Katie Torn, The New Aesthetic under the gun of the New Vision Test
Ms. Kianga's video of Katie Torn's The Calm Before The Storm on view now at Postmasters was all I needed to see toward making the obvious deducing correlation about what test would be needed to verify the validity of this anti-video-art GIF work. New Aesthetic artists like Ms. Torn are best grasped by The New Vision Test, devised on the set of Facts of Life in 1983 when a protege of Andy Warhol substituted and was moonlighting as a key grip for a few days. Her name? Destiny Torn. That's not a coincidence folks. First check the video, the New Vision Test and results are below.
The New Vision Test as related to art and quantifying natural tendencies of the visible spectrum, you must examine the iris and the diameter throughout the piece. (This was especially notable at Jim Turrell's recent Guggenheim show as is always the case with his work, although he is not considered New Aesthetic.) It can get a little Clockwork Orangey but the results are tantalyzingly remarkable regards New Aesthetic underpinnings across New York, SF, Berlin, London, and also, unsurprisingly, Sao Paulo. I ran the New Vision Test on Ms. Torn's piece well over 100 times and always the same result, see for yourself:
It doesn't take a New Aesthetic genius to read these results. Even Jerry Saltz would be able to recognize the value at play here. GIFs recently sold at auction thanks to up and coming ace curator Lindsay Howard and we all know where that's going to go. Invest now.
Little known facts regarding the associative foreground that bridges across the transmedia moment where the fragmented mirror phase becomes apparent. Again we see the Japanese avant gaard that fuels the contemporary marketplace, their handle on the 2020's is clear. One only need go shopping even in the untrendy suburbs of Tokyo and the subconscious soaks up 3 years of art education in an afternoon.
But it's a pair of Chuck Taylor's on an angry art critic that fly off for a singular hop in the jacuzzi when the Miami Art Festivals bounce into full swing. You can bet I'll be there wondering as you must be: is Katie related to Destiny?
In the end, the surprises shine through, in a good way. Postmasters will always be a few years ahead of the game. The integration of seafaring vessels as a maritime symbol that comes and goes with the tides allows the fairweather foes another bandwagon to get behind. Timely moment as the balloons only a few days ago floated the length of Manhattan while Katie Torn looked on in green.
A special thanks to the indomitable Ms. Kianga for her free-energy font of inspiring windows through which we view true value in an age that knows only hollowness.












