Post residency re-cap

On the live-vellum -
the consensus is . . .







1) the sensual glowing screen of vellum should be made as a horizontal plane
2) to make it more accessible
3) to isolate the focus of the viewer (as they look down, the surrounding space disappears)
4) projecting on the same cloth it was shot on is poetic (death/re-animation/etc.) but frankly, it looks like shit.
5) the video is too slow now and probably needs a bit more side lighting to increase the shadows.
I'm working on the possibility of projecting from below and hiding the technology as much as possible.
Other than that . ..
It is still fascinating to watch.

peace

the cold
the dark
the gentle rest of a universe in transition

the pause in thought that occurs when you are waiting for something to happen
while listening for confirmation of something whispered
the border between existence and the abyss
a richness that we naively call the void

It is the sum of all possibility
when all is removed and you can almost feel the hum of eternity as is slows
to a standstill
just before changing direction

It is that solitude that gives me peace

Quote for the Week 1/28/09

"The heart of magic is illusion and without the cooperation of gullible men, there would be no magic at all"
-still can't find the source but its in this pile somewhere!

BUGS!

update

Moon city

I have a stand for this . . . .
It is still fighting me but I will post it once I have tamed physics . . . .

bits

This chair was in the trash at a state housing facility.
The man who owned it died and the family didn't want to keep it.
It barely holds MY weight but he must have kept it for some reason.
It was made in the 40's.

I like to imagine what the man looked like who owned this chair and what caused each of the marks on it's surface.















I covered the seat with butterflies because they remind me of an old storyteller I used to see in Harvard Square when I was young.
His name is Brother Blue and he is always covered in Butterflies.
http://www.brotherblue.com/

My white cube

Much easier to design an installation when you have your own portable white cube.
(That's my little helper Edna in there)