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Porche West’s artful expresssions exists at the nexus of photography and sculpture, the point where photography and sculpture converge. Dramatic and thought-provoking photographs are “housed” within salvaged architectural elements adorned with thought-provoking, symbolic objects. The net effect is additive - the sum is greater than the parts - photographs encorported within sculpture deepen the meaning and message of the art.
It is Porche West’s contention that flat photographs fail to achieve the richness and dimensionality of photographic sculpture. Though a framed photograph can tell a good story, a photograph “housed” in sculpture gives a more nuances and deep narrative. Salvaged architectural debris door casings, flooring, window frames, knobs and pulls give the photograph a sense of place, an authenticity that comes from being at home in the soul of the artist’s works.
Porche West’s assemblage is cultural “curatorialism” masked as art. The simple behaviors and beliefs of ordinary people are universal and easily understood. Religious faith, death and burial rituals, celebration and suffering are comprehended, if not shared, by all humanity. To see one’s own emotions in the face of a Haitian child or the hands of an elderly woman in New Orleans, is to be reminded that that which binds us together is greater than that which divides us. We are in essence, one.
'The Bank of Soul' - A four minute video rendering of the artist's studio, philosophy and vision:
Photographer Christopher Porche West was born in California but has family ties in Louisiana. He has been working with the scenes and people of New Orleans for more than 30 years. His interests began in the late 1970s when he came to New Orleans from the University of California Santa Cruz to research free people of color. He continued to be interested in the city's culture and decided to pursue topics in contemporary New Orleans, including Creoles, Mardi Gras Indians, jazz funerals, neighborhood events, and passing rites. Though he kept up his commercial studio in Newport Beach, California, he self-published 'Eloquent Visages,' a series of Mardi Gras Indian portraits. In 1995, West permanently moved in New Orleans. He set up a temporary studio for the Indians that allowed them to be in control of the means of their documentation; this was a first. In the late 1990s, he continued to explore his curiosity in the people of New Orleans, but he also began experimenting with scrap material that he found around the city. His new medium was part photography, part sculpture. His relationship with the American Haitian Development Association allowed him to make three trips to Haiti in the time span of two years, from 1998-2000. These trips were the first of a series of visits to the Caribbean. In 2003, Carnival Interests led him to visit Cuba. in 2004 and 2012. Though he has been featured in over 40 exhibitions, his most notable accomplishment was being chosen to singularly commemorate the Louisiana bicentennial in Paris. For this event, his work was featured at Festival L'espirit Jazz a Saint Germain des Pres. His work can be found at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Harvard University, Amistad Research Center, and the University of California-San Diego.
Publications:
Eyes of Eagles: New Orleans Black Mardi Gras Indians, A Studio On Desire, New Orleans LA (2009)
'New Orleans - What Can't Be Lost: 88 Stories and Traditions from the Sacred City' University of Louisiana Lafayette Press, Lafayette LA (2010)
'New Orleans: What Can't Be Lost' Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities 2011
Expositions:
Through the Lens: 'Photographing African American Life' Amistad Research Center, New Orleans LA 2013
Expo Personal: Christopher Porche West “La Odisea Cultural de New Orleans a Santiago de Cuba, Association Hermanos Paiz, Santiago de Cuba 2012
NOLA NOW : Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape Contemporary Art Center , New Orleans, LA 2012
Residents and Visitors: Twentieth-Century Photographs of Louisiana, New Orleans Museum of Art, 2010
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Contemporary Arts and Crafts, New Orleans, LA 2008, 2009, 2010.
Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa FL 2008
Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston TX 2008
“Santiago de Cuba: ReBirth & Congas en la Calle” McKenna Museum of African-American Art, New Orleans, La 2008
Three Rivers Art Festival, Covington, LA 2007
Bogue Falaya Award
“Regards sur la Nouvelle Orleans” (Visions of New Orleans) French Ministry of Culture, Saint Honor? Paris, France 2007.
