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Transmission: Eaton-Fuller 18 speed
Brand new Pete 389 parked outside my house prior to my delivering it to American Sitework back in the fall of 2018.
SiteWorks are performances on campus that marked the culmination of a collaboration between Dance and Creative Placemaking Architecture students who have been developing site-specific works over the course of the spring semester. The SiteWork "Burn - The Fire of 1912" was performed and installed at the Point of Failure. Photos: Jelena Dakovic.
SiteWorks are performances on campus that marked the culmination of a collaboration between Dance and Creative Placemaking Architecture students who have been developing site-specific works over the course of the spring semester. The SiteWork "A Letter to Strangers" was performed and installed at the Memorial Chapel Steps. Photos: Jelena Dakovic.
by SITEWORKS. This is a two exposure overlay of two sides of the south obelisk at the the very fun 2016 Portland Winter Light Festival at OMSI, Portland, OR. NB43095,109
SiteWorks are performances on campus that marked the culmination of a collaboration between Dance and Creative Placemaking Architecture students who have been developing site-specific works over the course of the spring semester. The SiteWork "move." was performed and installed at the Art-Sociology Building Atrium. Photos: Jelena Djakovic.
Construction progresses on schedule for the multi-phased $24 million Air Operations Center at Ramstein Air Base in Germany that, when handed over in 2010, will serve to protect the surrounding airspace and coordinate life-saving relief efforts in the event of natural or man-made disasters. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
Since 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District has managed the construction and renovation of roughly $220 million in military family housing upgrades for the U.S. Air Force on Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
Since 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District has managed the construction and renovation of roughly $220 million in military family housing upgrades for the U.S. Air Force on Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
Since 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District has managed the construction and renovation of roughly $220 million in military family housing upgrades for the U.S. Air Force on Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
Since 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District has managed the construction and renovation of roughly $220 million in military family housing upgrades for the U.S. Air Force on Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
''Twilight States and the Edges of Darkness is a collaborative site-specific mixed and multimedia installation that responds to a selected site at Bundanon, the rural New South Wales estate gifted to the Australian government by the artist Arthur Boyd to support arts practice and promote engagement with the natural and cultural landscape. Exhibited as part of the Bundanon’s annual one day event Siteworks, this work aims to “create a contemplative space for encountering multi-sensorial, and preternatural connections to the environment through the use of endangered flora in New South Wales. Images of these plants are expressed through embroidered textiles, sculptural forms, and micro-electronics. The audience is encouraged to explore the shifting quality of the work from day to night. Twilight States is a gentle intervention in the landscape that reminds us of our connections to the ecosystems to which we belong.''
bundanon.com.au/2016-Artworks/twilight-states-and-edges-d...
Thanks to the support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, which managed the construction of new ramps, hangars, warehouses, a passengar terminal and more on the Ramstein flightline, the air base is now a major hub for mobility and airlift operations throughout Europe and downrange, hosting a variety of aircraft on its flightline. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District handed over the $22 million C-130J Dual Bay Maintenance Hangar to the U.S. Air Forces at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in June 2009. The hangar now allows the Air Force's new C-130J Super Hercules to be safely housed and maintained by the Air Force overseas. Read more at www.army.mil/-newsreleases/2009/04/08/19421-corps-europe-... (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
Thanks to the support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, which managed the construction of new ramps, hangars, warehouses, a passengar terminal and more on the Ramstein flightline, the air base is now a major hub for mobility and airlift operations throughout Europe and downrange, hosting a variety of aircraft on its flightline. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District continues to partner with the U.S. Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) to manage the construction of many operational projects on Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District continues to partner with the U.S. Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) to manage the construction of many operational projects on Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District continues to partner with the U.S. Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) to manage the construction of many operational projects on Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)
''Twilight States and the Edges of Darkness is a collaborative site-specific mixed and multimedia installation that responds to a selected site at Bundanon, the rural New South Wales estate gifted to the Australian government by the artist Arthur Boyd to support arts practice and promote engagement with the natural and cultural landscape. Exhibited as part of the Bundanon’s annual one day event Siteworks, this work aims to “create a contemplative space for encountering multi-sensorial, and preternatural connections to the environment through the use of endangered flora in New South Wales. Images of these plants are expressed through embroidered textiles, sculptural forms, and micro-electronics. The audience is encouraged to explore the shifting quality of the work from day to night. Twilight States is a gentle intervention in the landscape that reminds us of our connections to the ecosystems to which we belong.''
bundanon.com.au/2016-Artworks/twilight-states-and-edges-d...
