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In the preparation of food, it is the most modest and unassuming of details, the ones that perhaps seem insignificant and mundane that not only set the foundation for a beautiful dish, but often determine whether a meal is satisfying, nourishing and memorable. It is the quality of the flour in your loaf of bread or pasta, the freshness of the vegetables, the water your coffee is made with and your garden watered with that ultimately determine the quality of your meal. This afternoon we had the pleasure of trying hand crafted Ramen, the work of Chef Jyunya Nakamura at @wasabi_ramen who clearly puts his heart and skilled craftsmanship into the handmade noodles he makes from scratch every morning, as homemade broth gently simmers for hours, filling the small Izakaya with the warm aroma. The broth is made with locally sourced meat, the water in the restaurant filtered (this tremendously affects the taste of products such as noodles, bread, baked goods, etc) .We were kindly given a package of handmade ramen and sauce to prepare at home. Dinner was handcrafted Ramen, to which I added seared fermented King Oyster mushroom scallops in a sesame seed crust, blistered Shishito peppers, quick pickled carrots, salt cured duck yolk, garden summer squash and Borage micro greens. Slide over for a photo of the noodles, I couldn’t stop admiring them- the scent warm, fresh, almost nutty. Thank you for a beautiful dinner Chef. For authentic Japanese food made with a skilled hand and even more heart, try @wasabi_ramen . #borage #fermentation #wholefoods #nourishingtraditions #shishitopeppers #duckeggs #ramen #japanese #izakaya #ramennoodles #microgreens #borage #fermentedfoods #oystermushrooms #kingoystermushroom #kelownalife #okanaganlifestyle #kelowna #seasonaleating
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Since 2009, Daniel Kerkhoff, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., has been creating his own artist-in-residencies in communities in Ghana, Ecuador, and Vietnam.
Embedding himself in a community, he develops multiple connections through creating art (installations), writing poetic journals, making art with children, curating exhibitions, working with artists, assisting art libraries and community libraries, documenting walks and the community, and just being a part of everyday life.
Along with painting, collage, art installations, photography, and writing, his art practice involves connecting, sharing, and weaving people and places.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Assisting and creating libraries is part of my art practice.
During my art residencies, I continue to bring books and materials, art work, maps, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, and photos to the community centers in Adugyama, Ashanti Region Ghana and Sisid-anejo, Cañar, Ecuador. I also give a variety of art books, journals, and materials to fellow artists and art spaces.
In Accra, Ghana, I bring art books and magazines to The Nubuke Foundation and The Center for Contemporary Art, Ghana. In Cuenca, Ecuador, I'm connected to In-Arte Contemporáneo and bring art magazines and information. In Hanoi, I have provided various art publications and books to Cuci Fine Art, Chay Art, and Chaap Collective.
I bring art publications, art work, and music created by friends and colleagues of mine. I document their work in these different communities, creating another form of connection and awareness.
I consider this a weaving project, a form of sharing that can have many on-going effects. –Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“Playing Catch, Giving and Receiving”
You are invited to play catch with my prints. Two dimensional prints that hang on the wall are transformed into three dimensional balls, a form of sculpture that is also performance and participatory.
Playing catch is a common past time that's relaxing and connecting. It is an act of giving (throwing) and receiving (catching) involving a ball, and, in this case, prints transformed into a ball (sculpture).
Instead of viewing the stationary print on a wall or a sculpture on the floor, it is viewed moving through time and space, dependent on the participants and their actions.
It is visual, transformative, therapeutic, sharing, interactive, and connecting, simple and playful actions of giving and receiving.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Walking the Path, Prints on Prints”
You are invited to walk on my prints, using them as a path.
It’s another way of experiencing art like a stepping stone meditation,
a different awareness may take place on an intentional walk, slower,
deliberate, a winding pathway, your prints touching these prints.
You become, in a way, the performer, the participant, the collaborator,
your soles connecting and becoming a part of these prints, adding steps,
humbling, engaging, liberating, creating another connection.
The title of this series is: "Paper Trail, A4 (All Over the Place)" from "The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)". These prints are collages made from my daily life in Hanoi -- collections of receipts, maps, brochures, business cards, food wrappers and waste.
They are my journal, a record of my consumption and daily activities, stamped with symbols that reflect my connection with Hanoi. They are painted over,
fragments remain revealed, information becomes cloudy, is lost and buried, like memory and history.
