Christopher P. McManus

Got it.

2012-02-03T17:33:00.002-05:00

2012-01-30T18:20:00.003-05:00

2012-01-29T20:16:00.000-05:00

Jordan V Gallery Install

2011-12-21T17:49:00.002-05:00

Christopher P. McManus
Jordan V

Paper mache, cardboard, gesso, resin, acrylic, glass microspheres.

I coveted these sneakers in junior high, but I never owned them. Around the same time, in the early 90’s, I heard several stories about murders over Air Jordans. I wanted emphasize the anecdotal evidence of violence surrounding space saving. I read those murder cases again. While Jordans were involved in the murders, the stories were sensational and are more myth-making than fact-reporting. The sneaker as a space saver is a visual joke: as an object, it’s recognizable as perhaps the best designed (and perhaps most coveted) sneaker of all time, and as a space saver, it carries the grim threat implied by the Jordan murder stories. You want this, but if you take it, something bad will happen!

Catharine St, between 22nd and 23rd: Jordan V was well received by most of my neighbors, while others took the opportunity to vent frustration over the practice of space saving in our neighborhood. My favorite reaction came from a middle-aged city worker who was passing through. He stopped to take pictures of the giant sneaker. After hearing about the space savers project, he said, “Oh man, that right there is Philly!”

The Space Savers Project: On-Street Exhibition

2011-12-11T22:37:00.000-05:00

http://thespacesaversproject.tumblr.com/

The Space Savers Project

2011-11-20T11:48:00.001-05:00

Metropolis article about The Space Savers Project.

Cool Waves

2011-09-05T17:06:00.000-04:00

Beef and Gravy

2011-09-03T16:35:00.002-04:00

cool waves

2011-08-21T16:31:00.000-04:00

The Space Savers Project

2011-07-30T13:29:00.002-04:00

recycle bin

2011-05-22T20:38:00.001-04:00

recycle bin, a photo by Christopher McManus on Flickr.

lemon meringue pie

2011-04-24T19:34:00.002-04:00

suburban warlock title work

2011-04-20T21:49:00.003-04:00

furniture

2011-04-12T16:15:00.002-04:00

recycled sewing table, cardboard, paper mache, phone book pages, gesso, linseed oil

Ostrich

2011-04-03T22:39:00.001-04:00

Philadelphia Sculpture Project For Blocking Spots

2011-02-23T15:02:00.000-05:00

I was looking for a new profile pic and found these:

2011-01-18T12:19:00.011-05:00

working on it

2010-12-16T10:42:00.000-05:00

Download Suburban Warlock the Video Game!

2010-12-03T15:05:00.003-05:00

Download Suburban Warlock the Video Game!

interactive video art

2010-11-29T16:00:00.001-05:00

Suburban Warlock

2010-11-17T10:48:00.003-05:00

Suburban Warlock

2010-10-13T09:01:00.002-04:00

PECO CROWN LIGHTS

2010-09-23T14:35:00.002-04:00

Hair and Diamonds Interview

2010-08-15T17:20:00.001-04:00

Check out the Good Vs Evil Magazine Interview!

No Soul For Sale @ Tate Modern

2010-05-15T13:15:00.004-04:00

http://www.nosoulforsale.com/2010

Cards

2010-04-20T15:27:00.004-04:00

Donut Heaven

2010-03-31T12:23:00.005-04:00

I worked with Andre Reed, a high school student from West Philly, to make this short about business development on the Lancaster Ave. business corridor. Enjoy!

Hair and Diamonds Goes to San Francisco...

2010-03-14T17:07:00.000-04:00

HAIR AND DIAMONDS SCREENING IN SAN FRANCISCO 3.4.10

2010-02-17T18:25:00.003-05:00

Episode 11, EXERCISE, is screening in the Competitive Shorts Program at the Disposable Film Festival 2010 San Francisco Premiere. 8PM Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Roxie Theater. Competitive Shorts Program. For more info about the festival: http://www.disposablefilmfest.com/

Hair and Diamonds featured in ICA's OPEN VIDEO CALL

2010-01-02T14:11:00.004-05:00

Four episodes of Hair and Diamonds are screening at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, as part of the OPEN VIDEO CALL: SELECTED WORKS 2009-2010 exhibition: Jan 15 - Mar 21, 2010. More information: ICA.

bowl/ mask

2009-12-13T16:07:00.002-05:00

phone book pages, brown grocery bags, paper mache

Great News!

2009-11-21T11:00:00.004-05:00

I became a member artist of Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. Check out the other members' work here.

fashion show! toy time!

2009-10-08T22:15:00.001-04:00

blue stool! kids love it!

2009-10-08T22:01:00.001-04:00

facebook score!

2009-10-08T21:58:00.002-04:00

Free Shirts are Fashionable

2009-09-17T21:57:00.001-04:00

I started a new fashion blog. Check it out: http://freeshirtfashion.blogspot.com/

Exercise Still.

2009-09-13T21:55:00.002-04:00

Green screen still from Hair and Diamonds Exercise. Clay veins. Exercise.

new mask for magnificent corpse project

2009-08-10T20:43:00.003-04:00

paper mache and whole foods bags... whole foods, please give me a discount.

i misspoke. it's not the final mask. the final mask will be full body... like a sarcophagus. bye.

people like this piece of furniture

2009-08-09T19:19:00.013-04:00

i like it too. a lot.

oh yeah. i redesigned the blog. enjoy! thanks!

2009-08-09T19:19:00.011-04:00

some oldies from my sci fi, no syfy, saga:

human space mask: paper mache, sunglasses, acrylic paint

female alien: paper mache, synthetic fur, acyrlic paint

teleporting dinosaur: paper mache, recycled t-shirts

paper mache sculpture: my space mask blasted off

2009-08-09T19:07:00.008-04:00

my space mask is in the state museum of pennsylvania. it's in a climate controlled, nitrogen filled case. you can see one of its antennae sticking out behind that lady behind me. i'm the one with the name tag on, grinning.

check out some of the other artist work here.

hair and diamonds scraps: burgertime upload glitch

2009-08-09T18:42:00.010-04:00

i posted the wrong video, but I liked player's distortion, so i left it up.

hair and diamonds in online film fest...

2009-08-09T18:26:00.006-04:00

hair and diamonds is in shortsnonstop, canadian film centre'sworldwide short film festival. please vote for my film.... 5 stars would be great!