Our neighbor with the Dingo smoothed out and levelled the sandpad again, and levelled out and re-compacted the sand where the carport will be poured.
Billboard advertising the condos that will eventually be built here by 2023. If the lack of sitework is anything to go by, I have doubts that they'll be able to make that deadline.
A large loader stands prominently at a construction site while other heavy machines work in the background, moving earth across the gravel terrain on a cloudy day.
Sitework continues at the Riverside Hospital site in Trenton. Vacant since 2003 and subject of a few failed redevelopment plans since that time, plans called for a demolition of the original administration building and power plant, while renovating the later-constructed wings for future mixed medical usage. (Jeff Kerkes collection)
This Giant grocery store is located in the Northeast part of Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, is about 53,000 square feet in size, and appears to have been built in the mid to late 1990's decade. It is in the same shopping center as Montgomery County's only Wal-Mart store, a 149,000 square foot Non-Supercenter Wal-Mart that might soon be converted into a 167,000 square foot Wal-Mart Supercenter, as well as the Germantown Target store, a 131,000 square foot former Target Greatland store, one of five Target stores in Montgomery County, Maryland, and one of only two of those five Targets in Montgomery County that has a typical single story floorplan, as the other three are two-story Target stores. While the aforementioned Wal-Mart and Target stores in the same shopping center as this Giant have decent grocery departments for Non-Super stores, the very fast rate of population growth and residential development in the surrounding area of North-Central Montgomery County, Maryland means that this Giant grocery store is generally very busy with customers, as it was when I took this picture today. So, for that reason, it is good that the long awaited Germantown, Maryland Wegmans grocery store is now under construction behind and across the street from the Wal-Mart store in this shopping center, and I have many recent pictures of that under construction Wegmans grocery store here on Flickr, and will likely take and post more pictures of the Wegmans, during its construction phase, as well as after it opens, scheduled for Summer or Fall of next year 2013. The under construction Germantown, Maryland Wegmans store will be the first Wegmans in Montgomery County, Maryland, even though most of the surrounding, less populated counties already have at least one existing Wegmans store of their own. It would further help if the nearby Wal-Mart store's Supercenter expansion gets approved and built, and if the proposed Harris Teeter grocery store in the nearby, exceptionally fast growing community of Clarksburg, Maryland would get built, though there is already lots of sitework construction going on for the Clarksburg Harris Teeter store, just not yet for the store building itself, so there is a pretty good chance that the actual construction will begin shortly. The relatively new Damascus, Maryland Safeway grocery store, whose picture I also took and uploaded to Flickr today, about five miles Northeast of this Germantown, Maryland Giant store, also serves the area pretty well, especially the aforementioned, exceptionally fast growing Clarksburg, Maryland community, which is located between this Germantown Giant store and the Damascus Safeway store, albeit slightly closer to this Germantown Giant store, though the Damascus safeway is newer, cleaner, less crowded, and has a more modern and inviting interior with more product variety and a more traditional store layout. I have, here on Flickr, pictures of some of the massive amounts of construction currently taking place in Clarksburg, uploaded within the last few months, and will likely continue to take and upload Clarksburg, Maryland construction pictures into the foreseeable future. Germantown is a densely populated, outer ring, Northern suburb of Washington, DC, located in the Northern part of Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. Germantown currently has a young and very diverse population of about 88,000 people, and is growing relatively fast in population. Montgomery County, Maryland is located just North of Washington, DC, has a diverse population of about 990,000 people, is growing relatively fast in population, and is the most populated county here in the U.S. state of Maryland. Montgomery County, Maryland is the second most populated place in the entire, huge Washington, DC-Baltimore metropolitan area, behind neighboring Fairfax County, Virginia. Fairfax County, Virginia has a diverse population of about 1.1 million people, is growing at a similar, relatively fast rate as Montgomery County, Maryland, and is the most populated place in both the U.S. state of Virginia, as well as in the entire, huge Washington, DC-Baltimore metropolitan area. I live in the Southern part of Frederick County, Maryland, USA, located just North of Montgomery County, Maryland, with a population of about 237,000 people, and growing relatively fast in population. Frederick County, Maryland is the eighth most populated of Maryland's 24 counties, and functions as both an outer suburban area to Washington, DC and its inner suburbs, as well as a smaller, seperate metropolitan area with a strong, growing economy in its own right. This photo was taken on today, Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2012
Los Angeles, CA, January 12, 2008 -
Phantom Galleries LA has become known for transforming unsightly empty storefronts into vibrant and culturally exciting art experiences from Beverly Hills to Pasadena. PGLA is proud to announce a partnership with the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency in presenting their inaugural Long Beach exhibit, Susan Chorpenning's window installation "Fiat Lux III." Curated by Dangerous Curve.