I created these collages during my artist-in-residency in Hanoi from
February 6, 2015 to October 26, 2015.
Walking is an important part of my art residencies. I document a familiar route in the community I’m living in by walking slowly, taking photos, and picking up “treasures”.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
In the eight weeks leading up to my cardiac arrest I began to make a series of short films that documented my daily life, seemingly insignificant events like eating my dinner, walking to work, watching a butterfly or noticing a road sign. Three days after coming out of a coma I had my phone and laptop and began to document my new environment. I continued to make these short films for about eight weeks after I was discharged from hospital and then I just seemed to lose interest and stopped making them.
Working in palliative care gave me an insight into how people come to terms with their impending death. Usually this happens in a subconscious manner, they suddenly become acutely aware of their surroundings and take notice of seemingly insignificant instances, I believe that this is the subconscious, the body, that is aware of the winding down process that is taking place, informing the conscious mind in a gentle way, that death is approaching and preparations for this finality should be made.
Whilst recently looking back on these films I was stunned to see this process was taking place in my own subconscious, the narrowing of my mid circumflex had reached 95% and my body had known for quite awhile that I could just drop dead at any moment, I was quite literally living on borrowed time!
I have taken 40 (each one to represent one minute for the 40 minutes that my heart had stopped beating) stills from the 40 films made shortly before and after my 'event' as I feel that death not only made me aware of it's presence before my cardiac arrest, but also stayed with me for quite a while after I returned to my body after my heart was restarted.
How silly to stare at a pile of clothes on the bed and tear up. But I wanted to look for you in there. I know how much you loved to dig your way into the still warm clothes and snuggle up. When I’d fold each piece, you’d move to the ever-shrinking pile.
It’s small things like those seemingly insignificant memories that make me miss you the most. I keep thinking you’re sleeping on the back of the chair, or hear you jumping off of the dryer. After 16 years of friendship, presence, and love, it’s so hard to not feel you around.
I adopted you when I graduated high school and was moving away to college. I couldn’t have my dog in my apartment and I knew I needed a companion. I looked for every kind of pet before thinking of a cat. I had never been a cat person, knew very little about cats but had recently heard about a pair of kittens when my sisters dog was being put to sleep. There were two of you and after getting to know you, I so regretted not getting your brother.
I’m not entirely convinced you were a cat. I think you were a dog and person. I remember how quickly you befriended the dog. After placing crackers up high on a refrigerator to keep the dog away, you jumped up there and tossed crackers down to the expectant dog. Bribery sometimes works to develop friendships--it did in this case.
When you were a kitten, I remember how you chased that rainbow cork ball around for hours. That, and the plastic circle things from milk bottles. What made you love them so much? I remember waking up to you on my throat and playing with my eyelids while my eyes flitted beneath.
You were there through several moves, changes of states, changes of people and pets. You inspired at least 5 other adoptions because everyone fell in love with your laid back and affectionate style. How is that for inspiration? Five lives saves, five kitties loved. You welcomed each member of our family with loving paws.
I miss your kisses. (I never did tell you that cats don’t pucker up and give kisses--I didn‘t really want you to know that)
I miss you curling up on my lap with the dogs (how did I manage all three of you AND my laptop).
I miss you jumping up in the middle of the night and forcing me to pet you by stepping on me (you had the POINTIEST toes)
I miss you wanting to be around whoever came to visit
I miss seeing you rub on the dogs faces and letting them lick your ears ( you loved that, didn’t you?)
I miss all of those little things that sometimes drive us crazy
Most of all, I miss you.
The dogs are licking my tears now and cuddling me extra close. They miss their best friend too. One of my most recent memories of you is how you cuddled up with Kismet after he had his teeth out and he was not feeling well. You went over and laid right next to him and he rested his head on your tummy. I knew he felt better from you r presence.
Sometimes the fact that you’re not here takes my breath away. Something as simple as throwing out your last litter or finding your hair on a shirt I hadn’t worn in a bit causes my tears to fall. I can’t pet you, I can’t hug you. I know you’re around and I can only hope you’ll come back to me in some way.
I don’t understand people who don’t love animals or don’t give them the ability to influence their lives. You have given fully of yourself. You stuck with me and gave me extra love through tough times and played with me during the happy times. Your love is endless and so is mine.
