tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177276166808597332024-02-21T22:19:01.181-08:00Valhall ArtsValhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-50144984779707177602019-05-24T11:03:00.000-07:002019-05-24T11:03:18.021-07:00Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://pinholeday.org/gallery/" target="_blank">Annual pinhole photography event. </a></div>
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All photographs created with a 3D printed camera, on April 28, 2019.</div>
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All photos by Laura Cofrin, except the first, which was shot by Gavin Brent. </div>
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Ilford FP4+, and Kodak Ektar (expired) films.</div>
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<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0Fort Collins, CO, USA40.5852602 -105.0844230000000240.3922357 -105.40714650000001 40.7782847 -104.76169950000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-3804439959261534552018-10-15T11:47:00.001-07:002018-10-15T11:47:15.169-07:00"When the truth lies somewhere in-between."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-79595320902385667872017-12-11T16:10:00.000-08:002017-12-27T16:44:18.939-08:00Pinhole is a concept<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Why pinhole? I am often asked that question. Why would I choose a photographic method that only adds time, difficulty, and complication to my art practice?<br />
'Why' indeed. It is exactly this forced slowing down that I embrace. It is the purposeful placement of these technological hurdles that allows me to focus in on the craft itself, the image created is secondary to the process. The experimental nature of the method negates any control over the resultant image. The pinhole is the perfect analogy of my chosen path, one which is narrow, and not easily traversed. A rare experience captured in print that deserves longer contemplation.<br />
Calling my self a photographer, or more specifically, a pinhole photographer is too limiting. I may better describe myself as a conceptual artist.<br />
As I am updating the resume, I realize I am having trouble living up to the self appointed label of Pinhole Photographer. Yes, I make pinhole photographs, but I also have an interest in conceptual works. Sometime this involves performance art, certain documented actions, or elaborate installations in which the viewer experiences the photographs and/or videos. I am always experimenting, trying to discover new ways to utilize the camera, exploring alternatives to normal shooting and showing.Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-44671084730195562402015-10-07T19:30:00.000-07:002017-04-26T08:42:29.771-07:00Portraits 101aka Never Stop Learning and Challenging Yourself<br />
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Once again, I am a student at my local community college - learning can not be stopped.<br />
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I'm incredibly lucky to have so many high quality teachers right in my home town. This is a departure from my regular routine of working by myself, in the darkroom or the high country of Colorado. Portraits, while challenging, can be some of the most rewarding images a photographer can make. And I'm only getting started!<br />
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Here are a few of my images from the first assignments. (Environmental, Studio, Group, Self and Experimental Portraits)<br />
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All photographs copyright Laura Cofrin and Valhall Arts.<br />
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<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-21787753390111738062015-06-03T17:27:00.003-07:002015-06-03T19:00:35.136-07:00Blurry Pictures: Lens Edition. Full moon, June 2, 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My lack of interest in this blog is a good indicator of my opinions of the current state of the arts in ole Fort Collins. All too often, the community's lack luster reception of contemporary art makes it a frustrating and unrewarding experience for the artist. (At least for this artist - I speak for myself only.) The avant-garde is shunned, any artwork that is too unusual, too challenging, or different, is scoffed at, or worse, ignored. There is a serious lack of critical thinking on art, and a total lack of good dialogue going on in this town. Luckily, there IS some great work coming out of the region, there are many great artists in this town, and a few fabulous galleries. It's the reception of the art works, the faked interest, that undermines my efforts to expand my communications with my local audience. Why bother? There is nothing, or rather, no one there.<br />
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Further proving my point was the hype around the hiring of a new 'arts and entertainment' writer at our local paper. This has again proven to be a disappointment. This writer's youth, (evidenced by her twitter TL) and her lack of knowledge in the arts, (probably due to a lack of education in the area) is obvious in her writing. It is a lack of respect for the discipline, knowing what it is to be an artist, how art is made and what makes a good gallery/museum/exhibition. The in-ability to articulate well to the reading public, to contribute meaningful dialogue to the discourse of contemporary art, is a dis-service to the reading public, and has only managed to maintain the "blah", status quo of Fort Collins' art scene.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Alex Kuznetsov, <a href="http://www.calgarygemshow.com/2012/02/nothing-rock-shop/" target="_blank">http://www.calgarygemshow.com/2012/02/nothing-rock-shop/</a></td></tr>
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I have not completely lost hope, however. Nothing motivates me more than a challenge. I do have high hopes for the Fort Collins Museum of Art with the hiring of a new executive director. Patience will be needed however, as it will take several years to see the changes in the exhibitions. Other bright spots in our local art scene include the growing group of artists active in promoting a vibrant art scene. It is not an over intellectualized state of mind that I am craving, rather a curious disposition, a mind full of wonder and a spirit engaged in raising the bar, expanding ideas, and through these interactions gaining a greater understanding of one's self, one's community and the world. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Somewhere over the Rainbow" photo by Laura Cofrin, 2014</td></tr>
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To see the previous post regarding my ongoing struggle with the local art scene,<br />
please <a href="http://valhallarts.blogspot.com/2011/10/change-and-state-of-arts-in-northern.html" target="_blank">click here. </a>Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-15398832236042395492014-08-06T14:03:00.001-07:002014-08-06T22:23:47.881-07:00Unsettled Landscapes, a new take on the biennial at SITE Santa FeI had the great experience of attending the opening festivities of the new biennial at SITE Santa Fe. This was a "radical rethinking" of the biennial model, and a rebirth for the show after a 4 year hiatus. The process of re-evaluating the biennial model was instigated with Irene Hoffman's arrival in 2010 as the new director and chief curator at SITE. With this change in leadership, there was a critical re-evaluation of the institution, and the concenus was that a change was needed in the biennial exhibition. There have been umpteen other biennials that have sprung up around the globe since the first Biennial show at SITE in 1995, and these shows have become just another venue for the commoditification of the arts. SITE's leaders wanted to find a way to create a more sustained engagement, a more art (and artist) centric, engaged platform, a furthering of research in the creative arts of our times. It was a collaborative curation, with the involvement of Janet Dees (SITE Curator of Special Projects), and two other guest curators, Candice Hopkins (from Canada) and Lucia Sanroman (from Mexico). The idea of focusing on the Western Hemisphere was hatched and the ideas for the show percolated from the artworks. The structure of the biennial was changed into a six year process, a tri-biennial, if you will, with the next three exhibits over six years exploring the ideas behind the new title, "SITELINES; New Perspectives on Art in the Americas".<br />
