JEFFREY CHARLES STANLEY | JCS

Three New Works showing at Triptych Memphis

Jeffrey Charles Stanley presented three new works as part of the group exhibition, Triptych Memphis: Art, Music, and Food a charity event for Alzheimer's & Dementia Services of Memphis at Brickwood Hall.

In partnership with Blend Studio, Brickwood Hall, and Alzheimer’s Day Services of Memphis, Triptych Memphis presents a palate of diverse experiences on a journey encompassing visual art, music, and culinary arts. On Saturday, September 30th from 6-10 pm at Brickwood Hall (391 S. Front Street, Memphis, TN 38103), Triptych engages sight, sound and taste to celebrate Blend Studio’s diverse community of artists.

Exhibition dates: September 30th - December 17th, 2017

Works presented by Jeffrey Charles Stanley | JCS:

The Sweetest Gift an exhibition at 1857 Hotel

The Sweetest Gift, or Uncanny Gifts: causation, change, motion, contingency, and finitude an exhibition at The 1857 Hotel, 210 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY 42001. Opening reception: Thursday, 26th of Januaary 2017 6:00-8:00pm. Exhibition dates: 26th of January to 26th of February 2017.

The Sweetest Gift, an exhibition of both new and old works, continues an exploration of macro narrative (interlacing multiple narratives while also making connections with history and time). Works are produced in groups of three. Three represents the triangle. The triangle, or trinity, represents the strongest shape. The interconnection of he works alludes to the cosmological argument. Instead of giving weight to one side of the argument over another, these works bridge together science and faith. Yes, there is a strong bias towards pluralism and for seeing the interconnectedness of all people. Yet in our technocrafted world, bold and careful statements are missing from our dialog. Technology is eroding our complex world into smaller, easily digested half-truths.

Our desire for the instantaneous, for things easy to understand, is eliminating our tolerance, our acceptance to see the differences in and connection to one another. History warns that this intolerance leads to destruction. Our response should be actions. Actions in our daily lives, ones that cannot be transmuted through an art object (see these objects as a call to action). You must take action to transform this world.

Promotional images for The Sweetest Gift:

TechGnostiChurch is part of A Body Has No Center

TECHGNOSTICHURCH September 4th-October 16th, 2016, TechGnostiChurch and A Body Has No Center will be presenting Sunday Service a weekly meditation. TechGnostiChurch is Jeffrey Charles Stanley. A Body Has No Center is curated by Ricky Yanas. The exhibition is presented across spaces in Philadelphia, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philly, and virtually.

Every Sunday between September 4th and October 16th, Disciple of Light Jeffrey Charles Stanley of the JCS | TGC will offer a sermon recorded especially for the exhibition, A Body Has No Center. Tune in every week to our page (http://www.abodyhasnocenter.com/events/sunday-service) to receive your gnosis, blessing, and spiritual transformation. (We are releasing videos each Sunday. They are available at abodyhasnocenter.com and TechGnostiChurch TGC | YouTube )

Every Sunday morning for the duration of A Body Has No Center, TechGnostiChurch is a 7 part macro narrative web-series that investigates the body, mind, and spirit through various characters developed through from the rich imaginations of our society. Various spiritual paths and physical dimensions as well as the associated gnosis are deeply questioned each Sunday. Stay tuned for the concluding episodes to be posted today, October 16th. The 7 episodes have been added to a youtube playlist for ease in watching the entire series.

still from TechGnostiChurch "4th of September 2016 Sunday Service"

CURRENTS April Fools' Gold: The objectives of mantras | music | visions

CURRENTS April Fools' Gold: The objectives of mantras | music | visions New Work by Jeffrey Charles Stanley | JCS is the artist's first major scale solo exhibition in 7 years. The recent work explores video as object, treating each as a portal to something and somewhere else. This elsewhere and otherness is what motivates and cultivates change, or progress. An advance cannot occur without someone, or a group formulating a new idea that can then be shared with the collective consciousness.

A show of objects in groups of three. A group of three provide a very strong bond. The strength of that bond is galvanized by what links them together. (If you've read Buckminster Fuller, a group of three inherently produces a fourth: their relationship, or connection, but he goes much deeper than that. If you are witness this exhibition and you find it hard to see a relationship, they are at least linked by cable and wire.) The relationships in Stanley's work often have an internal logic even if they may not seem logical. The great experiment by JCS is to combine the empirical (physical) with the spiritual (metaphysics).

Installation shot of greater exhibition space from the show CURRENTS: April Fools’ Gold on display ATM Gallery, Austin, TX April 1st - May 1st 2016:

document/promo, Dark Hypercube, first/last supper: interview, performance (JCSSC, 1st of April 2016), At The Center of it All, Yet Another Quest for Knowledge, Nature, and Motivational Force are displayed. (all works 2016)

These types of combinations have been tested (and one could argue plausibly so) with disciplines such as alchemy, quantum mechanics, and fiction. Partially fiction, partially an elaborate trip, Currents puts us at the threshold. The two most important thresholds to keep in mind here are subliminal and liminal space.

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For the purposes of this exhibition, the point of departure may be a song (e.g., Frank Ocean's “At Your Best” (perhaps chosen for the meta-contexts, previous versions by the Isley Brothers and Aaliyah, and connection to personal responsibility, etc), or a playlist, an amalgam, of songs, but this is all behind the scenes – in my liminal space, maybe I leave traces and hints) interpreted and transformed into visual phrasing (in some cases auditory phrasing) and context within a piece (such as Motivating Force Within My Life, 2016). The result is open to interpretation. We will refrain from applying too much meaning, but perhaps this will give you some necessary context to properly receive the message of this show.

installation view inside the Green Room doubt and April Fools’ Gold displayed (both 2016)

doubt (2016) inside the Green Room

This New Sitcom 'The Missing Episode'

This New Sitcom created by Rbt Sps. 'The Missing Episode' and This New Sitcom in HD are written, directed and edited by Jeffrey Charles Stanley | JCS. A collaboration with Rbt Sps after his project This New Sitcom came to an end in 2012, after 3 season on Facebook. I directed two episodes from Season 3 and an episode I wrote and shot was too long for the format of TNS (one minute of length multiplied by the season of the series). I shot video here and there over the years and finally edited the project in 2015. The result is a standalone short film, This New Sitcom 'The Missing Episode'.

This New Sitcom in HD a channel on Vimeo dedicated to JCS | RBT SPS collaboration, two episodes and 'The Missing Episode'.

still from This New Sitcom 'The Missing Episode' Starring: Rbt Sps and JCS - Written, directed and edited by Jeffrey Charles Stanley | JCS

About (update: old bio)

Jeffrey Charles Stanley | JCS is an artist whose mulitdisciplinary practice which incorporates video, postproduction, sound, performance, the internet, and found/made objects presents critical statements about culture, politics, the art world, and mass media. Based on his interests in Situationist and phenomenological aesthetic theories (e.g., media aesthetics), JCS investigates the media landscape with humor and dynamic emotions. Stanley adds, stretches, and re-purposes media until it starts to lose shape, all in an attempt to change the viewer's perception of social archetypes and cultural artifacts.