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Ginkgo biloba 'Jehoshaphat' () 2019 photo - Common Name: Dwarf Ginkgo, Size: 2x3ft., Green Foliage, Insignificant flower, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, In Garden Bed S3 for 5.1 YEARS (MSU ). Planted in 2014.
Dawes Arboretum: A selection of a witches'-broom found at the Spring Grove Arboretum in Cincinnati, OH. Growth is very slow and it is an extremely dwarf form, forming a short, broom-like specimen with a somewhat globose to bun shape with little lateral branching, consisting instead of shortened, spur-like appendages. The name refers to a character in Par Lagerkvist's book The Dwarf. A Dawes Arboretum Introduction.
From Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, Cincinnati, Ohio. Beautiful yellow fall color. Best with full sun exposure but adaptable to a variety of growing conditions including high pH, moisture and wind exposure. Grafted 5/10/2009 by Jon Genereaux, MSU Hidden Lake Gardens.
#Ginkgo #DwarfGinkgo
First door of the unfinished base of what was to be a giant pagoda at Mingun, north of Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)
This is a video of a projection of black and white images I created. To make these images I used found objects I had collected around the area of the installation space. I put the different objects I found such as leaves, twigs, feathers, grass and flowers into an enlarger and printed different arrangements of objects onto photographic paper. After doing this I had to find a way to project them so the first step was to scan them into the computer. I then edited the images to make them more contrasting. And finally I created a slideshow and projected the images in the installation space. The concept behind this projection was around 'making the insignificant, significant'. So I took unimportant or overlooked objects and glorified them, elevating their status.
Ginkgo biloba 'Jehoshaphat' () 2019 photo - Common Name: Dwarf Ginkgo, Size: 2x3ft., Green Foliage, Insignificant flower, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, In Garden Bed S3 for 5.1 YEARS (MSU ). Planted in 2014.
Dawes Arboretum: A selection of a witches'-broom found at the Spring Grove Arboretum in Cincinnati, OH. Growth is very slow and it is an extremely dwarf form, forming a short, broom-like specimen with a somewhat globose to bun shape with little lateral branching, consisting instead of shortened, spur-like appendages. The name refers to a character in Par Lagerkvist's book The Dwarf. A Dawes Arboretum Introduction.
From Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, Cincinnati, Ohio. Beautiful yellow fall color. Best with full sun exposure but adaptable to a variety of growing conditions including high pH, moisture and wind exposure. Grafted 5/10/2009 by Jon Genereaux, MSU Hidden Lake Gardens.
#Ginkgo #DwarfGinkgo
This photo my seem pretty insignificant right now but let me tell you when you go and see Simon Pegg and Nick Frosts' new film in 2013 this fence will be very significant!! This is part of the filming set for their new film. Top secret and all that. That's just how I roll...
“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
An unidetified class looks pretty insignificant crossing the Legendary "Whalley Arches" and the magnificant back drop of the Ribble Valley.It was my first ever shot taken from "Whalley Nab" high above the Lancashire Village.It was working 6M11 Killoch-Fiddlers M.G.R. On the 11th May 2011.
...and in the stream there is a wear. And near it children from the neighborhood go swimming. In backwater. No reeds. Roaches galore though. And on warm summer days, when the temperature does not drop substantially during the night, and when there is no wind - which happens only occasionally - they may light some candles and continue bathing.
“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
Although I took this photo a few months ago I felt it fitted the theme 'insignificant' well. As a teenager, I can now recognise that a claw crane is not likely to let me win any prizes. However, the young girl's face in the photo is full of disappointment after not winning any toys from a machine that promised her so much.
Although the idea of winning a toy in an arcade as a young child is hugely exciting, it seems unrealistic and a waste of money to the older and more mature.
Past all of the fancy lights, big signs (filling most of the photo,) and possible prizes, also lies my view that the concept of a claw crane is insignificant itself. It's purpose is to generate money, and create the illusion that you are likely to win something materialistic. The sadness in the girls face emphasises the consumerism of rich first world countries; this idea that we need to accumulate material things in order to be happy.
I see that the claw itself as insignificant because happiness cannot be bought; It promises that you will win but rarely if ever fulfils this, and if it does, the joy it brings soon fades
“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
Martin Luthar King once said: "No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. If a man is called to be a sweeper, he should sweep even as Michaelangelo painted, or Bethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say 'Here lived a great sweeper who did his job well.'"
Every year THREE to FOUR million pilgrims make their way to the Holy land and the arrangements made to accomodate and organize the pilgrims is par excellence. Even the sight of cleaning the Haram's floor in the presence of thousands of pilgrims, every hour is simply amazing.
This tiny bright-eyed bird is heralding spring with a melodious trill of a volume that belies its insignificant size. Photographed at Zealandia.
A species of insectivorous bird in the Acanthizidae family endemic to New Zealand. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Weighing about 6.5 grams this 11 cm long bird is grey-brown (tending to olive green tint) above and has a pale grey face, throat and breast and has an off white abdomen, tinged with yellow. The tail is white underneath and dark brown on top with white tips visible in flight, it also has a distinctive ruby-red eye. The female has similar plumage but is smaller in size. The young are paler with no hint of yellow and have brown eyes. The male's song often starts with a series of three squeaks and builds into a distinctive long plaintive wavering trill that rises and falls. They sing throughout the year but most vigorously, when nesting, during spring. More commonly heard than seen.
Common throughout New Zealand main islands and many off-shore islands, absent from open country and alpine areas. At home in native and exotic forests it may be found almost anywhere there is some tree or shrub cover.
