So HERE is the Final Resting Place of my Installation…in the Photo Stairwell.
Filed under: Art Projects
So I’ve moved again…my installation has anyway. It’s still the same image, but I’ve been relocated by the Charles Scott Gallery and facilities to the photo stairwell in the north west corner. There is a painting exhibition going on this Monday, so I was evicted from my obscure space under the concourse stairway. Oh well, I have control over the photo stairwell, which is bright, lofty, freezing cold, and mine for one day. It is a small “white cube”, and a pseudo gallery space unto itself for artists who don’t quite make it into the concourse gallery…yet. It is totally appropriate for my “Attempt to Levitate” intervention. I’ll have to post the final image on Monday.
Filed under: Artists of Interest
Trevor Paglen is another digital artist who I found interesting on my trip to San Fran. He combines art with geography, photography, journalism, and activism. His obsession is exposing what he can of undercover covert CIA operations throughout the world. Most of his works may not show you top secret documents…but it makes you think about what powerful government agencies hide from us. Paglen’s series of photo landscapes don’t catch your eye until you read what they are, then you want to look through the haze to see if you can make out any illicit activity. It’s when surveillance goes under surveillance.
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I’m big on collage….and Francesca Berrini makes the most interesting maps. I saw one at the Mark Wolfe gallery last weekend in San Francisco, and it’s one of those pieces that stick in your head. Her maps are a kind of a ‘Neverland’, and you don’t realize they are fictitious or made of hundreds of torn pieces of other maps collaged together until you stand up close. I wish I had the patience to try something like this!
Filed under: About me
It’s amazing how a microscopic strand of RNA can leave you feeling so s….y. So my friend, who is apparently hip on old school remedies and old wives tales told me that I need to eat turnips…apparently they have antibacterial qualities. Does anyone have a good turnip recipe? Also…for the cough that I’m developing, I should eat lentils. So…lentil soup with turnips. Maybe with lots of garlic and ginger to mask the taste. Any one else out there living on advil, with a very sore throat and shooting body pains? I’m sure I’ll feel all rejuvenated tomorrow.
Had an interesting day last Saturday in San Francisco. The digital art show I planned to see turned out to be in a different city…I was misinformed and very confused for a few minutes, and then let down. However, we ended up at the YBCA gallery which had a show called “Dark Matters”. It’s a group exhibition that addresses our bombardment with massive amounts of information through media and online, and how we can’t be sure of fact or fallacy…but I’m too tired to think critically about anything now except some sleep. Oh, an installation called “Listening Post” was there, which is over 20+ ft long and made up of a grid of suspended LED’s that bits of online chat phrases are captured and run across the screens at different intervals. A synthesized voice and background sounds accompany it and it is absolutely phenomenal and mesmerizing. Now every time someone walks past me chatting on their cell phone and I catch some of what they are saying I think of that installation…like a song you can’t get out of your head.
project02_shannonh.pdf Just finished a CGIA project using a quote on time. The gist of it is that you can’t live creatively in the present if you are freaked or worried about your past or future. So, after working on three projects this week, I’m ready to collapse into the hot tub at the ‘ol family cabin at Mt. Baker. There is no internet access, so I can’t keep up with the blog until Sunday. Oh, too bad!
Filed under: About me, Art Exhibitions, Videos | Tags: digital art, San Fran, trailer
Finally I’m getting out of Vancouver for the long weekend and going to San Fran. I’m looking for any “art” related events that might be deemed significant…so if anyone out there in blog land can enlighten me?…I found a digital arts show that looks really interesting, with a great trailer.
