Jacob Tonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en San Francisco Time http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/san-francisco/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/san-francisco/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:33:59 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/san-francisco/ I’ve recently completed a month long bike tour and am now resettling into the bay area. It’s nice to be back after an incredible trip, as well as two amazing years in Los Angeles.

]]> http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/san-francisco/feed/ Big Top http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/big-top/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/big-top/#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 00:59:04 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/big-top/ Personal space is a living thing, responding to the interplay between attractions and fears. This human-size top wobbles through themes of attraction, vulnerability, youth and decay. (more…)

]]> http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/big-top/feed/ Exit Strategies http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/exit-strategies/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/exit-strategies/#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:11 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/exit-strategies/ 2008 UCLA Design | Media Art MFA Exhibition, May 15-29
Exhibition Website

Showing:
Big Top
Balance Study
I’m Taller Than Most of the People I Know

Press:
UCLA Daily Bruin, “Exit from the Everyday” (pdf)

Many Installation and Opening Photos…

Big Top
Big Top

Balance Study Installation
Balance Study

Balance Study Installation
I’m taller than most of the people I know.

Exhibition opening photos:
Top Audience
Watching Big Top spin

Mike Winching
Michael Kontopolous mans the winch.

Aaron Siegel and Ernie Tonski
Aaron Siegel and Ernie Tonski

Pinar Yoldas
Pinar Yoldas

Gil Kuno: Pogophonic
Gil Kuno’s Pogophonic

with Rebecca Mendez and Ernie Tonski
With Rebecca Mendez and Ernie Tonski

Big Top
Big Top

]]> http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/exit-strategies/feed/ Balance Study http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/balance-study-heel-toe/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/balance-study-heel-toe/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:16:46 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/balance-study-heel-toe/ Two videos studying balance, isolated from a fixed horizon. (more…)

]]> http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/balance-study-heel-toe/feed/ Gravity Art http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/gravity-art/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/gravity-art/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:02:38 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/gravity-art/ Telic Arts Exchange
Curated by Rene Daalder
March 1 - April 26
Featuring video works by 30 artists, including Bas Jan Ader, Vito Acconci, Richard Serra, Stelarc, Pascual Sisto, Fernando Sanchez…

Showing Balance Study, Heel Toe

Press: LA Times, Mar 14 2008 (pdf)

Gravity Art Poster

]]> http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/gravity-art/feed/ TV Karaoke http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/tv-karaoke/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/tv-karaoke/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:04:44 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/tv-karaoke/ Your favorite shows and ads performed live! (more…)

]]> http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/tv-karaoke/feed/ Real Presence 2007 http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/real-presence-2007/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/real-presence-2007/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:09:24 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/wordpress/2007/10/02/real-presence-2007/ VeniceBelgrade

I attended a wonderful residency/workshop in Belgrade, Serbia and Istanbul, Turkey from August 20 - September 8. 100 young artists from around the world gathered to discuss their work and mount an exhibition. We were present for the opening of the Istanbul Biennial, as well.

IstanbulPresenting

I traveled with two fellow grad students, Chris O’Leary and Jihyun Kim. We were then joined in Istanbul by Pinar Yoldas.

Chris’ photoblog about our trip.

Information on the residency can be found here: www.real-presence.org

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The floor adjusts its height bringing three people eye to eye.
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]]> http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/tallerthanmost/feed/ DMA First Year Grad Show http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/dma-first-year-grad-show/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/dma-first-year-grad-show/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:32:58 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/wordpress/2007/06/14/dma-first-year-grad-show/ June 2007, EDA Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles California

EDA Show 1EDA Show 2

Showing:
Machine For Dropping Feathers
I’m taller than most of the people I know.

]]> http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/dma-first-year-grad-show/feed/ Hammer Museum Performance http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/hammer-museum-performance/ http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/hammer-museum-performance/#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 06:08:19 +0000 jetonski http://users.design.ucla.edu/~jetonski/hammer-museum-performance/ May 2007, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Performed Wakening in collaboration with Dancer Chris Leyva of the UCLA World Arts and Cultures Department.

Collisions Flyer

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