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2011 Hotel: A Room To View
v1b3 is presenting media works by the following artists that in the broadest terms possible explore the context of the hotel room as a modular space of transient occupation.
Artists presenting work include:
Olga Ast, Julia Druk & Alex Reid – Under the Bed
Annette Barbier – Stages
Christopher Cassidy – Globequilting
Elizabeth Demaray– Tell Me TV
Greg Garvey – PULL FOR FIRE (an ‘hommage’ to Jim Dine)
David Gordon – Toilet Art
Jim Jeffers – Crude: Black Gold, Texas Tea, and Me
Mary Agnes Krell – Nothing that is not there
bear - Aug 20, 2010
yes, today a bear wandered by our place in the country – and WENT INTO THE HOT TUB….
yes, we ran for our bells
“the river is the voice of always”
“the river is the voice of always*” is a lenticular photograph that was in the DIGIT exhibition at the Delaware Arts Alliance Gallery, June 2010
* the copy was taken from “At the Cabin in Skagway” by Buffy McKay.
A lenticular lens is used to produce images with the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles.
My Alaska, too
Permanent Media Art Installation in the Centerpoint West Building Lobby in Anchorage, Alaska
My Alaska, Too combines writing and images to reveal multiple perspectives of people when they wonder, “What is Alaska like?” The result is a portrait made up of samples from people who visited for a short time or lived here long enough to call it home.
Printed on the top row of glass are edited comments by people who live in Alaska addressing why they live here. It seemed to us that whether they moved here or were born here there was an attitude about being or of passage growing up Alaskan is deciding to stay or move.
The ribbon of six monitors display photographs tagged with various unique Alaska subjects. Every twelve hours (7AM to 7 PM) the computers that search for the pictures retrieve more than 50,000 photos. They are made and shared by many individuals who have in common their experiences in Alaska. The collection of images seen over time shape what is commonly and uncommonly a dynamic state of being in Alaska.
On the third row are various forms of poetry written by Alaskan writers. They were selected to reveal the relationship that these artists have with the landscape, nature and people in Alaska. Their work is ironic, humorous and serious. It requires more time and contemplation than the content above it but the poems provide an opportunity to glimpse at the sublime order and perspective of Alaska felt by Alaskans.
Artist/Designers
Conrad Gleber :: conradgleber.com
Gail Rubini :: grubini.com
April 2010