Location: 248 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802
Exhibit runs: January 12 to March 12, 2008.
Viewable 24/7 with optimal viewing hours between 5 pm - 1 am.
Gallery Hours by appointment only.
Reception for the artist TBA.
"Fiat Lux" means "Let There be Light." Chorpenning means to light up
the darkest days and longest nights of the year. If you've not seen
one of Susan Chorpenning's twinkling light window displays, you've not
had a true urban winter-wonderland experience! Her last PGLA
installation, "Fiat Lux II," was like a holiday mega-display, with the
lights painstakingly intertwined and loaded on until they filled the
whole window. From afar, the window seemed to hover in front of its
pane of glass. Up close, one's whole field of vision was engulfed.
The effect was invigorating exuberance.
"Fiat Lux III" is more subdued than was "Fiat Lux 2," its lights
restrained (if only slightly) and elegant. It fills the two windows to the left and
right of the location's main doorway. The walls are painted
bright colors with added blocks of color behind some light elements. These light elements come in a variety of shapes and sizes, such as twinkling globes, mini-lava lamps, colored compact fluorescents, and tiny, twinkling, multicolored lights mounted on frames. Using stretcher bars throughout - but instead of being the structure for paintings, they are the structure for lights - eg. strings of lights wrapped around the stretcher bars, and variations on this theme. These "frames" are the most recurrent image in the piece. More subtle it is, but indeed still a beautiful sensory enterprise.
More about the Artist
Chorpenning suechor/myhomepage/index.html
is from Altadena, via New York and Europe. She has had numerous solo
shows and siteworks in galleries and museums, nationally in New York,
the San Francisco Bay Area, Texas, and internationally in Paris,
France, and Germany. She has performed to rave reviews at Dixon
Place, The Knitting Factory, BACA, The Painted Bride, and Claremont
College.
Among other things, Chorpenning does so-called "dark rooms," chairs
with flash units and light-sensitive rocks. All these
things use afterimages (from phosphorescent paint or flash units that
leave traces on one's retina to mimic memory perceptions. The "memories" can build up and overlap, and sometimes interact and overwrite each other.
Chorpenning's solo show at Dangerous Curve in 2004 was one of her
"light room" installations. In these, she uses paint on walls and
floors to record "memories" of constantly moving sunlight streaming in
through doors, windows, and skylights throughout a given day. All
Chorpenning's past light rooms have been records of sunlight as it
actually came into the rooms, but in "February Thirtieth," the
sunlight was completely fabricated for a completely fabricated day.
Chorpenning has noted that light traces left from another part of a
day can have a surprising psychological effect, causing the viewer to
perceive enhanced brightness in a room without really understanding
why. Imagine the effect in a room that, facing north, doesn't have any
direct sunlight at all. The space at Dangerous Curve is such a room,
and the effect of Chorpenning's multicolored trace records was
profound.
More about the Presenters
Phantom Galleries LA PhantomGalleriesLA.com is a Los Angeles County based organization that transforms properties in transition into 24/7 public art galleries. Each installation is a unique relationship between the participating Artist, Curator, and Property Owner. Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Galleries, Independent Curators, and Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space. PGLA promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience and encourages the appreciation and participation in the arts among community members and organizations creating a win/ win situation that benefits the entire community as a whole. Art is a necessary part of everyday life.
Dangerous Curve dangerouscurve.org is a leading
contemporary art space in the Arts District of Los Angeles that
supports risky and intelligent work that's ahead of the curve.
The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency works to build a better Long Beach. For more information about Long Beach contact: rda.longbeach.gov
photo by americanimagegallery.com
Los Angeles, CA, January 12, 2008 -
Phantom Galleries LA has become known for transforming unsightly empty storefronts into vibrant and culturally exciting art experiences from Beverly Hills to Pasadena. PGLA is proud to announce a partnership with the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency in presenting their inaugural Long Beach exhibit, Susan Chorpenning's window installation "Fiat Lux III." Curated by Dangerous Curve.