This year's theme, "Unsettled Landscapes" came from the artists' ideas, and the works, and it became apparent after much discussion and dialogue with experts and other consultants that there was a a changing idea about landscape. "Landscape is not neutral", Hopkins says, and the idea of "landscape as a form of alibi" was raised by Sanroman. There are many political and social ideas in our perceptions of landscape, including occluded histories, native issues and ongoing imperialist and colonialist issues. The curators did not want the show to be yet another colonialist gesture, and much "deep time" was spent with the works, the show and the place. This slow contemplation is balanced with the current state of urgency that is needed in the arts in all parts of the Americas. There currently may be inclusion in the art world for many artists coming from non-traditional locations, but there still needs to be an equalization across the board, an up-ending to conventions and an unsettling of ideas. This will bring the arts into the future. It's an Unsettled Landscape for sure.<br />
<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0Santa Fe, NM, USA35.6869752 -105.9377989999999835.4806132 -106.26052249999998 35.8933372 -105.61507549999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-40331248470146440242014-06-17T17:58:00.001-07:002014-06-20T07:48:01.206-07:00Fort Collins Studio Tour - Part II<u>Non-Object Art </u><br />
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I am so happy to be sharing a studio space with Loretta Cummings. She is an artist who works conceptually. "Use attention, perception and time as your art materials and the world becomes your studio," she has said. Her gallery is often found on <a href="https://twitter.com/thedarklobster" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, or nowhere, or in her own presence during the action, a moment made art, through its ritualized recognition of the action.<br />
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I remember when I met Loretta. She and I both were students of Jennie Kiessling, an amazing <a href="http://www.frontrange.edu/" target="_blank">Front Range Community College</a> teacher. We were enrolled in a summer session of an art appreciation class exploring contemporary art. It was a fun learning experience, with an energized group of folks, and involved much traveling around our regional area on field trips seeing lots of great art. There was much discussion about the works of contemporary artists, including Piplotti Rist, Bill Viola, Marina Abramovic, Cindy Sherman, among others. This was my first time experiencing many of these artists, and what I learned in this class still impacts my work today. <br />
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After the class was over, there was a group of us that continued to meet. Our discussions, and museum and gallery field trips were just too enjoyable to discontinue. To this day, they are my biggest resource for support and inspiration in my art practice. They are my critique group, my educational resource, and my back up. I can count on this small group of fellow artists to keep me on the right path.<br />
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I remember very clearly the first group critque session we had after the class. This is something that can be difficult to find once an artist leaves the educational institution. A good critical discussion about the work is needed if an artist is to grow and expand in their work. Needless to say, seeing Loretta's work for the first time blew my mind. (See her piece she shared with us, "Post Cleaning Me - 7 hours of not cleaning" below.)She was working in such a way that I had rarely experienced in the past. Her ideas are the work, her actions its manifestation. The objects created, or documents of the project are secondary bi-products of the work - NOT the work. This was totally new to me, but I was intrigued. I too, have my reservatons about making objects to sell. Art as commodity is not really what I am interested in. To create work and sell the work for large dollars is not why I am an artist. The art market is daft, as I have said before, and I am not very interested in it as a creator. It is the creative gesture, the expresive actions that motivate me to return to the studio.<br />
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For the Studio Tour, Loretta will be performing a new work that involves the audience, a decision and a documentation. Intrigued? This will be an opportunity to actively participate in an art work's creation, to become the medium, and express your ideas in the action. Where do your values lie? What do you value more, experiences or acquisitions? It is sure to be a sweet or rewarding experience, so stop in to our studio to experience her art for yourself. Don't delay, supplies are limited. (Download the map from the <a href="http://www.fcgov.com/lctix/galleries-events.php" target="_blank">Lincoln Center website</a>.)<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In this artwork I spent consecutive 7 hours not cleaning anything. From
10am to 5pm I did not pick up after anyone, even myself. I did no scrubbing,
sweeping, vacuuming, ironing, washing, bill paying, or financial organizing. I
did not play support services to any family member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the phone rang and I thought that my help
would be requested I did not answer it. </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I wanted to induce helper mentality deprivation in myself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What would happen if I allowed myself the
sheer luxury of not feeling compelled to help anyone for a short period of
time? How would I feel if I forced myself to drop that sense of “obligation to
help” that defines how I unconsciously think of myself, what I regard as my
reason for being here on the planet. This sense of obligation has been part of
my life forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every moment of every
day I scan to see what I can do to make life run more smoothly for those around
me. Not doing this requires minute by minute resistances to my habitual reactions
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How would I really feel if this obligation suddenly disappeared? Empty?
Worthless? Purposeless? Would I begin to scan for something different instead?
How would I use my time? Was 7 hours enough to even get a sense of this? What
if I could really live a life in which I felt more empowered to act on my own ideas
and less obligated to take care of the needs of those around me? In my life (my
perception of it anyway) everyone needs my help all the time and it is simply
easier to take care of all those needs rather than doing my work. What if I
gave myself the gift of all the time I wanted to pursue the ideas I have?</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This is an on-going artwork that I intend to remake often.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Resistances</b></div>
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did not give him one.</div>
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look at Christmas presents for anyone.</div>
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<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-42943119961783943712014-06-09T20:51:00.001-07:002014-06-09T20:54:06.707-07:00Fort Collins Lincoln Center Studio TourIt's that time again, for the Fort Collins Studio Tour. It looks like it will be another full weekend with lots of great local artists opening their studios, and allowing you the visitor to see all the fine details that go into making works of art.<br />
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Valhall Arts is pleased to be sponsoring three artists on this year's tour, <a href="http://www.jenniferdavey.net/writings-reflections/" target="_blank">Jennifer Davey</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/thedarklobster" target="_blank">Loretta Cummings</a>, and myself, <a href="http://lauracofrin.com/" target="_blank">Laura Cofrin</a>.<br />
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Last year I was sharing my studio with my friend, teacher, and fellow artist Jennifer Davey. Since that time she has quit her 'Day Job' to commit her energies full time to her art practice. She is now in her own studio full time, and already, the commitment has paid off. She has a new exhibition at a new gallery in Denver, the <a href="http://www.pointgallerydenver.com/exhibitions/" target="_blank">Pointe Gallery</a>, in the Santa Fe district. If you are unfamiliar with Jennifer's work, they are large abstract oil paintings, with many layers, added over time, some works with collage, others changing dramatically through their creation. Her <a href="http://www.jenniferdavey.net/writings-reflections/" target="_blank">website</a> is a window into the mind of this artist, as she fearlessly shares her deepest thoughts, and ideas about her work with her audience. Visit her site to learn more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Order</i>, Oil and collage on canvas, 48"x48"</td></tr>
