Thursday, January 8, 2009
March 14
Rachel and Cory's project will be shown March 14 at Somewhere There (somewherethere.org) as well as the Dirt! opening.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
That was then, this is tonight
Alexa MacKenzie
Artist Statement
My concept for the sculpture installation “That was then, this is tonight” examines photography as a storytelling medium. I want to explore photographs as frozen, biased fragments of time that aim to record the human experience, and consequently build a visual history. The nature of a photograph may appear dormant to the viewer yet the meaning of visual symbols may create a very active state in the viewer’s mind. When we look at a photograph that, prior to viewing, has no personal connection to us we tend to search for recognizable imagery to help “make sense” of what the image is representing. In examining a found photograph, the significance to the photographer can become completely lost to a foreign viewer. In any photographic viewing, “sign” interpretation is in play. In the case of found photographs, there are several stages of removal from the original context. This pushes us to question what the image’s intended meaning was and how we can relate to the image ourselves.
The framework of time is based on our memory of the past, experience of the present, and our ability to project into the future. In this installation I will use photographs as a marker for defined moments. We will use 9” x 13” deep dish baking pans as molds to create transparent frames. These images will be displayed as frozen blocks of ice, signifying that our experiences are constant and time is ongoing. The sculptures will be put on display at the beginning of the night and will be allowed to melt and morph over the course of the one-evening event. For the creation of the project, I am asking artists of our working group to use their found photographs to collectively create several pieces, thus contributing to the concept of personal narration versus collective memory. The technical process is still in its experimental stage. One maintenance issue that will have to be accommodated for with an indoor gallery space is how the melted water will be contained and cleaned up. There will not likely be a huge volume of water, but I recognize the need to respect the space.
Artist Statement
My concept for the sculpture installation “That was then, this is tonight” examines photography as a storytelling medium. I want to explore photographs as frozen, biased fragments of time that aim to record the human experience, and consequently build a visual history. The nature of a photograph may appear dormant to the viewer yet the meaning of visual symbols may create a very active state in the viewer’s mind. When we look at a photograph that, prior to viewing, has no personal connection to us we tend to search for recognizable imagery to help “make sense” of what the image is representing. In examining a found photograph, the significance to the photographer can become completely lost to a foreign viewer. In any photographic viewing, “sign” interpretation is in play. In the case of found photographs, there are several stages of removal from the original context. This pushes us to question what the image’s intended meaning was and how we can relate to the image ourselves.
The framework of time is based on our memory of the past, experience of the present, and our ability to project into the future. In this installation I will use photographs as a marker for defined moments. We will use 9” x 13” deep dish baking pans as molds to create transparent frames. These images will be displayed as frozen blocks of ice, signifying that our experiences are constant and time is ongoing. The sculptures will be put on display at the beginning of the night and will be allowed to melt and morph over the course of the one-evening event. For the creation of the project, I am asking artists of our working group to use their found photographs to collectively create several pieces, thus contributing to the concept of personal narration versus collective memory. The technical process is still in its experimental stage. One maintenance issue that will have to be accommodated for with an indoor gallery space is how the melted water will be contained and cleaned up. There will not likely be a huge volume of water, but I recognize the need to respect the space.
untitled till further notice
Dirt! Proposal
Cory Latkovich – “Arranging/Composition”
Rachel Turbett – “Chorography”
(Working) Project Title: Untitled
Untitled is an evolutionary piece of mixed means theatre showing
the similarities and differences in dance and music when
the exact same process has used for creation. It would involve a
bi-weekly series of two simultaneous, identical open forums (dance and music) for
any interested in participating (forums would be open to non-musicians/dancers
as well), the only stipulation being that one must not communicate between the two.
Each forum would begin with a discussion of the theme (time awareness)
and how it can be incorporated into each respective medium. The
rest of the forum would be improvisation and rehearsing of the piece as it stands that week.
After that there will be another discussion of what worked and didn't and how the piece
in the larger concept of the theme. As the weeks progress the organizers (Cory
Latkovich and Rachel Turbett) will bring in progressively more structured
permutations of the work based on the previous forum. The organizers will
as well remain secretive about what they are doing only communicating to
to arrange rehearse times and schedule. The final forum would be
presented at the Dirt! Gallery opening in which dance and music would be
performed together for the first time.
Due to the evolutionary nature of this work the technical aspects, use of
surroundings, budget, etc. are as of now unknown.
