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in origami, we tend to focus on the physical characteristics of what we want to represent.
We forget the inner beauty of the subject, such as the ringed tail and the white mask of the red panda
Nancy Buchanan & Joseph Santarromana Present in association with Phantom Galleries LA:
The Long Weekend
Installations and Performances
Jordan Biren and Corrina Peipon, Ashley McLean Emenegger, MaryLinda Moss and Nikii Henry, Danial Nord, Cielo Pessione & John O'Brien, Astra Price, Natasa Prosenc, Joseph Santarromana & William Roper, Evelyn Serrano, Suzanne Siegel, Kyungmi Shin & Todd Gray
Organized by Nancy Buchanan & Joseph Santarromana
Phantom Galleries LA in Pasadena
680 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena 91101
Friday, March 28, Saturday March 29, Sunday March 30
7 to 10 pm
For information:
Liza Simone
Phantom Galleries LA Executive Director
PhantomGalleriesLA.com
213.626.2854
Examining themes of fashion and consumption, we will present durational performances and installation works in this former furniture store's windows. Questions regarding the relationship of art and commerce today are myriad, and while there are no simple answers, most observers agree that there are many troubling implications of the influences of speculation, branding and celebrity on the current climate. Giving away the aesthetic experience through such a temporary event is a return to earlier, more idealistic times, yet placing the work within a shopping district anchors it to the realistic present. We imagine this to be an exciting event which will attract art audiences, as well as provide an unusual experience to passers-by.
Jordan Biren and Corrina Peipon present a tableau/performance, "The Exchange of the Avant-Garde" inspired by quotes taken from a recent Norman Klein discussion of the late Jean Baudrillard:
"...avant-garde strategies are now central to the branding of all products..."
"...The simulacrum was simply the original itself. It had emerged as the glowing center of all global branding...It was simply the mood that sold anything. "
The tableau represents the "look" of a business transaction, while an inner dialogue belies conflicted psychological realities of personal negotiation through a world of branded transactions. With the supporting text contradicting the appearance of the action, only the image of the event remains, an image meant to draw attention to the presumptions, or "branded" recognition, of what is taking place. A search for what defines in what we see that which we are told we are seeing. _
Nancy Buchanan's "3 Fates" sees myth reduced to marketing; throughout cultural history, sacred and mythic women have appeared in threes, sometimes also merging into one mythic figure. In Greek mythology, the three Fates personified destiny and controlled the thread of life from birth to death (and beyond). The Greek word moira (_____) translates as a part or portion—and so, one's fate is the part one is destined to play in life. While their forerunners were draped in white, could the gowns worn by these fashionable "Fates" hint at what lies beyond fashion? Siren-red satin, prison-jumpsuit orange, camouflage (with glitter).
In Ashley McLean Emenegger's "Judgment Day," colorful felt cut out dolls hang in the balance above a miniature, faux mythological environment, the Garden of Eden meets a metaphoric apocalyptic collapse, where the yearning for sincere expression clashes with the expectation and imposition of compliance to the contemporary notion of aesthetics. Beckoned by the allure and idealization of the Promised Land below, the dolls, both identical and unique, are naturally confused by the conundrum of self declaration versus the desire to fit in.
MaryLinda Moss collaborates with Nikii Henry to create a Performative Installation. Through the evening figures moving through space will leave an imprint, a record of the presence of the body in the world. Using gauze and plaster, 'clothing" will be formed on the body. As the body moves on, it's image is left behind to create a record of the journey through time and space
Danial Nord addresses the troubling relationships between art and commerce, and the implications and influences of speculation, branding and celebrity on the current art-making climate. His inspiration comes from Hollywood's historical misrepresentation of artists, and overheard dialogues between dealers and potential clients at recent Art Fairs. Nord's installation centers on a projected clip from the film "On the Town" which shows a ballerina as an artist, described in the film as "the perfect urban woman", making a painting.
Cielo Pessione & John O'Brien create a tableau in which two personages appear in the dark at the center of the space, like a players in a theatre. The female personage will have a pile of rags or fashion magazines under her She could be a Queen, he a Poet. Each has a different style of dress, which means different ways to live and to consider the capitalism of attire.
