tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32803491789643566732024-03-05T14:32:20.513-08:00BoxoBLOGBernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-1449682999000859232022-04-09T17:09:00.000-07:002022-04-09T17:09:02.042-07:00Cohabitation<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Several years ago, past resident <a href="http://boxoblog.blogspot.com/2017/04/frequency-hopping.html" target="_blank">Amanda Beech</a> introduced me to <a href="http://www.jinnyyu.com/" target="_blank">Jinny Yu</a>, an artist living between Ottawa and Berlin who has done several projects looking at the legacy of colonialism through the lens of Canada. Jinny does deep research into the history of land, land transfers and related politics and has created abstract paintings on glass that form part of her thought provoking installations. This series of work is titled <i>Perpetual Guest, </i>an iteration of which was exhibited at the <a href="http://www.jinnyyu.com/Projects/perpetual-guest.html" target="_blank">Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art in Montreal</a>. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiCHxmJSf3G1BeRDCZ0i-iqBQP0IhtOG0HfDq3ghvcoYmUQh_uoi6MkKXrAJb_AV8AxsmSKCWu656a_5tl4LzN-ElHezrbvhpwEznUzF6a1SQNmxKIg3cfee-vsyhwUwumVbnUOIBmg724i2CRB8u4FioXYOhACVJz_1m9LN8YvaOjVsEb03vurgwCQ/s1759/IMG_2608.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1759" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiCHxmJSf3G1BeRDCZ0i-iqBQP0IhtOG0HfDq3ghvcoYmUQh_uoi6MkKXrAJb_AV8AxsmSKCWu656a_5tl4LzN-ElHezrbvhpwEznUzF6a1SQNmxKIg3cfee-vsyhwUwumVbnUOIBmg724i2CRB8u4FioXYOhACVJz_1m9LN8YvaOjVsEb03vurgwCQ/s320/IMG_2608.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Jinny proposed coming to Joshua Tree to research the settlement of the area by non-indigenous peoples and the creation of the National Park. As we are interested in artists telling the less heard stories of the area, we were enthusiastic to have Jinny here. Jinny was able to secure a Canada Arts Council grant for the project and we were all set. Then the border closed. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gY-z0zxp1yjoK7sYhiWhivUL1FfohBOW51JGGstWRSanqf9WATy7wDrG1F0knO6D5A0H0_4Cu_3FX6mns-kZtAQEgrUnZ7uHYicNdGM6SFt4TC6oXwcrqaY8Hyf_HUdjfBad63GnwrWwzvgm9xApfpogC9iuj5rmvidWpDJBKarGnPceeYDcg0L76A/s4032/IMG_2610.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gY-z0zxp1yjoK7sYhiWhivUL1FfohBOW51JGGstWRSanqf9WATy7wDrG1F0knO6D5A0H0_4Cu_3FX6mns-kZtAQEgrUnZ7uHYicNdGM6SFt4TC6oXwcrqaY8Hyf_HUdjfBad63GnwrWwzvgm9xApfpogC9iuj5rmvidWpDJBKarGnPceeYDcg0L76A/s320/IMG_2610.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After an almost two year delay, Jinny came to Joshua Tree in January, 2022. She digested</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> a lot of information online and through books. She was also to connect with Sara Bliss of the Twentynine Palm Band of Mission Indians and also traveled to the Morongo Reservation where she made some contacts and was able to follow up while here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What emerged was that Jinny was less involved in the idea of documenting the past and more interested in presenting ideas for how </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">and Indigenous and </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">non-Inidgenous peoples might live side by side in some form of balance. Settlers in the Basin are </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">unlikely</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> to leave and return the land to Indigenous people so how do we find some form of equitable being?</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgei-nJKOP9Tf-czUwif2oxx-GbdQd0AxllcZtin7ciGsXcO_Z4ZRk5BbJVBNnkv528w1ldv2aMMXcWe9mgOHtT_mHDLEavzPVS73FDC5Xy6RsyCkUD9v83xcU-DMgrcvgYyr4xbpiqtf80VEiG7HAibyjK6PbHUqmF8eS2EGhDSZeJqbzai02nV-lS7w/s4032/IMG_2611.