Location: 248 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802
Exhibit runs: January 12 to March 12, 2008.
Viewable 24/7 with optimal viewing hours between 5 pm - 1 am.
Gallery Hours by appointment only.
Reception for the artist TBA.
"Fiat Lux" means "Let There be Light." Chorpenning means to light up
the darkest days and longest nights of the year. If you've not seen
one of Susan Chorpenning's twinkling light window displays, you've not
had a true urban winter-wonderland experience! Her last PGLA
installation, "Fiat Lux II," was like a holiday mega-display, with the
lights painstakingly intertwined and loaded on until they filled the
whole window. From afar, the window seemed to hover in front of its
pane of glass. Up close, one's whole field of vision was engulfed.
The effect was invigorating exuberance.
"Fiat Lux III" is more subdued than was "Fiat Lux 2," its lights
restrained (if only slightly) and elegant. It fills the two windows to the left and
right of the location's main doorway. The walls are painted
bright colors with added blocks of color behind some light elements. These light elements come in a variety of shapes and sizes, such as twinkling globes, mini-lava lamps, colored compact fluorescents, and tiny, twinkling, multicolored lights mounted on frames. Using stretcher bars throughout - but instead of being the structure for paintings, they are the structure for lights - eg. strings of lights wrapped around the stretcher bars, and variations on this theme. These "frames" are the most recurrent image in the piece. More subtle it is, but indeed still a beautiful sensory enterprise.
More about the Artist
Chorpenning suechor/myhomepage/index.html
is from Altadena, via New York and Europe. She has had numerous solo
shows and siteworks in galleries and museums, nationally in New York,
the San Francisco Bay Area, Texas, and internationally in Paris,
France, and Germany. She has performed to rave reviews at Dixon
Place, The Knitting Factory, BACA, The Painted Bride, and Claremont
College.
Among other things, Chorpenning does so-called "dark rooms," chairs
with flash units and light-sensitive rocks. All these
things use afterimages (from phosphorescent paint or flash units that
leave traces on one's retina to mimic memory perceptions. The "memories" can build up and overlap, and sometimes interact and overwrite each other.
Chorpenning's solo show at Dangerous Curve in 2004 was one of her
"light room" installations. In these, she uses paint on walls and
floors to record "memories" of constantly moving sunlight streaming in
through doors, windows, and skylights throughout a given day. All
Chorpenning's past light rooms have been records of sunlight as it
actually came into the rooms, but in "February Thirtieth," the
sunlight was completely fabricated for a completely fabricated day.
Chorpenning has noted that light traces left from another part of a
day can have a surprising psychological effect, causing the viewer to
perceive enhanced brightness in a room without really understanding
why. Imagine the effect in a room that, facing north, doesn't have any
direct sunlight at all. The space at Dangerous Curve is such a room,
and the effect of Chorpenning's multicolored trace records was
profound.
More about the Presenters
Phantom Galleries LA PhantomGalleriesLA.com is a Los Angeles County based organization that transforms properties in transition into 24/7 public art galleries. Each installation is a unique relationship between the participating Artist, Curator, and Property Owner. Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Galleries, Independent Curators, and Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space. PGLA promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience and encourages the appreciation and participation in the arts among community members and organizations creating a win/ win situation that benefits the entire community as a whole. Art is a necessary part of everyday life.
Dangerous Curve dangerouscurve.org is a leading
contemporary art space in the Arts District of Los Angeles that
supports risky and intelligent work that's ahead of the curve.
The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency works to build a better Long Beach. For more information about Long Beach contact: rda.longbeach.gov
Trenholm State Community College is currently in the process of architecturally re-branding their Patterson Campus. Trenholm State Community College’s Automotive Collision Repair Program was moved from the Trenholm Campus to the Patterson Campus, and in doing so, will utilize an existing 18,727sf metal building/warehouse which was conducive for the collision repair area. Additional square footage was added to the building to encompass two classrooms, a resource room, offices, tool storage, and a paint shop. The paint shop consists of two new pre-fabricated paint booths, mixing station, and prep area A new façade was developed to enhance the overall appearance of the building. This building is the first of many to feature the new architectural style.
Trenholm State Community College’s Administration and Financial Aid Building project included a new metal retrofit roof and the renovation of an existing building that houses administration offices, financial aid and other student amenities as part of there “Student Success” center to allow for additional classrooms. The existing spaces were updated with new finishes and associated energy efficient mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work. A new entrance and sitework were designed to give a good first impression to students and administrators entering campus.