I will not stop missing you and I will not stop loving you.
Rest in peace, my love and I hope to see you again.
Love always,
Your mom
Oreo
4/10/92-6/13/08
The socks seem insignificant with this sweet face posing next to them.
Pattern: Crooked Wheels by Jeannie Cartmel
Yarn: Araucania Ranco Solid
One thing I have discovered with "The Unexceptional" series is that many of the scenes I would like to shoot are on private property and some people may not be too impressed with me standing on their front lawns snapping a shot. I have therefore started to experiment with some longer focal length lenses such as my 90 mm in this case.
Bessa R3a + Apo-Lanthar 90mm f3.5 MC + Arista Premium 400 + Kodak HC-110 dilution H for 10 minutes with gentle turn at every 30 seconds.
"The Unexceptional" series
Can the ordinary be interesting ?
un·ex·cep·tion·al (nk-spsh-nl)
adj.
1. Not varying from a norm; usual.
2. Not subject to exceptions; absolute.
adjective: ordinary, mediocre, unremarkable, normal, usual, conventional, pedestrian, commonplace, insignificant, run-of-the-mill, undistinguished, unimpressive, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang), common or garden (informal), no great shakes (informal), nothing to write home about (informal) a pretty unexceptional bunch of players
Closeup of a fossilized , Lower Devonian starfish (Furcaster palaeozoicus), from the Bundebach formation in Germany. Isn't he/she beautiful?
The level of detail is essentially microscopic.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Since 2009, Daniel Kerkhoff, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., has been creating his own artist-in-residencies in communities in Ghana, Ecuador, and Vietnam.
Embedding himself in a community, he develops multiple connections through creating art (installations), writing poetic journals, making art with children, curating exhibitions, working with artists, assisting art libraries and community libraries, documenting walks and the community, and just being a part of everyday life.
Along with painting, collage, art installations, photography, and writing, his art practice involves connecting, sharing, and weaving people and places.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Assisting and creating libraries is part of my art practice.
During my art residencies, I continue to bring books and materials, art work, maps, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, and photos to the community centers in Adugyama, Ashanti Region Ghana and Sisid-anejo, Cañar, Ecuador. I also give a variety of art books, journals, and materials to fellow artists and art spaces.
In Accra, Ghana, I bring art books and magazines to The Nubuke Foundation and The Center for Contemporary Art, Ghana. In Cuenca, Ecuador, I'm connected to In-Arte Contemporáneo and bring art magazines and information. In Hanoi, I have provided various art publications and books to Cuci Fine Art, Chay Art, and Chaap Collective.
I bring art publications, art work, and music created by friends and colleagues of mine. I document their work in these different communities, creating another form of connection and awareness.
I consider this a weaving project, a form of sharing that can have many on-going effects. –Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“Playing Catch, Giving and Receiving”
You are invited to play catch with my prints. Two dimensional prints that hang on the wall are transformed into three dimensional balls, a form of sculpture that is also performance and participatory.
Playing catch is a common past time that's relaxing and connecting. It is an act of giving (throwing) and receiving (catching) involving a ball, and, in this case, prints transformed into a ball (sculpture).
Instead of viewing the stationary print on a wall or a sculpture on the floor, it is viewed moving through time and space, dependent on the participants and their actions.
It is visual, transformative, therapeutic, sharing, interactive, and connecting, simple and playful actions of giving and receiving.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Walking the Path, Prints on Prints”
You are invited to walk on my prints, using them as a path.
It’s another way of experiencing art like a stepping stone meditation,
a different awareness may take place on an intentional walk, slower,
deliberate, a winding pathway, your prints touching these prints.
You become, in a way, the performer, the participant, the collaborator,
your soles connecting and becoming a part of these prints, adding steps,
humbling, engaging, liberating, creating another connection.
The title of this series is: "Paper Trail, A4 (All Over the Place)" from "The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)". These prints are collages made from my daily life in Hanoi -- collections of receipts, maps, brochures, business cards, food wrappers and waste.
They are my journal, a record of my consumption and daily activities, stamped with symbols that reflect my connection with Hanoi. They are painted over,
fragments remain revealed, information becomes cloudy, is lost and buried, like memory and history.
