5th week of Lent, Saturday – Lack of air circulation makes things stale or rancid. That is why we ‘air things out”, ideas and belongings. Look at one object within your view. Blow a tissue of paper held by two fingers. Let your eyes examine it – trace all its edges, colour, light, etc. Let your eyes follow this movement seemingly without purpose. Let your mind settle and relax. Thank God that you can notice this smallness in all the bigness of your life.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
G is for Gallery Introduced
by Flossie Peitsch, 2012
G is for Gallery reflexively plays with one’s idea of ‘real art’. The QR* code + one’s phone is all that is required to access a history of artists with ecological / ideological causes or tally future issues that artists may pursue. All this exists outside of but with the support of ‘the white cube’. Going below the surface, it links blank wall, canvas and technology with alternative space with active place with altered time. This is a blurring of preconceived art ideas and gallery conventions such as word versus image, system versus sign, sound versus sight, public versus private, inclusion and exclusion, to name only a few.
Material World
28 march 2012
8 april 2012
Dickson, ACT
Australia
8 april 2012
Dickson, ACT
Australia
An exhibition of site specific installations in the gallery and surrounds, exploring environmentalism through the use of recycled and found materials.
Exhibiting artists:
Tracey Deep (NSW), Ampersand Duck (ACT), Mandy Gunn (VIC), Ruth Hingston (ACT), Ro Murray (NSW), Flossie Peitsch (NSW), Tony Steel (ACT), Fiona Veikkanen (ACT).
Curated by Narelle Phillips and Martine Peters.
The exhibition will celebrate Earth Hour with a candle lit opening party on Saturday 31 March.
for more details visit the Exhibition Page Link
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT -FRIDAY
5th week of Lent, Friday – Breathing poison means death or even worse. Jesus died on a Friday but he dies many times over in the suffering of his people and in his world. Auschwitz, Chernobyl, even in smoking’s effects. Pause for the suffering in the world. Remember to be compassionate. Compassion. Not popular but priestly.
FIFTH WEEK OF LENT -THURSDAY
5th week of Lent, Thursday – At what is now called Pentecost, there was the sound of a mighty, rushing wind. The Holy Spirit had arrived in this sensation. The wind is a stirring that can be felt all over your body…with anticipation, excitement, and more. Who wouldn’t want more of this divine spirit? But… it can be a change that is also frightening. Don’t pray for the Holy Spirit unless you are willing to be altered. And yes, it is scary to give up control in this way.
O is for glObal in G is for Gallery
The End of the World — WTF?
Yes, yes, I know it is old and there are more than hints of bad language, but it has been a family friend in my circles for years. My boys put us onto this site long ago and it still makes me laugh. I remember it often. I am surprised that it is still accessible.
But if you don’t like that one try…
another light-hearted approach
Taking over the world non-violently ..with words – cartoon
N is for ‘stories like Never before’ in G is for Gallery
I am not too sure about this artist’s paintings but I love the idea of linking below and beyond the canvas…..
Perhaps the possibility of ‘too much information’ is now a problem. Allowing viewer’s own imaginations to work is more than half the fun in art I think.
What if traditional forms of art could be more interactive? That’s exactly what Jose Torres, better known artistically as Tony Taj, wondered. Jose, a painter and mobile designer, mainly paints intricate cityscapes on canvas, and is inspired by imagining the lives of the people who live and work on each floor and in each building he paints. So he came up with a way of sharing the stories he created around each character with you as you view the painting–all you would need is your smartphone.
Jose combined both his professions to create what he calls the Ambient Media Portal (AMP). Integrated into each of his works of art are a number of blended QR codes. When you scan a code, you will get a deeper insight into what is happening in the painting.
The code will link to further artwork, be it a live character video, animation, a song, or lyrics. Jose periodically changes this extra material so you can revisit again and again to learn more. Give it a try with the QR code in the above photo–it’s really cool.
*add your words in the link below.
Nam June Paik Newmarch Nolde Nash Nauman
Nelson Newman Naganobu
national park natural environment natural heritage natural resource network non-renewable nuclear nutrients naïve nab naked as the day you were born namelessness nanosecond narcotic narrow minded nationalization native land nature naught nebular nightmare nightshade nimbus cloud nilpotent nitrogen trichloride noisiness non acceptance
S is for charles Saatchi in G is for Gallery
Excepts from Wikipedia…
Young British Artists or YBAs[1] (also referred to as Brit artists and Britart) is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988. Many of the artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths, in the late-1980s…… most of the YBAs were born in the mid-1960s. They are noted for “shock tactics”, use of throwaway materials, wild-living, and an attitude “both oppositional and entrepreneurial.”[2] They achieved considerable media coverage and dominated British art during the 1990s. See below: Goldsmiths where many TBA studied.
