Trip2Philly- Pics
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avadTravelled by Chinatown Bus to get to Philly for the opening of my show at Pentimenti Gallery.
'Virtual Migration' is on view in the project room- go check it out if you're nearby!
Show dates are Feb1-Mar3, 2007.
Brent and I walked around Philly- it was freezing cold and raining a lot...but still so nice to get a change of scenery...
I like this place- Used bookshops and galleries and artworkshops and mosaic madness ohmY:).
Wish we had more time..so much more to see/do.
I fell in love the first day with the sweeeeetest lil elephant in the window of the soon-to-be-opened
Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia on Cherry Street.
He breathes!! There is a speaker nearby with the sound, and he inflates and deflates a little bit as you watch!
soooo sweeeet. Can i keep him, huh, can I???
this is my favorite angle of my sweet pinky the elephant...
just lookit the cuteness would you...
in retrospect I wish I wasn't in the pic, sorry..
but we just got in by bus and were in that
'We were Here touristmood'..;)
"The Fabric Workshop and Museum is the only museum in the United States creating and
exhibiting new work in fabric and experimental materials in collaboration
with emerging and established international artists."
Kinda gets you inspired and excited doesn't it...?:)
and now (tum tahdaDAH....)
Opening Reception at Pentimenti Gallery Feb 1-March 3, 2007
There was a pretty good crowd.
Philly has a 'First Fridays' event when all the galleries
schedule their receptions and people walk from one to another...
I know it's super blurry...
but it's the only one we took of the installation..ah well.
I was really happy with the display.
Christine did a great job hanging and lighting the works.
you can see better pics of the actual works in the Sparkleworld and Gameland sets.
I also had a couple of 'GrowthMappings' on the opposite wall
and a long 'Kayla's Community' piece.
crowd in the project room.
Artist Don Simon talking about his works-
intricate colored pencil pieces dealing with the environment,
endangered species, nature and technology.
We had a good conversation about this later.
statement:
"Throughout history, particularly since the beginning of
the Industrial Revolution, mankind has been less than kind
to theircohabitants on the planet. We build, produce and consume
with little or no regard to the impact it has on the environment.
It is the nature of nature to adapt and evolve in order to survive,
and we are forcing other species to deal with compromised, damaged
or destroyed ecosystems. This series of triptychs depicts scenes
resulting from our tragic indifference. They are depicted in a beautiful
and natural way. highlighting the idea that we find this acceptable.
We are numb to the damage - and so, the unnatural becomes natural to us.
This may be the saddest commentary of all."
Artist Nancy Blum (back to the camera) talking to people about her work.
you-know-who feeling a bit shy...while people look at her/my work.
Pouring rain...no umbrellas and we're soaked through from walking all over Philly...
finally ducked into this cozy place with a window seat to dry off with
personal pizzas and a glass of wine.
B practices principles of ninja flight in the coolest stairways I've seen.
This is a Clay workshop/Studio building and all maybe 4 flights of
the halls are completely mosaic.!
Message board of the Clay studio/workshop building in Philadelphia.
I was still going nuts about all the crazy mosaic walls throughout.
Other highlights were espressos and long browses in used bookstores...
In Big Jar Books, I picked up a second copy of The Lives of a Cell (Lewis THomas), a copy of The Firmament of Time by my other favorite author, Loren Eiseley, and a nice copy of Godel, Escher and Bach by Douglas Hofstadter which I'd started to carry and read and then LOST on the bus back (waaaaahhh!!). (I'd fallen asleep and I guess it dropped under the seat or something..but groggy me did not remember it on leaving the bus).dangit.
browsing in a huge Chinese gift shop. Im quite in love with this instrument and those like it. It's how I like to hold and pluck guitars...feels natural somehow.
Gallery Coop with Architecture student winning projects on display...mmm architetural models...:)
Thick lil Turkish coffees in a hookah gyro place, (Aromatic: House of Kabob).
Hobby shop quickbrowse.
A drink at National Mechanics (too college-y but very interesting lamp sculptures)
running across town to catch the bus back to NYC. (pantpant).
'Virtual Migration' is on view in the project room- go check it out if you're nearby!
Show dates are Feb1-Mar3, 2007.
Brent and I walked around Philly- it was freezing cold and raining a lot...but still so nice to get a change of scenery...
I like this place- Used bookshops and galleries and artworkshops and mosaic madness ohmY:).
Wish we had more time..so much more to see/do.
I fell in love the first day with the sweeeeetest lil elephant in the window of the soon-to-be-opened
Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia on Cherry Street.
