AR exploration for Exhibition

I found the app ArtiVive.com and am going to try to create a project that I can include in my upcoming exhibition. People would have to use their phones and download the app, or I could try to figure out how to have an iPad locked to the wall with a security cord. I have…

Print test on 100% Silk Georgette

In preparing for the MA Exhibition, I wanted to demonstrate the variety of substrates that I can work with to show my art. I had seen samples of friends prints on cotton, satin and lycra. After doing some research online, I decided to order a print test from Contrado.com – a UK based company. The…

Big struggles with going big

I had an idea for a new piece with dancers that I could make into a triptych and would be printed on large panels fabric. I have created art into a 3-panel format before, but never one so large – 90″ x 80″. I had several high-resolution photos to start with from photographs I took…

Final Tutorial with Jonathan

It is hard to believe that I had my final tutorial with Jonathan. This program has been an adventure. I don’t want to this journey to end, so I am staying at hello. Overall, he was impressed with the volume of work I had produced during my sabbatical, notably while I was at the residencies….

Thoughts on the Exhibition and my Final Video

  Since I started working with digital tools in the 1990’s, the screen has displaced my canvas. The screen has become the field for my artwork, and the results are imagined through a hybrid approach to working with media. My sensibilities and memories profoundly affect my work and hidden inside are groups of images that…

Petrix and the Allosphere

After the last post, I decided to create a new piece of art with Petra’s remix as the starting point. Since she appropriates images into her paintings, I thought she might not mind. Art begets art. This piece started with the cover art I made from the last post, where I incorporated three of Petra’s…

Blend Modes = Algorithms Explained

Here is how blend modes work In my art, I experiment with the blend modes with every image incorporated into the project. Next I will be looking into what happens when you use blend modes in videos, so I thought I should have a record to refer to when I do. It is always a…

Process Video & Waveforms

While at San Cresci, I wanted to try to record my screen as I worked on a new project. I went down to the studio and set up on the big round table made from a giant wine barrel head. It seats at least ten people around. My set up was a 15″ MacBook Pro…

La Macina di San Cresci Artist Residency

The month-long artist-in-residency in Tuscany was an incredible experience. Founded by Duccio Trassinelli, Designer (his objects are in the permanent collection of MoMA, NY; Centre Pompidou, Paris and Vitra Design Museum, Germany) and Demetria “Mimma” Verduci, Architect. La Macina di San Cresci is a place for creation, presentation and documentation of contemporary art in all…

Fiercefull

This is a new piece that I created from different images. I wanted to work on a piece of a woman of African descent as a tribute to “Claudia,” the woman who was hired as a helper to my mother and became a surrogate mother after she died. I think of her often and remember…

Exhibition Proposal Submission

Yesterday, I read about an event that is happening in Los Angeles in May called “The United State of Women”. I thought it would be interesting to attend and submitted a request for a ticket. The 2018 United State of Women Summit isn’t just a conference — it’s a powerful gathering of women and allies from…

Inspired by Marielle Franco

This morning in my news feed, I read about the murder of Marielle Franco. “Prominent human rights advocate and councilwoman Marielle Franco was fatally shot while in her car by unknown assailants”. Mariella was a human rights activist and councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro and was part of a generation of young Black Brazilians who are becoming increasingly vocal inside and…