FLUSHING TOWN HALL – THE TRUTH AS I SEE IT– Group Exhibition – scopOphilic is proud to announce that collective artists Bruce Morrow and cb cooke have their work in the exhibit. Stop by and check it out. Exhibition Dates: June 5th – August 3rd (Opening Reception: Saturday, June 14th, 2025 5:00 – 7:00pm) More Info.
ARTS GOWANUS – ROOTED IN PRIDE returns in 2025 with two scopOphilic artist’s pieces: cb cooke’s scopOphilic_documentary_LGBTQ+ and Bruce Morrow’s Before The Hoops Come Off in their exhibit June 1, 2025 – August 1, 2025 at Washington Park/JJ Byrne Playground, outside of The Old Stone House in Brooklyn NY – Outdoor exhibit – 24 hour access. More Info.
A.I.R. Gallery is pleased to present Wish You Were Here: The Second
Best Time Is Now, the 2024 edition of its annual Postcard Show. Join us for the opening June 28th, 2024 5-7pm 155 Plymouth Street Brooklyn NY 11201. The exhibit runs from June 28 – July 28, 2024.
Each year, hundreds of artists come together to support A.I.R. by donating a
postcard-sized work in any medium. Each original work is sold for $45 and all proceeds go to benefit A.I.R. and its mission to advance the work of women and non-binary artists. This year’s exhibition theme focuses on the climate crisis. The exhibition borrows its title from a Chinese Proverb: “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”
ARTS GOWANUS – PRIDE: ALL DAY, EVERY DAY will feature two scopOphilic pieces: scopOphilic_texture and Vogueing Is Not A Crime (In Honor of O’Shae Sibley), in their exhibit June 1, 2024 – August 31, 2024 at Washington Park/JJ Byrne Playground, outside of The Old Stone House in Brooklyn NY.
scopOphilic artist Bruce Morrow is presenting his new work
Evidence: Staged Reading of a Short Film Script.
Theater for the New City Presents…
A scopOphilic Production
“Evidence: Staged Reading of a Short Film Script”
Written and Directed by Bruce Morrow
Saturday, November 25th 2023, 6 PM
Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets)
New York, NY 10003
(212) 254-1109
info@theaterforthenewcity.net
Starring:
Anthony Harper, Jonathan Duran, and Juliette Havardtrapani
Writer & Director: Bruce Morrow
Executive Producer: Crystal Field
Co-Producers: Melanie Maria Goodreaux and Will Felker
Stage Manager: Christopher Bello
Sound Design: Thomas Wilk
Graphic Design: Rodd Vano
BROOKLYN PRIDE:“Together We Will…”(June 1 thru August 31, 2023)
Outdoor Art Exhibition
Exciting News! scopOphilic’s photocollage QueerVision has been included in “Together We Will…” at Brooklyn Pride! 2023.
Arts Gowanus and Old Stone House, and Brooklyn Pride hosting this public outdoor art exhibition that honors and uplifts Brooklyn’s LGBTQIA+ Community.
“QueerVision” is just one of the amazing artworks on display. These artworks beautifully depict and celebrate various facets of the LGBTQIA+ experience and community.
You can find these vibrant works adorning vinyl banners along the fence surrounding The Old Stone House & Washington Park and J.J. Byrne Playground in Park Slope (336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY). The exhibition runs from June 1 to August 31, 2023.
The exhibit was also featured on News 12 Brooklyn.
Let’s celebrate love, diversity, and creativity together!
LOCAL PROJECT – CLOSING SHOW (June 2 – June 25, 2023) scopOphilic presents the first image from the TEXTURE series in a gallery as part of a group exhibition at Local Project Inc (11-27 44th Road Long Island City/Queens, NY.) Opening June 2, 2023 6-9pm. Happening night pop up show by Softsoulstudio June 16, 6pm.
PARIS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – IN DREAMS BEGIN… (March 10 – 15, 2023): “In dreams begin…” a short film made of over 2,500 still photographs, the film pays homage to seminal experimental filmmakers such as Bruce Conner, Stan Brakhage, and Chris Marker. Written and directed by Bruce Morrow. Edited by Ndlela Nkobi. Music by singer/songwriter drito. Produced by scopOphilic. Winner Best LGBT Short Film: Jury Award and Audience Award, 2023 Paris Short Film Festival.
MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER CANADA All We Want is More: The Tobias Wong Project (November 17, 2022 to July 2023) Tobias Wong and CB Cooke worked on a collaborative project: ILOVEYOUVIRUS – CD-ROM Souvenir (2004) which is featured in the catalog for Toby’s exhibit at the Museum Of Vancouver Canada. (RIP Toby, we miss you a lot!)
scopOphilic has an image in the TRASH group exhibition at Local Project Inc (11-27 44th Road Long Island City/Queens, NY.) The opening is November 5th 2022 from 6pm to 8pm. Please join us. @local_project
scopOphilic Guest Artsts:
Round 2 of the scopOphilic featured artists: Thirdblade from Brooklyn was featured on Monday November 28th. the Master was featured on Tuesday November 29th. And, ZobGraffiti’s work was shown on Wednesday November 30th, 2022.
scopOphilic featured artists: ZobGraffiti and the Master on its tumblr account the week of October 10, 2022. If you are interested in submitting work as part of the scopOphilic_MicroMessaging series for futures postings, please drop us a note.