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Contemporary Arts and Crafts, New Orleans, LA 2007
'Fresh Art' New Orleans Arts Council 2006, Award of Merit
“Unforgotten Souls- New Orleans, Haiti, Cuba, Liberia” 333 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 2006
Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA 2006- 1st Place Mixed Media
Coconut Grove Art Festival, Coconut Grove, FL 2006
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fesitval, Contemporary Arts and Crafts, New Orleans, LA 2006 Best of Show
From Louis XIV to Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Tapestry, The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans 2006
The Darkroom, New Orleans Center for Photographic Arts, New Orleans, LA 2005
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fesitval, Contemporary Arts and Crafts, New Orleans, LA 2005
La Louisiane, del la colonie franciais a l’Etat americain, Mona Bismark Foundation, Paris 2006
Haiti Cherie: 200 Years of Independence, Alliance Francaise, New Orleans, LA 2005
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2004, Contemporary Arts and Crafts. ?Best Display.
Haiti Cherie: 200 Years of Haitian Independence, Alliance Francaise, New Orleans, LA 2004
Galerie Laurent Herschtritt, Paris, France. 2003
“L’ame Creole: Visages de la Nouvelle-Orleans et Haiti” Alliance Francaise, Paris, France. 2003
“Remembrance,” A Memorial of the 911 Anniversary - Pan American Life Building, New Orleans, LA 2002
“A Moveable Feast: The Essence of New Orleans in Elements of Art & Architecture,” International House, New Orleans, LA 2002
'Fresh Art' New Orleans Arts Council 2001
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2001 Louisiana Marketplace ?
Exploring Assemblage in New Orleans,' Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2000
Group Show: 'Friends of Haiti,' Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2000
'Haiti Cherie' Haitian Association for Human Development, New Orleans, LA 2000
“Love and Death in Louisiana'' New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Grandstand, New Orleans, LA 2000
Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, Alabama. 1999
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 1999 Contemporary Crafts 1999: Best Display Award,
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival ??New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Louisiana Marketplace 1998
'Native Visions,' Galerie Royal, New Orleans, LA 1998
Folk Arts of Louisiana, Festival International, Lafayette, LA 1998
'A View From New Orleans,' L'Atelier Piroska, New Orleans, LA 1997
'You See What I Say,' University of Alabama, State Black Archives; Huntsville, AL 1997
'The Mardi Gras Indians,' Mardi Gras Museum, Galveston TX 1997
The Power of the Needle and Thread,' New Orleans Center, New Orleans 1995
'You See What I Say,' La Belle Gallerie; New Orleans, LA 1995
'New Orleans Views' Sheraton Hotel, Atrium Gallery, New Orleans 1995
'Jazz Fest and Heritage of Nouvelle Orleans' Indigo Nights Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1995
'Local Scenes,' City Hall, New Orleans, LA 1994
The Center for Creative Photography of San Juan Capistrano, CA 1993
'Mardi Gras Indians' Tilden Foley Gallery, New Orleans 1991
'Architecture for People: A Social Message,' Lyceum Theatre, San Diego, CA 1990
'Wine History of the Santa Cruz Mountains' The Octagon, Santa Cruz County Historical Museum, Santa Cruz, CA 1980
'Creoles of Color: A Vanishing Louisiana Legacy' Merrill College, University of Calif., Santa Cruz, 1980
Group Show, Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Laguna Beach, CA 1980
Light Works, Studio Gallery - Santa Ana, CA 1980
at the World Economic Forum - World Forum on Sport and Culture; Co-Creation, Co-Growth for Tokyo 2020 and Beyond, Tokyo, Japan 2016. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
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When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself. (Eric Maisel)
Had a great creative day. Mounted about 20 images for these little portfolios I am doing aided by Gary Barlow ;-) Two things to be thankful for buying this house - amazing light and to be given the chance to be creative ;-)
I am off out ;-)
Creative Minimalism
Minimum equipment brings more creativity at lightGIANTS studio.
