The Future of NHQ
For most of 2010, we here at NHQ have been working on two major projects, sort of behind the scenes: One is very related to events, websites, and social promotion for producer organizations. The other is an Internet video which we hope will take the medium to a new level, by incorporating some edgy tech…
NHQ EVENT: Without Wax
Derek tells a lot of stories. Nobody knows which are the jokes, which are the lies, and which are true. It’s the same with his many paintings: who is to say if one is funny or ugly or beautiful? Therein lies the reality: nobody knows for sure. And this is why Derek and his paintings (and his raps, and his blog, and his fortune-telling hotline, and his mail-order hamburgers, and his comics, and his Facebook posts, and his eBay items, and his Craigslist ads) are so appealing to so many different people. Each one is like an inside joke. Or lie. Or revelation.
NHQ VIDEO: Without Wax Promo No. 1
In this video: Derek Erdman in a gorilla suit, Derek Erdman on the telephone, Derek Erdman in a bed, Derek Erdman with a french fry, Derek Erdman as Rap Master Maurice, Derek Erdman makes a painting. Featuring NEW animated bumper by Gretta Johnson!
NHQ EVENT: Without Wax
WITHOUT WAX is Derek Erdman’s final solo exhibition in Chicago before relocating permanently to Austin, Texas on September 1, 2010. Erdman has lived in Chicago for 14 years. Over the course of the past decade he’s made more than 4,000 paintings, and sold more than 3,000 of them. In addition to painting, Erdman has successfully earned his living making and selling all manner of media, such as illustrations for web and print magazines, custom raps delivered via telephone, prank call CDs, self-published booklets and mail-order hamburgers.
COMING SOON: Man V. Candy Machine
New teaser trailer for our Interactive Internet Tele-Play MAN V. CANDY MACHINE, coming July 2010!
COMING SOON: Garden Apartment
We’ve got a new video in the works! Queer and sensual, conceived and created by the inextinguishable flame that is Gretta Johnson. It’s called GARDEN APARTMENT, a glimpse into the physical and psychological space of a strange and mysterious garden-dwelling creature, a “sluggy cocooned lady,” content with solitude and the companionship of her plants. She surrounds herself with collages of humans made to look like plants and plants that take on human characteristics.
NHQ EVENT: Just Shake Ya Rump
Join us as we celebrate the birthdays of NHQ’s Angeline Gragasin and Daniel Postilnik this Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Archer (formerly Texas) Ballroom. Featuring live entertainment by ANTIBODY DANCE, VALIS, and DJs BITFUNK and BODYWALLET! All we wanna do is zooma zoom zoom zoom and a boom boom, ya hurr?
COMING SOON: Man V. Candy Machine
We’re going to let you guys in on our secret next project that’s been in the works for a few years now. It’s MAN V. CANDY MACHINE, something we are calling an “Internet Tele-Play,” currently in development to be released later this spring. OK, so we may not have James Cameron’s Stereoscopic 3-D cameras or millions of dollars to throw into this production, but what we do have is a highly original and well-written screenplay, a top-notch production staff, and we damn well know how to use a green screen.
NHQ VIDEO + EVENT: Fooshed Smaces
Next Thursday, February 18 we are joining forces with our friends at KOKOROKOKO vintage to present a video installation in their storefront window! FOOSHED SMACES is a playful exploration of the intersection between the beautiful and the grotesque; of how easily the human face in its natural form can be manipulated by outside forces to convey unintended expressions, how the line between expression and disfigurement can be blurred by the direct interaction with an object as simple as a windowpane.
NHQ VIDEO: Whoop Dee Doo!
Check out the video from the Chicago stop on the WHOOP DEE DOO tour! Presented by the Smart Museum as part of their Heartland Exhibit at Experimental Station on October 2, 2009. (NHQ’s contribution to the live taping is towards the end.)
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