I created these collages during my artist-in-residency in Hanoi from
February 6, 2015 to October 26, 2015.
Walking is an important part of my art residencies. I document a familiar route in the community I’m living in by walking slowly, taking photos, and picking up “treasures”.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
So, I've finally made it to Inchnadamph (well, I've passed through before) and to most people, it's just an insignificant wee scattered settlement about 30 miles north of Ullapool. However, it holds a special appeal to me, not only because of the stunning, rugged scenery you find in this part of the World but it's also where Idlewild came to write the songs for their third full length album, The Remote Part.
This photo was taken about half a mile north of Inchnadamph. Had I had more time here, I would have taken a walk down to Ardvreck Castle and explored some of the other ruins marked on the map but I was meeting people at the Kylesku bridge. As it happened, I arrived five minutes before they did so overall, it was well timed.
I managed to grab this panorama during a brief outing from the sun, hence the warm glows in the foreground but the rich, grey clouds over the mountains in the distance. I'd really like to come and spend some proper time in this part of the World as my visits here have been far too brief.
The Remote Part was released just over ten years ago (15/07/02) and I still listen to it all the time without it losing any of it's original appeal. Here's a link to it's closing track. You can listen to it whilst thinking that this is the scenery which inspired the record.
"Rosa José - insignificant"
photography: Francisco Rua
model: Filipa Monteiro
mua: Mariana Donaldson
assistent: Tiago Rapaz
thaks to Jorge Veríssimo PTM, IP - Instituto Portuário e dos Transportes Marítimo
So this being wears her big crown with the earth on the top, you may see that it look so insignificant but for her is the special piece, her personal diamond, her achieve, in there, exists a lot of elements that make it a beautiful place,that's why it shines so much, but like nothing is perfect not even for her this diamond got little "bacterias" call humans some of them good , other bad, everytime they are messing with the elements, diamond earth stops shining and mother nature starts raving mad, she cant allow that her big achieve goes death for tiny lil stuff, she knows she got the control, so shakes her head, its the best to make the earth elements attack humans and then go back to shine brighter than before.
Mother nature is full of love she cannot stomach to much hate so lil weird fishes inside her devores all these bad feelings, cleaning her, feeding them. on her u will find the rivers and oceans currents, the curse of the wind, the flora, and fauna, and everytime she plays cards she's deciding which one of this treasures put on her precious diamond, the earth.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Since 2009, Daniel Kerkhoff, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., has been creating his own artist-in-residencies in communities in Ghana, Ecuador, and Vietnam.
Embedding himself in a community, he develops multiple connections through creating art (installations), writing poetic journals, making art with children, curating exhibitions, working with artists, assisting art libraries and community libraries, documenting walks and the community, and just being a part of everyday life.
Along with painting, collage, art installations, photography, and writing, his art practice involves connecting, sharing, and weaving people and places.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Assisting and creating libraries is part of my art practice.
During my art residencies, I continue to bring books and materials, art work, maps, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, and photos to the community centers in Adugyama, Ashanti Region Ghana and Sisid-anejo, Cañar, Ecuador. I also give a variety of art books, journals, and materials to fellow artists and art spaces.
In Accra, Ghana, I bring art books and magazines to The Nubuke Foundation and The Center for Contemporary Art, Ghana. In Cuenca, Ecuador, I'm connected to In-Arte Contemporáneo and bring art magazines and information. In Hanoi, I have provided various art publications and books to Cuci Fine Art, Chay Art, and Chaap Collective.
I bring art publications, art work, and music created by friends and colleagues of mine. I document their work in these different communities, creating another form of connection and awareness.
I consider this a weaving project, a form of sharing that can have many on-going effects. –Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“Playing Catch, Giving and Receiving”
You are invited to play catch with my prints. Two dimensional prints that hang on the wall are transformed into three dimensional balls, a form of sculpture that is also performance and participatory.
Playing catch is a common past time that's relaxing and connecting. It is an act of giving (throwing) and receiving (catching) involving a ball, and, in this case, prints transformed into a ball (sculpture).
Instead of viewing the stationary print on a wall or a sculpture on the floor, it is viewed moving through time and space, dependent on the participants and their actions.
It is visual, transformative, therapeutic, sharing, interactive, and connecting, simple and playful actions of giving and receiving.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Walking the Path, Prints on Prints”
You are invited to walk on my prints, using them as a path.
