Previous works by JASON SHULMAN<\/em><\/p>\nWhen our some-time contributor and every-time brilliant Harriet Verney told us about the one-man, one-piece art show she was curating, we were a little intrigued. Opening tonight at the Society Club’s Door Gallery, Jason Shulman presents, well, Jason Shulman.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s meant to sear your retina, strain your rods and cones\u2026 it\u2019s what good art should do, I\u2019m fast tracking it, you know. Get there how you can!\u201d Harriet relayed a conversation between herself and the artist to us.<\/span><\/p>\n“That\u2019s the thing about Jason,” Harriet wrote in a piece outlining the show, “he may be (on the surface) arrestingly nervous; but he\u2019s a silently confident self proclaimed recluse, on numerous occasions I’ve left his company thinking; \u2018How the fuck did he do that\u2019 or just \u2018fuckkk\u2019. He\u2019s a brilliant illusionist, a poacher of the imagination, he distorts and sticks a finger right through the rafters of your brain, without you releasing, sans pomp and splendour with the accuracy and precision of a scientist.”<\/span><\/p>\nSounds delicious, right? And we’ve been promised dogs, drinks and vintage porn on arrival. All we know is that we’ll be there at 7pm to press a big red button, see a flash of light and find out what happens. We tried to pry more from Harriet in advance.<\/p>\n
How do you know Jason? What about his work first drew you to him or did he draw you to his work?<\/strong><\/p>\nJason lives in the bunker beneath me in Haggerston, he was introduced to me by my flat mate who has known him for years; she’d been banging on about this shaman-like artist for ages so finally I met him; it was mind blow after mind blow – the other day he showed me this 3D shadow machine he’s created. Amazing!<\/p>\n
What\u2019s been your role as the curator of the show?<\/strong><\/p>\nBeing Jason’s Nanny, joking. I guess being there, writing the interview with him making everything go smoothly and translating the whole thing to reality. I played a minor role in comparison to Babette and Micheal at the Society Club who are King and Queen of the back streets of Soho.<\/p>\n
What do you hope people\u2019s reactions will be?<\/strong><\/p>\nAs Jason said “sear people’s retinas” shock and walk off into the night in Soho without being able to get his name out their noggins!<\/p>\n
Why Soho and why the Door Gallery?<\/strong><\/p>\nI’ve been really close with Babette for years; and previously curated and interviewed Tim Noble for his period in “the door”.<\/p>\n
This show is itchingly secretive, what\u2019s the best thing about a secret?<\/strong><\/p>\nWell hopefully it will mean people come and actually see it rather than just see a video!<\/p>\n
Can you give us three words to describe it, just so we can prepare ourselves?<\/strong><\/p>\nBlinded by the light (that’s four soz).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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