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgei-nJKOP9Tf-czUwif2oxx-GbdQd0AxllcZtin7ciGsXcO_Z4ZRk5BbJVBNnkv528w1ldv2aMMXcWe9mgOHtT_mHDLEavzPVS73FDC5Xy6RsyCkUD9v83xcU-DMgrcvgYyr4xbpiqtf80VEiG7HAibyjK6PbHUqmF8eS2EGhDSZeJqbzai02nV-lS7w/s320/IMG_2611.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuDfmLwII9ruwSJbW6ntHOI5gbgD6zrbTZxxkH_yKKER7ZDNw10Oyfn6-1SgJ5MbgPkJbpydnn3AL7Z1dfQdF72GQsZlSiCDk-zm0g9wEYePxIQjZw_8NgNkrpBKriK0NSQKuzBDK2MU35nVyZZLL-L4EYXnSSIa8QhJ0JBwQqBcK77iVAUcCOJVIRw/s4032/IMG_1026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuDfmLwII9ruwSJbW6ntHOI5gbgD6zrbTZxxkH_yKKER7ZDNw10Oyfn6-1SgJ5MbgPkJbpydnn3AL7Z1dfQdF72GQsZlSiCDk-zm0g9wEYePxIQjZw_8NgNkrpBKriK0NSQKuzBDK2MU35nVyZZLL-L4EYXnSSIa8QhJ0JBwQqBcK77iVAUcCOJVIRw/s320/IMG_1026.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Before leaving, Jinny gave an artist talk that reviewed her past work and introduced these questions. A lively discussion ensued. You can see the talk <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roUU1b_TFTM" target="_blank">here</a>. We are very grateful to Jinny for bringing her perspective to the region and look forward to her return to create a locally inspired installation that reflects the themes she is exploring. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-46751726025025328912021-12-21T17:26:00.001-08:002021-12-21T17:26:04.624-08:00Tree of Life<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While organizing the Joshua Treenial in 2019, I got a call from Joe Baker at the Palos Verdes Art Center to say that they had an artist from Mexico who had just closed an exhibition at the center and that her work would be perfect for the Treenial. JT2019's theme was Paradise Parallax and the works were wonderful small oil paintings of naked figures seemingly being expelled from Eden along with other mythological themes. The center offered to transport the work, install it and sponsor the artist - it was a perfect match.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBrC098DlN_s9xIASOYCkX4j_tkdCSr-b4CZPUJSz9EnpxzdoX4n3H8BYFEi3A1MkhrmDazBJd3Ji99mnujln-TIbQoYHPg1-qnx8k9Qgxq4NiofhA7hYGXAn_9lj_TfYNs7HBmy8TWc6PdZo-4PqYQNXqI1gnDz7XE68kuiyIkHm5VvU2toEmmvkOLA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBrC098DlN_s9xIASOYCkX4j_tkdCSr-b4CZPUJSz9EnpxzdoX4n3H8BYFEi3A1MkhrmDazBJd3Ji99mnujln-TIbQoYHPg1-qnx8k9Qgxq4NiofhA7hYGXAn_9lj_TfYNs7HBmy8TWc6PdZo-4PqYQNXqI1gnDz7XE68kuiyIkHm5VvU2toEmmvkOLA=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvc3GA35W_aETxGqvvRQvyjX7QvK0uMrzeYTsFcBsM5N_VS2JHtFmUoqtcsO9q0I_6AG5xhIrMoEQB18bb3bgiLhzAHuRUyJTCrdCF4Gm_Tk3z6axNFgAkdAnmk9es_UcZO0eE18R-eoc0Y5RhTI0fbqRgU-9rQPrJC6R1yG_dZBO0nQlQCw7bcv1PjQ=s3404" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="3404" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvc3GA35W_aETxGqvvRQvyjX7QvK0uMrzeYTsFcBsM5N_VS2JHtFmUoqtcsO9q0I_6AG5xhIrMoEQB18bb3bgiLhzAHuRUyJTCrdCF4Gm_Tk3z6axNFgAkdAnmk9es_UcZO0eE18R-eoc0Y5RhTI0fbqRgU-9rQPrJC6R1yG_dZBO0nQlQCw7bcv1PjQ=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With the work installed, I finally got to meet the artist - <a href="https://www.palomamenendez.com/">Paloma Menéndez</a> - and she was really delightful to have as part of the Treenial community. Her imaginative treatment of landscape and the human presence were inspiring so it was easy for us to offer her a residency when she enquired about one. Paloma proposed looking at all of the life forms that rely on the Joshua tree and treating this desert icon as an analogy to the Tree of Life or the Mexican Arbol de la Vida. She received funding from Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales (<a href="https://fonca.cultura.gob.mx/sacpc/">Fonca</a>) and we set a date. Which twice owing to the pandemic.