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SPREAD proposal for Site Santa Fe

In: Conceptual Art, Conceptual Art Examples, Studio

Site Santa Fe announced in November that they would begin a microfunding initiative called SPREAD, which gives artists in all disciplines the chance to compete for cash based on proposed uses for it. On January 1, 2011, the inaugural SPREAD applications were due. Here I share my contribution.

Project Summary 200 Words

Twitterscapes are images composed of pixels that derive their color and position directly from “tweets” on the popular social network Twitter. They are created by an online program that obtains the data and breaks it down, character for character, into colors chosen by that user to be a part of his/her profile. In their current iteration, Twitterscapes are derived from the public timeline and are titled by day and time created, as they are effectively social media snapshots of that very moment. My SPREAD proposal is to use Twitterscapes to create a live dialogue between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, via Twitter. The physical piece will exist in two installation areas, one in each city, and will comprise of a screen or projection, support equipment, and instructions: to send a tweet on Twitter including a particular word with a hash mark in front of it (called a hash tag), whereby the program will recognize these tweets and show them in Twitterscape format, in the other city, live, in real time. The result will be a cascade of colors and pixels created by human beings, exchanged back and forth; visible at the installation sites and online.

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The difference of a good art photographer

In: Studio

More and more, I’m relying on an art photographer to help me document my artwork. The charge is per piece, but in the end, if I need it printed, proven, or sent to scrupulous eyes, the money might be the best I’ve ever spent. I’m placing my bets in this direction.

My art photographer is a transformational figure in the development of my art portfolio. The images that are produced from that studio are perfectly color accurate, archival of all surface detail, and actually look just like the paintings themselves. As an added bonus, I feel like a million bucks.

In other news, if you ask me how the last week has been, I'll tell you "expensive."

Without further ado, some photos:

Color Accuracy

Don't Socialize My Medicare by .carolinecblaker.

A photographer that specializes in artwork will rarely use a flash. Instead, there will be human-sized lights for the purpose of casting a consistent daylight wash over the work with as little interference as possible. Other benefits to this are capturing the work in its original dimensions, and the photographer’s eye for accuracy - features that can be missed by the artist.

Texture and Surface

Let me be sky! by .carolinecblaker.

The details that will be captured by …

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State of the studio - October 2010

In: Conceptual Art, Conceptual Art Examples, Studio

The studio is re-located, revamped, and actually funded. Come have a look at some of the new work I have been doing.

Since my last studio update, everything has changed. I have gotten married, opened my own commercial shop, and moved the studio in with the web, effectively declaring myself a professional artist, without a single sale. Good thing I have other skills to back that up. I’ve been working for a terrific San Francisco based web shop to hold down the fort while securing wall space and painting time in the other parts of my rented retail space. Last weekend I declared my first ever “Art Bender” - meaning I hit the paints every day and even a third time on Wednesday. There were a couple of elements that made this Bender different from other painting efforts.
I purchased 9 new canvases of 3 different sizes, brush cleaners and soaps, and new brushes, and had these supplies in-hand. The new canvas sizes assisted composition impulses. The brush cleaner held down the fumes until uncapped, and provided the right texture for bristle rinsing. The soap revived 12 11-year-old brushes (some still bearing the price sticker from the Washington University bookstore) The new brushes, purchased on a hunch of what I thought I needed, ended up being the perfect bet, and alongside …

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