Astra Price addresses what food we have and what food we use. Inspired by constantly seeing fruit trees that have gone unharvested and unused, this two-part work will repurpose unused domestic fruit in two phases. On night one, she will process this food; juice, simple salad, etc… and serve it to the people on the streets. Given the city of Pasadena's origin having strong ties to citrus production, this work addresses some issues of site specificity, but can just as easily be applied to larger concepts of consumption and waste.
Natasa Prosenc's installation, "Innocence – Dissolved" metaphorically performs the impasse of fast lane consumerism wrapped into the ideology of progress; the discarded toys suffocating in the thickened gooey mass of the past embodied emotional investment, that has nowhere else to go except release into obsession with possession and consumption. As our environment is cluttered with an unprecedented excess of material objects, our culture witnesses a steadily dissolving ability to infuse these objects with emotion. It is this emotional investment that animates our relationship with objects and with materiality as such. Now that this emotional link is loosening, our world is changing. These old-fashioned toys, once brimming with the energy from a child's power of imagination and warmth of her touch are now discarded, as are the imaginative and emotive habits that go along with them.
—Media and film theoretician Maja Manojlovic
Joseph Santarromana & William Roper reprise their 2007 "Malambing Thang in which the artists contemplated the nature of desire and longing and how these emotional states create and/or affect the perception of ones identity. In the current 'Malambing Thang (Live),' these same issues of longing, desire and identity attempt to play themselves out as pure commodity. Viewers on the street will see the backs of a group of people in the video projection and will have to look around the projection to view the live performers.
Evelyn Serrano invites viewers to a session of dysfunctional, mid-air storytelling, where the "truth" is spinned, Serrano has engaged a sign spinner to manipulate a short poem exploring connections between the spectacle of corporate identity, the branding of culture and the contemporary choreography of meaning.
Suzanne Siegel once shopped for chairs at this very furniture store – she recalls that they were expensive and the salespeople had attitude. Siegel's "Shopping Expedition" references memories of shopping trips to the city (Boston) as a child and also nostalgia for a gentler consumer experience.
Kyungmi Shin & Todd Gray will create a performance and a video projection piece for "The Long Weekend" during the performance night, Todd will be installed in the window space and drum for the duration of the evening; this drumming will trigger a random choice of short video projection sequences created by Kyungmi of Kumasi market in Ghana. The Kumasi market is the largest open-air market in West Africa, and the video was shot walking around the market.
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About the artists:
JORDAN BIREN has recently resumed his long dormant performance practice to augment over two decades of work in single channel video. In both video and perfomance, his work considers permutations of meaning behind narrative articulation. He teaches Video Art at Cal State University San Bernardino.
Nancy Buchanan addresses issues of power and money in her work, taking the form of video, drawing, collage, and installation. She is faculty of Film/Video at CalArts.
Todd Gray has exhibited his photo based work internationally and is represented in the permanent collections of museums and universities here and abroad. Gray maintains studios in both Inglewood, California and Takoradi, Ghana.
Ashley McLean Emenegger is by tradition an assemblage artist whose work questions established "absolutes", reveres and summons the feminine, and speaks to the tender parts of the soul. Her felt installation work also contends with the issues of absolutes versus personal mythology but in a more humorous manner with vibrant color, child-like media, and less subdued irreverence.
MaryLinda Moss delves into the ephemeral, the transitional, the transformative in ourselves, the vulnerable point from which we come to a new awareness of self. Her sculpture relates to the body and its processes, and has a unique quality in its use of organic matter in conjunction with other materials. Her sculptural and installation pieces are an abstracted embodiment of our emotional and spiritual experiences often relating to the cycles and elements of the natural world.
Danial Nord's work critiques the influence of consumerism and commercial media in our overstimulated environment. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Nord studied at the Tyler School of Art and the NYU Center for Digital Multimedia. This past year he exhibited solo projects at HAUS and Fringe in Los Angeles.
