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Renowned photographer Carl Chiarenza discusses components of his "Transmutation" exhibition and the creative process to JCC art students in the Weeks Gallery.
Chris, seen here transmuting the spirit of Robert Wilson transmuting the spirit of Christopher Knowles.
In 2006, the Flaming Lotus Girls present Serpent Mother, an ancient skeletal spirit whose long wait for the unleashing of the life inside her egg is about to be rewarded. She has survived through the transmutation of fear into hope; now the Serpent-Mother invites Burning Man participants along on her journey.
As darkness envelops the landscape, the Serpent fully awakens to an ambient flame down the entire length of her body. The flaming spine can be seen from anywhere on the open playa and burns throughout the night.
www.flaminglotus.com/serpent_mother/web/serpent_cheat_she...
STRUCTURE
* 168' long skeleton snake body, arching up to 20’ and coiling around a10’egg.
* 65' x 50' installation footprint.
* Made of steel, copper, glass, fire, and light.
* A hydraulically-activated moving head
* Structural rib pairs are suspended on bearings allowing them to be moved.
* An interactive LED illumination system.
FIRE
* Ambient flame effect down the entire length of her spine.
* 31 computer-and-participant controlled proofers
* A hydraulically-activated moving head with forced air effect coming out of the fangs.
* An egg with 35 foot multidimensional liquid fuel fire effect erupting out of its interior.
INTERACTIVITY
Serpent Mother is a highly kinetic participant controlled installation. The space that is created by the Serpent around her egg encourages participants to connect and interact with one another, turn inward for reflection or activate her fiery spirit. One can chose to make the serpent’s head and neck move or make the jaws open and close. An individual can initiate 10 different sequenced patterns for the 31 poofers, activate each poofer via buttons or proximity sensors, or operate buttons, which activate the liquid fuel bursts of the egg. The LEDs illuminating the body are also be interactive changing based on a participant’s heartbeat. The freestanding ribs of the serpent can be moved by the participants’ interaction with them.
Aquaphoneia is an alchemical installation centered around the poiesis of time and the transmutation of voice into matter.
credit: Florian Voggeneder
how many times will I try to achieve with my eye what my mind will imagine...??
I'd like to mention inspiration of my friend NJDodge as he has said it is difficult get these"right"..right out of the camera.
I am always tempted to apply filter to these flowers as they present certain technical difficulties to transmute to art in the macro
Inspired by Oblique Strategies, a series of card prompts to overcome creative blocks, Abandon Normal Devices invited AND artists from the last decade to devise a new collection of strategies reflecting on our altered world and the way we are now required to exist and behave.
The newly commissioned artworks by Rafaël Rozendaal are a meditation on technology, time and observation. The hyper reduction of horizons in fluro pastels are the artist’s impressions of distant views – as seen through our devices – intensified and transmuted by technology.
Lithographically printed on high-quality 400gsm uncoated stock and sized at 70 x 98mm, they will fit seamlessly with existing Oblique Strategies packs. Cards can be purchased as singles* or as a limited edition complete series of 10, which are packaged in a bespoke 175gsm G.F Smith envelope. Domestic and global shipping is included in the price.
18 Oct. 2007
in the heartland of winter
it was freezing cold
blind and naked
like a worm in a hole
trying to transmute
base metal into gold
there's a light at the end of the tunnel
let it shine, shine
here comes the sun queen
you've got the power
I've got nothing
but time, time
here comes the sun queen
I was a loathsome stranger
in a lonesome land
without no love
for my brother man
washed up and wasted
in the city of love
waiting for guidance
to show from above
there's a light at the end of the tunnel
let it shine, shine
here comes the sun queen
Duane Zarakov/Axel Grinders, "Sun Queen"
I was talking to my friend Lauren Johnston (portrait in the works) the other day about collecting rocks as children. We share a certain enthusiasm for geodes and I wasted little time rooting through my rock collection (one of many childhood habits I have yet to kick).
I enjoy this geode in particular because it seems like so much more than just a pretty rock. The strata and swirl and the crystals all come together almost alchemically, a stony encapsulation of the elements of the world. With things like this floating around, it is not hard to believe in things like transmutation.
Adrian Moens. transmit/transmute. Comfort Station. Logan Square, Chicago IL. July 2011.
For more information:
Sixty Inches From Center | The Chicago Arts Archive
sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=8574
Comfort Station
2579 North Milwaukee Avenue
Above: Cake AB, sugar, egg whites, the artist's blood, and 23k gold.
"Blood and Gold"
April 8, 2012
3311 W. Carroll Avenue
Chicago, IL 60624
"Transmutation" within the gallery space, end product being rum. Artist's talk on Sunday, April 29, 2012. Rum served.
Gisela Colon - (American, born 1966)
Hyper Ellipsoid (Azure Gold) - 2019
GISELA COLON (Canada, b. 1966) was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and received her BA from the University of Puerto Rico (1987) and JD from Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles (1990). Colon lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Colon is an American contemporary artist who has developed a unique vocabulary of “organic minimalism,” breathing life-like qualities into reductive forms. Colon's oeuvre encompasses several distinct sculptural forms: Pods, Slabs, Monoliths, and Portals. The through-line in all of Colon's work is the concept of the "mutable object;" the sculptures are conceived as variable objects that transmute their physical qualities through fluctuating movement, varied lighting, changing environmental conditions, and the passage of time.
The Pods are created through a proprietary fabrication method of blow-molding and layering various acrylic materials, producing transformational objects that emanate light and color from within. The Slabs are 8-foot tall hybrid creations that amalgamate the use of acrylic technology with polished stainless steel, resulting in objects that hover between materiality and immateriality. The Monoliths are 12 and 15-foot tall vertical singular-form sculptures, engineered with aerospace technology, possessing no lines, corners, edges, or demarcations, conceived as pure form to denote clarity and aesthetic purity. The Portals are extremely streamlined 8-foot tall wall relief sculptures that exude disembodied light and morphing color, pulling the viewer towards the work and into a liminal / metaphysical space.
Colon began her career as a painter, exhibiting abstract works from 2005 to 2011. In 2012, Colon moved into sculpture, focusing on perceptual phenomena. Colon’s friendship with mentor DeWain Valentine, and the ideas and practices of Robert Irwin, James Turrell, Larry Bell, John McCracken, Doug Wheeler, amongst others, generated a conceptual shift in her work increasing her interest in issues of visual perception, and materiality, which led to the creation of her sculptural bodies of work. Colon's sculptural practice of generating interplay between light, perception, and lucid materiality embodies the ideals and the evolving investigations of the California Light and Space movement.
Colon also has been influenced by Minimalism, particularly the writings and work of Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Agnes Martin, amongst others. Taking a cue from Donald Judd’s notion of “specific objects,” Colon has dubbed her own works “non-specific objects” to highlight their deliberate fluid indeterminacy.
Originally from Puerto Rico, Colon's work is also the product of cross-cultural influences. Colon identifies the early influence of Latin American artists such as Jesus Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez on her practice. Colon's sculptural work continues a conversation with Latin American geometric modernism and the legacy of OpArt.
hilliardmuseum.org/exhibits/gisela-colon-pods
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"Mint Museum Uptown houses the internationally renowned Craft + Design collection, as well as outstanding collections of American and contemporary art.
Designed by Machado and Silvetti Associates of Boston, the five-story, 145,000-square-foot facility combines inspiring architecture with cutting-edge exhibitions to provide visitors with unparalleled educational and cultural experiences.
Located in the heart of Charlotte’s burgeoning city center, Mint Museum Uptown is an integral part of the Levine Center for the Arts, a cultural campus that includes the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts and Culture, the Knight Theater, and the Duke Energy Center. Mint Museum Uptown also features a wide range of visitor amenities, including the 240-seat James B. Duke Auditorium, the Lewis Family Gallery, art studios, a restaurant, and a museum store.
www.mintmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/
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The Mint Museum is the largest visual arts institution in Charlotte and holds the largest public collection of Charlotte-born artist Romare Bearden's work.
The American Art collection comprises approximately 900 works created between the late 1700s and circa 1945. It includes portraiture of the Federal era, 19th century landscapes, and paintings from the group known as "The Eight" (Robert Henri, George Luks, William Glackens, John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, and Arthur Bowen Davies). Additional highlights in this area include works by John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, and Hudson River School painters Thomas Cole and Sanford Gifford.
The Art of the Ancient Americas collection includes roughly 2,000 objects from more than 40 cultures, spanning more than 4,500 years. The collection includes body adornments, tools, ceramic vessels, sculpture, textiles, and metal ornaments.
There are about 2,230 objects in the Mint's collection of Contemporary Art. These include the Bearden collection and other works on paper, contemporary sculpture, and photography from circa 1945 to the present.
The Mint's Decorative Arts collection, considered one of the finest in the country, centers on its holdings in ceramics. Containing more than 12,000 objects from 2000 B.C. to 1950 A.D., the collection includes a wide variety of ancient Chinese ceramics, 18th century European and English wares, American art pottery, and North Carolina pottery. The Mint has the largest and most comprehensive collection of North Carolina pottery in the nation. Its collection of North Carolina pottery comprises some 2,200 objects, dating from the 1700s.
The museum's Delhom collection, given to the Mint in 1966, contains 2,000 pieces of historic pottery and porcelain, as well as pre-Columbian pieces that are more than 4,500 years old.