It’s another way of experiencing art like a stepping stone meditation,
a different awareness may take place on an intentional walk, slower,
deliberate, a winding pathway, your prints touching these prints.
You become, in a way, the performer, the participant, the collaborator,
your soles connecting and becoming a part of these prints, adding steps,
humbling, engaging, liberating, creating another connection.
The title of this series is: "Paper Trail, A4 (All Over the Place)" from "The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)". These prints are collages made from my daily life in Hanoi -- collections of receipts, maps, brochures, business cards, food wrappers and waste.
They are my journal, a record of my consumption and daily activities, stamped with symbols that reflect my connection with Hanoi. They are painted over,
fragments remain revealed, information becomes cloudy, is lost and buried, like memory and history.
I created these collages during my artist-in-residency in Hanoi from
February 6, 2015 to October 26, 2015.
Walking is an important part of my art residencies. I document a familiar route in the community I’m living in by walking slowly, taking photos, and picking up “treasures”.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
I hesitate to share my experiences because they are insignificant compared to those of other veterans. I was lucky but my time in Vietnam changed my life in ways I am still continuing to understand as combat changes all who experience the turmoil, stress, fear and guilt of war. We must do more than simply mouth platitudes of thanks when those who are serving return home. We owe veterans all the medical, financial and social support, understanding and care the society can provide! If we as a nation are willing to spend tax money and go into debt to send citizens to wars we must be willing to spend tax money and go into debt to save the citizens who return from our wars.
One more thought. Something we can all do is elect a Congress which will simply appropriate enough money for the Department of Veterans Affairs to hire the doctors and medical staff needed to take care of all the country's veterans. Polaroid photo of Frank at Tay Ninh Base Camp, Vietnam by a friend from Co. B, 2nd Bn, 7th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division, December, 1969.
“Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi
Seeing the man standing on the edge looking out towards the falls. How small he appears in even the smallest fragment of the world made me think of this topic quite a bit that day.
Often times the challenges we face in the world seem so much bigger than we are as individuals. It feels as if the one step we take on our own is anything but significant. But sometimes it only takes one person doing so to inspire others who feel the same way to do the same.
My PAD this year has covered lots of things, from insignificant day-to-day things to important events such as James starting to crawl, my Dad's 60th birthday and Andrew's first day at nursery.
One of the biggest things was my BFP in September which will almost definitely become the most significant event in our lives in 2009, baby number three, hence having my bump as my last photo of 2008. It's also the reason I didn't manage a full set this year, as I missed 6 weeks in October & November due to severe sickness. Other than those weeks, I have taken a photo every day this year (until 27th December which I forgot!)
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Since 2009, Daniel Kerkhoff, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., has been creating his own artist-in-residencies in communities in Ghana, Ecuador, and Vietnam.
Embedding himself in a community, he develops multiple connections through creating art (installations), writing poetic journals, making art with children, curating exhibitions, working with artists, assisting art libraries and community libraries, documenting walks and the community, and just being a part of everyday life.
Along with painting, collage, art installations, photography, and writing, his art practice involves connecting, sharing, and
weaving people and places.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Assisting and creating libraries is part of my art practice.
During my art residencies, I continue to bring books and materials, art work, maps, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, and photos to the community centers in Adugyama, Ashanti Region Ghana and Sisid-anejo, Cañar, Ecuador. I also give a variety of art books, journals, and materials to fellow artists and art spaces.
In Accra, Ghana, I bring art books and magazines to The Nubuke Foundation and The Center for Contemporary Art, Ghana. In Cuenca, Ecuador, I'm connected to In-Arte Contemporáneo and bring art magazines and information. In Hanoi, I have provided various art publications and books to Cuci Fine Art, Chay Art, and Chaap Collective.
I bring art publications, art work, and music created by friends and colleagues of mine. I document their work in these different communities, creating another form of connection and awareness.
I consider this a weaving project, a form of sharing that can have many on-going effects. –Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Walking the Path, Prints on Prints”
You are invited to walk on my prints, using them as a path.
It’s another way of experiencing art like a stepping stone meditation,
a different awareness may take place on an intentional walk, slower,
deliberate, a winding pathway, your prints touching these prints.