Models:
Mariana, Jay Jency, Shocy, Merry J
Nothing special here, just some tools that aid the creative process. Some pens, a cup of tea, music and toooooys.
This photo is part of a selection taken at the graduation of the first batch of newly skilled sewing machine operators in the TVET Reform Project pilot programme. They have just finished their off-the-job training and will now enter a ready made garments (RMG) factory for their on-the-job training.
The pilot focused on developing a model which demonstrates that underprivileged women and persons with disabilities can be mainstreamed into skills development programs, and that people with low formal education can become skilled workers.
The TVET Reform Project is working towards reforming technical and vocational education and training in Bangladesh. For more information please visit ilo.org/tvet. © ILO/Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh
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Old Albuquerque High School is a historic landmark that lies at the center of the East Downtown (EDo) area adjacent to downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. The campus comprises five buildings grouped around a central courtyard on the northeast corner of the intersection of Central and Broadway NE.
The first building built on the site was Old Main, a Gothic edifice of brown brick and concrete that went up in 1914. It was designed by Henry C. Trost of El Paso and included classrooms, an auditorium, a gymnasium, and a science laboratory. Old Main was followed in 1927 by the Manual Arts Building on the east side of the campus, which was designed by local architect George Williamson. The other three buildings on the campus—the Classroom Building, the Gymnasium, and the Library—were built using New Deal funding between 1937 and 1940. These buildings were designed by local architect Louis Hesselden.
The buildings were occupied by Albuquerque High until the school was relocated in the 1970s, leaving the old campus empty. It was not treated well; most of the windows were broken out by vandals, and the buildings became something of an eyesore. After sitting empty for three decades, the school was purchased and renovated by the city of Albuqueruqe, marking a victory for preservationists who feared the landmark buildings would be demolished.
Currently Old Albuquerque High has been turned into an upscale apartment/condo area , and many new shops have been built around it, and others shops have been redecorated to match. It sits on the old U.S. Route 66.
The Old Albuquerque High School closed following the 1974 school year, moving to its current location 1 mile to the North. Declining enrollment was the primary reason for the move.
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This Bat Mitzvah was held at The Andover Country Club in Andover Massachusetts. We were fortunate to be able to work with our friends, Ruth Helman and Elisa Bernstein of Creative Celebrations of Danvers Massachusetts on their event . Both Ruth and Elisa are creative professionals and an absolute joy to work with.
These numbers were created by drawing two wiggly lines around the number shape and colouring in the gaps. I added a flower and leaves to the outside and a single doodle pattern to the inside.
A carbon tax is an environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas. The purpose of a carbon tax is to protect the environment by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, helping to mitigate climate change. Some environmental taxes include other greenhouse gases; the global warming potential is an internationally accepted scale of equivalence for other greenhouse gases in units of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Carbon atoms are present in every fossil fuel (coal, petroleum, and natural gas) and are released as CO2 when they are burnt. In contrast, non-combustion energy sources—wind, sunlight, hydropower, and nuclear—do not convert hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide. A carbon tax can be implemented by taxing the burning of fossil fuels—coal, petroleum products such as gasoline and aviation fuel, and natural gas—in proportion to their carbon content. If carbon dioxide emissions are not released into the atmosphere on combustion of fossil fuels, e.g., carbon capture and storage, then a carbon tax will not apply. Accordingly, a carbon tax increases the competitiveness of low-carbon technologies, such as renewables, compared to the traditional burning of fossil fuels.
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This work done by a team in "Re-use Exhibition", they used old parts of "Mitsubishi" cars and they gathered them, sticked them together and they create this cool cart.
You can sit inside it, use it like a library as you can see from the books, or you can use it for playing games. As we did when we brought LCD and connected PS3 to it and played. Was really FUN!