ICFF shows
I’m very excited to let you know about a few shows I have pieces in this week during the ICFF in New York!
CITE Goes America — Showing the SHY light, a linear fluorescent chandelier
www.citegoesamerica.com
131 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012
May 15 – June 11, 2010.
Opening May 15th, 6-9
New Useless Machines @ OAK – Joe Brittain and I collaborated on a mobile, using paper tubes and LEDs
28 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012
May 15 – May 18, 2010.
Opening May 15th, 7-10
And also check out all of Lindsey Adelman Studio’s shows this week too!
www.lindseyadelman.com
Crystal Waterfall!
For the Ramiken Crucible show I made a crystal waterfall — a solution with minerals dissolved in it was continuously running down the length of knotty rope, slowly depositing crystals. The idea was that over a long enough period of time the crystals would begin to take over the form, taking control away from me. I hope to install it again soon to keep the process going. You can see the sparkles and some stalactites forming in the photos below.
Psychic Neighbor!!!
Joe and I are having a show at Ramiken Crucible, hope you can come! You can see Joe’s work at www.joebrittain.com. Download the press release here.
Death by fungus
I’ve been incorporating crystals into the bug monsters. Here’s a snapshot of one, there will be more photos coming soon.
The growth of the crystals on the bugs reminds me of something I’ve seen before: fungal infections which kill insects. Apparently the fungal spores get into the insect’s brain and take control over their brains; the fungus causes them to stop everything to perform one last action — climb up a branch and take a bite to affix themselves, for instance. The fungus then begins to grow using the insect as a host. As morbid as this is, the results are really quite beautiful in some cases. What I also find fascinating is the symbiotic and species-specific relationship between a particular insect and fungus. This means the shape of the fungus is always informed by the same insect. Some photos below, stolen from the Neurophilosophy blog. Link to full post is below photos.
http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/brainwashed-by-a-parasite/
More to come…
In the process of getting the blog up and running. Intend to use it as a place to show what’s in process in the studio, interesting research, or even failed attempts.
In the meantime…a crystals-in-the-works photo. I’ve been experimenting with bringing the natural back into the bug monsters. Interesting in how the crystals require giving up control of a process that is so detail-oriented otherwise. I also like thinking of the crystals in terms of an infection with a life of its own.