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicHDsU9mmRNowiwJhMoYPx_FgJQZwEwoaXthBSlQ6ifxPNlN0C7zBh2rVcagJo-tjwbmyqIeG5AZquM5BxW4Gb4QIchdVv4mZNgmbIVeBDtTi8AnP1F0bTlyIH09BUMdYaB6Sq-_sQBxaY0Ghx_GupKHdXpRUNpU7K7qZn6u50Ypr8A_b-k1viL9zoQw=s16350" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3824" data-original-width="16350" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicHDsU9mmRNowiwJhMoYPx_FgJQZwEwoaXthBSlQ6ifxPNlN0C7zBh2rVcagJo-tjwbmyqIeG5AZquM5BxW4Gb4QIchdVv4mZNgmbIVeBDtTi8AnP1F0bTlyIH09BUMdYaB6Sq-_sQBxaY0Ghx_GupKHdXpRUNpU7K7qZn6u50Ypr8A_b-k1viL9zoQw=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixQWAPwuu10idTPjRGSFb-RrKQ4Qss5frEumDbWHgJiDuqxux8cRh2ksOwaWXGpJ33hAXcuTPaF2OW46n_AJVuI4pWFRRx0RWYAgvAoeOVSWLfRz-WEbM7fV6me40I79O14l5iWq8fxVyVIBwMsJQ6puK1WvFpi_M-yiPK-BLaeyoooeOu6PDUwjMJ7w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixQWAPwuu10idTPjRGSFb-RrKQ4Qss5frEumDbWHgJiDuqxux8cRh2ksOwaWXGpJ33hAXcuTPaF2OW46n_AJVuI4pWFRRx0RWYAgvAoeOVSWLfRz-WEbM7fV6me40I79O14l5iWq8fxVyVIBwMsJQ6puK1WvFpi_M-yiPK-BLaeyoooeOu6PDUwjMJ7w=s320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNwW95AiFgjPs5hLHUbgGbTVV3zAx-Zds7RpvBCakoelynAmEIdlkdp-zRfniQ25E2NrWARoZbnUt1qlvJys2t9eCnrl9ArCVIqer9FFF4QfVwpVWj1L3tG2tSYhZJP96rwQPajy1oPDOZ9f6YqA9tGOUl9E5cFEwrHC-5M4cXpo_VHofp43l5spwyXg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNwW95AiFgjPs5hLHUbgGbTVV3zAx-Zds7RpvBCakoelynAmEIdlkdp-zRfniQ25E2NrWARoZbnUt1qlvJys2t9eCnrl9ArCVIqer9FFF4QfVwpVWj1L3tG2tSYhZJP96rwQPajy1oPDOZ9f6YqA9tGOUl9E5cFEwrHC-5M4cXpo_VHofp43l5spwyXg=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCrZqYzgfktDah_3GdPaIV6WOfNFs2ghIbPp7-ZTR7Ln9ofpI7ppFkT3gKzUn1oFtvnJW2nok0ZI0NXoWkd92ipy3CEj0bbcqJBWuqASN1mNOe9WlaqIonlm7-PTUQHWhePbCWdBt8sBKL5a6xxxNFzVBANOtKUbbeCDFTnvKQ6GzpQdtRV4otJOPkxQ=s3135" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3135" data-original-width="2671" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCrZqYzgfktDah_3GdPaIV6WOfNFs2ghIbPp7-ZTR7Ln9ofpI7ppFkT3gKzUn1oFtvnJW2nok0ZI0NXoWkd92ipy3CEj0bbcqJBWuqASN1mNOe9WlaqIonlm7-PTUQHWhePbCWdBt8sBKL5a6xxxNFzVBANOtKUbbeCDFTnvKQ6GzpQdtRV4otJOPkxQ=s320" width="273" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paloma was finally able to travel in mid-November, 2021 and got to work immediately upon arrival. She was experimenting with a new support for the paintings, Duralar, and with some new mediums for moving the oils around. I was able to arrange a field trip into the park with Mark Wheeler, a local biology and botany enthusiast / expert and past president of the local national park association in order for Paloma to get even closer to the subjects of her work. She left a for what she thought would be a few hours before lunch and returned just before sunset, elated and exhausted.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC40Gcqo9UhSpxSTUgnotHyFhsjfLnDe8dO8FBrGI2W1VI9m7ddNGuogQn6BSuOcsqljMR59qBEiXIsfhCyLUahvZG9UbNIsJuRMOWfUI028b73ub8M0DEjzT9abjm9XwOK6V0v8FsgZyiPVO7qN8MtaS0qLEa7mvb35ZznW2PvYElwx2dbqS7tnu63w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC40Gcqo9UhSpxSTUgnotHyFhsjfLnDe8dO8FBrGI2W1VI9m7ddNGuogQn6BSuOcsqljMR59qBEiXIsfhCyLUahvZG9UbNIsJuRMOWfUI028b73ub8M0DEjzT9abjm9XwOK6V0v8FsgZyiPVO7qN8MtaS0qLEa7mvb35ZznW2PvYElwx2dbqS7tnu63w=s320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl16zQWIFkX9nBe9C1CjFpi2KOPJM5YPFJV5wHCVN-zu2iIou58Uh7kO9D42ud5jFjr07ICluRprHxGF9_UrpnoSvPQ3JcuGiNNE2vN2jv7O0E9BJMCWHOmLzz6d5zqzWLKso-Vgz11hzrysYvpxeav3GgjyNuxzVI71EH58sntkj-HvUg8dtKEa1OdQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl16zQWIFkX9nBe9C1CjFpi2KOPJM5YPFJV5wHCVN-zu2iIou58Uh7kO9D42ud5jFjr07ICluRprHxGF9_UrpnoSvPQ3JcuGiNNE2vN2jv7O0E9BJMCWHOmLzz6d5zqzWLKso-Vgz11hzrysYvpxeav3GgjyNuxzVI71EH58sntkj-HvUg8dtKEa1OdQ=s320" width="240" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi60mHVNWtrJhfoqmoHsbmmE78_99dwYrT90n1sBNCfXeKyVz4V6Vyf-YLYKAmS-OJ1tDGfc_kyxXQz-k182VmkW8j_4nehtVje9a8T8ncDvfu2SvrLDxwulcieG1Y2DUxEvYa0YC5HohAtKBooBsB0RPfUaKDH326CIrTlLupY3ldHoFaw3tg2gedrnQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi60mHVNWtrJhfoqmoHsbmmE78_99dwYrT90n1sBNCfXeKyVz4V6Vyf-YLYKAmS-OJ1tDGfc_kyxXQz-k182VmkW8j_4nehtVje9a8T8ncDvfu2SvrLDxwulcieG1Y2DUxEvYa0YC5HohAtKBooBsB0RPfUaKDH326CIrTlLupY3ldHoFaw3tg2gedrnQ=s320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_28HWDepDbBzobtYdMFyKueNdiMd1DrrvHdPDdHCKq-Skd4rWQLvVPtmBVkyPMzO6A38MJ9_t_6fTJKI8wA2oiEFRR4uf8-L-KHajQHfSudUFULkkdvfJInml_Hx_N32HrznWsoBu4uMZwBjiIrzA-w8uzfMopbuDpOHdqDN93iwg9VBwzRsuipxe9g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_28HWDepDbBzobtYdMFyKueNdiMd1DrrvHdPDdHCKq-Skd4rWQLvVPtmBVkyPMzO6A38MJ9_t_6fTJKI8wA2oiEFRR4uf8-L-KHajQHfSudUFULkkdvfJInml_Hx_N32HrznWsoBu4uMZwBjiIrzA-w8uzfMopbuDpOHdqDN93iwg9VBwzRsuipxe9g=s320" width="240" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCqtnuz9-2TYraEQW2O29SQUNg8Seozg_4sa_QZ9e8MGPFvbBLTdrzfoibWEBih3zthcQ4uqwe0jeB0kmHrCQMrTtPMeTWnFpnHqsRvQapoj3EhpEV_fuTozqtmS55K7xJ4Z4VCFUo-ANLtuj8jqZVka52IfNp6qu6IyrM_4bGiXvv_c8oSux_t76ClQ=s2792" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2553" data-original-width="2792" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCqtnuz9-2TYraEQW2O29SQUNg8Seozg_4sa_QZ9e8MGPFvbBLTdrzfoibWEBih3zthcQ4uqwe0jeB0kmHrCQMrTtPMeTWnFpnHqsRvQapoj3EhpEV_fuTozqtmS55K7xJ4Z4VCFUo-ANLtuj8jqZVka52IfNp6qu6IyrM_4bGiXvv_c8oSux_t76ClQ=s320" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizxY474YtCjX0N2e8fRtWDCfoBnngkmYjMouiDHdvAi2KoUQYi0ed3pdKn1OBL-olsk5sZI2i0HXi0GJtIaUzThQC-9Gzr2nGOr0CiHz-gLR-UMPfK05ZWVrwTjBZZ5kkzROqiOpJg2PxwRMHZ8SHBhj-CseuprQEeFhX9ky3PG4LOb8cIaWsRmtnk0A=s3096" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="2665" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizxY474YtCjX0N2e8fRtWDCfoBnngkmYjMouiDHdvAi2KoUQYi0ed3pdKn1OBL-olsk5sZI2i0HXi0GJtIaUzThQC-9Gzr2nGOr0CiHz-gLR-UMPfK05ZWVrwTjBZZ5kkzROqiOpJg2PxwRMHZ8SHBhj-CseuprQEeFhX9ky3PG4LOb8cIaWsRmtnk0A=s320" width="275" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The artists intensive studio schedule paid off with a wonderful open studio exhibition of paintings, drawings and a wall of informational inputs. The event was well attended and several artworks found new homes that day. Many thanks to Paloma for her great energy and wonderful artwork. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-60039563439883823322021-12-20T19:10:00.000-08:002021-12-20T19:10:03.396-08:00Contradictions<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> In early 2020, I got an intriguing invitation from <a href="https://barbaragothard.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Gothard</a>, a Palm Springs-based artist I had met several times at various art events. Barbara wanted to meet to discuss an idea. When we got together, it emerged that Barbara had come across the story of a group of African American homesteaders who had come to the Mojave Desert in 1910. She wanted to tell their story through an art installation and wondered if we would host the project at Boxo. It was a quick and simple yes.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5qEqHujezbwDf1YrDCEIs02Jvgb2p64ZY5OHyoZ3c1yuXygRLpHNYSdwZwF4ZQFd-a_4hgNbtb9I9flMJ0ga1HkXXuw2VX3_IQa7Vr7lIgeBums3W4l6Gf79GLfl8xuzBdbt2xxymjFWtt0pCEQD2xM48CnbVQJEotd994wl8gBD-iRCbCmZZMJ39kA=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1000" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5qEqHujezbwDf1YrDCEIs02Jvgb2p64ZY5OHyoZ3c1yuXygRLpHNYSdwZwF4ZQFd-a_4hgNbtb9I9flMJ0ga1HkXXuw2VX3_IQa7Vr7lIgeBums3W4l6Gf79GLfl8xuzBdbt2xxymjFWtt0pCEQD2xM48CnbVQJEotd994wl8gBD-iRCbCmZZMJ39kA=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In short order, we strategized and decided to apply for both CalHumanities and California Arts Council funding. Barbara did extensive writing which we supported and augmented with budgeting and admin details. The CalHumanities funding would be for a speaking program related to the project through which Barbara could spread the word. The CAC grant would cover the creation of the installation itself and a related catalog.