Saturday, March 31, 2007

Building Barriers Using a TV

Tired of being interrupted by other people wanting to talk while you simply want to zone out and watch TV in peace. Follow the easy steps in this how-to film and build new barriers.

The Final Countdown


I am now narrowing down the works for the show and these are two shots of my studio currentely. The piece that has it's own stand is called "waiting for you" and the work next to it is still waiting for a name (if you have any suggestions feel free to email). The other work which looks like a backwards J is called "this is all that was left". A moment of reflection if you will allow... I've noticed that the work is really becoming quite figurative lately. Maybe that's coming from the gesture of taking materials that are commonly found around the house for kitchen table crafts to create backyard magic. I am transforming my surroundings into little meditations with yarn and house paint.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Two weeks to keep on trucking



These are some of the newest pieces in my studio which I thought I would share. The little puddles came first and the chair cozy came second. Enjoy.











Monday, March 19, 2007

Teaser


Here's a sneak peak of my postcard image for my upcoming show. This is a detail of the new large piece that I just completed in my studio. To see the full thing you'll have to wait for my show which opens Friday April 13 from 6-8:30pm at Temple Gallery in Philadelphia.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Painting myself a new game



So lately I have been doing a bunch of little gouaches inspired by the objects that I have been making. I have been making some of these in response to the general tone of my day and using them to envision objects that I haven't made yet so there is a kind of back and forth between the objects and the paintings. The last one I did is called "stop hanging your shit on me"; that was a bad day but it made a pretty little painting. See if you can guess which one that is. Another one is called "i will shelter you"; that was done for Joe when he was having a bad day. I hope you enjoy.


Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Centering - Whirling Dervishes and Headbangers

merging whirling dervishes and headbangers


This video is a new investigation using clips pulled from videos on the internet. I reconstructed a piece that draws lines between the meditative acts of the whirling dervishes and the headbangers. Joe helped me composed the mashed up music.

Video- Patterns

A visual investigation of shadows and patterns with an interview about the patterns that one individual sees in the world


This is a video that I recentely completed. It started with an investigation of shadows that I found one day and I built the final piece in layers of audio and video. Enjoy!

Sunday, March 11, 2007

LaLa Land






Since this is my last official spring break and Joe and I are still recovering from not travelling all over europe this year, we decided to head for LA this past week. We flew away from Philadelphia just in time to escape the plunge from the 50s into the 20s and arrived in LA for the "nicest week in months" according to my friend Kabira who lives in Silver Lake. We utilized the sunny days with temps in the 70s to go around and see alot of art and some beautiful landscapes. Here are a few of my favorite moments - I loved the tagged palm trees at Venice beach.



I also really dug the faux wood grain at our hotel - it was silver and blue, a totally flashy LA kind of look. Anyhow we had a great time and now I am thinking of how tagged palm trees and flashy faux wood grain can translate into the work....time will tell. My show is in a month so now is the nose to the grindstone time.