You become, in a way, the performer, the participant, the collaborator,
your soles connecting and becoming a part of these prints, adding steps,
humbling, engaging, liberating, creating another connection.
The title of this series is: "Paper Trail, A4 (All Over the Place)" from "The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)". These prints are collages made from my daily life in Hanoi -- collections of receipts, maps, brochures, business cards, food wrappers and waste.
They are my journal, a record of my consumption and daily activities, stamped with symbols that reflect my connection with Hanoi. They are painted over,
fragments remain revealed, information becomes cloudy, is lost and buried, like memory and history.
I created these collages during my artist-in-residency in Hanoi from
February 6, 2015 to October 26, 2015.
Walking is an important part of my art residencies. I document a familiar route in the community I’m living in by walking slowly, taking photos, and picking up “treasures”.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, a Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Playing Catch, Giving and Receiving”
You are invited to play catch with my prints. Two dimensional prints that hang on the wall are transformed into three dimensional balls, a form of sculpture that is also performance and participatory.
Playing catch is a common past time that's relaxing and connecting. It is an act of giving (throwing) and receiving (catching) involving a ball, and, in this case, prints transformed into a ball (sculpture).
Instead of viewing the stationary print on a wall or a sculpture on the floor, it is viewed moving through time and space, dependent on the participants and their actions.
It is visual, transformative, therapeutic, sharing, interactive, and connecting, simple and playful actions of giving and receiving.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
Insignificant for many, a good start for me. Thanks to each and every one of those who have seen my photos. :)
El Tozal de la Cobeta, Los Monegros, Huesca.
Taller intensivo en Los Monegros con el fotografo Chavi Fernandez organizado por www.Photolocus.net
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Camara Pentax K10D
Abertura f8
Velocidad 1/90
Objetivo 16-50 F2.8 ED ALL de Pentax
Longitud focal 22
Medición pondera al centro
ISO 100
DNG
ND6
This small creek that flows through the woods may seem insignificant to some, but it could mean the world for some animals. I imagined a doe and her fawn coming to quench their thirst in the early morning. A hungry coyote stopping by to drink while in pursuit of it’s next meal. Birds’s flying down for a quick bath before making their way back to their nest in the trees. I took in the sound of the flowing water; the light movement being over shadowed by the roaring winds. I’m curious to see how the creek looks after a day of heavy rainfall. Will it flow faster, become larger? Will it start to fade as the weather warms and rain doesn’t fall? For now, I’ll appreciate the calmness it brought me, forcing me to clear my mind and be in the moment.
January 19th
I love this photo of the almost insignificantly small man walking towards the blaze of light with the roiling grey clouds above. No-one else seems to like it (why??) but it's definitely my favourite of all the sunsets I've taken. Need to view it as big as possible.
It's also the third in my dungeness-camber sands sequence, all taken on the same autumn evening.
I happened to spot this stray cat in the field. I found it quite powerful to see this brave little cat staring out into a dangerous countryside full of coyotes, fox, hawks, eagles, etc. He may be small but not insignificant.
"I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade."
~ The Holiday
Illinois claims three U.S. presidents as native sons: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Barack Obama. (And there's a not insignificant chance they'll fight with Arkansas and New York over ownership of the first native daughter president after 2016.) This home on a hilltop in Galena, Illinois was home to the 18th President, U. S. Grant, who served two tumultuous terms from 1869 to 1877.
Grant was born into an Ohio family of abolitionist farmers in 1822. He attended the military academy at West Point and spent his early years as a military man. He fought in the Mexican War (though he later claimed to bitterly oppose it), and served in Louisiana, New England, and the Pacific Northwest before leaving the army in 1854. He and his wife, a Missouri woman named Julia Dent, settled for a while in Galena. They didn't stay long, and Grant tried farming his brother-in-law's land near St. Louis for a while. That didn't work out either, and in 1860 Grant wound up back in Galena, running a tannery shop.
Then the Civil War broke out, and the trajectory of Grant's life changed completely. Grant rejoined the army to fight for the Union and quickly rose through the ranks. In 1863, Lincoln put him in charge of the army's entire Mississippi Division, and Grant became the general who beat Lee and won the war. He came back to Galena after the war, and the townspeople loved him so much, they gave him this house on the hill. But Grant didn't spend much time here. In 1868, thanks to his popularity as defender of the Union, Grant was elected the 18th President of the United States. He lived here off and on for several years after his presidency ended in 1877, but he preferred traveling the world with his wife. He died in New York in 1885, where he was buried in Grant's Tomb. (There's a joke.)
