2005 Osinski PRESS


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	Silo is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Christine Osinski, a New York-based artist, and a project by photographer Will Anderson. Each artist offers a unique take on sociobiological behavior and the global hive. On view are Osinski’s large scale, copper-toned photographs of landscapes and the insects that inhabit them. This close-up, heightened universe of cruising houseflies, hovering moths, and gliding bees asks the question: as they travel through shadowy landscapes, are these creatures friends or foe? A dragonfly is camouflaged on a bush and a butterfly floats near berries the size of small bombs. These enlarged views of the natural world exhibit a universe dominated by surveillance, reconnaissance and survival strategies. The world Osinski describes is neither friendly nor comforting, but filled with apprehension and anxiety. The scale has shifted, insects have the upperhand. What are they up to? The spectacles of tattered spider webs are in one sense a microcosm of tangled traps in which the dust and debris stuck to gossamer threads become a cosmorama, a frightening void. Osinski’s protagonists pause, dart, drift, cling, soar, teeter and tumble through disorienting vistas of dappled light and menacing shadow. Also on view in Silo’s screening room is an installation by British-born photo- grapher Will Anderson combining slide projection and sound. Anderson spent the last five years photographing and tape recording newcomers to the male modeling industry in one New York household. His subject- narrated slide show, “apt. 301: Dialogue & Images,” accompanies the spring 2005 release of apt. 301, published by Yewtree Press. Trained as a graphic designer, Anderson modeled briefly after moving to New York, then accepted an opportunity to head an agency-sponsored apartment. He began apt. 301 by shooting residents’ portraits, but was drawn to the house culture’s visually transparent contradictions. Day-to-day reality, as seen in Anderson’s relaxed, candid approach, is banal, messy and unregimented—far from poised perfection. The raw physical beauty of his roommates recedes against a backdrop of unmade cots, empty beer bottles, video games and utter lack of privacy. A year into the project, Anderson began recording the household chatter. “apt. 301: Dialogue & Images” ’s unvarnished merger of image and word underscores a tedious and often ludicrous world in which glamour is notably absent. For more information, please contact Tia Shin at info@silonyc.com or (212) 505-9156.

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