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Be sure to stop into <a href="http://www.pointgallerydenver.com/exhibitions/" target="_blank">Pointe Gallery</a> if you are in Denver, and see the exhibition. It runs through June 17th and the gallery is open Tues-Sat 11-4.<br />
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The Studio Tour Exhibition is at the <a href="http://www.fcgov.com/lctix/galleries-events.php" target="_blank">Lincoln Center</a> and opens Friday June 13th, with a reception from 5-7pm giving you the perfect opportunity to decide which studios you will want to visit. The Studio Tour is June 27-29th, with a few studios open on that Friday night. Our studios will be open Saturday June 28, 10-5 or Sunday June 29th 11-4. Please stop in and say hello!<br />
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<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-54545024439939924232014-05-14T15:25:00.003-07:002014-05-14T21:11:19.171-07:00A New Hat<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rene Magritte - <i>A Pilgrim</i> - 1966</td></tr>
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Being an emerging artist in these contemporary times means one has to tap into many different skill sets to run one's business. There is the creative maker side, who makes the work, finds and taps into the inspiration. There is the analytical archivist who catalogues and organizes the work. There is the curator who, well, curates the work, considers the presentation, and directs the audience. The list goes on, marketing, website management, logistics, etc. To do it all is a momentous feat, as each job requires a different skill set not often found in the same individual. To transition between these roles in my working arts practice, I envision myself donning virtual caps, to delineate the particular job at hand. There are also the other personal 'hats' in life, each with their own demands, taking time and energy away from the creative making part of an artist's life.<br />
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Well, I have a new 'hat' -- Teacher. I just finished my first teaching job. I was doing a community outreach project through the local junior college at a private arts focused school, teaching pinhole photography to some local middle schoolers. The experience was terrifying, energizing and fun. Being a huge history buff, and wanting my students to understand the historical precedents, I started the class out with "The History of Photography in less than 15 Minutes", showing Photography's evolution from Mo Ti's observations in 400 BC, through the 1800's chemical discoveries with Daguerre and experimentation by Henry Peach Robinson, continuing through the early 20th century with Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams, onto the Bauhaus, and finally showcasing a few contemporary photographers. This was a lot of information in a very short time, missing entire epochs, and important figures, but this severe edit was necessary. I had to make it just short enough to keep these adolescents engaged through the entire narrative. They were a bit overwhelmed after our first hour together, but the fires had been lit. That spark was evident in their eyes after experiencing being inside the camera, in a camera obscura I'd built in the schools copy room.<br />
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The students went on to make their own cameras, spent several hours in the darkroom, creating lots of great pinhole photographs and experimented with placing objects directly on the photo-paper, creating photograms. After selecting their best images, the class concluded with an exhibition at a local arts center.<br />
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To share my love of the craft with creative young souls was expansive. It was energizing to my own creative practice, and I think they taught me as much as I hopefully taught them. It's a new hat I am proud to wear.<br />
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Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-27471783744429151022013-07-23T17:16:00.000-07:002013-07-23T17:16:46.000-07:00Sage and Sky<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Summer is a time for traveling, and long road trips are the perfect opportunity for uninterrupted thoughts. The southwest is the perfect location for these wanderings, with its brilliant light and expansive air. I feel refreshed and energized having recently returned from those magic desert places. The ideas, mulled over with the miles, have incubated and are ready to come forth through new works. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Road Trip</i>, pinhole photograph by Laura Brent, 2013</td></tr>
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The journey is long, an unending path. The quest - for beauty - in the eye, the mind, and the heart. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>American Beauty</i>, pinhole photograph by Laura Brent, 2013</td></tr>
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"To calculate on the unforeseen is perhaps exactly the paradoxical operation that life most requires of us."<br />
"...one does not get lost but loses oneself, with the implication that it is a conscious choice, a chosen surrender, a psychic state achievable through geography"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tommy Knocker Trail</i>, pinhole photograph by Laura Brent, 2013</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Why wander? Will the destination offer up a respite? What discovery will come from an aimless ambling? Looking for the happy happenstance, the quirky coincidence, the surprise prize. What spirits are leading the way? How well do you know them? If you are aware, you can almost see them. And remember, at the end, we all become the dirt of the roads, forever left in the rear-view mirror of life. I plan on leaving something behind.<br />
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A time of change brings with it a great opportunity to move in a new direction, and with a stronger intent. The work that will come from this transition will be interesting to see, I am excited to witness its unfolding. The new location adds the ability to work without distraction or intrusion. The security that comes from this will bring an adventurous spirit to the creative work. The timing of this beginning, its happening in company with my audience during the studio tour, will forge a deeper connection with the work. My dedication to 'getting it right' is bolstered in these actions.<br />
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With these ideas I forge ahead into the next big event, the <a href="http://www.fcgov.com/lctix/galleries-events.php" target="_blank">Fort Collins Lincoln Center annual Studio Tour</a>. I participated in the tour many years ago, when it was organized by the art museum, and it was not a great experience for me. It was not a particularly high point of my career. I was still learning. This year, already, has been a great experience. Partnering with <a href="http://jenniferdavey.net/blog/" target="_blank">Jennifer Davey</a> has kept my spirits up, and we encourage and challenge each other to make it an enriching event for our audience. We are offering a special chance for collectors to forge a deeper connection with artists, an opportunity to witness the creative processes. We want to draw the viewer into our experiences. We will each offer something for the visitor to do, a chance to be an artist with us, and create something unique to themselves.<br />
The studio tour is June 22 and 23, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. <br />
The exhibition featuring one work from every participating artist, opens June 14th with a reception from 5-7 pm at the <a href="http://www.fcgov.com/lctix/galleries-exhibitions.php" target="_blank">Fort Collins Lincoln Center Gallery</a>. The exhibition continues through June 29th. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday, 10-6 and Saturdays 12-6. There will be extended gallery hours during the tour, June 22 and June 23, 10-6. Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-68239076984113483392013-04-25T21:16:00.004-07:002013-05-31T11:29:26.792-07:00...a reflective look back.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>American Beauty</i></td></tr>
