We thought that the creator of this short animation, Mike Please, would’ve been a great fit for the TVCC TVC concept, but Mr. Please wasn’t too pleased with that idea… but anyways, here’s the long-awaited award-winning full animated short. …

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Galerie Quynh is pleased to present The Propeller Group’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. Entitled ‘Static Friction’, the exhibition will consist entirely of new works including sculpture, drawing, video, and mixed media collages revolving around motorbike culture.

‘Static Friction’ …

If you are in Ho Chi Minh City this month, check out The Propeller Group’s latest show entitled Static Friction: Burning Rubber, located at San Art, 3 Me Linh street, district Binh Thanh, HCMC, Vietnam. March 30 – April 20, 2012.

“In this sculptural video installation, we witness a rider pushing the technological system beneath him to create a series of gestural marks in rubber on the ground. By refusing the ‘stop’ of a brake, by pushing its engine to its limit, we witness a mechanical system producing a mark, a ‘burn-out’ that is permanent — not dissimilar to the way social systems of control are being tested to new limits, to produce new forms of expression across the world that leave lasting effect.”

For installation images and more information, check out The Propeller Group’s project page here: Burning Rubber

The Propeller Group’s video installation in New York City’s New Museum is deceptively approachable. The five televisions, arranged in a circle and all facing inward, show a five-channel video, and viewers almost instinctively move to stand in the middle of the circle. On the screens, five different perspectives of an office meeting are displayed. Cameras arranged around the conference table capture every expression and exchange. The meeting attendees sometimes laugh, sometimes argue. But mostly they look bored.

This looks like any other office scene — which is remarkable only if you think about it, because what’s being discussed around that table is how to rebrand communism. Click to read more…

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The Propeller Group has been invited to participate in Los Angeles’ first Biennial opening June 3rd and is being organized jointly by the Hammer Museum and LAXART.

“The roster of emerging and under-recognized L.A. artists for the inaugural Hammer/LAX Art biennial has been released, along with an announcement of a $100,000 prize to be awarded to one participant. Liz Glynn, Analia Saban and Henry Taylor are among the 60 artists tapped for the show…

The Ungovernables show at the New Museum, featuring The Propeller Group’s work Television Commercial For Communism, gets some love from Artinfo.

There is also an interesting article comparing the show with the up and coming Whitney Biennial…

Viet Nam The World Tour, in collaboration with Dumbo of Poreotics fame, winners of Americas Best Dance Crew season five, come to Sai Gon, Viet Nam to put a contemporary twist to this modern day classic tune.

‘Sai Gon Dep Lam’, ‘Beautiful Sai Gon’ was first printed around 1965…

Creative Capital has announced the recipients of its 2012 grants for film/video and visual art and The Propeller Group is honored to be included in the amazing list of artist.

“Creative Capital’s 2012 grantees encompass established, mid-career and emerging artists, and they range in age from 27 to 77. This year’s grantees are based in 15 states across the country—from Alaska to Tennessee—and include artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, with more than 46% self-declared as African-American, Asian American, Latino-American, Middle Eastern American or Native American…