Track 16 Gallery & staff

Location of Recent Forgeries exhibition,

November 21, 1998 - January 23, 1999

Tom Patchett

Tom Patchett
Curator, Track 16 Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg. C-1
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: 310-264-4678
Fax: 310-264-4682
Email: reception@track16.com
URL: www.track16.com

Experience

Self-explanatory

Pilar Perez

Pilar is listed in the credits for both the music and the exhibitions. And this was 1998 and 1999. Viggo's business partner in Perceval Press. She also handled the organization of his poetry readings and art exhibits and edited his books. Her sister, Michele, does the book design. NOTE: Pilar is now the Executive Director of 826LA http://www.826la.com/about/

Dennis Hopper

A long time friend of Viggo's; encouraged Viggo to exhibit his work http://www.dennis-hopper.com/, http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/8538/ 

Victoria Duffy

Dennis Hopper 5^th wife. She is 35 years younger...

Ellen Wakayama

One Man's Meat  Design RF see pg 2

Julie Williams

Design RF see pg2

Susan Martin

associated with Viggo and Exene, and the punk scene

Bill Short

Photographer who also photographed Viggo’s art for One Man’s Meat. (Also New York Mets baseball.)

Chris Doyle

www.track16.com/exhibitions/doyle/doyle.html
He had his exhibitions at the same time as Viggo's Recent Forgeries exhibition at Track16. There is a photo of the both of them at the opening’s reception.

See SL pg 84 for Doyle’s book ‘A cloud in trousers’

Lindsey Bryce

Most likely Lindsay Brice the photographer, who made a photo series of Viggo. She is a photographer of the Punk scene and an occasional performer (Cause). In 2005 PP published her photobook ‘Supernatural’

Lisa Darling

a photographer (not the porn star)

Paula Symonds

Associated with Photo Impact Lab and Viggo uses photograph in RF pg 33 Clinic

Hugh Milstein

Hugh Milstein (hugh@pacificnet.net)

Photographer, PhotoImpact, CEO DigitalFusion

Mike McGann

LA photographer

Michel Karman

A&I’s fine art B&W printer – Viggo’s printmaker, probably!

www.clickersandflickers.org/press-Karmen.html
Corbis made the official photo's for the Signlanguage opening

Photo Impact

http://pircnet.com/ photoimpact resource center – software for imaging

http://photoimpact.visualnet.com/

Here's the link of the newsletter www.pacificnet.net/lab/out_news.html Some of them are involved in B&W photography, I wonder the colours following on the names are related to that. See also www.photoimpactonline.com/outofthedark4.htm for several of the names

A&I

http://www.aandi.com/

Jolie Margulies

owner Don Weinstein and lab manager Jolie Margulies, of Photo Impact Lab, Santa Monica

http://www.womeninphotography.org/archive10-Apr02/gallery/f2/prez.html

Steve Moulton

Also associated with the Photo Impact Lab

Don Weinstein

Owner of Photo Impact Lab, Santa Monica

Black

Self-explanatory (colour)

White

Self-explanatory (colour)

Red

Self-explanatory (colour)

Blue

Self-explanatory (colour)

Yellow

Self-explanatory (colour)

Andrew Davis

director of "A perfect murder"

Peter M. Scott

Photographer/artist, but there is not much what I could find concerning him , only this image
www.poster-bargains.com/giant/252150.php

Kopelsons

Producers of “A perfect murder”

Men

Self-explanatory

Girls

Self-explanatory

Boys

Self-explanatory

Horus

Egyptian god

Dogs

Self-explanatory, in his photographs

Pigs

Self-explanatory, in his photographs

Elephants

Self-explanatory, in his photographs

Roosters

Self-explanatory

Cats.Cats.Cats

Self-explanatory

Calves

Self-explanatory

Harriet Zucker

Set designer She made the photograph “Working in Brooklyn” where Viggo is working on his murals for Perfect Murder. This picture is in Sign Language.

