Portland conceptual artist Abraham Ingle’s first solo show is quite a curious one. Starting today at False Front Studio in Portland, Ingle will be displayed his socially-inspired art. The show, entitled If A Tree Falls… consists of all new practice projects which explore notions of presence in the age of “always on.” You should definitely visit this blog post on Ingle’s website to view more of the summary, but I’ll pick and choose a couple of interesting components to the six-part show:

Interruptions is a series of three videos that mix content from social media, drama, and real life to explore interaction. Interruptions was made in collaboration with Dustin Zemel.

A collaboration with The Portrait Booth Project, This is How I See You uses portraiture to juxtapose states of hyper-awareness and obliviousness.

The entire show will be streaming on Chat Roulette the entire time. YES.

This is sure to be a fascinating show.

Canadienne Pierre-Paul Pariseau (who may have the most French name ever) is a mixed media artist whose works have been featured in many publications and other works of print media. But unlike other artists who might have surrealistic collage art, Pariseau’s style is different; it’s not modern, but it’s a far stretch from vintage. His style takes the elements of both to create images that almost look like clip art at times — but in a surprisingly good way, since the results have an aesthetic that other artists aren’t pursuing at all. Pariseau’s works make it seem that like he has experienced technology through its growth process and has slowly adapted his style along with it.

The Blitz Capitol Hill Art Walk is the second Thursday of every month, meaning it’s tomorrow! Here are just a few of the things you can expect from it this month:

VERMILLION GALLERY
What promises to be an interesting group show, “Winter Lights: Explorations in Self-Illuminated Art” revolves around technology-driven art. Expect the kind of crazy art installations you might expect at an event like Burning Man. And as photos probably don’t do the project justice, so just check out this video from The UberGeek Project and some of the descriptions for the event:

Steve the Robot H.E.Ai.D. at Burning Man 2009 from Shelly Farnham on Vimeo.

Featuring some of the following:
Curtis Erlinger: Shedding Light
Eric McNeill: Post-temporal
Randy Moss: Untitled
The UberGeek Project: A Storm in the H.E.Ai.D.
Josh Kopel and Robert Gallup: Slow Light
Simon Winder: Chaos Theremin, Dekatronic Gooberzuber, 8675309
Shelly Farnham: Seeing, Hearing, Speaking Light
Jeff Larson: There Will Be Silicon
Jordan Schwartz: Bees

GREY GALLERY & LOUNGE
Allison Manch’s Gimme Shelter textile works (My Bloody Valentine, inspired by My Bloody Valentine, and Hong Kong Garden below).

11TH AVENUE STUDIO
Showcasing works by their studio artists, including works by Betsy Barnum (It Was A Clean Scar, below), Danie Allinice, Jerry Grubaugh, and Mike Regan.

SNOWMONKEY’S HOUSE OF MONSTERS
Mike Egan’s Notes To Heaven.

PACKARD BUILDING
Featuring works by La Familia Gallery artists, including REDEFINE favorites Kate Protage (Temperate Zone pictured below) and Chris Sheridan.

And then you can head over to Cupcake Royale to get their cupcake of the month: the Velvet Elvis, in honor of Elvis’ 75th birthday on January 8th! Moist banana cake topped wiht a rich peanut butter fudge frosting, topped with a sweet and crunchy little banana chip?? YUM!