for the open studios last sunday, had an idea itch that needed to be scratched – so rushed off to the sunday only flea market at mauer park first thing – early enough to find what i needed, get back to the residency, make my wall piece/installation and shower before the opening at 3pm. managed [...]
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finally worked out my pigeon stop motion video – made into an 8 second loop from 32 pigeon drawing/paintings. my fellow resident, thomas helton, a bassist and composer, generously recorded 6 small improvisational soundings based on my video, which i looped around to complete the visual/audio piece. each one of his compositions is quite different, [...]
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found a few pigeons in alexanderplatz – took a mini video on my digital camera – and now am breaking it down, doing some charcoal drawing/paintings, and attempting to stitch it together again in some way, with sound, etc. a whole new world for me, and slow going, but i’m getting some tips along the [...]
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one of the beauties of a residency such as this, is the onsite “junk pile”. i scavenged several old shutters and miscellaneous things, as well as leaves and pods from the grounds – then drew the fallen leaves directly onto the wood. i am glad to have focused on the leaves as the consistent theme [...]
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tomorrow evening is our exhibition – myself and 2 other artists – gracy yang from taiwan/vancouver, and andrew connolley from california – we are the sole artists left here at sanskriti, as the temperature hovers at 100 degrees, marking the end of the season until the autumn. i will stay another week here, and when [...]
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i notice a pattern emerging – the more exotic/stimulating the environment, the more my response is to break it down – go simple, meditative and focused on the everyday. this was especially true in turkey, and now india. and, ironically, in the land of the color drenched sari, i am simply drawing in black and [...]
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it’s taken me this long to post here in india – so rich and varied is this experience. my work is coming along slowly with all the interesting distractions, both the chaotic city of new delhi, and the diverse mixture of people from around the world in residence here. sanskriti kendra is a large oasis [...]
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leaving for asia in 2 days. wanted to pull together the disparate work i have done here and make something cohesive, but i will have to be satisfied with my book of “short stories” as i see them – since they don’t much relate to each other. but now that i have indulged completely my [...]
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i know – i am all over the map – literally, figuratively, creatively. and in that way, this trip is exactly as i had hoped – allowing me to indulge in the diversity of experiences, to fling open the doors of possibilities and see what comes of it. i do admit though, with the constantly [...]
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back to the book pages – combining images i’ve collected along the way (most of these coming from PILOT – a great art/design/fashion mag out of new zealand) mixing them up gives them a new and different life. working both on the wall and in the book suits different moods and gestures and one starts [...]
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