JARO 5: The Passenger feat. Iván Gaete & Graciela Cassel.

Reception: Thursday June 9, 6 – 8pm
Exhibition Dates: June 9 – 29, 2016
Hours: Wednesdays–Sundays from 12pm to 7pm. Mondays and Tuesdays by appointment only.
Rooster Gallery
190 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002

“I am a passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the city’s backside
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they’re bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight

I am a passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city’s ripped-back sky
And everything looks good tonight

Singin’ la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la

Get into the car
We’ll be the passenger
We’ll ride through the city tonight
See the city’s ripped backsides
We’ll see the bright and hollow sky
We’ll see the stars that shine so bright
The sky was made for us tonight

Oh, the passenger
How-how he rides
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the silent hollow sky
He sees the stars come out tonight
He sees the city’s ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
‘Cause it just belongs to you and me
So let’s take a ride and see what’s mine

Singin’ la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la

Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window’s eye
He sees the things he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
Oh, let’s ride and ride and ride and ride

Singin’ la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la

Singin’ la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la”

– “The Passenger” by Iggy Pop & Ricky Gardiner, 1977

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Ivan Gaete (Santiago, Chile) is an interdisciplinary New York-based artist. He is a recipient of a 2016 BRIO award from the Bronx Council on the Arts and a 2016 Create Change Fellow at the Laundromat Project. He is currently a resident at Residency Unlimited and at the Artist Alliance / LES Studio Program (NYC). Earlier this year he completed the AIM program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Past residencies include Expressiones Cultural Center (New London, CT) and Ace Hotel (NYC). His work has been exhibited at NurtureArt, Kentler Drawing Center, Manhattan Graphics, Bronx Art Space, Bronx River Art Center, the historical Saint Peter’s Church and other galleries throughout the city. He is a BX200 featured artist.

Graciela Cassel (b. Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a New York-based multimedia artist who works on video installations and sculpture, exploring concepts of subjectivity, change, and border politics. Cassel holds a MA in Studio Art and a MFA in Fine Arts School of Visual Arts, New York. Recent exhibitions include Arte x Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2014); Artist Book, Sculpture Garden, LIC, New York (2014); Speed, North Carolina Museum, North Carolina (2013) Islandia,Dutch Kills Gallery, New York (2009). In 2015, “In the Sky” received the New York Filmmakers Palm award in the Spring season screening at Anthology Film Archives; in 2016 “Rivers” received a grant by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund; the same year “Accelerate” received  the Spring Palm Awards 2016 given by New Film Makers in Anthology film Archives. Cassel’s residency is supported by a grant from Monica Vila – Organization, Clinica sobre Jouissance-Seminario Lacaniano and the 2016 Queens Arts Fund New Works Grant Community funded by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund.