Wings to Fly Art Show!

Milkspiller is hosting a benifet art show to raise money and awareness for the abolition of slavery in all forms. They are asking artists to donate works of art for this show. All the proceeds will go to the cause and plus, this is a great way to get your work shown. The show will be located at JavaWerks over the month of December.

Anyone interested can take their work to Milkspiller from Monday - Saturday 10-7.

for info: milkspiller@hotmail.com / (601)270-7474

Old Work

This a medley of my previous work in no order at all:

Light Organ

The first project of the semester, I have chosen (and was reccomended) to work on similiar ideas involving electricity. A couple semesters back, I created an organ that played colored lights involving a concept of relating synesthesia into something everyone could see. However, I have moved on from that concept into a new one. Intrigued by the inter-relation between technology and people, I have chosen to tackle this topic. I am also very, very interested in interactive pieces and of course, electric pieces.
Although, i am apart of this 'problem', I have taken a step back to view how people have complete control over technology. This piece tries to take people out of control of the piece. A person playing the organ cannot enjoy the lights of the organ, however the person viewing cannot control the lights. However, I think that this enhances the fun aspect of the piece.
(btw, i was thinking of seperating the organ and the lights with a partitian and was influenced by other pieces that tackle the same idea...next blog)

I've definetly learned ALOT from doing this piece. such as:
- "trouble shooting"
- always solder your wires if you have to move your piece
- ALWAYS test (i've actually wasted alot of time messing with 'quick disconnects' and ended up blowing a fuse in my house)
- buy alot of wires

(I couldn't figure out how to post videos on the blog from my iPod, but i took the scenic route to post them on YouTube...here are the links)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EgwadxZNNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVRKIkkfKY8

thanks for looking and i appreciate your comments, if you chose to leave them!

First Week of School

Don't have a camera or new work right now, so I will post some art I really like and possible influences.

Michel de Broin is an artist from Canada that uses everyday objects in his work.

http://www.micheldebroin.org/

Here's some of his work I like...my fav. is a car that he altered to make it bike powered or "shared propulsion car"

You can't see, but they are all pedaling to move the car.

Another one is Jun Kaneko who makes large ceramic pieces:

http://www.junkaneko.com/

The last is Dale Chihuly, I watched a DVD of him this summer and loved his sculpture. What mostly caught my eye was the structures he used to attach the glass on.

http://www.chihuly.com/