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Valhall Arts has come a long way in its last 5 years of existence. Like a toddler, there were the awkward moments, and mistakes, but overall it has been a fun and successful run. The growth of my photography has only begun, and I feel like a child exploring, as I make my way forward in my practice.<br />
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With the probability that the current situation is coming to an end, this month I offer a Retrospective, opening Friday May 3rd, 6-9 pm. The exhibit offers a look back at past exhibitions, and the opportunity to see the progression of my work. The gallery began with straighforward photographic exhibitions, showing the work I did while talking classes at Front Range Community College. I had good luck with the fact that the local educational institution was home to some world class instructors, and my passion for photography and the arts was ignited.<br />
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Even as I opened my first few shows, I knew I would grow tired of the standard presentation of photographs presented under glass with white mats in black or white frames. From the very beginning I was more interested in experimenting with the medium, expanding the ideas of what a photograph could look like and how a photography exhibition could be presented. I was interested in engaging my audience, really inspiring them to interact with the art works, bringing in relational aesthetics, and other contemporary practices into my projects. <br />
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Come see the transitions and changes that occurred over the five plus years at Valhall Arts.<br />
More details and images can be found on my website, <a href="http://www.valhallarts.com/">http://www.valhallarts.com</a>.<br />
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Thanks! Hope to see you at the receptions May 3rd and June 7th,<br />
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<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-88707022681106723452013-02-28T10:06:00.003-08:002013-02-28T10:06:42.869-08:00"...a direction of quiet solitude..."This month I am pleased to be featuring a guest artist at the gallery, my friend, teacher and inspiration, Jen Davey. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Veil</i>, 48"x48", oil and chalk on panel, 2012</td></tr>
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<a href="http://jenniferdavey.net/quiet/" target="_blank">Quiet: paintings by Jennifer Davey</a><br />
Opens Friday March 1, 2013, 6-9 pm<br />
Exhibition continues through March 25.<br />
Visit the website to learn more. <a href="http://www.valhallarts.com/">www.valhallarts.com</a><a href="http://www.valhallarts.com/" target="_blank">www.valhallarts.com</a>Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-30103230026020213372013-01-21T14:33:00.000-08:002013-01-21T14:34:54.228-08:00New Pinhole Project<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laura Brent; pinhole photograph, silver gelatin contact print</td></tr>
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I have started a new pinhole project, re-visiting an old series I shot back in 2008, <a href="http://www.laurabrent.com/LauraBrent/Toyland.html" target="_blank">"Toyland"</a>, combining it now with the pinhole camera. Using vintage toys, dollhouses, and handmade dioramas, I create small stages, positioning my 'models', evoking a possibly frightening narrative. The imagery is a bit reminiscent of film noir, and the viewer must look closely to determine what they are seeing. The objects pictured are easily confused with reality. The small size of the camera allows me to obtain a vantage point unlike any from the previous project. Often I am shooting blind, placing the camera into the scene, at a location that I am unable to witness with my own eye. The project will debut at Valhall Arts February 1, 2013. Stay tuned for more details. Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-66592355112875683332013-01-15T08:29:00.000-08:002013-01-15T08:29:08.652-08:00New site for my pinhole photographs<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sunrise Over Hernandez</i>, Laura Brent</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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As a way to streamline the viewing of my pinhole photographs, I have created a new website.<br />
Visit <a href="http://laurabrent.org/">laurabrent.org</a> to see them in all their glory. Please take a look and let me know what you think.Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-88974272867429096032012-12-08T10:06:00.000-08:002012-12-08T10:06:11.905-08:00Leaping into the not so certain future...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Last night's closing reception of SKY HIGH was a successful ending to an enjoyable exhibition, although a tad bittersweet. The three month exhibition netted me my best sales period in the history of the gallery. The cloud photographing continues, however, as I plan to continue this documentary project for an entire year, capturing all seasons of skies, to complete the project of cataloging these transient objects. The future form the work may take is undetermined, but will offer opportunities for a reappearance in the future.<br />
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So what is next for Valhall Arts? This is a question that is a bit up in the air. The past status quo changed a few months ago with the sale of the historic Post Office building to a new owner. Luckily this means that many of the 'ten year past their useful life' mechanical HVAC units in the building are going to be replaced. A much need upgrade of the building will occur, and I hope this creates a new liveliness. How these changes will affect the spirit of the building remains to be seen.<br />
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There has been lighthearted talk of 'ghosts' in the building, and the entire Oak Street plaza area was once a graveyard, home to civil war casualties and honored soldiers. (although the bodies were probably moved...more research needed.*) Could it be the tainted soil which is beneath us that causes the lackluster energy? or is it the stagnant art community that pervades the area? Of the several artists that rent spaces in the building, some have decided to use this change as an impetus to move on to new adventures. Others are still debating what to do, considering possible studio trades, and/or re-locations within the building. The trouble of finding a concrete solution is compounded by the lack of information coming from the new landlords. There is gossip about other non-art tenants coming in, (possibly a restaurant), rent raises, and proposed remodeling. It is hard to make a decision without all the facts, so I am in a 'wait and see' period of stagnation.<br />
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All this instability in the structure of my work space has distracted me from really creating any quality substantial work. I have been playing in the darkroom a bit, making photo-grams, and printing some older shots, but it has been far too long since I have used my pinhole cameras and I am lacking a clear direction of where I want my work to go. In the forefront, at this time, must be the marketing of my recent projects to other galleries in major art cities.(Santa Fe, NYC, Chicago, LA) Although I am grateful for the 2% of my local audience that appreciates my work, I must expand my audience to reach more of those who it is intended for, the 'literati' of contemporary art, as it may be. As such, Valhall Arts, the gallery, will take a back seat. What the new year holds will be determined when it gets here.<br />
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*planning a trip to the new <a href="http://www.fcmod.org/the-museum-2/the-archive-at-fcmod/" target="_blank">Fort Collins Museum of Discovery historic archive</a>! Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-17280987889598295012012-10-02T12:23:00.000-07:002012-12-08T08:26:52.936-08:00SKY HIGH<style>
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">SKY HIGH ~ Artist's reception December 7, 2012, 6-9 pm</span></i></div>
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“The clouds were there for everyone.” -Alfred Stieglitz</div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The
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special meaning if the object cannot be preserved.” –Bernd and Hilla Becher</span></div>
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<span class="caption1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SKY HIGH is an exhibition about beauty. The presentation is a typology of skyscapes. The photographs, a catalogue of our skies, document
the variety of shapes, forms, colors, and textures, seen in the clouds above us.
