LOCAL PROJECT – CLOSING SHOW 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. Exhibit runs June 2 – June 25, 2023.
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.
All We Want is More: The Tobias Wong Project
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 from November 17, 2022 to July 2023. (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_QueenVision with 10% of initial sales benefiting The LGBT Center in NYC. Bids are now being taken at OpenSea: opensea.io/scopOphilic
Micromessaging_QueenVision 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_QueenVision 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://scopophilic1997.tumblr.com
Past Exhibits
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
