed LA grafitti artist, Mear One.

MOTION was born as Ricardo Estrada in Los Angeles, CA in 1980. Growing up, he was your typical kid: video games, skating, chillin’ with the homies, and getting his ass wooped by his mom. He was bit by the graffiti bug in Jr. High. Once he got to high school, Ricardo started to socialize with all the other graff writers and he was taken under the wing of his fellow writers SODA and HECTIC.

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Niche.LA presents Gallery Rowan

NICHE.LA presents GALLERY ROWAN
video art by Ken Cravens, Lustre, Michael Allen & woodywise
curated by Nic Cha Kim

A video art explosion by Ken Cravens, Lustre, Michael Allen & woodywise

On March 13, 2008, Niche.LA Video Art presents Gallery Rowan, sponsored by Downtown Properties. A video art explosion on the side of the Rowan Building facing Spring St., artists Ken Cravens, Lustre, Michael Allen, and woodywise will project video art 6:30 – 10:30PM. Take a seat and enjoy complimentary popcorn in the Rowan parking lot as we light it up with the largest video art display to ever grace a Downtown loft wall!

 

 

 

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Niche.LA presents The Land of Nuclear Enchantment

“The Land of Nuclear Enchantment”
photographs by Dave Bullock
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On February 14, 2008, Niche Video Art presents “The Land of Nuclear Enchantment,” a digital photography show by Dave Bullock.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
This summer I took a road trip to my old stomping ground in New Mexico. Along the way I toured some of my favorite places including Los Alamos and shot photos of some beautiful scenery as well as cool nuclear equipment. I have put together a show that includes a juxtaposition between the lovely natural wilderness and the cold technology that has been a key part of the nuclear weapons industry that is peppered throughout said wilderness.

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Niche.LA presents Reverse

“Reverse”
new video by woodywise and Ken Cravens
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On Oct 11, 2007 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA Video Art presents “Reverse,” featuring resident video artists woodywise and Ken Cravens.

Situated in the heart of Gallery Row on the 4th floor of the Spring Arts Tower, Niche.LA Video Art is a dedicated mixed-media & video art gallery. Located at 453 S. Spring St. #441, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (www.niche.la), Niche.LA Video Art is operated by Nic Cha Kim and Woody Wise.

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Niche.LA presents Found Footage

“Found Footage”
new work by woodywise and Michael Allen
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On August 9, 2007 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA Video Art presents “Found Footage,” featuring resident video artists woodywise and Michael Allen.

 

 

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Niche.LA presents Christ Killa

NICHE.LA VIDEO ART PRESENTS “CHRIST KILLA”
new work by Eric Medine
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On April 12, 2007 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA Video Art presents “Christ Killa,” featuring digital and video artist Eric Medine.

Described as the ultimate arbitration between politics and Christianity, “Christ Killa” is a video game linked to video projectors and television monitors. A first person shooter in which the player shoots hordes of homicidal Jesus Christs, the game landscape is filled with Googled images of Christian propaganda posters, religious shrines such as St. Peter’s in Rome, and clichéd representations of Christ who constantly mumbles messages of tolerance and compassion.
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Niche.LA presents Pull For Peace

NICHE.LA VIDEO ART PRESENTS “Pull For Peace”
new work by Craig Ruda
curated by Trish Lamantea

LOS ANGELES, CA – On February 8, 2007 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA Video Art presents “Pull For Peace” curated by Trish Lamantea, featuring digital artist Craig Ruda and video artist woodywise.

Craig was born and raised on Long Island, New York. After a move to New York, Craig joined the band Gods Child and later Joe 90. Gods Child released two albums “Everybody” and “Aluminum” for Warner Brothers Records. Gods Child’s first single “Everybody’s One” topped both the Billboard “Modern Rock” and “Album Rock” charts simultaneously. Joe 90 based out of Los Angeles released two albums “Dream This” and “A Raccoons Lunch” for Interscope Records.

 

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Niche.LA presents Etch A Sketch Man

NICHE.LA PRESENTS “Etch A Sketch Man”
new work by Christof Brown
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On November 9, 2006 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA presents “Etch A Sketch Man,” curated by Nic Cha Kim.

Christoph Brown is known as the world’s fastest Etch A Sketch artist and can do your portrait in 5-10 minutes. This collection features over 100 Etch A Sketch artworks which explores Christoph’s body of work as he expands the Etch A Sketch medium with “The Evolution of Michael Jackson” – all 16 versions of him – and a piece titled “Old Hollywood,” a collection of 24 etch a sketch snapshots all around Los Angeles.

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Niche.LA presents 04/05/06

NICHE.LA PRESENTS 04/05/06
new work by Retna and Michael Allen
curated by Marcela Garate

LOS ANGELES, CA – On September 14, 2006 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA presents “04/05/06,” curated by Marcela Garate, featuring digital artist Retna and video artist Michael Allen.

Los Angeles based artist Retna removes corporate advertisements of women from illuminated signs and embellishes them in a style that not only recalls Mayan and Egyptian hieroglyphs but even the aesthetic heights of Byzantium with its mosaic tiling of Christ and other deities. In one work, the well-known and ill-fated singer, Aaliyah, gazes upwards while color explodes like jeweled fragments around her. Retna’s intervention in these advertisements elevates the perception of the mostly anonymous females – fodder for representing desire and selling other objects – to a form of idolatry.

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Niche.LA presents Process of Transformation


Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Process of Transformation”
new work by Richard Edson & John Edward Faulkner

curated by Lilli Muller

LOS ANGELES, CA – On December 8, 2005 (12-9PM), Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Process of Transformation,” curated by Lilli Muller. A collection of digital art by Richard Edson and John Edward Faulkner and digital videos by Lustre, “Process of Transformation” examines visions of metamorphosis and conversion.

Richard Edson, one time drummer with Sonic Youth, has led a rich and varied career. An actor, he has appeared in 63 films — beginning with Jim Jarmusch’s “Stranger Than Paradise.” As a photographer, Richard has been featured in magazines: “Juxtapoz,” “The Propagandist,” “WaxPoetics,” and “Puta.”

John Edward Faulkner’s work explores the wave front created through the fusion of media and medium. He says, “It propagates the surface of symbolism and iconography employed in commercial imagery to the point where they release their latent potential.”

By creators Dmitry Kmelnitsky & Kalim Chan, Lustre is an interdisciplinary creative group that addresses socio-cultural issues through the convergence of arts and technology in both commercial and fine arts practice.

Situated next to each other, Niche.LA & Lounge 441 form one space that features an 18-seat private screening room and a mixed-media/video art gallery. A digital cooperation in the middle of Gallery Row, these two “mini-galleries” offer an eclectic artistic experience on the 4th floor of the Spring Arts Tower in less than 750 square feet.

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