Each viewer sees a unique picture, the personal experiences and histories
affecting the truth of what the viewer sees. The collection, and its presentation, is founded on
historical precedents. </span></span></div>
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<span class="caption1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The subject of clouds was much studied by one of photography’s,
and American Modernism’s, pioneer, Alfred Stieglitz. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His series, ‘Equivalents”, was produced later
in his career, (most were made between 1925-1935) and were purely lyrical
abstractions, intended to function evocatively, to elicit emotions in the
viewer. The photograph is a metaphor, the cloud shown in the picture, is more
than the ‘thing’ pictured, but primarily a ‘function’, a device, to generate a
feeling in the viewer. (</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Equivalence: The Perennial Trend. Minor White, PSA Journal,
Vol. 29, No. 7, pp. 17-21, 1963)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1923. Gelatin silver print, 4 5/8 x 3 5/8" (11.8 x 9.2 cm). Alfred
Stieglitz Collection. Gift of Georgia O'Keeffe. Held in collection at The Museum of
Modern Art, New York
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bernd
and Hilla Becher were married German photographers who catalogued the existence
of many industrial buildings, and other architecturally interesting structures,
and presented them in the grid form. Their motivation was to create an historical record of this "nomadic
architecture which had a comparatively short life -maybe 100 years, often less, then they disappear. It seemed important to keep them in some way and photography seemed the most appropriate way to do that." (quote by Bernd Becher)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bernd and Hilla Becker, Installation view</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
is more transient than the ever-changing vista above our heads? How often are
you aware of the beauty above? If we take the time to look, the beauty is
there for everyone. R<span class="caption1">emember to notice, and do not lose
this treasure, the ability to find beauty.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="caption1">Exhibition featured at <a href="http://www.valhallarts.com/valhallarts/Valhall_Arts.html" target="_blank">Valhall Arts</a>, please visit the website for more details. </span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="caption1">Soundscapes selected by <a href="http://www.vuzhmusic.com/" target="_blank">Chris Reider</a>, ambient sounds and experimental music, all part of creative commons, and free for anyone.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Laura Brent, 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SKY HIGH, 28 Photographs by Laura Brent, installation view</td></tr>
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Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-40338226393292133992012-09-04T08:44:00.000-07:002012-09-13T05:58:07.050-07:00Clouds, Stieglitz and O'KeeffeOver the last few months, I have been working on a new digital project, photographing clouds, evocative of Alfred Stieglitz's "Equivalents". At first, when I saw these Stieglitz photographs, I did not find them as interesting as his earlier works. They seemed so empty of any 'big' ideas, and I thought perhaps they were byproducts of his advanced age, an indication that he was going 'soft in the head' producing these saccharine images. With more research however, I discovered that his motivation for this project was a desire to do something 'hard', to test his knowledge and mastery of photography. They were first presented in 1923 as "Music: a sequence of 10 cloud photographs", later "Songs of the Sky", and in 1925 he started to use the term "Equivalents". Stieglitz stated that these pictures were the equivalent of certain human emotions, documents of eternal relationships, perhaps even philosophies. They were lyrical abstractions and he would turn or flip them as needed in their presentation to express the emotion he was portraying. He went on to say that essentially, all his photographs were 'equivalents'.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfred Stieglitz: Equivalent (Set H, Print 1), 1923; gelatin silver print; 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection </td></tr>
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I have come to see them as expressions of his happiness, passion and love for/with Georgia O'Keeffe. There has been much discussion on this famous art world love story, and I firmly believe that O'Keeffe, with her sensual relation to the natural world, impacted him to move his work in this direction. There is a particular painting of hers that was produced around the same time as these photographs by Stieglitz, and the similarities are striking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Celebration, 1924. Oil on canvas. Georgia O'Keeffe American, 1887-1986 34 7/8 x 18 in. (88.6 x 45.7 cm) 36 1/4 x 19 3/8 (92.1 x 49.2 cm) in the permenant collection of Seattle Art Museum </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfred Stieglitz<i>, Equivalent</i>, 1924 - 192</td></tr>
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"I was told yesterday that I seemed to be faraway all the time yet seemingly in contact with all that's here. I had to laugh. When one is playing with the clouds & one's best part is far so faraway - near the endless sea - one cannot be entirely amongst those who know little about clouds - little about sea - "<br />
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" - I still continue to learn - There is so much to learn. - Not in the ordinary sense - not the knowledge talked of & which it is said one should have - but a learning about something which very few seem to know much about - "<br />
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Alfred Stieglitz, in a letter to Georgia O'Keeffe, (Lake George, NY, September 25, 1923)<br />
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From "My Faraway One", Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, Volume 1, 1915-1933, edited by Sarah Greenough, Yale University Press, 2011.<br />
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Other references: "Equivalence: The Perennial Trend", Minor White, PSA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 7, pp. 17-21, 1963<br />
<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-30690992003962803442012-05-31T15:55:00.000-07:002012-05-31T16:07:39.613-07:00The Mystery Project<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Object</i></b>, by Laura Brent. Wood cup lined with velvet on typewritten card. 2012</td></tr>
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I just completed another Art House Co-op project, (My seventh! I love these guys, so inspiring!) called <a href="http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/mystery" target="_blank">The Mystery Project,</a>
where I created an artwork to be left in a public space to be found by a
stranger. Again, this was an inspiring project and really got me thinking on my art making, the objects I create (or not, as the case may be, as a conceptualist), and my audience.<br />
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I was sent a kit with supplies to guide me in my creation. Included was a 'theme' and a free Canary Yellow Prismacolor fine art marker. My theme, "Things and the people and places using them" was fairly wide open, and became my main inspiration, as I am often thinking on objects in relation to my art making and how one assigns meaning and value to objects. The marker, with two differently sized, flexible tips, while nice and bold, was fairly uninspiring. The color did not 'pop' for me, and drawing is more of a private activity for me, one that I use in working out my ideas, but that is not my finest skill, and not the primary material presented in my artwork.<br />
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Thinking conceptually, I considered what would be considered a pinnacle object in our contemporary society. A cell phone or computer? Which object carries with it the most significance? Did I want to choose some obscure object, or something common to all? I continually kept coming back to Meret Oppenheimer and her <i>Object</i>, having seen it in person at the MoMA.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Object</i></b>, Meret Oppenheim, 1936</td></tr>
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Here was a common object, a cup, altered in such a way as to make it unusable, offering a commentary on how we perceive objects we use and come in contact with every day. By adding the foreign materials, the useful object become useless, converted to art, a surreal object with a higher purpose.<br />
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This was what I wanted to create. The cup signifies a communal meeting, an object used to nourish our bodies, and something common at social gatherings. Using found materials, I altered a wooden cup, lining it with red velvet, and it became something else, a unique special object - art.<br />