Horses

Self-explanatory

Family Here

Self-explanatory (here may be "USA")

Family There

Self-explanatory (there may be "Denmark")

Deer

Self-explanatory

Geese

Self-explanatory

Grouse

Self-explanatory

Fish

Self-explanatory

Ducks

Self-explanatory

Cows

Self-explanatory

Mermaids

Self-explanatory, in his photographs

Lynn Rawlins

Viggo's agent at Creative Artists Agency

Italia

Italy, self-explanatory

Diane Lane

Co-star in “A Walk on the Moon”

Ray Loriga

director of the movie La Pistola de Mi Hermano (1997) in which Viggo played Juanito as well as the author of the novel on which it is based. Friend of Viggo.

Christina Rosenvinge

plays Alicia in La Pistola, , is a singer and Ray Loriga’s wife and Viggo’s friend

Mickey Rourke

an actor/boxer with a reputation as a "bad boy".

Beyond Baroque

http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

Viggo is on the Board of Trustees and had several poetry readings there

Johnny Hartman

was a jazz vocalist who paired with John Coltrane.

Bob Flanagan

Poet, suffered from cystic fibrosis. Was the subject of the documentary "Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist." Led poetry readings at Beyond Baroque back when Viggo would first read his poems there.

Jeff Wright

There are several Jeff Wrights, also some with a movie background, but most probably this is Viggo’s stepbrother who died. Viggo mentioned him in an interview.

Wrights

Step-family, mother re-married Gray Wright

Jim Krusoe

Writer and professor in Santa Monica

Shakespeare

English playwright

FrancEye

Poet, does live readings

Greenpoint

in New York. Location for APM; Viggo lived there while preparing for the movie

Venice

In California, Viggo has lived there

Indiana

US state

Halina Bober

Polish abstract painter, had recently an exposition in Hamburg. Viggo connection not clear so could be someone else.

Jose Luis Acosta

director of Gimlet

Polska

Poland (Viggo filmed Gospel According to Harry there)

Meryl Streep

Actress

Nelly

The elephant of Passion of Darkly Noon was called Nelly.

Exene Cervenka

Ex-wife & major influence; punk rocker in principal of X; poet

Henry Mortensen

Son & major influence; musician

Hank Mortensen

Hank is a nickname for Henry. This name is use on One Man’s meat and The Other Parade.

Christine Lee C.

Exene Cervenka (I found a reference with her full name)

Brigit

His dog (a border collie)

Pacific Ocean

Self-explanatory (geographical)

John Duchac

= John Doe

Atlantic Ocean

Self-explanatory (geographical)

X

The band – his ex-wife Exene is one of the principals

John Doe

He was married to Exene, who later was married to Viggo. He is a friend of Viggo.

Nommensens

John Doe, member of the band X, was born John Nommensen Duchac.

Blakes

Is he referring to the band, the Blake Babies? They are often mentioned in the same breath with Exene and John Doe. And Viggo's son is Henry Blake Mortensen. Another Blake is Michael Blake, author of "Dances With Wolves" which was dedicated to Exene.

Maria Falconetti

played Joan of Arc in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), considered to be one of the finest movies of all time and one of Viggo’s favourites. Roger Ebert's review

Karl Nilsson

was in the band Yellow Fever, but I don't know if that is whom Viggo was thanking. There are also a few Karl Nilssons in the movie world

Carl Theodor Dreyer

was the Danish director of the film. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) a very famous film instructor from around 1910.

Vidiots

video rental store in LA. Also hosted spoken word performances with Viggo, Exene, Liza Richardson

Jessica Lange

An actress

Dawn

Self-explanatory

Sunrise

Self-explanatory

Morning

Self-explanatory

Noon

Self-explanatory

Afternoon

Self-explanatory

Sundown

Self-explanatory

Twilight

Self-explanatory

Dusk

Self-explanatory

Tarkovsky

Russian writer and director

Night

Self-explanatory

Midnight

Self-explanatory

Witching Hour

Self-explanatory (midnight in most cultures)

Wolf Hour

eleventh hour (in Nordic mythology)

Farmors Flaeskesteg

grandma´s (fathers mother) roast pork

Farfars Cigar

grandpa´s (fathers father) cigar. In the interview with Dennis Hopper he mentions his grandfather’s cigars

Dulce de Leche

Sweet Argentine dessert (like but much better than crème caramel)

Maté

A South American tea, Yerba mate originates in Paraguay

Grøn Tuborg

Danish beer brand name

Jamesons