BRYAN ZIMMERMAN
Technical Assisant, Photography

"Southwick Swimming Hole," from the Secret Postcards series, C-print with India Ink, 4" x 6", 2003
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Bryan Zimmerman is an interdisciplinary artist who explores landscapes and gathering places that are underappreciated, endangered, or "under the radar." Photographs, "secret postcards," posters, handmade graphics and script, drawings, videos, and documented interventions serve as "portable interfaces" for sites including the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona, virgin tallgrass prairies, economically depressed rural towns, the New York City subway, Brooklyn, NY, campgrounds and various outdoor "hangouts" and recreation spots.

Zimmerman also collaborates with artist and composer Laura Ortman and writer and performance artist Ken Switzer in the The Dust Dive, a multimedia "sound-vision extension" of Zimmerman's personal work. Their debut CD, Asleep or Awake Walk, was released by free103point9 in 2004, and will be released in Europe in 2005 by Own Records.

Zimmerman's works and The Dust Dive have appeared, or are scheduled to appear, at venues including Anthology Film Archives in New York City (April 2005), Archibald Arts in Manhattan (July 2005), Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY (September 2005), the free103point9 Gallery (2002-05), the Native American Film and Video Festival in New York City (2003), Dam-Stuhltrager Gallery in Brooklyn (July 2005), the American Indian Community House Circle Theater (2000) and an outdoor experimental-music and camping festival in the Catskills curated by free103point9 (July/August 2005). His photographs have been published in The Village Voice, Artforum, Landmarks of New York IV (forthcoming) and The New Mexican.

As a Photo I instructor, he sees the camera as an ideal experiential medium that can lead all types of students to observe and interact with their environment and gather rich content. As a former editor and capsule-review writer who worked across the street at The Village Voice, he believes there is something truly unique about Cooper Union's location and learning environment.

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