John O'Brien was born in Sagamihara, Japan; he currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California and Umbria, Italy. His work has shown itself to bear an effective confluence of diverse attitudes and disciplines. Installation, video, performance, sculpture, painting and drawing come together in an artistic practice pointed at the investigation of objects and their significance to us. His practice encompasses studio art, public art, art writing and curatorial work.
Cielo Pessione was born in Rome Italy, she currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California and Umbria, Italy. After finishing her art degree at the Liceo Artistico, she completed her University studies with a doctorate in Modern Literature at the Sapienza University of Rome. She works in the visual arts (fiber arts, installation and printmaking) and works with performance in both traditional and experimental settings.
Astra Price is a new media artist interested in exploring the non-static
world in art and life. Currently she gives shape to her explorations through
video in a variety of forms including improvisation, installations and
single channel work and has been recently been focusing on concerns of food
in her kitchen and in her art.
Natasa Prosenc is an internationally acclaimed visual artist whose work challenges the conventions assigned to video art and narrative film. By escaping the categories her visual concepts tap into the preconscious sentient self prior to all thought and theory.
William Roper is an artist working in the disciplines of music, theater and the visual arts. He eagerly awaits the return of The Great Waschbär.
Joseph Santarromana's work is biographical, addressing the perception and construction of identities. His work has been exhibited internationally and he is currently teaching at California State University in Long Beach and the University of California in Riverside, He also runs a video art DVD Publishing company: www.system-yellow.com.
Evelyn Serrano is a Cuban artist, mother, and independent curator currently living in Los Angeles County, California. She is also the Assistant Director of Programs at the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP). She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Serrano feels honored to have worked with talented groups of visual artists, writers and actors for several exhibitions and art events she has curated both nationally and internationally.
Kyungmi Shin is an installation artist whose work weaves the language of photoraphy, sculpture, painting and video. She studied at SF Art Institute & UC Berkeley, and currents lives and works in Los Angeles and Ghana.
Suzanne Siegel is an assemblage artist whose work focuses on social/feminist concerns. She has been exhibiting locally and nationally for thirty years.
photo by Liza Simone
The first of a couple from a photowalk I took last night with a guide from Washington Photo Safari: washingtonphotosafari.com/
"Inner Sanctuary:" Some places like West Fork can be so crowded that it is difficult to find solitude amongst the masses of people. But this scene, tucked away from the main trail by just a few steps, afforded me just that.
this image was taken in Heraklion of this lovely ornate building with an inner courtyard taken with my fisheye (a real pity about the graffiti which seems to be prevalent over here), this was the only way to show the whole interior structure and think the distortion created by the lens really adds to the composition.(1/640 +0.7EV f5.6 @ 7.5mm)
The Inner Peristyle, a narrow reflecting pool sit replicas of finds from the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, including square marble basins and bronze statues depicting women who have come to draw water from a stream, surrounded by multiple Roman columns and ceiling provides an intimate resting spot at the center of the J. Paul Getty Museum.
One of the flowers I gave to my wife had a pedal that was bent open. This led to a different opportunity for a floral shot showing the inner workings of this beauty. It has an artistic look to it.
Inspired by the song "Meine innere Stimme" of Letzte Instanz Listen to your inner voice and follow your dreams.
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Modell: Yannik R.
This was my other print that scored a lowly 5 , judge didn't like the tower block ( which is kinda important in context of the title ! ) and generally didnt get the shot at all.
I really like it personally
Explore #494 - it's been a while !
Sound travels through the air in the form of pressure waves. After these enter your ear canals (the holes on each side of your head), the inner ear (the part inside your head) jumps into action. It translates the sound waves into nerve signals—a sort of code—that are sent to the brain to process. It is only then that you hear the sound.
It seems like the inner ear does most of the work, so why do extensions of the ear that stick out on both sides of the head exist? It turns out these pieces—also called pinnae or auricula—act like funnels: They collect, amplify and direct sound waves to the ear canal.
