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A painting I did for a group show formed by the Shop Mix Society. The theme of the show was "Compulsive Habits, Repetitive Tendencies." (graphite y watercolor)
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I have a memory of a book from when I was a child about a man crossing over Niagra Falls on a tightrope. I couldn't recall the name of the book, or of the man who had performed the stunt, although I remembered hearing it for the first time left me with a magical impression. I had done brief research on what this book was called, but alas to no avail. Well, life continues. As such, yesterday I was visiting at the Berkeley Art Museum where there was a retrospective on Willian T. Wiley. Among his works was a large scale painting of a man on a tight rope, crossing Niagra Falls with a full wheelbarrow! Wiley proposed that this figure, by the name of Henri Blondin, was his alter ego. I felt tickled that somehow my search for this book title had surfaced in the form of a painting and desire-to-be-embodied figure. If we can readily choose our alter egos, sure, I want Blondin to be mine, as well.
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This is the neatest thing I have heard come to surface in a while-- Organized and posted by artist Krista Caballero at http://turningthesun.wordpress.com/
Mapping Meaning: A Holistic Approach Toward Human, Ecological & Technological Landscapes
Mapping Meaning invites women artists and scholars in all fields to participate in a unique summer conference in the Dixie National Forest at Red Canyon in Southern Utah.
This conference is inspired by a photograph from 1918 depicting an all-female survey crew. Over 5 days participants will share current research and engage in cross-discipline dialogue. All submissions for discussion topics will be considered. Suggested topics include: technological landscapes and mapping; ecosophy: mental, social and environmental ecology; new approaches to environmental justice; and toward a sustainable human subjectivity. This conference aims to simulate innovative approaches to research and the environment through interdisciplinary exchange and the cultivating of potential collaborations. After the conference, Mapping Meaning will support the dissemination of participant’s projects via lectures, community discussions and art exhibitions.
The conference organizer is Krista Caballero, a multimedia artist who resides in California. She received her M.F.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University and recently attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work explores the technologies of land use and the potential of art to generate new relational and ecological landscapes. Her current project, Turning the Sun, is a video installation and a photographic series, which will address topics of this conference.
Unlike other conferences there is no fee to attend and all food and park fees for 5 days will be covered by the conference organizer. Participants are expected to cover personal travel expenses to/from Red Canyon, Utah.
Chinquapin, UCSC's longest running literary publication, will be including my lithographic prints Aglia, Movement, and Memory in their upcoming issue. I am thrilled that they have selected Algia to be on the front cover of this year's edition! It is an exciting thing for me to be part of the visual history of this long-running literary and arts publication. Side note: I researched Chinquapin (as it is a lovely word that I was unfamiliar with) and found that it can refer to many things inclusive of plants, animals, places, institutions (schools), ships, and fiction.
My favorite reference is to that of the plant and animal categories. For instance, Chinquapin is another name for the redear sunfish. This prehistoric fish is as old as 16.3 million years, dating back to the Middle Miocene. Apparently this fish has thick pharyngeal teeth, hard, movable plates in its throat, which allow it to crunch exoskeletons. It is even capable of opening small clams!
The Red Wheelbarrow literary publication has taken up my poem After the End for publication in their upcoming 2010 Edition.
Matchbox Magazine, the only UC-wide literary arts magazine will be including my lithographic print, Movement, in their 2010 publication. Very excited to be a part!
Excited to be part of Wax and the Artist Book (2010). My work will be presented by artist, educator, and paper maker, Catherine Nash this coming June at the 4th Annual International Encaustic Symposium to be held at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly MA. <http://montserratencausticconference.blogspot.com/>. My work will also be included with a select number of other artists in a free downloadable e-publication under the articles section from this wonderful paper making resource (where I learned to make my first hand-made paper) http://www.papermakingresources.com> sometime in early June. I will keep you posted with more!
I am preparing for my senior comprehensive art exhibition. The show will be featuring a selection of lithographic prints and hand-made books. Hope to see you there!
