Cinematic inspirations from the past...

some Maya Deren;
some transfiguring;
some time.

fashionSpark kickoff....

reminder that tonight there's a fashionSPARK kick-off event at Flander's Gallery...

http://www.sparkcon.com/2011/07/20/2011-fashionspark-events/

hope to see you there!

Moving In

at it again...

Member Shelley Smith is moving into a studio at Raleigh's Bonded Llama! We're going to be sharing the space while the SECCA project is in motion.

9am on a sunny Thursday morning and we're off to get Shelley's studio off right. Moving in....the start of something beautiful. Knitting machines, looms, and coffee, oh my!

The Common Seam flag flies again...

Shelley got her cinderella on scrubbing the floor (which perhaps had never been cleaned). Amy, Gabe and Meghan started up the loom while Cayce got her knitting machine up and running.

all this with the help of CupAJoe

SECCA, here we come.

Attack >> Decay ; ; Sustain ( ( Release : A tribute to Bob Moog's sonic legacy

new work by CSC Satellite Member R. Brooke Priddy

in collaboration with Janice Lancaster Larsen, and Kimathi

This group show, curated by Gene Felice, illustrated some of the core principals of analog / synth sound creation : ADSR, in homage to the late great Bob Moog.

Artist/dressmaker R. Brooke Priddy, Dancer/Choreographer Janice Lancaster Larsen, and Composer Kimathi have approached the ADSR envelope point of departure from an outsiders perspective. Through the creation of a earthen garment and the process of its gradual decay, we will see a figurative definition of the words, ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN and RELEASE.

The earthen garment was displayed at the Asheville, NC Arts Council Gallery throughout the month of July, slowly decaying as pulsing speakers played low rumbling bass inside the skirts. On the evening of the closing event, Janice Lancaster Larsen donned the garment and brought about its decay through movement with live sound by Kimathi.

photo by sicimages.com

Clips from the performance

ADSR defined

The Bob Moog Foundation

Selected Press

A walkthrough of the show with curator Gene Felice

SparkCon

SparkCon, oh SparkCon.
You take about all of one year's efforts+energies and cram it into one weekend.
Insane;Incredible.
So some of us are gearing up for this Intense weekend in September, for some of us, it is 'again'.

Mostly fashionSpark, also some artSpark, some hair, some makeup, some significant support.
Keep an eye out here and there [sparkcon.com] to see our names popping up.

There is also an exciting kick-off event Aug.25 at Flanders Gallery in Raleigh's warehouse district.

Stay-tuned, etc.