Narrative Threads (excerpt below) continues screening through July 27 at IA&A @ Hillyer in Washington D.C.
I just went to see Narrative Threads…Alan, I am so impressed (though not surprised) … I was so moved— it felt tortured and exhilarating at once.
—viewer comment
There are narrative threads that bind us, those that unite us, and those that obscure our inner selves. These threads run through our psyche and impact our perceptions and how we are perceived. Those threads that bind us help us feel whole and secure. Help us feel in control and in command of our destiny. Those narrative threads that obscure our inner desires and our inherent rules for behavior tend to make us suspicious, untrusting, feel vulnerable and alone. These threads coexist and interact with each other, sometimes strengthening confidence, and sometimes weakening it. This art is homage to those threads. Threads of sexuality, disability, logic, intelligence, fear, loss, hopelessness, hope, biology and psychology, pride, happiness, joy, anger, and pain. My pieces, each of interest to me for what they represent alone, are merged, juxtaposed, layered, and each changes the layers above and below in time. This is an allegory to my experience of life and living and struggling and loving and feeling and thinking.
World premier of Intersectional Sparkle as part of “Artscape 2019: Animation on the Big Screen” happens at the Parkway Theater, 5 W. North Avenue in Baltimore Maryland 1-2:30pm and again 3-4:30pm Sunday July 21st along with 25 other short animations.
Note: An earlier version of this post had preliminary venue information which has been updated in this post with the correct location, date, and time.
World premier of Narrative Threads screens as part of Flesh + Bone III at IA&A at Hillyer in Washington DC.
This is part of a new series and the first one “published.” It was selected as a finalist for FusionArt’s 3rd Annual Black and White Art Exhibition and can be found among other finalists here.
Shown below are additional works in the series in draft form on my studio wall. More will be uploaded soon.
Nine Signals (ed. 1 of 1)
This is a 12″ x 12″ signed print on aluminum base, an edition of one, and comes pre-assembled with hanging hardware attached to the print making for very easy wall installation. UPS standard shipping within the continental United States is included in the purchase price of the artwork.
$500.00
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Signals of Hope (video installation, 5 min 24 sec) joined more than 100 other artists at a benefit exhibition for the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center. The exhibition titled Alchemical Vessels 2018: Our Common Thread, ran from March 16 to May 5, 2018 at 1632 U St NW in Washington DC.
Signals of Hope (video installation, 5 min 24 sec) joins more than 100 other artists at a benefit exhibition for the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center. The exhibition titled Alchemical Vessels 2018: Our Common Thread, will be open from March 16 to May 5, 2018 at 1632 U St NW in Washington DC.
Opening reception: Friday, March 16, 2018 7—9pm
Alchemical Vessels benefit: Friday, April 27, 7–10pm
On display at Studio 1469 in Washington DC through July 8th, 2017, In the Blink of an Eye: Faith is an installation piece assembled in my friend Faith Flanagan’s memory. It shares the gallery with works by nearly two dozen other artists as part of a memorial exhibition titled, In the Eye of Faith Flanagan.
With a footprint of about 15″ x 15″ x 36″ (46″ with the laptop open) the laptop atop the custom pedestal displays a 2 minute, 20 second audio-video loop, screening at this exhibition for the first time. This specific device was chosen because it was used over the past few years to review work in-progress with Faith and was used last fall to project photos from Faith’s life at her memorial gathering.
Although it returned from that event “broken,” the laptop can still play video, though it struggles to do so. For me, that struggle has a kind-of perfectly meaningful quality to it and was a fitting way to share this particular composition; that despite whatever hurdles and challenges life throws us, art must go on.
The complete installation piece: laptop, video, and pedestal, form the entire work. In this form, and with all these parts, it is an edition of one. The video clip above shows a short excerpt (video portion only) of the full installation loop and simulates the actual performance of the file used on the “hobbled” installation device. For comparison, if you like, the same clip is displayed at its original 24 frames per second here.
Washington Post’s Mark Jenkins review of “The Eye of Faith Flanagan”
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The Studio Floor 