Hendershot Gallery is pleased to present Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, a one-night screening on Thursday, August 20th.  The screening begins promptly at 7:00pm and will be followed by a reception.  547 West 27th Street, Suite 632, New York City.  RSVP necessary: heidi@hendershotgallery.com.

Artists in the sixties and seventies began to exploit the medium of photography and its innate ability to tell the truth in order to explore identity, performativity, institutional critique, and to comment on the role of media in the age of information.  Photography as a means of aesthetic self-expression and capturing decisive moments gave way to a more conceptual approach.  Likewise, in the past few years many artists who normally work within the medium of photography are now turning to video.  This screening seeks to initiate a conversation; why does it seem to have become exceedingly difficult for artists to undertake a viable photographic practice unless making work which is in line with a more traditional photography or working in a manner that directly references past photographic masters?  Why do many photographers see so much potential in video?

Click here for more information.  Pictured above is an absorbing and purposely blurry photograph by Meggie Miao, one of the artists being featured in this event.  Little known fact: this is the first promotional image of Tom DeLay being released by ABC for the next season of Dancing With the Stars.

An awesome “emerging” talent, Liz Hickok, has just announced the completion of her newest project: “First 100 Days: The White House in Jell-O.”

Her labor-intensive process yields highly detailed architectural models.  What’s really special about the video and photography that’s produced, though, is that it’s the only remaining evidence of her work; the Jell-O sculptures are perishable and eventually decompose.

She’s also giving back 5% of net proceeds from this new series to charity…very cool.  Definitely check out her previous San Francisco series, too, if you dig the White House image above.  They’re absolutely gorgeous.