The pioneering digital art collection scopOphilic has created its first NFT collection: Micromessaging_QueerVision with 10% of initial sales benefiting The LGBT Center in NYC. Bids are now being taken at OpenSea: opensea.io/scopOphilic
Micromessaging_QueerVision highlights the colors of the Inclusive LGBTQ Pride Flag and is part of scopOphilic’s ongoing series that focuses on street art, the original social media platform that goes all the way back to cave drawings. The first Micromessaging_QueerVison print has been included in the Queer Cuts: Reimagining Queer Collage at the LGBT Center in New York City.
Micromessaging_QueerVision NFT Collection has three levels: 1) NFT only; 2) NFT + one 16×20 inch Giclee fine art print; and 3) NFT + print + a two-hour personalized bike tour of the best MicroMessaging in NYC.
Place your bids today on OpenSea: opensea.io/scopOphilic.
For info on scopOphilic or further questions, check out our new website or use its contact form.
To celebrate PRIDE month, we’re running a series of nine images culled from previously posted images and some brand new ones with a special theme. These will start on Wednesday June 18th, 2022.
scopOphilic is currently featuring its MicroMessaging series on tumblr. A new image every day with special features along the way to commorate Father’s Day, Memorial Day, The Fourth Of July, and oh so much more.
https://www.tumblr.com/scopophilic1997
https://gaycenter.org/summer-exhibitions/
“Queer Cuts: Reimagining Queer Collage” a group show at The LGBT Community Center, New York City, 2022
MicroMessaging_QueerVision, a 16×20 Giclee digital print on archival paper, is included in the exhibition, “Queer Cuts: Reimagining Queer Collage” at the LGBT Community Center in New York City, from June 15, 2022, to September 1, 2022. The print is a digital collage set in a 3×3 grid that highlights the colors of the Inclusive Pride Flag.
scopOphilic aired weekly on Manhattan Neighborhood Network Television
– September 1998-2006 – Weekly digital photography-based experimental video program
MIX FESTIVAL NEW YORK – New York, New York
– November 2003 – One short experimental video – “21’ps”
PAPERVEINS – New York, New York
– September 2002 – Group Show – “charlie & cb” – Video installation
QUEER CITY CINEMA – Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
– April 2002 – Experimental shorts program: “billy_thank_you”
MIX FESTIVAL NEW YORK – New York, New York
– November 2001 – Four short experimental videos in various programs
OUTFEST – Los Angeles, California
– July 2001 – THE MAULING OF NEW YORK: Work from MIX NYC 2000 Festival – “dancing” short video
OUTFEST – Los Angeles, California
– July 2000 – Cybertexture – “daddie”, “Faces”, & “What’s Going On” Interactive multimedia installation kiosk
OLDER EXHIBITIONS BY CB COOKE:
INFORMATION GALLERY New York, NY
December 1992 – “FEAR, AIDS AND DEATH” Show
– four multimedia pieces and twelve computer enhanced photographs
February 1993 – Group Show: “Violence” – one multimedia piece about violence
July 1993 – Group Video Show: “Growing Up” – multimedia piece designed for video
February 1994- “Vehemence” Show
– Installation consisting of three multimedia pieces, viewer triggered audio, black room, and pedestals
RICCO/MARESCA GALLERY New York, NY
October 1995 – code – Group Show: “Vehemence” and “On Your Way Out”
– two multimedia pieces
CREATIVE TIME – New York, NY
December 1996 – Day Without Art Web Action Project – “VisionNeverstopCrying”
– Interactive web site
July 1997 – Art In The Anchorage Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY – “evivrus”[installation info]
– Interactive site specific multimedia installation
December 1998, 1999, and 2000 – Day Without Art Banner Project
– Three web banner “ads”
THE ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM – New York, NY [installation info]
April 1999 – Expansion Arts: Artists Of Our Times III – “12, 28, 37”
– Interactive multimedia installation
PAPERVEINS – New York, NY [exhibition info]
October 1998 – Group Show – Digital Fluid Painting – “d_control”
September 2000 – Group Show – “daddie” – Digital Fluid Painting [installation info]
September 2002 – Group Show – “charlie & cb” – Video installation
OUTFEST – Los Angeles, CA
July 1998 – New Media – Digital Fluid Painting – “d_control”
July 1999 – Interactive Outfest – Casting The Net – Shockwave web work – “dear_father”
July 2000 – Cybertexture – interactive multimedia installation – “daddie” kiosk
July 2001 – THE MAULING OF NEW YORK: Work from MIX NYC 2000 Festival – “dancing” short film
MIX FESTIVAL– New York, NY
November 1996 – Mediashock – Web Site – “Darklight” and “AOHELL” – Interactive multimedia and web works
November 1997 – New Media Kiosk – “d_control” – digital fluid painting
November 2000 – Cabin Fever shorts series – “daddie” linear video short
November 2001 – Four short experimental videos: “daddie”, “swingers”, “election 2000”, and “billy_thank_you”
THE NEW FESTIVAL – New York, NY
June 1996 – New Media Exhibit – Group Show: “HIV Tour 1996” – interactive digital video based work
June 1997 – Web Exhibit – “Don’t Wanna” – interactive internet work
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – Park City, UT + Internet [installation info]
January 2001 – Sundance Online Film Festival – “daddie” – streaming video
QUEER CITY CINEMA – Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
April 2002 – Experimental shorts program: “billy_thank_you”