He breathes!! There is a speaker nearby with the sound, and he inflates and deflates a little bit as you watch!
soooo sweeeet. Can i keep him, huh, can I???
this is my favorite angle of my sweet pinky the elephant...
just lookit the cuteness would you...
in retrospect I wish I wasn't in the pic, sorry..
but we just got in by bus and were in that
'We were Here touristmood'..;)
"The Fabric Workshop and Museum is the only museum in the United States creating and
exhibiting new work in fabric and experimental materials in collaboration
with emerging and established international artists."
Kinda gets you inspired and excited doesn't it...?:)
and now (tum tahdaDAH....)
Opening Reception at Pentimenti Gallery Feb 1-March 3, 2007
There was a pretty good crowd.
Philly has a 'First Fridays' event when all the galleries
schedule their receptions and people walk from one to another...
I know it's super blurry...
but it's the only one we took of the installation..ah well.
I was really happy with the display.
Christine did a great job hanging and lighting the works.
you can see better pics of the actual works in the Sparkleworld and Gameland sets.
I also had a couple of 'GrowthMappings' on the opposite wall
and a long 'Kayla's Community' piece.
crowd in the project room.
Artist Don Simon talking about his works-
intricate colored pencil pieces dealing with the environment,
endangered species, nature and technology.
We had a good conversation about this later.
statement:
"Throughout history, particularly since the beginning of
the Industrial Revolution, mankind has been less than kind
to theircohabitants on the planet. We build, produce and consume
with little or no regard to the impact it has on the environment.
It is the nature of nature to adapt and evolve in order to survive,
and we are forcing other species to deal with compromised, damaged
or destroyed ecosystems. This series of triptychs depicts scenes
resulting from our tragic indifference. They are depicted in a beautiful
and natural way. highlighting the idea that we find this acceptable.
We are numb to the damage - and so, the unnatural becomes natural to us.
This may be the saddest commentary of all."
Artist Nancy Blum (back to the camera) talking to people about her work.
you-know-who feeling a bit shy...while people look at her/my work.
Pouring rain...no umbrellas and we're soaked through from walking all over Philly...
finally ducked into this cozy place with a window seat to dry off with
personal pizzas and a glass of wine.
B practices principles of ninja flight in the coolest stairways I've seen.
This is a Clay workshop/Studio building and all maybe 4 flights of
the halls are completely mosaic.!
Message board of the Clay studio/workshop building in Philadelphia.
I was still going nuts about all the crazy mosaic walls throughout.
Other highlights were espressos and long browses in used bookstores...
In Big Jar Books, I picked up a second copy of The Lives of a Cell (Lewis THomas), a copy of The Firmament of Time by my other favorite author, Loren Eiseley, and a nice copy of Godel, Escher and Bach by Douglas Hofstadter which I'd started to carry and read and then LOST on the bus back (waaaaahhh!!). (I'd fallen asleep and I guess it dropped under the seat or something..but groggy me did not remember it on leaving the bus).dangit.
browsing in a huge Chinese gift shop. Im quite in love with this instrument and those like it. It's how I like to hold and pluck guitars...feels natural somehow.
Gallery Coop with Architecture student winning projects on display...mmm architetural models...:)
Thick lil Turkish coffees in a hookah gyro place, (Aromatic: House of Kabob).
Hobby shop quickbrowse.
A drink at National Mechanics (too college-y but very interesting lamp sculptures)
running across town to catch the bus back to NYC. (pantpant).
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Date: 2007-02-05 06:47 am (UTC)If you couldnt tell I am a philly resident :D
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Date: 2007-02-05 06:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-05 07:57 am (UTC)you should have set him free... :(
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Date: 2007-02-05 01:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-06 02:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-06 02:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-06 03:47 am (UTC)I went to the one near penn station and the one in flushing both had ladies playing it
http://www.kumgangsan.net/
though it's korean version, it's the same thing chinese, japanese, korean they all play it.
you should look into the pipa too I think you would like that one it's a chinese plucking guitar.
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Date: 2007-02-07 05:42 am (UTC)but the pipa is not horizontal....main thing I'm drawn to is the table/lap position of the Gu Zheng...
this video was fun: joey ho (http://youtube.com/watch?v=2BuOLZg21VQ)
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Date: 2007-02-08 06:09 am (UTC)I remembered this scene from a few years back. these hit man have this huge gu zheng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ElVwZ_Mww
the movie is hilarious.
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Date: 2007-02-08 06:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-07 06:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-08 05:59 am (UTC)But the music is so 1990 digital music. HAHA
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Date: 2007-02-08 06:56 am (UTC)