Saturday, March 30, 2013

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

I had the great fortune to also check out the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography during my visit. This was a great stop and I enjoyed the 3 exhibitions below. http://syabi.com/e/contents/index.html

1. Dawn of Japanese Photography Hokkaido and Tohoku
2. Erwin Blumenfeld: A Hidden Ritual of Beauty
3. Mario Giacomelli: The Black is Waiting for the White

Artist JR at Watarium Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

One of my favorite artists, French activist JR in Tokyo - what luck!
http://www.watarium.co.jp/museumcontents.html

His 2011 TED prize talk is worth seeing if you haven't already... http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html

My friend Kim and I were able to participate in JR's Inside Out project.
http://www.insideoutproject.net/japan/0327142259


Japan Portrait Project: Tsunami Survivor Tribute
You can see the poster falling from the sky printer!!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Recent Work


Seascapes
Seascapes
Seascapes
Resort As Paradise
Resort as Paradise

Resort As Paradise


Non-Paradise Postcard
Non-Paradise Postcard

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Artists I'm looking at

Gregory Crewdson 
New documentary on this artist's work titled "Brief Encounters." I just missed a viewing here in in Honolulu in January. I can't wait to check this out on DVD. Watch the trailer here: http://www.gregorycrewdsonmovie.com

"Acclaimed photographer Gregory Crewdon's 10-year quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of small-town American life - filmed with unprecendented access as he makes perfect renderings of a disturbing, imperfect world."



Charlie White
Check out this interesting article on White's work: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/white_pr.html

"Charlie White doesn't take photographs. He constructs them. Like a Hollywood director, he orchestrates scenes, commissions sets, hires actors, and employs a visual effects team."



Ashley Bickerton
Article: Surfing Sin City with Ashley Bickerton
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kisa-lala/surfing-sin-city-with-ash_b_895003.html

"In this new world, the white man's vision of romantic primitivism is taken for a spin by the dragon-lady's daughter. There's no victim or seducer in this tango. The garlanded belles belie their dark junkie sides. Bickerton parodies the tropes of island-exotica..."




Friday, March 8, 2013

LIGHT Exhibition at Pauahi Tower

I'm looking forward to participating in this exhibition. Four images from my Seascapes series will be showcased.  It opens tonight, 4:30-6:30pm. See you there!


NY Lyric Postcard Project & The 1000 Journals Project

A friend recently sent me a link to the NY Lyric Project: http://nylyricproject.tumblr.com.  It's an interesting idea where a fan submits a lyric to the artist and an old (or new?) postcard is sent back to the fan with the lyrics hand-written on. Although I am moving away from working with postcards specifically, I appreciate how others are collaborating with strangers and using the postcard itself as a platform for exchange.

This also reminds me of San Fransisco based artist "someguy's" The 1000 Journals Project: http://www.1000journals.com/

"The 1000 Journals Project is an ongoing collaborative experiment attempting to follow 1000 journals throughout their travels. The goal is to provide a method for interaction and shared creativity among friends and strangers."

If interested, there's a documentary on this project, here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klnFtLGrKWU