Pinnae are not randomly created. Take the human pinna, for example. Its twists and folds are such that they specifically enhance sounds with a pitch that is typical for a human voice, a sound humans care about. They enhance these sounds up to 100 times and leave other pitches untouched. In other words, it’s a handy built-in listening tool that reduces background noise.
The human pinna also helps determine sound direction. Whereas sounds from the front and sides are enhanced by the pinna, those coming from the back are reduced. This leads to small differences in volume administered by our two ears. Together with the difference in arrival time, this helps us deduce the location of the sound source.
Ear correction surgery is cosmetic surgery to alter the size or shape of the ears, or pin them back if they stick out.
Pinning back the ears is known as an otoplasty, or pinnaplasty. It's usually carried out on children and young teenagers, although adults may wish to have it done, too.
An otoplasty isn't suitable for children younger than five as their ears will still be growing and developing.
Most people are happy with the results of an otoplasty, and generally it's a safe procedure. But it can be expensive and there are still risks to consider.
In the UK, ear correction surgery costs about £2,500-£3,500, plus the cost of any consultations or follow-up care that may be needed.
It would only be carried out on the NHS under exceptional circumstances – for example, in rare cases where a person's ears are causing them significant psychological distress.
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/cosmetic-treatments-guide/Pages/ear...
Candid street shot Salamanca, Spain.
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Chinese proverb
Sometimes the loudest voices are the ones that go unheard. This image peers through the veil of darkness into a fleeting moment of exposure—raw, unguarded, and deeply human. A hand lifts, not to shield, but to reveal the weight of emotion too heavy to speak. The eye, sharpened by shadow, carries a quiet defiance, a story too layered for words. This is not a portrait of a person—it is a portrait of presence, of survival, of something felt more than seen.
A visit to Melbourne wouldn’t be complete without a navigating its various alleyways. Melbourne is renowned for its street art filled alleyways which can be found throughout the city and inner city suburbs. Some of the more popular laneways in Melbourne are Hosier Lane, ACDC Lane, Caledonian Lane and Union Lane just to name a few. You won’t struggle to find a good laneway with street art in Melbourne, which is why Melbourne is known as one of the world’s greatest street art capitals, known for its unique expressions of art throughout the entire city.
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#australia #oz #melbourne #victoria #vic #melbournevic #melbournecbd #graffiti #publicart #hosierlane #acdclane #streetart #caledonianlane #unionlane #mural
Just a few of the 65,000+ Farne Island Guillemots, with a couple of Bridled Guillemots for good measure!
Guillemots are the most common auk found in the British Isles. They come to land only to nest, spending the rest of its life at sea, where they are vulnerable to oil spills. Dark brown and white, not as black as the similar razorbill, there is a 'bridled' form with a white ring round the eye and stripe behind it.
During spring Guillemots gather in massive and tightly packed breeding colonies, known as loomeries, on coastal cliffs and rock stacks. The females lay a single egg directly on a ledge. When the chicks are three weeks old they have to take a dramatic plunge from their rocky shelf into the ocean below. Guillemots are also commonly called murres after the deep murmurings made by groups of nesting and fishing birds.
"Inner Critic", a self portrait of my inner critic that is not always so sweet.There is this ugliness to it, but it brings me peace at the same time. In showing this side of myself I silence the critic.
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
- Jimi Hendrix
©2007 kelly angard
Deboxing my Pullip Dal Tinker Bell 10'' Doll. The seal is broken, and the inner box is removed from the outer box. Tinker Bell and all her accessories are attached to the inner box. There is an instruction sheet for assembling the doll stand on top of the inner box.
Review of Pullip Dal Tinker Bell 10'' Fashion Doll
The Pullip Dal Tinker Bell doll is a smaller version of a regular Pullip (which is about 12'' tall). She is 10'' tall, about the same height as the Disney Store and Disney Parks Tinker Bells. She was originally released in 2009, and is made by Groove. She is based on the Peter Pan animated version Tinker Bell, rather than on the Disney Fairies version. I love her little pout! The packaging is also beautiful.
