35mm photographer, musician and writer. NYC.
A deep freeze has descended on New York City just a few days before I leave for a full US / Canadian tour with Pharmakon and I am left bored in my room with a cold. I usually wait longer between photo updates, but this past month or so have been pretty prolific. I feel freer just knowing what I am about to do. Treacherous, redundant days are numbered. The smog has been cut.
Mata Noise gallery and Art/Noise are pleased to present “Why I Use My Body”, the first Los Angeles solo showing of artist Jane “Pain” Chardiet.
“A photo series that explores self-inflicted corporeal punishment as a response to trauma.”
Using female models, Jane Chardiet set out to capture self-harming behaviors that have burdened her own life as well as the lives of her models in 35MM film. The photos exhibited are part one of Chardiet’s series which will culminate in the anthology “Why I Use My Body” published next year by Dark Chart Publications. Jane Pain’s work reflects on the use of the body in art and music and closely reflects on her own performances under monikers The Waitress and Appetite
“Why I Use My Body” will feature live sets by performers who have a history of mixing performance with noise: Appetite (noise duo featuring Jane Chardiet), Timeghost (Providence RI based biomechanical industrial noise), Saran Man (New York) and Nephila (Shannon Kennedy, Los Angeles)
Art//Noise is an ongoing a series of performances and installations pairing visual work with extreme underground music. “Why I Use My Body” its the sixth episode.
Jane “Pain” Chardiet lives and works in New York City.
If you can not make it to the show, I also have a new zine for sale here .
MY NEW ZINE HIGH ON HUNGER WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE 2/7. THERE WILL BE A RELEASE PARTY AT MOLASSES BOOKS IN BROOKLYN. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 9 PM.
“High On Hunger” is a new zine by Jane Chardiet featuring personal essay, photography and interviews with 12 artists about their artistic goals in the new year. By asking artists to reflect on their accomplishments of 2013 and declare set goals for themselves in 2014, High On Hunger hopes to manifest creative action by helping to provide the vision. Each artists was photographed licking flame as it served as both a ritual and a symbol of the creative process.
Come celebrate the release, enjoy a couple drinks and browse some books.
Featuring:
☯JS Aurelius, Artist and Musician (Ascetic House/ Destruction Unit/ Marshstepper)
✳ Heather Benjamin, Illustrator (Exorcise Book/ Sad Sex)
ϟ Margaret Chardiet, Artist and Musician (Pharmakon/ Cheena)
☠ Christopher Hansell, Musician, Curator (Ascetic House East/Warthog/ Ligature)
✌ Jesse Harding, Sculptor
✍ Trisha Low, Writer (The Compleat Purge)
⚔ Scout Pare-Phillips Photographer, Musician (Scout/ Sterling Sisters)
♒ Miles Pflanx, Filmmaker, Performance Artist
Ⓐ Jess Poplawski Artist, Musician (Anastzi/ Surviva)
▼ Jesse Riggins, Photographer
☮ Vinny Smith, Photographer
‡ Michael Thomas Vassallo, Filmmaker
\ (•◡•) / Copies of the zine can also be ordered here: http://janepain.bigcartel.com/product/high-on-hunger-zine
My photography will be displayed at Big Love records in Japan for the month of February. On Feb. 1 there will be a launch party in celebration of a new book, Violet Eyelash, published by I Hate Miss Crybaby that features five female photographers from around the world. There will be a full color book that has work from Jenna Thornhill Dewitt, Tara Dwelsdorf, Jesse Spears, Chiro and myself. A B+W zine of more of my work will also be available. I am so honored and excited. I wish I could attend! If you are a sugar daddy and wanna fly me to Japan HMU.
Violet Eyelash
‘ 写真 ‘ という一枚の紙でなく、彼女たちの目に移る音楽やアートに囲まれた日常 までも語りかけてくれるような、ロサンゼルス、ニューヨーク、バンクーバー、
東京の世界4都市5人のオンナノコによるグループ写真集『Violet Eyelash』。 その発売を記念した合同写真展を開催します。
JENNA THORNHILL DEWITT(ロサンゼルス/アメリカ)
元MIKA MIKO、現在はCRAZY BANDに在籍するLAのローカルミュージックシーンの中心的存在女子。音楽だけ でなく、アクセサリーなどクラフトアーティストとしても展示を開催。また夫CALI THORNHILL DEWITTとの写
真ブログ「Witch Hat」は国境を超えて人気である。 witchhat.biz
JESSE SPEARS(ロサンゼルス/アメリカ)
CRAZY BANDのボーカル、そしてLAでは欠かすことのできないアーティスト。CRAZY BANDの1st LP「Fuck
You」のジャケット、おなじみBURGER RECORDや昨年はサン・ローランのイラストなど、アンダーグラウンドか らハイファッションまで手掛けている。
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JANE CHARDIET(ニューヨーク/アメリカ) ニューヨーク在住のフォトグラファー&ライター。彼女のブログ「JANE PAIN」は写真だけでなくインタヴューも
読め、今のニューヨークのディープな音楽シーンをオンタイムで伝えてくれる。また PHARMAKON のデヴュー LP 「Abandon」のジャケットも彼女の作品。
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TARA DWELSDORF(バンクーバー/カナダ)
THE COURTNEY’SのデビューLPやPEACE「The World Is Too Much With Us」のジャケットカバー、また
WHITE LUNGなどのアーティストやのTHE EDITORIALマガジンの表紙も手掛ける。バンクーバーのシーンを映し 出している数少ないフォトグラファーの
CHIRO(東京 / 日本) 東京出身。世界を旅しローカルシーンを撮影、数々の写真展を東京にて開催。またインタヴュージン「WALLNUTS」 の編集長。LOWER「Someone’s Got It In For Me / But There Has To Be More」のポートレートを手掛 け、また現在はLA ARTBOOKフェアやマサチューセッツで行われるグループアートショーなどの出品を控えている。
JANE PAIN 