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI2TfQhSy9C023euB72SyzvgHRe4X0BEdGwZvgI_hFbNI9YavPpBJaQN0l-wZC6bPcqK-LKZEbeQCy-T_jpeN-L2xuvriZHxj5Ms8mM8NnN5teBtCq6_HM_D3JFrJg8vH5Cz-4jJ8RfpwIZoWbjwIxgo0zD7bAW_EdW9V7aJcw-X5-cT1F4bi2loDdbQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI2TfQhSy9C023euB72SyzvgHRe4X0BEdGwZvgI_hFbNI9YavPpBJaQN0l-wZC6bPcqK-LKZEbeQCy-T_jpeN-L2xuvriZHxj5Ms8mM8NnN5teBtCq6_HM_D3JFrJg8vH5Cz-4jJ8RfpwIZoWbjwIxgo0zD7bAW_EdW9V7aJcw-X5-cT1F4bi2loDdbQ=s320" width="240" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Barbara also started an intensive research period into the stories of the 23 settler families that began in early 2020 and continued up and through her residency in November, 2021. She titled her project <i>Contradictions - Bringing the Past Forward</i>. With word that she had received the CalHumanities funding coming first, Barbara set up a series of speaking engagements with a group of regional organizations including the Desert Institute / 29 Palms Historical Society, Copper Mountain College, and the James O Jessie Desert Unity Center amongst others. She also contacted the San Bernardino County Museum which agreed to host the installation post the residency as well as to hold several speaking programs. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5SIkB3kVv3yyTMFYlyBOCpu_VeKoP7v3kHG5tPSc8BPc1tKWISVMQtXJQhgOWzlNWpD6cJ6a7uAb4Q3FqrcG2ra2qLubLX70yFcH3gN-K_LLEUGUK-BP3msyyIXKbSSCpCT6JltA4iLLi8TOFQ8g13z4Xhh15k3imxBS33xdY0bteJk6iF-hK0hTpIg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5SIkB3kVv3yyTMFYlyBOCpu_VeKoP7v3kHG5tPSc8BPc1tKWISVMQtXJQhgOWzlNWpD6cJ6a7uAb4Q3FqrcG2ra2qLubLX70yFcH3gN-K_LLEUGUK-BP3msyyIXKbSSCpCT6JltA4iLLi8TOFQ8g13z4Xhh15k3imxBS33xdY0bteJk6iF-hK0hTpIg=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3algmCdNLbtN7ORiFLiuuSIXB4KU050vKGy8l29nV40WHtcmkglyRlvvK16VRHej0SR4LImVZ1s_fXPtTsf6IkF4Lp1OcMtPoXqpJhCstfjirkYlR0xLbeYosaiSFqHUxVRbgjO_tZeiJTgd46vS2JFzYaPjpifdTCxsFs9LC5KREIWgqomaP-ePqRQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3algmCdNLbtN7ORiFLiuuSIXB4KU050vKGy8l29nV40WHtcmkglyRlvvK16VRHej0SR4LImVZ1s_fXPtTsf6IkF4Lp1OcMtPoXqpJhCstfjirkYlR0xLbeYosaiSFqHUxVRbgjO_tZeiJTgd46vS2JFzYaPjpifdTCxsFs9LC5KREIWgqomaP-ePqRQ=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Once we had word of the CAC funding coming through, final dates for the residency could be set to coincide with the grant activity period. Barbara launched the speaking program in early October, 2021 and the residency took place in November, 2021. Barbara was also profiled by a local podcast regarding desert women and we both were interviewed by the local radio station Z107.7. Everywhere that Barbara went, her project inspired a lot of curiosity and conversation. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTUHuYH3BQ0z3l5J7KTsMUlvdR9KMemI0kRL6O0VJhzenYyi3EPC2SzXN5X2S0q4DlTH8LBK5sJU8mtZusA3yEq-0ubFLu_lHZb9JeuxCQki6hwUUeeBeMK0_nrFh8TAOpkgv8uywvyiChLGhptWCEFs9ub7uDQULjy1oUQFFszqbMQoPloZLtIyQ_Zw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTUHuYH3BQ0z3l5J7KTsMUlvdR9KMemI0kRL6O0VJhzenYyi3EPC2SzXN5X2S0q4DlTH8LBK5sJU8mtZusA3yEq-0ubFLu_lHZb9JeuxCQki6hwUUeeBeMK0_nrFh8TAOpkgv8uywvyiChLGhptWCEFs9ub7uDQULjy1oUQFFszqbMQoPloZLtIyQ_Zw=s320" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9EL7o7gCIjOqTnMxKr6UYmLJgQAjCbi5YyVWxAjVrkyemxBXxA4kRAjbmm4wUVOXC63DO5ByDiTl8NuqduhuJYJe8OFhKiJA42tUpZFn_0gx6Wbm0ti5b1uZxHu5LwMBAiA8ulWTuPLaSgqFHAHpSYtHn5H20NfZiwN044CdBFtdDfk57W1r4AJZfSg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9EL7o7gCIjOqTnMxKr6UYmLJgQAjCbi5YyVWxAjVrkyemxBXxA4kRAjbmm4wUVOXC63DO5ByDiTl8NuqduhuJYJe8OFhKiJA42tUpZFn_0gx6Wbm0ti5b1uZxHu5LwMBAiA8ulWTuPLaSgqFHAHpSYtHn5H20NfZiwN044CdBFtdDfk57W1r4AJZfSg=s320" width="240" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Barbara decided to produce 23 artworks, one for each of the settler / families. She created the works using Procreate on her ipad and had them printed on raw linen. During her residency, she had studio visits by the DesertX curatorial team as well as some people on cultural tours of the area.