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I felt badly not following the rules designated for the project, but it was also stated that the work could take any form, so I went ahead with it. Expecting the work to be generally misunderstood, (see the previous posts regarding my audience...) I decided to leave it in one of Fort Collins' best coffee house/book stores, The Bean Cycle/Matter Books, hoping that the person who encountered it there would have a basic knowledge of contemporary art, or at least a curiosity to explore. (i.e. book lovers.) The colorful title of the book pictured nearby was the impetus for my final choice of location.<br />
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The work's reception is a mystery to me. I will never know who sees it, who takes it home as their own, and how it is perceived. But this is part of the adventure of art making, putting one's work out in the world, it is no longer mine, and the public can do with it what they may. It was not easy to leave, as I was quickly becoming attached to it, as I enjoyed its tactile beauty. But, I slyly set it upon the shelf, pretending to look at books, unnoticed by the few folks working nearby on their computers. Perhaps it may still be there when I return one day. If not, I hope it finds a place where it is appreciated and enjoyed, as I did its creation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of typewritten card.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-58736102702152908692012-05-23T16:59:00.000-07:002012-05-23T17:00:11.328-07:00Duchamp, nothing and an already made artworkEvery summer, I take time off from the gallery life, and take a sabatical from the exhibitions at <a href="http://www.valhallarts.com/" target="_blank">Valhall Arts</a>. Instead, I leave behind something for my visitors to see. Something that is nothing.<br />
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Last summer it was an installed <a href="http://www.valhallarts.com/valhallarts/Exhibitions.html" target="_blank">hole in the ground</a>, dug in the middle of the gallery, an obvious falsity, (and <a href="http://www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Goldsworthy_Andy/Goldsworthy_install_22.html" target="_blank">Andy Goldsworthy</a> reference)<br />
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I presented it as a joke, but also a truth. The title, <i>The Artist is not Present</i>, was a direct reference to <a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/965" target="_blank">Marina Abramovic</a>'s performance (that I went to see) at the MoMA, and the shovel left in the space as a nod to Marcel Duchamp (specifically his "<a href="http://www.toutfait.com/unmaking_the_museum/Shovel.html" target="_blank">In Advance of the Broken arm</a>"). The multiple choice question didactic was a way to playfully engage the audience, while dropping clues to some of my favorite popular cultural ephemera, as well as a statement of my feelings toward the reception of my artwork by my local audience. It's a construction of an environment, one that the audience was excluded from (only able to look through the window in the closed and locked door), using common objects, symbols, and cliched ideas.<br />
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This year I have installed something along this vein, however at the this point in my work, I have reached a state of utter disregard for my local audience. I feel like after the 4 years that Valhall Arts has been open, I have taken them as far as they are willing to go in regards to viewing and thinking about contemporary art. Their responses are baffling and frustrating, and mind blowing in their ineptitude. I am instead focusing on my ideas, my work, and marketing it to a broader audience, beyond my neighborhood, hopefully for viewers who care to take the time to understand it. This situation could be considered a brief re-enactment, an homage of sorts, to Duchamp and his behavior at the end of his career when he stated that he was no longer going to make any more art, and instead, just play chess. (Image below is Duchamp's window display for Andre Breton's <i>Arcane 17</i> at the Gotham Book Mart, 1945)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Time would reveal that this was a sort of performance art in itself, as Duchamp was busy for many years creating his final grand artistic gesture. (The creation of <a href="http://www.toutfait.com/issues/volume2/issue_4/articles/girst/pop_video.htm" target="_blank"><i>Etant donnes</i></a> -- link via ToutFait.com, is </span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">to an </span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">animation by Robert Slawinski, and involves the five following unaltered
works by Duchamp in the order in which they are listed below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Window
Display for Andre Breton's Le Surrealisme et la Peinture,
1945<br />
Given:
Maria, the Waterfall, and the Illuminating Gas, 1947<br />
Study
for Given: 1. The Waterfall / 2. The Illuminating Gas, 1947<br />
The
Illuminating Gas and the Waterfall, 1948-49<br />
Given:
1. The Waterfall / 2. The Illuminating Gas, 1946-1966)</i></span></div>
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I want to leave my audience to wonder where I've gone, as I go out into the world to enjoy all it has to offer. I leave them only a tiny clue, easily overlooked, a QR code to scan, itself a bizarre object unique to our contemporary digital culture. I wave a fond farewell, as I bid them to "<i>piss off!</i>". To those curious few who make the effort (and have the smart phone ability) to scan the code, a surprise. See what it will bring? Yep, "<a href="http://www.valhallarts.com/valhallarts/Valhall_Arts.html" target="_blank">Nothing Here</a>."<br />
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<br />Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-31967338807611978392012-04-10T13:51:00.000-07:002012-04-10T15:20:57.137-07:00Giving it all away!<style>
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My new installation is a very subtle and complex work of
art. Many who visited the opening were confused and did not understand the
meanings in the work. It was very common for people to rush in and out, only
spending a short time looking at the installation. There was often a lack of
serious consideration given to the artwork, rarely was any time taken to just
experience the environment, taking in the entire installation, absorbing the
myriad of sensory stimuli in the space. I was often asked, “What’s it about?”
as the visitor just wanted the quick answer, for me to simply tell them my
ideas. To do that would defeat the making of the art, the delivery of my ideas
through beautiful environments. When I create an installation, I compose the
entire environment, directing the visitor’s experience, so it is somewhat
disrespectful when a visitor does not take the time to actually look at what I’ve
done. Why are you here? I do not understand this mentality, this lack of
attention. I assume these are folks out on the First Friday Art Walk, so they must
be interested in art. They may just be unfamiliar with, or unaware of, how to
look at art. It appears that there is a lack of motivation to investigate, to
explore, engage and enjoy strange or confusing artworks. Where is the creative
curiosity? Perhaps a person’s ego is bruised by this confusion, experiencing a feeling
of stupidity because they do not understand, and this puts them off. But, do
not make the mistake of confusing the subtlety of the work as some high brow,
over intellectualized “art-speak”. My
ideas behind the work are persistent human emotions, issues and conditions
common to all, and if the viewer would only take the time to experience the
work, in its entirety, they would arrive at the answers themselves. Any work of
art, will, of course, always be an individual experience, so my ideas are not
necessarily the ones the viewer will arrive at, but once an installation is
truly experienced, the messages and emotions and thoughts created in the viewer
become valid as well. Being in the west, in the lesser populated heartland of
our country, there is a bit of a disconnect with the rest of the contemporary
art scene found in major cities (NYC, LA, Chicago), so the reactions of my
public does not surprise me. It is confounding though. (I will digress here no
further, for more discussions see other &/ future posts.) So, to aid in the
reception of my work, I will explain it, in an attempt to educate my audience,
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Moving Pictures, Take Two</div>
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Meditations, 2012</div>
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The space is small, sparsely
furnished, with minimalistic objects and sensory stimuli. There is an intimate
feel of an alter space, with the dramatic black curtains on each side of a
white cloth panel in which the short film is playing in a loop. The white cloth
cascades out into the small room in a wrinkled watery stroke. A small battery
operated candle flickers artificially in the middle of this ‘stream of cloth’.