Cory Latkovich – “Arranging/Composition”
Rachel Turbett – “Chorography”
(Working) Project Title: Untitled
Untitled is an evolutionary piece of mixed means theatre showing
the similarities and differences in dance and music when
the exact same process has used for creation. It would involve a
bi-weekly series of two simultaneous, identical open forums (dance and music) for
any interested in participating (forums would be open to non-musicians/dancers
as well), the only stipulation being that one must not communicate between the two.
Each forum would begin with a discussion of the theme (time awareness)
and how it can be incorporated into each respective medium. The
rest of the forum would be improvisation and rehearsing of the piece as it stands that week.
After that there will be another discussion of what worked and didn't and how the piece
in the larger concept of the theme. As the weeks progress the organizers (Cory
Latkovich and Rachel Turbett) will bring in progressively more structured
permutations of the work based on the previous forum. The organizers will
as well remain secretive about what they are doing only communicating to
to arrange rehearse times and schedule. The final forum would be
presented at the Dirt! Gallery opening in which dance and music would be
performed together for the first time.
Due to the evolutionary nature of this work the technical aspects, use of
surroundings, budget, etc. are as of now unknown.
Audio projection
working title:
Audio projection
Summary:
This is a visual projection that can be altered by the audio of the subject its being projected on. The louder the subject the more motion occurs on the projection and the more time that passes the heavier and more distorted the projection becomes.
Description:
A microphone is placed near the subject (subjects) and the audio runs into one or more speakers laying on their back. Placed on the face of the speakers are objects that react to the vibrations, example: A tray of water with food colouring, or coffee beans covered in ink. The more noise created will cause the speakers to vibrate and bounce the coffee beans or stir up the coloured water. On top of these drawing machines will be an enlarger projector casting the image back on the subject making the noise. The more audible subjects that pass through the selected area, and the more time that passes the more intricate the image being projected will be become.
tony
Audio projection
Summary:
This is a visual projection that can be altered by the audio of the subject its being projected on. The louder the subject the more motion occurs on the projection and the more time that passes the heavier and more distorted the projection becomes.
Description:
A microphone is placed near the subject (subjects) and the audio runs into one or more speakers laying on their back. Placed on the face of the speakers are objects that react to the vibrations, example: A tray of water with food colouring, or coffee beans covered in ink. The more noise created will cause the speakers to vibrate and bounce the coffee beans or stir up the coloured water. On top of these drawing machines will be an enlarger projector casting the image back on the subject making the noise. The more audible subjects that pass through the selected area, and the more time that passes the more intricate the image being projected will be become.
tony
Sunday, December 28, 2008
new idea
DIY 'Zine Publishing! I'm for it. I'll help with distro, printing, find contributions etc. if you'd like.
-cory
-cory
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
new idea
hey guys, its selena. I've recently become interested in design and i'm wondering if anyone can help me with this new idea i have to practice design and learn about it. I'm hoping to make a low-art magazine that features emerging artists (like us), using to design to help emphasis the work. I'm thinking of making it really inexpensive to produce, and showing all types of art -photos, poems, song lyrics (that could include a link to the song online), paintings, even screen shots from films.
So i guess the idea would be to use the bare minimum in materials to create an effect on the audience. You guys could all help by submitting works or giving me any suggestions on how it could work. Again, i just thought of this idea a few days ago so its really new, but everyone's input is welcome. if you have ideas you could e-mail me; sellee@yorku.ca
thanks!
So i guess the idea would be to use the bare minimum in materials to create an effect on the audience. You guys could all help by submitting works or giving me any suggestions on how it could work. Again, i just thought of this idea a few days ago so its really new, but everyone's input is welcome. if you have ideas you could e-mail me; sellee@yorku.ca
thanks!
Obama Night
Project Title:
Obama Night
Project Summary:
Obama night is a sixteen-minute video loop that offers an intriguing representation of time. By breaking the image down into one hundred cropped and offset layers the frame is able to show fluid dreamlike flow of six seconds of real time. This video offers a fresh look at an over exposed historical event and captures an intimate view into a group of friend’s reaction to it.
Project Description
Obama night experiments with documentary video and post-production techniques that mold 16 minutes of un-cut video from a monumental historical moment presented in a mundane way to a distorted examination of human reaction and the movement of time. The 16 minute long piece is able to show six seconds of video on one screen at one time. This is an extension of time in real time. This distortion both limits and expands the viewers perception of the image, they can only see one one-hundredth of each moment as it slowly glides down the screen but as a mass it creates a painterly view of the unfolding events. Each movement exaggerated and repeated one hundred times resulting in fluid dance like motion. Obama night offers a fresh look at a night shot from so many angles and shown on so many screens and goes beyond the politics and examines the reactions of a group of friends.
for more info go here
http://monarchybar.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html
Obama Night
Project Summary:
Obama night is a sixteen-minute video loop that offers an intriguing representation of time. By breaking the image down into one hundred cropped and offset layers the frame is able to show fluid dreamlike flow of six seconds of real time. This video offers a fresh look at an over exposed historical event and captures an intimate view into a group of friend’s reaction to it.