Riroriro are the only host to shining cuckoo on the New Zealand mainland. First clutches often escape parasitism because they are laid before cuckoos arrive, but often shining cuckoos replace an egg in the second clutch with one of their own and, eventually, the bigger and faster growing cuckoo chick expels all other eggs or chicks
“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
“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
This seemingly insignificant piece of glass is the first piece of glass made by the Sutton Brothers for Lincoln Cathedral. A note in a Nottingham newspaper for late 1857 refers to their offer to make a window for the Cathedral, having been involved in making glass for some years, only to be met with reluctance on the part of the Chapter. Eventually they were permitted to make a small panel for this window and it so please the Chapter that they permitted the brothers to fill the window immediately to the left of this one with glass (You can see that window here: www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/5373415795/).
They went on to fill many windows in the Cathedral with their glass. I owe this reference to the kindness of Dr Jim Cheshire, who is researching the Victorian glass for a forthcoming book on the glass of the Cathedral).
"The Unexceptional" series
Can the ordinary be interesting ?
Nikon F2a + Nikkor 50mm f2.0 + Arista Premium 400 @ 1600 iso + Kodak HC-110 dilution B 12 Minutes
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
“Today this apparently insignificant event nearly tore my and my human´s lives apart: My human, my 11-yer old friend Teté and I went to the supermarket to buy some stuff. I had to wait at the entrance with Teté, as dogs aren´t allowed in supermarkets here in Rio. So, when Teté and I were waiting for Luciana this man came near us and said I was pretty and he was going to take me with him. I didn´t want to go. How would I say that to a non-thinking human? Fortunately Teté shouted a clear ‘NO!’ and the awful man went away. I was petrified. I told Luciana what happened. The thought of losing me made her shiver. We were gloomy for the rest of the day.
Better not think about it, he? Let´s enjoy the ride and rejoice in the fact that our love holds us together!” Flô
“Hoje um evento aparentemente insignificante quase separa a minha vida da vida da minha humana: Minha humana, minha amiga de 11 anos Teté e eu fomos ao supermercado comprar algumas coisas. Eu tive que esperar do lado de fora, posto que aqui no Rio cachorros não são permitidos em supermercados. Então, enquanto Teté e eu esperávamos por Luciana esse homem chegou perto de nós e disse que eu era bonitinha e que iria me levar com ele. Eu não queria ir. Mas como dizer isso a um humano não-pensante? Felizmente Teté bradou um claro ‘NÃO!’ e o homem horrível foi-se embora. Eu estava petrificada. Contei a Luciana o que aconteceu. A idéia de me perder a fez estremecer. Ficamos abatidas pelo resto do dia.
Melhor não pensar muito nisso, hein? Vamos aproveitar o passeio e regozijar do fato de que nosso amor nos mantém unidas!” Flô
Photo Friday August 31, 2007 - Insignificant.
When I was young my mom would tell me "you know that rule applies to you too" when I tried to get away with something. I still have not learned, despite this warning.
I saw this waiting for the Spiderman ride in Orlando, FL
Right next to that relative insignificant temple just outside the Bhaktapur Durbar Square which we saw earlier, (see previous picture) is this verandah of some sort. It was unmarked, and the guide said ti's just an old building, so don't worry too much about it. Much of the Bhaktapur Durbar Square suffered extensive damage in the devastating 2015 earthquake, in fact some of the ancient temples were restored, or are in the process of being rebuilt. This unidentified building looks rather fresh and renovated, however the grass and bush growing on it's tiled roof is a dead giveaway of it's age. It looks fresh probably because it is relatively unused as it is not in the Durbar Square proper, which is still a good 5 min walk away. (Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Nepal, Oct/ Nov 2019)
Ginkgo biloba 'Jehoshaphat' WW32 Ginkgo S3- (Spring Grove Arboretum, Cincinnati, OH) Dwarf Ginkgo aka Ginkgo biloba 'Spring Grove', Size at 10 years: 2x3ft., Green Foliage, Insignificant flower, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed S3 for 8.3 YEARS (MSU). Planted in 2014.
Dawes Arboretum: A selection of a witches'-broom found at the Spring Grove Arboretum in Cincinnati, OH. Growth is very slow and it is an extremely dwarf form, forming a short, broom-like specimen with a somewhat globose to bun shape with little lateral branching, consisting instead of shortened, spur-like appendages. The name refers to a character in Par Lagerkvist's book The Dwarf. A Dawes Arboretum Introduction.
From Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, Cincinnati, Ohio. Beautiful yellow fall color. Best with full sun exposure but adaptable to a variety of growing conditions including high pH, moisture and wind exposure. Grafted 5/10/2009 by Jon Genereaux, MSU Hidden Lake Gardens. Looks quite good in 2019.
2020 Note: In good shape in 2020. Had some dead branches that I trimmed out. At 6 years old, it is somewhat V shaped and measures 4 feet tall and wide.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2014, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22:
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At Nick's Cove on Tomales Bay, Marin County, California. At Miller Park it's possible to drive a car directly into the bay without getting it scratched or muddy first. The floating dock is useful when you want to make someone walk the plank without going to a lot of trouble.
It cost five dollars a day to park there, and that's probably why so few people take advantage of the unique opportunities I just mentioned.
“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
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Two narrow opening, two 'insignificant' windows probably on an interior stairwell. Theere should not be anything extraordinary in this detail - yet on a closer scrutiny the multi coloured bricks in several shades of white, yellow, orange excite the interest. The added quirky blue paint and then those little extras - a bit of leaded glass the windowsill the "eyebrow" of each window, the contrast between brick-red colour and the rest of the wall in faded yellows and browns: there is so much to see in such a small space. Altogether very pleasing!
“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