The edges are defined with two white ‘columns’, haphazardly leaning against the
walls. Opposite the video is a sterling silver necklace with a baby shoe charm,
and upon further inspection, it is revealed to contain the artist’s blood. This
small object is lit with a spotlight to accentuate its importance in the
installation, its placement opposite the video purposefully used to contrast
the ready made object with the created object. There is also a small table with
a simple tin tray with bread and small cups filled with wine. There is a small
didactic, similar in size to a prayer book, listing the installation materials*,
and stating to “please use reverence” if one is going to imbibe in the
proffered bread and wine as a sacred sacrament. This is the single sign directing
the visitor to the importance of their interaction with the work, or not, as
the case may be, and to be aware of the reasons behind their choice. </div>
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The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rZYMvGtAMc&list=UUebIYS7ojMMHSH-hZsp0nIw&index=1&feature=plcp" target="_blank">short film</a> is a digital collage made with an iPhone camera,
using an 8mm film application, and has a vintage feel, being black and white,
dust scattered through out and a jumpy, frame skipping look. This artificial aged
feel is purposeful, used to instill a sense of nostalgia in the work, a
timelessness, and something coming from long ago, giving the work the
appearance of traveling through time, yet actually being a false indicator,
made as is was with a modern device. The
3 minute film begins with a blank shot, a rhythmic beating of shadows against a
white background, really bringing again, the artificial aging, and digital
creation, with its ‘dust’ and ‘projector’ noise to the viewers attention. The
image is what one might see upon waking in the room, opening the eyes,
beginning the day, the bare ceiling filling the entire frame, with only a bit
of the wall grounding the imagery like a landscape. The next scene is a quiet
shot of a stark and empty table and chair, cast with a dramatic black shadow,
cutting the round table not quite in half. This could feel like a lonely time,
but my intention was one more of reflection, and meditation (thus the name, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Meditation 2012</i>, part of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moving Pictures</i> series). The round lines
in the chair and table contrast with the sharp straight line created by the shadow
on the table. There is an interrupting triangle of another shadow, just
breaking the edge of the frame, with other straight shapes distracting the
viewer. The stillness and length of the shot, the slight, slow movement in a
circle, all are commentaries on the quietness of the moment, perhaps a morning
ritual, or a time ‘at the table’, a place for sustenance. The last shot of this scene is one from a
distance, and we see the doorway, and the intersection lines forming a cross in
the reflections on the French door. The doorknob a round point in the frame,
moving slowly in and out to draw the viewer’s attentions, foreshadowing what’s
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Midway through the film the scene cuts to a shot looking out
the window, now the dominant shape is the square, the strong white lines
creating multiple crosses, the ‘outside’ is introduced, as the view looks out
the window. There is a very subtle, slow drawing in and out, almost peering
out, but then drawing away, moving forward and back, like a breath; it is a preparation of sorts, a conscious
change of thought from the previous scene at the table, one of the ‘self’, and
now is shifting to thoughts of the ‘other’. This is continued in the next scene
shift, taking the viewer on a slow progressive journey from inside the home,
out into the community. However, there is a reluctance, a hesitancy, even as
the pace of the film begins to pick up. The scene is that of a closed door,
with its fairly uninviting feel, shot from the distance as it is, and the noise
taking on a low volume roar of space. The stagnation is broken in the last 30
seconds of the film by a dramatically different scene with movement, as the
viewer is ‘walked’ out of the courtyard. We see again the windows, but from the
outside now, and only in passing glances. The strong white lines of the columns
as they pass by are symbolic of the daily duties, and responsibilities of daily
life, the scene ending with a pan to the sky, a symbolic ‘going out into the
world', and finally the film culminates in a final still view of the portico of
a church, linear columns holding up gently curved archways, and a reverent
statue of St. Francis barely discernible in the shadows, signifying an arrival,
a finding of ones place, a relaxing celebration with the first obvious sounds
heard, those of birds, and with it, a peaceful feeling of freedom finally
arriving, as the film washes out.</div>
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The overtly religious symbols I use in the film are there to
direct the viewer to spirituality, but it need not be necessarily Christian; it
can be any sort of spiritualism. The work was opened on Good Friday, probably
the holiest day in the Christian faith. I reference the Christian story of God’s
giving of the Son with the repeated use of the iconic visual symbols, the cross, and communion
cups, accentuating the sacrifices that were made for the sins of humankind, and
the forgiveness that is given through God’s gesture. The ritualistic
re-enactment through communion, is highlighted with the objects associated with
that ritual, also offered as sustenance and refreshment, and an offering to the
visitor. The white cloth on the floor is a symbolic of the parturition, and Mary's sacrifices she was required to make. I wanted to spotlight the sacrifices we all make, and as a symbolic gesture
of my own, drew my own blood for the work. Another message in the work is also
one of forgiveness, something everyone needs, even giving grace to ones self.
We are all lost children, who suffer through our own sins and mistakes. We all
sacrifice ourselves as adults for our own children, or others, spilling our own
blood. These things I touch on through the purposeful use of the particular
objects in the space. I also point out that this is not a holy space, though
the obvious artificiality of some of the objects. The fake old style modern
technology used to make the film, the candle not being a real candle and the columns
not really there, all remind the viewer that it is a work of art and not a
sacred place, as it can be anywhere. It is offered as an opportunity to be used
as a spiritual space, but more importantly I want the viewer to take away enlightenment
within themselves, about sacrifice, forgiveness, and finally acceptance and
peace.</div>