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFXCh2yyy1g4MIPNGHb2DsnH4HLH8qC_0eXG4W6NdocwCwPyUpQY2xR3FKP1Lkkqnzdi51yK223DsUCKKMEClso8yUUe-Vs8bhDf5lz9jE-GbUAX2Eeqaii3IQQWT1q7kbSNiBDwL4sf-kEZN_7IdtMFQwAHRZwawHwVkK2G3LPJYX_1KhUGEjV_2fiA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFXCh2yyy1g4MIPNGHb2DsnH4HLH8qC_0eXG4W6NdocwCwPyUpQY2xR3FKP1Lkkqnzdi51yK223DsUCKKMEClso8yUUe-Vs8bhDf5lz9jE-GbUAX2Eeqaii3IQQWT1q7kbSNiBDwL4sf-kEZN_7IdtMFQwAHRZwawHwVkK2G3LPJYX_1KhUGEjV_2fiA=s320" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgw9lc4-LOWthpGyqzxFJUhJ09RAlNLw2pFaVrokY2VHgCrrVrWthMkkskADnYHs7NjN96UvGxYyRBAMChX2927rqY-cFUZFpeYQhuRuMyaOfoG5hGXnlUxRJOr0Rn_TAi_sFGgdBQCdKPnzS1tWYu1qgHmhqRFhhsmCH0aX7ST32obuZluHqtlkmP8g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgw9lc4-LOWthpGyqzxFJUhJ09RAlNLw2pFaVrokY2VHgCrrVrWthMkkskADnYHs7NjN96UvGxYyRBAMChX2927rqY-cFUZFpeYQhuRuMyaOfoG5hGXnlUxRJOr0Rn_TAi_sFGgdBQCdKPnzS1tWYu1qgHmhqRFhhsmCH0aX7ST32obuZluHqtlkmP8g=s320" width="320" /></a></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi_xf8R12366ChHfuMPGbia4-CBO0AtqiTHStYsAK13eqFps9fQNC_6xG6M12kWheb-AN0ataI-5jI4-bupn2bfKR8rqO5ruUsbGIPzmEN6VvpszcidQ2diDmQWwuH6oh1ckqNYHqBQCRiHGK2XJmdpLWMSQcoHbYY-B0RAQVVYfY2q2dKmWiaNW1-9A=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi_xf8R12366ChHfuMPGbia4-CBO0AtqiTHStYsAK13eqFps9fQNC_6xG6M12kWheb-AN0ataI-5jI4-bupn2bfKR8rqO5ruUsbGIPzmEN6VvpszcidQ2diDmQWwuH6oh1ckqNYHqBQCRiHGK2XJmdpLWMSQcoHbYY-B0RAQVVYfY2q2dKmWiaNW1-9A=s320" width="240" /></a></p><br /> The <a href="https://boxoprojects.com/gothard/" target="_blank">open house</a> for the residency featured 10 of the finished artworks as well as a series of sketches and prototype that Barbara had used to get to the final work. Barbara also created a map of the homesteading area on the floor of the studio.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUCnvB4V8vSW1gtRfXibnmvYviv2bl5PpdAUuhBWF3VMNAlSs-M9dsr-tFZClvPFYjdWQNMdoz_UMP_-GqF2ZoMszf9oA0j-Fa65vdjkrOzCN0G9XgkmWIGOS-5X8rxJ5lG2mQWFYJLY0v963KJRCGpfbmkMM2CnMgCQZv2N956qSgIeOk-9g8VV7KEw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUCnvB4V8vSW1gtRfXibnmvYviv2bl5PpdAUuhBWF3VMNAlSs-M9dsr-tFZClvPFYjdWQNMdoz_UMP_-GqF2ZoMszf9oA0j-Fa65vdjkrOzCN0G9XgkmWIGOS-5X8rxJ5lG2mQWFYJLY0v963KJRCGpfbmkMM2CnMgCQZv2N956qSgIeOk-9g8VV7KEw=s320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvPRwPFO1lfH1Mqxm3weUgrYbK9WHjNGI0NFAI7dVa48jwF1DVuZPfpmOZJGIhxqpPAEFGq1Yu7DIfeW4iqChfMEmaCYmAx7_GZvfTE77HPGPwnj8bjn0Kbd9sL6loLcg8V7PmTJehhOKoa5I7SJ9ehRofHUfsKsVCRPDfEnrEP3ChPi9NPccvwMgjrw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvPRwPFO1lfH1Mqxm3weUgrYbK9WHjNGI0NFAI7dVa48jwF1DVuZPfpmOZJGIhxqpPAEFGq1Yu7DIfeW4iqChfMEmaCYmAx7_GZvfTE77HPGPwnj8bjn0Kbd9sL6loLcg8V7PmTJehhOKoa5I7SJ9ehRofHUfsKsVCRPDfEnrEP3ChPi9NPccvwMgjrw=s320" width="240" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The event was very well attended, the artist talk was broadcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5rcKZWTLVo">via zoom</a> and a healthy q&a discussion took place.</span><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie9GbVw9jY71mPLMPVPLD9cxTjiFtkzVyP-A3qrwp6EslfBmTj5ePjjg3933oTu2BP-XFJUhMvcsG_XnWSwz3QwWeKjt9MVURlKXoOwfE13uyxBq-CY6DDpHO8IYIFmh_jAxbEO_LNeK6Gpf7SBcJlEuO5LOxGm-dH0QgiRvpurHt8tMnxHFfohhJ30g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie9GbVw9jY71mPLMPVPLD9cxTjiFtkzVyP-A3qrwp6EslfBmTj5ePjjg3933oTu2BP-XFJUhMvcsG_XnWSwz3QwWeKjt9MVURlKXoOwfE13uyxBq-CY6DDpHO8IYIFmh_jAxbEO_LNeK6Gpf7SBcJlEuO5LOxGm-dH0QgiRvpurHt8tMnxHFfohhJ30g=s320" width="240" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The exhibition at the San Bernardino County Museum will open January 14, 2022 with formal events in early February and will run until April, 2022. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It has been an immense pleasure to work with Barbara on supporting this project's development and I have a learned a lot about our local social history for which I am greatly indebted to the artist.