Another week of first-times and creative tangents at Shared Space Studio...
Our 2012 Resident Artist, master-composter / film-maker / radical geographer Amanda Matles, came to visit us for the weekend. She got in some beach time and admired the compost system she set up for us last year, as it is running smoothly. She also was reunited with our new resident Brian Perkins, whom she graduated from high school with at Interlochen Arts Academy, back in 2000. On a sunny afternoon, the artists sat out on the knit blanket Elodie Goupil made us last year, and Jeff gave Amanda and Brian matching tattoos- the first and second bars of music from a Bauhaus composition by Heinrich Siegfried Bormann.
Our 2012 Resident Artist, master-composter / film-maker / radical geographer Amanda Matles, came to visit us for the weekend. She got in some beach time and admired the compost system she set up for us last year, as it is running smoothly. She also was reunited with our new resident Brian Perkins, whom she graduated from high school with at Interlochen Arts Academy, back in 2000. On a sunny afternoon, the artists sat out on the knit blanket Elodie Goupil made us last year, and Jeff gave Amanda and Brian matching tattoos- the first and second bars of music from a Bauhaus composition by Heinrich Siegfried Bormann.
Aside from getting his first tattoo ever, Brian was a busy man this week. Upon his arrival, he set out to write an outline for a new screenplay in ten days- he finished it in eight. Brian used a set of Swedish film stills from the 60's and 70's as inspiration for a story about a missing dog. He spent his mornings hand writing in a small book as the story came to him, and when he finished, he typed the text and formatted it into a small book. Inspired by some very particular record cover art, Brian sponge-painted paper in red and yellow, and cut out images to paste to the grey cover. The piece is called Musical Chairs, based on the idea that the actors in the beginning play a game of musical chairs to decide what part they will play- reflecting the roles we are given in life. At his slide talk on Sunday, Brian explained in depth the process of shooting a film, and how the accesibility and cost of the medium has changed drastically in the relatively short time he has been working. He showed us projects he has written, directed, and made animations for, and screened a rough cut of his current project- his first feature film. Before he left to go home to Seattle, he made a big impression by bravely riding The Zipper at the county fair, and pouring his heart out on mic at our studio Karaoke party.
Jeffrey Kriksciun was hard at work in the studio this week, finishing the drawings for a zine that will be published in Glasgow, and a zine that he will publish himself here for the new Zine Library. Between sessions of carefully drawing out illustrations in pencil, then just as carefully inking them in, Jeff played with clay in the ceramics room, making small sculptures of a face, a pair of pants, and a cinder block with an orange on it. It seems that Jeff's facinations and sense of humor come through in every material he works with, and he will work with anything.
Rose Beerhorst continued quilting and crocheting during her last week in residence. She taught me how to cut up old shirts and crochet them into a rug, using Fair Isle patterning in an intuitive style. I ended up with a crocheted basket and a whole list of new projects in my head. She made a rug for Brian to take back to Seattle with him, in only black, white, and grey as he requested. After staying with us for over three weeks, Rose left early Monday morning with Brian to go home to Grand Rapids. We are lucky to have her come back this Saturday, to sell her rugs and other crafts at our fundraising event- Art, Goods, and Goodies.
The snack table at our Sunday Slide Talks is always a hit.
Power-resident Aliya Bonar arrived on Friday, just in time to get oriented and spend her first evening at the Oceana County Fair riding the ferris wheel. This is Aliya's first time in Michigan, she comes to us from Queens, NY, where she is part of the art co-operative Flux Factory.
As a Florida native, Aliya is on a beach mission, and it has been balmy enough to make a few trips. She gave our audience a chance to interact with her slide talk on Sunday, asking us all to fill out a nametag describing our ideal selves. She shared her work with Powersuits, the outfit you will wear to be your most powerful self. As a buisiness lady, Aliya loves organizing communities and laying out elaborate spreadsheets, and she has recently been involved in youth programs in New York, teaching self-empowered sewing and radical fashion design.
As a Florida native, Aliya is on a beach mission, and it has been balmy enough to make a few trips. She gave our audience a chance to interact with her slide talk on Sunday, asking us all to fill out a nametag describing our ideal selves. She shared her work with Powersuits, the outfit you will wear to be your most powerful self. As a buisiness lady, Aliya loves organizing communities and laying out elaborate spreadsheets, and she has recently been involved in youth programs in New York, teaching self-empowered sewing and radical fashion design.
The stars of the studio show off at our studio Karaoke night. Aliya is a great edition to the studio, and will be our last arriving resident, as our planned eighth resident, Amber Phelps-Bondaroff had to cancel. We hope Amber will join us next year.
With one week left, Jeff and Aliya are the big stars of the studio. We are excited to see their projects come to fruition and collaborate with them on our upcoming fundraising event.
With one week left, Jeff and Aliya are the big stars of the studio. We are excited to see their projects come to fruition and collaborate with them on our upcoming fundraising event.
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