Trenholm State Community College purchased state of the art prefabricated welding booths for their welding program. However, the buildings electrical system could not accommodate the loads for the booths. Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood was hired to prepare the architecture and engineering drawings to allow the program to use their new welding stations.
Building B & Building D were renovations that include interior and exterior work, re-roofing, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, site work, exterior lighting, new streets, repairs and alterations to existing streets and parking lots, landscaping, and sidewalks.
The sign could have mentioned sitework, excavation, or just digging, but I wouldn't have giggled as much.
Founded 1950, Community Ambulance Company of Sayville (CAC) provides 24 hour a day, 7 day a week, emergency medical service to Sayville, West Sayville, Bayport, Oakdale and Bohemia. CAC needed a new facility to replace the small-antiquated 3,800 sq. ft. building they have operated out of since their inception. Their new location, on Lakeland Avenue and size of the new facility was designed to increase response times to the more than 4,000 calls they recieve a year. The larger facility allows CAC to store all of their ambulances on site and being north of the Long Island Rail Road’s Montauk line often avoids being stuck behind one of the 43 trains using the rail line each day.
CAC choose to hire TRITEC Building Company as a Construction Manager to build this 22,500 square foot project. TRITEC provided substantial preconstruction and value engineering services and set a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for the overall project. TRITEC provided design coordination, with Baldassano Architecture and EMTEC Consulting Engineers, construction cost estimating and coordination of permit approval. Preconstruction was completed in 10 months.
The completed 22,500 square foot building stands at two stories tall and includes a partial basement. The project included significant sitework that consisted of clearing, asphalt, pavers and the installation of a drainage pond for runoff from the roof and site On the main level the building features 10 apparatus bays, a radio dispatch station, a crew room, sleeping quarters, lavatories, laundry facilities, and medical storage. The second floor features administrative offices, a boardroom, classrooms, a large meeting room, commercial kitchen, public restrooms, and storage rooms. The 10 ambulance bays require special ventilation system for diesel exhaust removal. The building also includes 1,500 square feet of basement area, an elevator, and a 250 KW emergency generator to insure uninterrupted service.
The exterior of the building is constructed with brick veneer and precast concrete trim to reflect a classic design consistent with Long Island architecture. A flat roof serves to house the building’s mechanical and communications systems which hide behind a beautiful architecturally shingled mansard. Storefront glass, cementitious trim, fypon soffit brackets, ample parking, LED lighting, and indigenous landscaping make this a handsomely appointed asset for Sayville and the surrounding Islip Towns well into the future.
The construction was completed on time, over a 12 month period and yielded a significant cost savings that was returned to the owner.
Founded 1950, Community Ambulance Company of Sayville (CAC) provides 24 hour a day, 7 day a week, emergency medical service to Sayville, West Sayville, Bayport, Oakdale and Bohemia. CAC needed a new facility to replace the small-antiquated 3,800 sq. ft. building they have operated out of since their inception. Their new location, on Lakeland Avenue and size of the new facility was designed to increase response times to the more than 4,000 calls they recieve a year. The larger facility allows CAC to store all of their ambulances on site and being north of the Long Island Rail Road’s Montauk line often avoids being stuck behind one of the 43 trains using the rail line each day.
CAC choose to hire TRITEC Building Company as a Construction Manager to build this 22,500 square foot project. TRITEC provided substantial preconstruction and value engineering services and set a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for the overall project. TRITEC provided design coordination, with Baldassano Architecture and EMTEC Consulting Engineers, construction cost estimating and coordination of permit approval. Preconstruction was completed in 10 months.
The completed 22,500 square foot building stands at two stories tall and includes a partial basement. The project included significant sitework that consisted of clearing, asphalt, pavers and the installation of a drainage pond for runoff from the roof and site On the main level the building features 10 apparatus bays, a radio dispatch station, a crew room, sleeping quarters, lavatories, laundry facilities, and medical storage. The second floor features administrative offices, a boardroom, classrooms, a large meeting room, commercial kitchen, public restrooms, and storage rooms. The 10 ambulance bays require special ventilation system for diesel exhaust removal. The building also includes 1,500 square feet of basement area, an elevator, and a 250 KW emergency generator to insure uninterrupted service.
