Lineweight Essay

So Christina pointed out to me that our post on the Lineweight exhibition essay that accompanies the show did not have a very obvious link to the essay and the Truman State Art Blog, so I am going to try this again.

So this is the exhibition poster which lists all of the various artists included in the show, it also serves as a link to the essay by the shows curator Aaron Fine, and in addition, at the end of this post you will find the link. Here however is a preview of the essay, this next paragraph is he opening paragraph by Mr. Fine on his show.

"Lineweight is an exhibition of drawing about drawing. I began this process with a question about what accounts for the weight given to drawing in contemporary critical discourse. I end with a variety of answers, and a sense that inter-disciplinarity, innovation, and universality are all at play in this heyday for drawing as an end in itself." ~ Aaron Fine from his essay on the show Lineweight, currently showing at Truman State University.

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The Happiest Place on Earth

So Christina and I are off this weekend to visit Disney World. I will be shooting more film for the project 32380. Currently some of this work is up at Montgomery College in their faculty show. The work is looking to re-examine the context and effect of escapism, artifice, and the suspension of disbelief in architecture and planned landscapes. 32830’s imagery hopes to depict landscapes through which humans escape while engaging fantasy, early memories, and visions of ideal states of being. The work has been shaping up through black and white t-max 400 film being shot with a Mamiya 7. As we have it planned this weekend, we will only be visiting EPCOT but hopefully we will also be able to get by either MGM or the Animal Kingdom, which of course is "notazu". As I get the work sorted and processed I will share more images.

Truman State Art Gallery

So Lineweight opens tomorrow in Missouri. They have started a Art Gallery blog about the goings on there, and Lineweight is the first show to be looked at and discussed in such a way. I am looking forward to seeing what transpires on the blog. I wish Christina and I could make it to the opening to assist with the Telepathy Station, it is always a lot of fun seeing how people interact with each other and the experience. I will perhaps find some old footage of people participating and post it later. By the way this image is entitled "Two mules and a shovel"

Lineweight

So we received the postcard for Lineweight and wanted to share it with you. There is supposed to be a e-book put together documenting the show and as soon as we get more information and images from the show we will post them. During the show we are inviting the gallery guests to make their own additions to the project. Once we get those we will be posting the results from their own telepathic experiment. We hope you enjoy.

Lineweight Update

So to give just a small update on the show out in Missouri called Lineweight, we shipped the work and it got there safe and sound last Friday. We have put in five works, "Diesel Power", shown here, as well as "Sputnik", "Two Mules and a Shovel", "Crimson and Cover", and "Robert Smithson". We also will have set up, a Telepathy Station, so the gallery visitors will have an opportunity to make their own contributions to the show. The show is looking at the importance of Drawing in Contemporary Art practice. 15 artists have been selected for the show, including Christina and myself. It looks like it is going to be a really interesting show including a diverse style of works regarding drawing. A few artists included are Ron Kovatch, Sam King, and Fiona Robinson.

Here are links to some of their sites.

http://www.fionarobinson.info/
http://ronkovatch.com/
http://sam-king.com

Dark Matters on The Eventual Horizon

I wanted to take a moment to share a current project that I am working on. I have been interested for quite some time at the surface of science, specifically theories surrounding light speed, black holes, and the general histories of time and space. The general understanding of many of these principles have been made quite accessible over the last 20 years, where as the true science behind this understanding is extremely advanced and highly theoretical, beyond the scope of many. It is this junction between high science and base understanding that the project The Eventual Horizon lies. This project is based upon my desire (and my personal interest) to infuse this dialogue with a renewed sense of mystery, joy and wonderment. This is one of the first images made for the project, it is a digital image manipulated and printed with Ultrachrome on Epson Matte paper. It is titled "Dark Matters". I will post more as the project evolves.