Almost 10,000 items of men's, women's, and children's fashions from the early 18th century to present-day haute couture are included in the museum's collection of Historic Costume and Fashionable Dress, which approaches fashion as an art form.
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Adrian Moens. transmit/transmute. Comfort Station. Logan Square, Chicago IL. July 2011.
For more information:
Sixty Inches From Center | The Chicago Arts Archive
sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=8574
Comfort Station
2579 North Milwaukee Avenue
Adrian Moens. transmit/transmute. Comfort Station. Logan Square, Chicago IL. July 2011.
For more information:
Sixty Inches From Center | The Chicago Arts Archive
sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=8574
Comfort Station
2579 North Milwaukee Avenue
Transmutations : MFA Exibition by Jamin Rollin
MFA Exhibition
Transmutations by Jamin Rollin
November 24 – December 7, 2009
Location: Kendall Gallery 104
This photograph brings back fond memories for me. As a child, I spent countless hours playing inside this barn, a sanctuary for my imagination, which transmuted it into castles, fortresses, and places of adventure. Every child deserves a grandmother's barn like this to explore and grow up with. Built in the late 19th century on our family farm near Junction City, Oregon, this barn stood unscathed until a severe windstorm in October 1962 damaged the roof, leading to subsequent rain damage and eventual demolition in the 1970s due to prohibitive restoration costs and ongoing taxes. Although the family lamented its loss, I was fortunate enough to capture a few photographs of the barn in its final days. In this photograph, the fragrent wild fennel, parched but radiant, served as a luminous accent against the weathered siding in shadow.
Elevate - Acrylic on canvas, 40" x 50". As in Unsaid, the theme of transmutation continues in Elevate, but with a greater emphasis on formalistic and compositional tension. Depth is created again by successive strata of acrylic paint. Glimpses of deeper-hued color from earlier layers are visible through the subsequent ones of paler grays and greens. Countering this dimensionality is the soft, flesh-toned burst that is afloat in the center on the canvas. For me, this flattens the picture plane and creates something of a push-pull effect that challenges the complexity achieved in the layering process. The tension created in these two forces represents the rebalancing and rebuilding progression of recuperation. $3500.00 (Artist#30)
Amethyst Geode With Calcite 1
Amethyst Geode With Calcite 1, Amethyst is a stone of spirituality. It facilitates transmutation of lower energies into higher frequencies of both spiritual and ethereal levels. It is representative of the principles of complete metamorphosis. It balances the energies of the intellectual, emotional, and physical bodies and provides a clear connection between the earth plane and the other worlds. It clears the aura and stabilizes and transmutes any dysfunctional energy located within ones body. amethyst also bestows stability, strength, invigoration, and peace; the peace being the perfect peace which was present prior to birth. You can immediately feel peace of mind by simply looking at this brilliant crystal. In fact, its radiant purple and white colors have represented the sobriety of emotions and spirit throughout history. By placing Amethyst on your forehead, navel or heart, you can immediately sense the angers, frustrations, and furies leaving your body. Psychics, mediums, and other divination practitioners also still hold Amethyst’s worth in high regard. They often decorate sacred altars and spaces with its incomparably beautiful violet designs.
Amethyst is a powerful and protective stone. It guards against psychic attack, transmuting the energy into love and protecting the wearer from all types of harm, including geopathic or electromagnetic stress and ill wishes from others.
Ángel G. Muñoz (IRI - Columbia University) presenting 'Transmuting S2S forecasts into applications' at ECMWF's workshop on Predictability, dynamics and applications research using the TIGGE and S2S ensembles, 2-5 April 2019.
Recordings and presentations available at Workshop on Predictability, dynamics and applications research using the TIGGE and S2S ensembles.
Amethyst Geode 2
Amethyst Geode 2, Amethyst is a stone of spirituality. It facilitates transmutation of lower energies into higher frequencies of both spiritual and ethereal levels. It is representative of the principles of complete metamorphosis. It balances the energies of the intellectual, emotional, and physical bodies and provides a clear connection between the earth plane and the other worlds. It clears the aura and stabilizes and transmutes any dysfunctional energy located within ones body. amethyst also bestows stability, strength, invigoration, and peace; the peace being the perfect peace which was present prior to birth. You can immediately feel peace of mind by simply looking at this brilliant crystal. In fact, its radiant purple and white colors have represented the sobriety of emotions and spirit throughout history. By placing Amethyst on your forehead, navel or heart, you can immediately sense the angers, frustrations, and furies leaving your body. Psychics, mediums, and other divination practitioners also still hold Amethyst’s worth in high regard. They often decorate sacred altars and spaces with its incomparably beautiful violet designs.
Amethyst is a powerful and protective stone. It guards against psychic attack, transmuting the energy into love and protecting the wearer from all types of harm, including geopathic or electromagnetic stress and ill wishes from others.