Artists: Noora Aslalmam, David Damico, Chad Erpelding, Luisa Hernandez, Zack Zwicky
The Spatial Poetry installations are different responses to Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Space .
Memories by Noora Aslalmam An ordinary moment that becomes so much more… Often I reminisce on the many days spent as a child frolicking in my grandmother’s backyard. One memory in particular seems to be engraved in my mind. I clearly recall standing in utter awe as millions of tiny flowers fluttered to the ground, transforming my world. Spring was extraordinarily hot every year, but to my youthful eyes, the pear blossoms covering the green grass became snowflakes. To a child, the simplest gesture may seem so grand and a seasonal change so magical. ||| Recollection is an installation piece referencing this particular childhood memory and its symbolism.
Abandoned by David Damico. An abandoned space is often overlooked. The space may be vacated or abandoned, void of substance but perhaps a trace of its former inhabitants linger. Look around. What do you see? A window, the remains of life? Suddenly, sunlight filters in, illuminating the surroundings, evidence of time and things past. The light bears witness to its volume but not its former inhabitants. The installation entitled “abandoned” reflects the absence of inhabitants and the passage of time within the space. Life that was once present is now absent, the transformation
The towns in which I've slept by Chad Erpelding. “The Towns In Which I’ve Slept” is literally just that – the names of the towns in which I’ve slept. This piece weaves together a microcosmic view of globalization by exploring my own personal activities. The towns are arranged experientially instead of geographically, with areas placed together through memory rather than location. The size of the blocks and letters is dependent on how much time I spent there rather than the size of the city. The largest blocks are the towns in which I’ve lived while the smallest blocks are the towns in which I’ve spent less than three nights. Through using a map-like format, “The Towns in Which I’ve Slept” references the physical world while emphasizing the subjective relationships attached to these areas. This personalized view draws attention to the relative ease of travel and its effects on our perceptions of place.
Sensorium by Luisa Hernandez. There’s a space between us, a small and almost non-existent space between us. But all I know is that the entire universe would fit in it, because that’s how we started to be, and that’s how we won’t be anymore. I’ve traveled through your hair, I know how it feels in your pores, it is where I breathe. I’m dust, and dust is there. I’m reaching air. Air is something and there is something between the earth and the air and the air and your skin and in your skin underneath your nails and your nails between your fingers and between your fingers there is a minuscule space, and that is me.
Distraction by Zack Zwicky. In this world of sensory overload, it is easy to become distracted, to mentally wander, triggered by various external influences. We become disengaged from the moment. Perhaps a familiar smell, place or thought temporarily transports us into another realm. We lose our ability to learn from our surroundings, react appropriately to encompassing stimuli, or simply be in the moment. This lack of focus may be dangerous, as in the moments we forget the drive to work in the morning or miss an important conversation. Distraction has its positive side, daydreaming can be a stimuli for creative thinking. Problems are solved, ideas are hatched, when we allow our natural distractions to take form.
Colors1 September 8, 2007 opening 7-9:30 PM. Big Space
CSAW welcomes graffiti and tattoo artist Colors1, Eric Del Rio. Professionally tattooing since 1999, Erik's artistic background lies in graffitti. Erik's tattooing career began by chance. He was spray painting a local tattoo shop when the owner asked him if he wanted to learn to tattoo and the rest is history. These days, Erik likes to do anything that he can incorporate his own personal style into.