She comes with many accessories, which have to be assembled. This means that she isn't really meant to be displayed in her box. The accessories include a doll stand, a large green cloth bow for her hair, a purse with a green vine strap, a stiff character card with a large portrait image of the doll, and on the reverse information about the doll (mostly in Korean). Finally she has a set of beautiful purple mesh wings, that are decorated with yellow jewels. It snaps onto the back of her dress. It keeps its shape very well, due to having a wired border. She has a very nice outfit that is close in design to the animated character. Her satin dress is one piece, with the bodice sewn to her leaf skirt, which is decorated with tiny silver beads. She has white mesh tights, worn over green cloth panties. Her iconic shoes are green velvet, with fluffy white pom poms.
As with all Pullip dolls, her head is about twice as large as would be proportional to her body, and she has a small mouth and nose and very large eyes. Her lips are light pink, and are in a closed mouth pout. She has rooted eyelashes, but her blonde hair is a wig. Her glassy blue green eyes can move side to side by the use of a lever hidden under her hair in the back of her head, just above her neck. Unlike regular sized Pullip dolls, the Pullip Dal dolls cannot blink their eyes. She has a greater degree of articulation than even the Disney Store Designer Tinker Bell. But her head can only swivel about, and not tilt. Her skin is much paler than either the Designer Tink or Parks Tink. Her overall look is that of a woodland sprite.
I am very pleased with my first Pullip doll, and will very likely get more of them.
Purchase Details
I got my very first Pullip doll, the Pullip Dal Disney Tinker Bell 10''. I got her brand new from Amazon. I ordered her last Thursday (April 16, 2015). She currently costs $80 and with Amazon Prime shipping was free and took only two days from ordering to arrival!
Sunset at Fehren.
Nikon D800E, AF-S Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8 G ED VR II @ 28 mm, Lee Hard 0.6 ND, Lee Circular PL, ISO 50, f/16, 1 second.
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All of us have a child inside but we don't remember when we locked up our child into our inner prison. Take a glance into child's eyes, they are wet, the baby is sad...what are you waiting for open the door?
Listen (please): The inner child, Mike Oldfield
Tots nosaltres tenim un xiquet dins. Ja no recordes quan vas tancar al noi dins la teva presó interior. Mira fixament als seus ulls: estàn humits, el xiquet està trist...¿a què esperes per a obrir-li la porta?
Escolta (please!) The inner child, Mike Oldfield
Todos nosotros tenemos un niño dentro. Ya no recuerdas cuando lo encerraste dentro de tu prisión interior. Mira fíjamente a sus ojos: están húmedos, está triste...¿a qué esperas para abrirle la puerta?
Escucha (please) The inner child, Mike Oldfield
Dedicada a tots aquells que, com jo, heu decidit no tancar-li mai la porta
Dedicated to people like me, who decided to keep the door opened
Dedicada a todos aquellos que, como yo, decidísteis no cerrarle nunca la puerta
Railway viaduct near The Maribyrnong River in inner urban Melbourne. Summertime flowers in a meadow contrast against the concrete and graffiti.
Inner Reflection: A Chapel of Meditation
Jon Taylor | Seaweed Artist Collective
The main concept represented by the Chapel is to create a space where any of the world’s cultural symbols could be applied, based on the viewpoint of each individual visitor. Those with Eastern influences might see Rat, Rabbit, Horse and Rooster from Feng Shui tradition. Celts might see Air Fire Water and Earth. A Native American Shaman could interpret it as Wisdom, Salvation, Beginnings and Conclusions etc...
This is accomplished by North, South, East and West corresponding to the four corners of this tranquil structure. The building’s orientation and shape is an abstract of all such forms of thought. Even the pendulum itself, surrounded by earth, fire, air and water could simultaneously be regarded as wood, metal, air, fire.
The exterior is meant to be devoid of any cultural or philosophical references, a black cube but with arched entryways that invite you inside. Once within, the white and gray color system represents a clean slate, a fresh moment to reflect, pray, meditate, or simply exist in a peaceful state.
The expression, ultimately is meant to be the creation of a space that is appealing to as many of the world’s spiritual traditions as possible." - Jon Taylor, lead artist.