Project Description
Obama night experiments with documentary video and post-production techniques that mold 16 minutes of un-cut video from a monumental historical moment presented in a mundane way to a distorted examination of human reaction and the movement of time. The 16 minute long piece is able to show six seconds of video on one screen at one time. This is an extension of time in real time. This distortion both limits and expands the viewers perception of the image, they can only see one one-hundredth of each moment as it slowly glides down the screen but as a mass it creates a painterly view of the unfolding events. Each movement exaggerated and repeated one hundred times resulting in fluid dance like motion. Obama night offers a fresh look at a night shot from so many angles and shown on so many screens and goes beyond the politics and examines the reactions of a group of friends.
for more info go here
http://monarchybar.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
On the time-image
Here are some quotes from Gilles Deleuze's Cinema 2: The Time-Image. I hope they clarify the concept or at least create some interesting art ideas. If you want to discuss it more, give me a call."the direct time-image always gives us access to that...dimension where people and things occupy a place in time which is incommensurable with the one they have in space." (pg. 39)
"The relation, sensation-motory situation [action-reaction, stimulus-response] -> indirect image of time is replaced by a non-localizable relation, pure optical and sound [and possibly other sense] situation -> direct time-image." (pg. 41)
"The [time-image] is virtual, in opposition to the actuality of the movement-image [action-reaction, stimulus-response]. But, if virtual is opposed to actual, it is not opposed to real, far from it. " (pg. 41)
Virtual vs. Actual example: A mirror image of yourself is virtual, whereas your body is actual. Both of these things are real, yet the former is intangible and the later is tangible.
-Lendl
Edit:
Something from the internet encyclopedia of philosophy. We can expand the concept beyond cinema to other mediums:
"Since the cinema of the time-image is concerned to liberate images from carrying or implying time in order to form narrative (no less than liberating time itself from narrative), images are themselves free now to express forces, "shocks of force," (pg. 139). Scenes, movements and language become expressive rather than representative." - Jon Roffe
BWT on the radio
Tune in to 105.5 FM tonight (July 28 2008) around 2am to hear "What Wants One," the piece I played last Tuesday. I told the radio host to create his own acronym for BWT and play it under that name. Sorry about the late notice, I just bumped into the host today.-Lendl
art piece #2
hey,
so heres the deal on the next project.
everyone create a piece of art in any discipline you want this week. email me a written description (that does not give away what medium you used) by next Tuesday, ill email everyone someone else's description and you are to create a piece to that, in whatever medium you feel suitable or inspired to do. and we'll bring them all together in two weeks.
but you have to email be the description by Tuesday so people get matched up and have enough time to create another piece.
tony
so heres the deal on the next project.
everyone create a piece of art in any discipline you want this week. email me a written description (that does not give away what medium you used) by next Tuesday, ill email everyone someone else's description and you are to create a piece to that, in whatever medium you feel suitable or inspired to do. and we'll bring them all together in two weeks.
but you have to email be the description by Tuesday so people get matched up and have enough time to create another piece.
tony
Creative Commons.
I strongly recommend every member look into Creative Commons.
http://creativecommons.org/
You can watch videos explaining it here...
http://support.creativecommons.org/videos/
In a nutshell it's a way to tell other people how much freedom you would like to give them with your art. Since we mentioned collaborating and receiving permission from others at our last meeting, I think it's something we should seriously consider implementing.
When we present something to the group we should have a CC license on it. In doing so we can already be aware of ways we could work with the specific piece. If the person presenting would not like the specific work to be used without explicit permission they could use a simple C (all rights reserved) label.
Let me know what you think.
-Lendl
http://creativecommons.org
You can watch videos explaining it here...
http://support.creativecom
In a nutshell it's a way to tell other people how much freedom you would like to give them with your art. Since we mentioned collaborating and receiving permission from others at our last meeting, I think it's something we should seriously consider implementing.
When we present something to the group we should have a CC license on it. In doing so we can already be aware of ways we could work with the specific piece. If the person presenting would not like the specific work to be used without explicit permission they could use a simple C (all rights reserved) label.
Let me know what you think.
-Lendl
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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