The Book turned formal with all the photography

It is not complete yet, more picts to follow. Beth worked with me for 12 hours. I am in her debt so there will be leaves to rake and dinners to prepare in the upcoming weeks.

 

Back to traditional photo for an artist book for Seas

I have been printing some traditional black and white film scanned to digital with the Epson 3800 and I am impressed. It has a photo black and matte black ink set up that you simply indicate which one you want to use and presto you are working with the right inks.

The “seas” show in NYC is encouraging me to finally print some beautiful shots I took of the ocean in winter. I will post a few here along with the handmade book I am working on when I get it finished. Here is one print that will go inside the book.

November 7th, 2009

Jennifer

Steel and Water and Air = Rust (nice color)

“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.”

Existentialism and Wire Hair (they are not related, or are they?)

I lost the last post? I wonder where lost posts go? I have been thinking about human liberation since Paula Fitz asked me who is my favorite Western Philosopher investigating the subject of freedom vs determinism. I found myself thinking about Jean-Paul Sartre and so I have been re-reading his work and enjoying the liberated thinking behind his writing. The hair is for the larger sculpture, the steel wire needs to be rusted. I will take it on a ride to the ocean next weekend and get some salt water exposure to hasten the process.

From, Existentialism and Human Emotions

In responding to criticism of Existentialism Jean-Paul Sartre writes,  “ We know the commonplace remarks made when this subject comes up, remarks which always add up to the same thing: we shouldn’t struggle against the powers-that-be; we shouldn’t resist authority; we shouldn’t try to rise above our station; any action which doesn’t conform to authority is romantic; any effort not based on past experience is doomed to failure; experience shows that man’s bent is always toward trouble, that there must be a strong hand to hold him in check, if not, there will be anarchy. There are still people who go on mumbling these melancholy old saws, the people who say, “it’s only human nature whenever a more or less repugnant act is pointed out to them, the people who glut themselves on chansons rèalists; these are the people who accuse existentialism of being too gloomy, and to such an extent that I wonder whether they are complaining about it, not for its pessimism, but much rather its optimism. Can it be that what really scares them in the doctrine I shall try to present here is that it leaves to man a possibility of choice?”

“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.”

Cynthia Reeves Gallery in New York requested my “Seas” video projection for a show in November. I am looking forward to a trip to the big city.

Beth and I have been working on the “hair” for the sculpture. It is made of bent steel wire and we need it to rust. So far the labour is intense cutting each wire and then wrapping the wire on a pole and then pulling the wire from both ends (Beth and I pull it together) so that it hold some curve. Then we put the wire into a predrilled hole in a wooden bowl.  I hope to have the sculpture done by Christmas.

So many great things to do. But first things first.

I am glad it is Fall. So good to be teaching again, two classes  Computer Animation and Conceptual Development at AIB and Advanced Digital Photography at NESOP, how great is that?

The H2O show did get a write up in the Boston Globe.

Click on this link to read the article: http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/09/11/h20_film_on_water_is_up_at_four_venues_in_nh_and_vermont/

working on some new 2D pieces

John Water’s opening this Friday, 8 -10 – August 21

Albert Morela Gallery in Provincetown, MA

More Press on H2O

http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/now-showing-h2o-film-on-water/