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-49545372809729672642021-12-20T18:05:00.000-08:002021-12-20T18:05:24.076-08:00In Tents<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I first met <a href="https://www.georgiamcgovern.com/" target="_blank">Georgia McGovern</a> and <a href="https://citygroup.nyc/" target="_blank">Sebastijan Jemec </a>in August 2019 through an introduction from Vanesa Zendejas at A-Z West. The pair are an artist and architect/designer who were looking for a desert home for their project <i><a href="https://boxoprojects.com/terraincognita/" target="_blank">Terra Incognita</a></i>. The project involves a series of site specific tents that rely on elements in the landscape to support the structure. The intent was to challenge people to go out into the landscape to spend time on their own, a wilding of sorts. The first of these tents was to be in Joshua Tree. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY3jm3BE1FSO4wW9THBAvzlVe9C-jeJIB97tpiuZ5NQz9uZ-FPHZTz-3MonWpeSwqaAOlW3PmgvtMNk0xwpcEezOSyzhxowRywRmt2r3jZOOf9QniU_3Qwztki-Ye1-NaRqGh9Hmw6CrEccK-bbqjS9R9Cw--Ruv3XwM1ASwcgU6rz1_gp4lxHDwdI5w=s5504" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="5504" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY3jm3BE1FSO4wW9THBAvzlVe9C-jeJIB97tpiuZ5NQz9uZ-FPHZTz-3MonWpeSwqaAOlW3PmgvtMNk0xwpcEezOSyzhxowRywRmt2r3jZOOf9QniU_3Qwztki-Ye1-NaRqGh9Hmw6CrEccK-bbqjS9R9Cw--Ruv3XwM1ASwcgU6rz1_gp4lxHDwdI5w=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I was immediately interested in the project and agreed to host Georgia and Sebastijan for series of research visits leading up the launch of their project. After the first of these trips in 2019, the pair decided on a location on BLM land in the rocks behind the Boxo residency. The site itself was akin to a cave in which the tent would be inserted - this gave it a wonderful protected sense and allowed for the rocks to serve as supports.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2n6qemYZkJEBVH6PXx0Ga34DD3YyFZ7Rbps7GlBXN72JMvvDmnWAUppnGnwhu4lpG6bqUN90r35RmY4yjNozQpAx-prVFFlZwPsmjeUzOaEsQJ6nX9PxhToLQocKR4jHD-bTXoU0Ir32kTyLe_7Nar98Vvx2x6ZcMWXhZRRIu0MJgaEKYphhtvAef7w=s5504" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="5504" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2n6qemYZkJEBVH6PXx0Ga34DD3YyFZ7Rbps7GlBXN72JMvvDmnWAUppnGnwhu4lpG6bqUN90r35RmY4yjNozQpAx-prVFFlZwPsmjeUzOaEsQJ6nX9PxhToLQocKR4jHD-bTXoU0Ir32kTyLe_7Nar98Vvx2x6ZcMWXhZRRIu0MJgaEKYphhtvAef7w=s320" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHp3ofw5QqbsdT_lu_AyQXvI6jp0hXe0ifYdx99P7V2oDQLfjweuB0eYfAthCm7gbK608NYmxQKRrIiYO4mvflfozDdp131XzZ3cW5PPZjlgIjATxLklZHcuLYDLx7MQqNpcqDXb2zoFQS1Ae_MmxJJVU21YAahA0GCMDPQM15xkDp26Y31Uw4YB-RHA=s5504" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="5504" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHp3ofw5QqbsdT_lu_AyQXvI6jp0hXe0ifYdx99P7V2oDQLfjweuB0eYfAthCm7gbK608NYmxQKRrIiYO4mvflfozDdp131XzZ3cW5PPZjlgIjATxLklZHcuLYDLx7MQqNpcqDXb2zoFQS1Ae_MmxJJVU21YAahA0GCMDPQM15xkDp26Y31Uw4YB-RHA=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The initial idea was that Boxo would host the finished tent kit as well and have people check it out for a day. Then I had a conversation with a lawyer who assured me that people hiking over the rock pile, possibly unwittingly trespassing on neighboring properties, and the possibility of injury, was just too much risk. Apologetically, I had to withdraw the possibility of keeping the tent locally ad we determined that the tent could be checked out through the mail and that the recommended hiking route would be from a conservation area to the south of the site.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq1Ury4UyFkWx2Hyzdn8ccHfnupZclG0uT0bjitzQs8TlAjaLdJdPZfjuFW1WHfQsesZMGh09VvJs8jMJXrJ4bgz_ohwFfCNGBfeOKEZT0thpltoUPAvmMubEp_jeupmHIS2gNhhfgNPtZYShU1Vi2xmI0mtcuXyOEy35Fahtqg_sqTE52bzY9KGnL1g=s5504" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq1Ury4UyFkWx2Hyzdn8ccHfnupZclG0uT0bjitzQs8TlAjaLdJdPZfjuFW1WHfQsesZMGh09VvJs8jMJXrJ4bgz_ohwFfCNGBfeOKEZT0thpltoUPAvmMubEp_jeupmHIS2gNhhfgNPtZYShU1Vi2xmI0mtcuXyOEy35Fahtqg_sqTE52bzY9KGnL1g=s320" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigQC53-IwB1zvkTBUB8Pb3TsSWWmvg3bzUW0Q-Sr7k9eU_oZ7_7VpMiy4YEdrskjaGmeILx33efk-llXZN0DmUAWogSjy9n4MTc11ehJwMwp5IImtJRk0oxzGV0g2SqzDfJzKOf9u-W4pVc8CMIXUzNPoACpRrqEVXb5lQbDwn0RtwnAbLHuXjJapC5A=s5504" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="5504" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigQC53-IwB1zvkTBUB8Pb3TsSWWmvg3bzUW0Q-Sr7k9eU_oZ7_7VpMiy4YEdrskjaGmeILx33efk-llXZN0DmUAWogSjy9n4MTc11ehJwMwp5IImtJRk0oxzGV0g2SqzDfJzKOf9u-W4pVc8CMIXUzNPoACpRrqEVXb5lQbDwn0RtwnAbLHuXjJapC5A=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After