Despite the small amount of time Grant spent in this home, Galena has declared it a monument to Grant and maintains it as a historical museum. You can tour it for free, though there's a suggested donation of $5 per person.
The Colorado Potato Beetle was an insignificant insect barely surviving on small solinaceous weeds (related to eggplant) until people started growing potatoes in the midwest. It hopped onto the potato bandwagon and is now a major pest of potatoes and other solinaceous crops.
These examples are sitting on a stake in the tomato patch. They attack tomatoes, but the tomatoes grow so fast the beetle doesn't do much damage. Eggplant and potatoes are more susceptible.
One of the problems with the beetle is that it adapts very rapidly. Many insecticides that were used on the CPB became ineffective within a few years as the beetle adapted to the new environment. Current pesticides are characterized by "mode of action", which describes how they are supposed to work on the target insect. This allows farmers to attack the insect with different methods to slow the development of resistance to any one pesticide.
In addition to pesticides, some farmers use other insects to attack the eggs or larvae, or even some types of fungi that kill the beetle. Growth regulators can be used to interrupt the natural development of the larvae. Bacteria, in particular Bacterium Thuringensis San Diego develops a protein that, when ingested by the beetle, paralyzes the gut, thereby starving the beetle. BT San Diego is genetically modified, so it is not allowed in organic production, but BT tenebrionis is similar and not GM, so it is allowed.
The beetle overwinters in the weeds and debris on the edges of the fields. In the spring it walks out into the field (it's not a strong flier, although it can fly). Farmers have tried flaming the early potatoes. This burns off the antennae on the beetles so they can't find food. The potatoes are set back a bit, but they recover. Also, since the beetles walk, farmers have tried installing a trench around the field, lining it with plastic and filling it with water. A little detergent will break the surface tension so the beetles will sink and drown. That wouldn't work on my fields, which are not flat. I'm sure there are other strategies that have been tried.
The beetle is very adaptable, and control is an ongoing battle.
Stirling engine kit, assembled. Place the bottom of it on a cup of hot, or cold water, and the propeller spins.
Cities have a way of making us forgot how insignificant and small we are in relation to the natural world. Hike to the top of a mountain. Spend a night blanketed by the brightness of a billion stars. Then greet the morning sun at the highest point you can find. It is through small acts like these that we are best able to see a bigger picture; One that shows us our place in the grand scheme of things. Ultimately, our lives don't even make a ripple in the ocean of time. This world will always move on without us. How fortunate are we to be here now? At this great time, in this great space, on this amazing planet. As we witness the Earth and her beauty, we must recognize her magnitude and ferocity. It is our duty to protect and conserve her last wild spaces from the Kings and Queens of the concrete jungles.
-Lara
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Since 2009, Daniel Kerkhoff, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., has been creating his own artist-in-residencies in communities in Ghana, Ecuador, and Vietnam.
Embedding himself in a community, he develops multiple connections through creating art (installations), writing poetic journals, making art with children, curating exhibitions, working with artists, assisting art libraries and community libraries, documenting walks and the community, and just being a part of everyday life.
Along with painting, collage, art installations, photography, and writing, his art practice involves connecting, sharing, and weaving people and places.
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”.
Assisting and creating libraries is part of my art practice.
During my art residencies, I continue to bring books and materials, art work, maps, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, and photos to the community centers in Adugyama, Ashanti Region Ghana and Sisid-anejo, Cañar, Ecuador. I also give a variety of art books, journals, and materials to fellow artists and art spaces.
In Accra, Ghana, I bring art books and magazines to The Nubuke Foundation and The Center for Contemporary Art, Ghana. In Cuenca, Ecuador, I'm connected to In-Arte Contemporáneo and bring art magazines and information. In Hanoi, I have provided various art publications and books to Cuci Fine Art, Chay Art, and Chaap Collective.
I bring art publications, art work, and music created by friends and colleagues of mine. I document their work in these different communities, creating another form of connection and awareness.