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White columns</div>
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</div>Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417727616680859733.post-85727376172217280622012-03-01T12:34:00.005-08:002012-03-01T13:09:42.323-08:00ArtHouse Sketchbook Project Process, Part 3This is the third post in a three part series explaining my processes in creating my sketchbook for the Art House Co-Op, in Brooklyn, NY. (Sketchbook Project 2012)<br /><br /><br />Here is how I re-bound my sketchbook:<br /><br />First, I started by punching hole in every leaf, and arranged the pages in four groups of four pages each, with a fifth group being made up of the single photograph. I arranged them, and cut the edges even, the corners rounded.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSM4PdRB-0WioLkDt_LBucSNIGsfw28-HGwoUuFBz-_TAOg4jQXFQr6x0eZXSqu0wkWYlia3wgPiq1MzRZyZN_Lo76y7W7qLLnrXMbgyZ0ih6rl5McuF4_c5uyP0t_YzEmbZZ_QzLHUg/s1600/skbp.sew.2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSM4PdRB-0WioLkDt_LBucSNIGsfw28-HGwoUuFBz-_TAOg4jQXFQr6x0eZXSqu0wkWYlia3wgPiq1MzRZyZN_Lo76y7W7qLLnrXMbgyZ0ih6rl5McuF4_c5uyP0t_YzEmbZZ_QzLHUg/s400/skbp.sew.2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715030801890149202" border="0" /></a><br />Due to the thickness of my five sections, I decided to make three holes in the cover, planning to use the outer two holes twice and the center one once. I did not want to make 5 separate holes, because I did not want the book to be too thick.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbfxzZHregsKYikoKGHm5FrR50kVn5-OIorgEl7Rq_Cdr-neuz0FmtYOA09sDpbroYKmfrz7xKemD_kRWAK-9Q-0AckRh2-otVQye6azRUqJsH0-mJFiop2qRYp2J9_Idg2ni-scdYso/s1600/_DSC0067.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbfxzZHregsKYikoKGHm5FrR50kVn5-OIorgEl7Rq_Cdr-neuz0FmtYOA09sDpbroYKmfrz7xKemD_kRWAK-9Q-0AckRh2-otVQye6azRUqJsH0-mJFiop2qRYp2J9_Idg2ni-scdYso/s400/_DSC0067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715030812385326754" border="0" /></a><br />Before sewing, I waxed the binding thread by pulling it through a block of bees' wax. I left plenty of extra thread to tie my knots, and began at the front top outer hole, and wove back and forth through the punched holes in the section and the cover, then back up adding the second section. Once at the top again, I pulled everything tight and tied a knot to secure it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjWcPEbs_hDRHrVn779__CaDOfU2U8VGGsc4U8RP7BZJKNUNKln3Xjph9hPbvMmKpwQ3VAdnsNCcqFkoun3SovkuDuMpMuUIYsDSx1_GZjaxMeFTZBxF7CorShBK-HXf9Xx6IvBi5Fik/s1600/skbp.sew.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjWcPEbs_hDRHrVn779__CaDOfU2U8VGGsc4U8RP7BZJKNUNKln3Xjph9hPbvMmKpwQ3VAdnsNCcqFkoun3SovkuDuMpMuUIYsDSx1_GZjaxMeFTZBxF7CorShBK-HXf9Xx6IvBi5Fik/s400/skbp.sew.1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715030816679787954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVTnsyBzagHayZa0PhVLzpXq2cyw0bS-ZMp40bYlbJb8Y1Xwcvdjj0FZN2tsJLj-xouFE2AMLsy-PEVFPKQNnsjyt8wsc4PFM97di9ahPPivBvLBfsJ7rIkoKT4BepnRItmLReWQ3Jd0/s1600/skbp.sew.4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVTnsyBzagHayZa0PhVLzpXq2cyw0bS-ZMp40bYlbJb8Y1Xwcvdjj0FZN2tsJLj-xouFE2AMLsy-PEVFPKQNnsjyt8wsc4PFM97di9ahPPivBvLBfsJ7rIkoKT4BepnRItmLReWQ3Jd0/s400/skbp.sew.4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715030820848967410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_MvVPI-kpxZpktHo5_-a67I_lKDX7exUSRRW9aV758exJuz4x3y84tip0ByEHgnjea9whKcZ24LnAvC8Mcn6w0Ea_keyWwH8g4L8_613WZZBfhz78n5D5PvbieCCY-Ty7FvHiVnO52o/s1600/skbp.sew.5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_MvVPI-kpxZpktHo5_-a67I_lKDX7exUSRRW9aV758exJuz4x3y84tip0ByEHgnjea9whKcZ24LnAvC8Mcn6w0Ea_keyWwH8g4L8_613WZZBfhz78n5D5PvbieCCY-Ty7FvHiVnO52o/s400/skbp.sew.5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032035300217426" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I continued on, adding the sections one by one, sewing up and down, in and out of my punched holes, until all were tightly in place.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlRGNGmq7ixppcQPacwGLbwTt1gzPR3jhnZTq5-hsOjVZhM8OInWh09lztlZ0CqMKEMMKNdwcftAcGALgcriyoJW_OvWuB5FGHw5NgMM754JHbmvPi7jL8SxMRgECXrjjFBuCFuhHdyE/s1600/skbj.sew.6a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlRGNGmq7ixppcQPacwGLbwTt1gzPR3jhnZTq5-hsOjVZhM8OInWh09lztlZ0CqMKEMMKNdwcftAcGALgcriyoJW_OvWuB5FGHw5NgMM754JHbmvPi7jL8SxMRgECXrjjFBuCFuhHdyE/s400/skbj.sew.6a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032038579872322" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MN37jyK9e4glQHL1OE8lFGyymAI6Dqdp-mIWeu_ttozrv6KwNO_fjRG23NERPTKLiL-3xeGqFA9P2kBBAJ73vrqCp_kD7djxshGSuh2Fs3uZkdpAkflF_yAPmi5kdMZ6IksA5lt3F7U/s1600/skbp.sew.6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MN37jyK9e4glQHL1OE8lFGyymAI6Dqdp-mIWeu_ttozrv6KwNO_fjRG23NERPTKLiL-3xeGqFA9P2kBBAJ73vrqCp_kD7djxshGSuh2Fs3uZkdpAkflF_yAPmi5kdMZ6IksA5lt3F7U/s400/skbp.sew.6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032042940777554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I finished by tying a a secure knot<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZWKUoxrrus9HLu-WvCiEz2smSCKbeUtPDbP49eABMrokLYApB89KOiaNUb3EZny0Iah_NA8s1kU0o7XY_ztBxengh3lFUbft49NgMB8rniy3yNZ10LGL6eqFgoXWqbNLhbx9f5sWlTA/s1600/skbp.sew.9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZWKUoxrrus9HLu-WvCiEz2smSCKbeUtPDbP49eABMrokLYApB89KOiaNUb3EZny0Iah_NA8s1kU0o7XY_ztBxengh3lFUbft49NgMB8rniy3yNZ10LGL6eqFgoXWqbNLhbx9f5sWlTA/s400/skbp.sew.9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032050732510146" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAtRlgiGpClrR5qeqecLzLOzgnC_n1oDI0es5SaXp0oAOEczUC4nAplJkXqsQUy2i54NzIo0kn2sYOgOJXrUsHJO179XGwc8B29FkVT_bhLB5wnr34baQeIjfFazYkzYR7e80jN8lmes/s1600/skbp.sew.8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAtRlgiGpClrR5qeqecLzLOzgnC_n1oDI0es5SaXp0oAOEczUC4nAplJkXqsQUy2i54NzIo0kn2sYOgOJXrUsHJO179XGwc8B29FkVT_bhLB5wnr34baQeIjfFazYkzYR7e80jN8lmes/s400/skbp.sew.8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715032053945417138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I added a strip of book binding tape to cover the outside threads, being sure to leave the bar code visible, and voila! It was finished.<br /><br />Seeing it in its completed state was quite a rush of emotions. I was excited and proud at the results, happy even with the failures as it was a testament to the adventurous process I had undertaken. I hastily took some quick snaps of the project, just in case it was lost in the mail, and packed it up and shipped it off to the Art House Co-op. I plan to visit it sometime on <a href="http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject2012">the tour</a> this year, or at its permanent home at the <a href="http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject">Brooklyn Art Library</a>.Valhall Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299322833389320809noreply@blogger.com1