The exterior of the building is constructed with brick veneer and precast concrete trim to reflect a classic design consistent with Long Island architecture. A flat roof serves to house the building’s mechanical and communications systems which hide behind a beautiful architecturally shingled mansard. Storefront glass, cementitious trim, fypon soffit brackets, ample parking, LED lighting, and indigenous landscaping make this a handsomely appointed asset for Sayville and the surrounding Islip Towns well into the future.
The construction was completed on time, over a 12 month period and yielded a significant cost savings that was returned to the owner.
Los Angeles, CA, January 12, 2008 -
Phantom Galleries LA has become known for transforming unsightly empty storefronts into vibrant and culturally exciting art experiences from Beverly Hills to Pasadena. PGLA is proud to announce a partnership with the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency in presenting their inaugural Long Beach exhibit, Susan Chorpenning's window installation "Fiat Lux III." Curated by Dangerous Curve.
Location: 248 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802
Exhibit runs: January 12 to March 12, 2008.
Viewable 24/7 with optimal viewing hours between 5 pm - 1 am.
Gallery Hours by appointment only.
Reception for the artist TBA.
"Fiat Lux" means "Let There be Light." Chorpenning means to light up
the darkest days and longest nights of the year. If you've not seen
one of Susan Chorpenning's twinkling light window displays, you've not
had a true urban winter-wonderland experience! Her last PGLA
installation, "Fiat Lux II," was like a holiday mega-display, with the
lights painstakingly intertwined and loaded on until they filled the
whole window. From afar, the window seemed to hover in front of its
pane of glass. Up close, one's whole field of vision was engulfed.
The effect was invigorating exuberance.
"Fiat Lux III" is more subdued than was "Fiat Lux 2," its lights
restrained (if only slightly) and elegant. It fills the two windows to the left and
right of the location's main doorway. The walls are painted
bright colors with added blocks of color behind some light elements. These light elements come in a variety of shapes and sizes, such as twinkling globes, mini-lava lamps, colored compact fluorescents, and tiny, twinkling, multicolored lights mounted on frames. Using stretcher bars throughout - but instead of being the structure for paintings, they are the structure for lights - eg. strings of lights wrapped around the stretcher bars, and variations on this theme. These "frames" are the most recurrent image in the piece. More subtle it is, but indeed still a beautiful sensory enterprise.
More about the Artist
Chorpenning suechor/myhomepage/index.html
is from Altadena, via New York and Europe. She has had numerous solo
shows and siteworks in galleries and museums, nationally in New York,
the San Francisco Bay Area, Texas, and internationally in Paris,
France, and Germany. She has performed to rave reviews at Dixon
Place, The Knitting Factory, BACA, The Painted Bride, and Claremont
College.
Among other things, Chorpenning does so-called "dark rooms," chairs
with flash units and light-sensitive rocks. All these
things use afterimages (from phosphorescent paint or flash units that
leave traces on one's retina to mimic memory perceptions. The "memories" can build up and overlap, and sometimes interact and overwrite each other.
Chorpenning's solo show at Dangerous Curve in 2004 was one of her
"light room" installations. In these, she uses paint on walls and
floors to record "memories" of constantly moving sunlight streaming in
through doors, windows, and skylights throughout a given day. All
Chorpenning's past light rooms have been records of sunlight as it
actually came into the rooms, but in "February Thirtieth," the
sunlight was completely fabricated for a completely fabricated day.
Chorpenning has noted that light traces left from another part of a
day can have a surprising psychological effect, causing the viewer to
perceive enhanced brightness in a room without really understanding
why. Imagine the effect in a room that, facing north, doesn't have any
direct sunlight at all. The space at Dangerous Curve is such a room,
and the effect of Chorpenning's multicolored trace records was
profound.
More about the Presenters
Phantom Galleries LA PhantomGalleriesLA.com is a Los Angeles County based organization that transforms properties in transition into 24/7 public art galleries. Each installation is a unique relationship between the participating Artist, Curator, and Property Owner. Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Galleries, Independent Curators, and Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space. PGLA promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience and encourages the appreciation and participation in the arts among community members and organizations creating a win/ win situation that benefits the entire community as a whole. Art is a necessary part of everyday life.
Dangerous Curve dangerouscurve.org is a leading
contemporary art space in the Arts District of Los Angeles that
supports risky and intelligent work that's ahead of the curve.
The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency works to build a better Long Beach. For more information about Long Beach contact: rda.longbeach.gov
photo by americanimagegallery.com