I consider this a weaving project, a form of sharing that can have many on-going effects. –Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“Playing Catch, Giving and Receiving”
You are invited to play catch with my prints. Two dimensional prints that hang on the wall are transformed into three dimensional balls, a form of sculpture that is also performance and participatory.
Playing catch is a common past time that's relaxing and connecting. It is an act of giving (throwing) and receiving (catching) involving a ball, and, in this case, prints transformed into a ball (sculpture).
Instead of viewing the stationary print on a wall or a sculpture on the floor, it is viewed moving through time and space, dependent on the participants and their actions.
It is visual, transformative, therapeutic, sharing, interactive, and connecting, simple and playful actions of giving and receiving.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
“The Insignificant is Significant”, A Library and Art Installation, a continuation of the series, “The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)”
“Walking the Path, Prints on Prints”
You are invited to walk on my prints, using them as a path.
It’s another way of experiencing art like a stepping stone meditation,
a different awareness may take place on an intentional walk, slower,
deliberate, a winding pathway, your prints touching these prints.
You become, in a way, the performer, the participant, the collaborator,
your soles connecting and becoming a part of these prints, adding steps,
humbling, engaging, liberating, creating another connection.
The title of this series is: "Paper Trail, A4 (All Over the Place)" from "The Quiet and Ugly Artist (Hanoi, 1965-2015)". These prints are collages made from my daily life in Hanoi -- collections of receipts, maps, brochures, business cards, food wrappers and waste.
They are my journal, a record of my consumption and daily activities, stamped with symbols that reflect my connection with Hanoi. They are painted over,
fragments remain revealed, information becomes cloudy, is lost and buried, like memory and history.
I created these collages during my artist-in-residency in Hanoi from
February 6, 2015 to October 26, 2015.
Walking is an important part of my art residencies. I document a familiar route in the community I’m living in by walking slowly, taking photos, and picking up “treasures”.
--Daniel Kerkhoff, www.danielkerkhoff.com
We are constantly on the lookout for anything different, however tiny and insignificant to the mainstream visitors, for there is such a wealth of unique creatures that can be so rewarding to see in person. In this case, the beautiful fly . . . Yes, a fly . . . caught our attention immediately. It appeared as if it had a protective gold plate on it back upper torso.
The late, Doris Duke, had left a wonderful legacy in converting a good portion of her magnificent estate into a Natural Wildlife Preserve for the public’s education and enjoyment—just short of 1,000 of the almost 3,000 acres is open to visitors. The other area is restricted to staff and for a wide range of projects. The paths throughout the estate offer such splendid scenery. One is forever exploring, always seeing something beautiful. There are so many pleasant surprises, from the general landscape scenery with the many lakes, ponds, and waterfalls, plus old stone structures in bridges and buildings, to the world of birds and other wildlife, including furry critters, tiny insects, and wonderful plants, from fascinating wildflowers to such impressive trees. The bucolic nature of the preserve is so relaxing—akin to meditating while experiencing the preserve. Also, if one appreciates fine, classic sculptures, some of Doris Duke’s collection can be seen around the park, including the statue garden court within the old hay barn ruin.
There is no best time to visit, for throughout the year’s seasonal changes, visitors will never leave disappointed, for each trip offers something memorable.
CHECK OUT OUR ALBUMS ON DUKE FARMS, FOR IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR ALL TO ENJOY AND LEARN ABOUT NATURE’S ENDLESS GIFTS.
This insignificant and tranquil pathway running down the side of the church in Shotwick , Cheshire , has seen incredible activity over the centuries . Cheshire salt was transported along this " saltesway " , numerous travellers used it as a shortcut to Wales , and massive English armies passed this way . Why ?.....because at the bottom of this lane was " Shotwick Ford " , which allowed Henry III in 1245 and Edward I in 1278 and 1284 to lead their mighty armies across the River Dee to attack Wales .
The fortunes of the village of Shotwick are closely bound up with the river. Its prosperity was dependent on the fishery, the ford and the ferry in the first Instance, but gradually as the Dee silted up and large vessels found it increasingly difficult to navigate as far as Chester and other outports in the estuary, they would discharge their cargoes at Shotwick. For about a hundred years, Shotwick took the place of Chester as the major port. At the end of this period, the Dee having silted up still further, Burton, Neston, Parkgate and Heswall each in turn handled the shipping which formerly went to Chester.