{"id":5394,"date":"2017-02-07T20:36:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T01:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=5394"},"modified":"2018-05-06T18:35:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T22:35:48","slug":"brian-bress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/brian-bress\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Bress"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8392\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5394-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/BrianBress2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/BrianBress2.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/BrianBress2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5395 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BB_press_headshot_2017.jpg?resize=251%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BB_press_headshot_2017.jpg?resize=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BB_press_headshot_2017.jpg?resize=768%2C916&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BB_press_headshot_2017.jpg?resize=858%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 858w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BB_press_headshot_2017.jpg?resize=624%2C745&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BB_press_headshot_2017.jpg?w=1893&amp;ssl=1 1893w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BB_press_headshot_2017.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianbress.com\/\">Brian Bress<\/a>, a Los Angeles based artist and filmmaker, creates absurd, circularly narrative films driven by the circumstances of a bizarre cast of ridiculously costumed characters, more often than not played by Bress himself. Though they rely predominantly on homemade props and costumes, Bress\u2019s videos are visually innovative and their inherent silliness and rambling pace only serve to intensify the examination of assumptions about the nature of reality. He is also known for his collage-like portraits that feature costumed actors wearing strange masks that obscure their faces. By disguising the identities of the sitters, Bress heightens the level of uncertainty in the work to humorous levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brian Bress received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA from University of California, Los Angeles. His collages, photographs, videos and paintings have been exhibited in various group shows and film festivals in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, including Spike and Mike\u2019s Festival of Animation, Black Maria Film Festival, New York Director\u2019s Club Biennial and The LA Weekly Biennial. Current and upcoming solo exhibitions include a ten year retrospective at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver in 2016. Bress has recently had solo exhibitions and projects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Museo d\u2019arte contemporanea, Rome, Italy; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA; and New Museum, New York, NY. Brian is represented by Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles and Josh Lilley Gallery, London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The books mentioned in the interview are <a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/gO866Jn\">The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing<\/a> and\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/bogost.com\/books\/alien-phenomenology\/\">Alien Phenomenology, or What It\u2019s Like to Be a Thing<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/187214213\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"s1\"><i>Chefs #2 (on green, blue, green waves)\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\">2016,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">High definition three-channel video (color), high definition monitors and players, wall mounts, framed ,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">38 x 75 inches,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">TRT 31 minutes, 08 seconds, loop.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Video Clip Courtesy of Brian Bress and Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/202456872\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>On view at Baltimore Museum of Art Feb 12th:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Imperfect Tense (for Josef Albers),\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\">2017,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">High definition three-channel video (color), high definition monitors and players, wall mounts, framed,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">120 x 22.75 x 7 inches,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">TRT 13 minutes, 00 seconds, loop,\u00a0Video Clip Courtesy of Brian Bress and Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/200125951\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>On View in as part of Public Art Fund Commercial Break Exhibition \/ \u00a0Times Square Tuesdays thru March 5th:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Brian Bress,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Consonance and Dissonance in Four Parts for Times Square,\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\">2017,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">three part video,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">13 seconds each,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Video Clip Courtesy of Brian Bress and Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/BrianBress2.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listBrian Bress, a Los Angeles based artist and filmmaker, creates absurd, circularly narrative films driven by the circumstances of a bizarre cast of ridiculously costumed characters, more often than not played by Bress himself. 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