*add your own words in the comments below.
Steel Hiroshi Sugimoto Do-Ho Suh Stubbs Stoss Still Smithson Cindy Sherman Seurat
Schneider Schwitters Sargent Andres Serrano
Yumik Sugo Sedgley Sage da Silva Cossington Smith Storrier stitt stelarc Smithson Jill Scot
Solar salinisation scoping report sewage smog socio-economic soil erosion solar power solid waste spatial planning species species diversity species richness stakeholders stormwater strategic surface water sustainability sustainable
L is for Look what is out there in G is for Gallery
http://quellocreativo.blogspot.com.au/ artist who uses installation and QR codes.
Objects Qr code by David Sykes This art is getting further into the codes. There is so much more to be explored in this new world!
Here is another take on using QR codes in art…I like that the process surpasses language…..
Floppy Disk Qr-code
3×3 mt su stoffa (118,11″)
Flavio Tosi (quellocreativo.it) in collaborazione con sua nonna
Si tratta di un patchwork di più di 800 floppy disk da 3,5″.
Ogni dischetto è stato etichettato con una trama a venatura di foglia, intervallati in un ritmo damascato, se scannerizzato con un lettore, come quelli dei cellulari ne risulta un testo:
un tera non fa primavera.
*add your own words in the comments below.
Lee Lawrence Leveson Laib Lindy Lee Leicher Lichtenstein Lambra Lautrec Leveson Léger Leonardo da Vinci Maya Lin Fra Filippo Lippi Lorenzetti
Lorenzo Lotto LS Lowry Sarah Lucas
Land degradation landfills landscape land use local agenda liposuction lipstick liquefied liquid assets listeria meningitis literacy lithium litmus paper litre littoral zone line of reasoning living death loam lobbyist locomotion
E is for Earth hour in G is for Gallery
Uniting People to Protect the Planet March 31st 8:30pm 2012
Want to get involved?
Additional site…one I have been subscribing to for fine years.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/index.php home
http://avaaz.org/en/about.php about us
Avaaz is a global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.
A transnational community that is more democratic, and could be more effective, than the United Nations.
— Suddeutsche Zeitung
*add your own words in the comments below
Endo earth art environment electronic Einstein Ernst Eluard Evans Ely Eakins Emin Ensor Jan van Eyck Epstein Ecology Eco-consumer Eco-friendly Ecological Footprint Energy Efficient Environmental Management Environmental Impact Emissions Ethical Goods earth ECOCEOVER endangered eagle electromagnetic electrolyte electron electronic simulative deception endoskeleton endorsement endoplasm endure episodic erodium texanum engulf
U is for jUnks in G is for Gallery
Recycled Art: 66 Masterpieces Made From Junks
I think he means ‘junk’
By Alvaris Falcon
Honestly, much art from junk is good for recycling but not good for art, (says she who recycles and considers it art). Many sites I went to confirmed this.
(Matt…a separate blog below)
Actually, some of us artists do object to the term ‘Trash Art’. I don’t mind it as then people who see no value in this type of work can at least feel confirmed in their opinion. I do not feel any compulsion to change those people’s minds! I am having too much fun playing with unusual objects and taking it to a new level.
And if you are looking for recycled links…check this amazing hook….it actually connects not with the artist’s site but with an advertizing site…
Leading Chinese artist recycles ancient porcelain – Vidéo Dailymotion
www.dailymotion.com/…/xgy2h4_leading-chinese–arti…8 Feb 2011 – 2 min
Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng is one of China’s most original artists. Looking for a new kind of material, he has
*add your own words below in the comments.
Uccello Ufan Hwa-Un Unsworth undergrowth
unemployment unicity urban agriculture urban form urbanization urban sprawl unfortunately
ubiquity ufo Uganda ultimate unabashedly unable to help unabridged unaccustomed unadvisable unaffected unaided unapproved unbearable unbiased unblemished uncared for unclog unconfessed unencumbered uneroded unicef unilateral uninvolved universe unjust unnecessary unopposed unrestricted
H is for Hair in G is for Gallery
Opening at the Guggenheim….too funny, especially being an installation artist myself! I actually like the cringe factor myself. Cartoon is a good way to not take oneself too seriously.
Still, standing out at this level is not for everyone. If you are a little more timid, try this one…
http://30vanquish.com/awkward-moments-experiment/
*add your own words in the comments below