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…

I was looking for this, then I found that

I was looking for Ian Wallace’s bit on Post-Internet art and found this quote, which is about postmodern literary art, but seems profound, and funny. Ian’s article is referenced and linked below. (Featured image on this post is from his article in Artspace.) “For me, the last few years of the postmodern era have seemed…

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…

Petra Cortright Art & Lecture

Feature image is my remix of 3 of Petra’s artworks – it seemed like the right thing to do. In April, 2018 I attended a lecture by UCSB Department of Creative Studies for their Spring 2018 Visiting Artist Colloquium where digital artist, Petra Cortright, was presenting. Her husband, artist Marc Horowitz also was on stage and…

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…

Digital Printing Research – Frescos & Gold Leaf

Aurelio Amendola, Photography Exhibition of Digital Frescos at Von Hesselbeck Gallery in Florence. “Michelangelo, Digital Frescoes & Surroundings”, under the direction of architect Alberto Bartalini, realized under the patronage of the Municipality of Florence, the Tuscany Region and the Metropolitan City of Florence, in collaboration with “Robot City Italian Art Factory. Aurelio Amendola, Photographer Aurelio…