a couple of research trips, including one cross country trek during the pandemic, Georgia and Sebastijan were ready for the launch. We had originally planned an installation in the studio which would launch a hiking party to the site. However, the pandemic put the cabosh on that. Instead, a launch hike with overnight camping was scheduled in April, 2021 with a small group of friends, including </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Em Joseph, a filmmaker. Em captured the experience as well as some supplemental footage and edited a </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/634117268" style="font-family: helvetica;">wonderful short film</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> that contextualizes the project. In October, 2021, Georgia and Sebastijan introduced the project over zoom with a showing of the film and a conversation.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1nHaQXuZWsDXr83TucQZxU65T9w18tSeytosuSWKIsHowt-tQUSts_4A1Ct5_sHG9GSQZbeafVApWRPElzygutZ-LJc02NsF5Jh13I2h-fAby_CZ59pj7SrQiEskX0XojfBgIn_x2jl7QCHiPeAG_odcQ19h15RtgSHs8i3mghD3ZMISD2tNOLgbHVw=s1807" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1807" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1nHaQXuZWsDXr83TucQZxU65T9w18tSeytosuSWKIsHowt-tQUSts_4A1Ct5_sHG9GSQZbeafVApWRPElzygutZ-LJc02NsF5Jh13I2h-fAby_CZ59pj7SrQiEskX0XojfBgIn_x2jl7QCHiPeAG_odcQ19h15RtgSHs8i3mghD3ZMISD2tNOLgbHVw=s320" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Many thanks to Georgia and Sebastijan for bringing Tera Incognita to Joshua Tree and to Boxo and I look forward to witnessing future iterations of the project.</span></p></div>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-24336276706874026862021-07-11T18:39:00.008-07:002021-07-11T18:39:45.145-07:00Pyramid Power<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://kellyberg.net/home.html" target="_blank">Kelly Berg’s</a> paintings explore natural phenomena and landscape and express a world that is
simultaneously futuristic and primordial. Her work captures the
movement of tectonic plates and the growth of geological formations. An ongoing series of paintings feature smooth sided pyramids emerging from cracked ground and she states: “The pyramids rising up through the cracking
earth signal something new and powerful is emerging from darkness and
destruction. Ultimately from these dark and foreboding crevasses and
cracks, something new and optimistic can be born.” </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When Kelly and I got talking about a residency, she told me that she would like to push the rift paintings further by fabricating actual pyramids at various scales and then placing them in the "unsettled landscape" of the Joshua Tree rocks. She wanted to photograph these installations and then bring the process full circle by making paintings inspired by the photographs.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSv37o8gq0vk-VTQBBU2vnVmUbFdCZLf13EpLZz5gF8eJdjnKWxXRqDXjh233yJYibtyGq_cShhFc1qX5HMeTvxFEfpCdSbQFSvYi87SOihA3-jATzZGDpVKs6yIluCoIb3LSGw6IBuFRQ/s4032/50F4F4F4-A3E4-4233-8A11-6B625BA41474.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSv37o8gq0vk-VTQBBU2vnVmUbFdCZLf13EpLZz5gF8eJdjnKWxXRqDXjh233yJYibtyGq_cShhFc1qX5HMeTvxFEfpCdSbQFSvYi87SOihA3-jATzZGDpVKs6yIluCoIb3LSGw6IBuFRQ/s320/50F4F4F4-A3E4-4233-8A11-6B625BA41474.jpeg" /></a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZ53Voi8UghLBwgHc0ONBHFW7HOALT5WwxPvc-Tuk47sqyvOoaU9ejBIZ2eAvzU_mJU07nzunnqChkQdXGqPVg1bdt99u67SIVWgwazlWsTkAN9LbVk_KUecNPVxfs1FuwN4LBAQhKODN/s4032/134FD266-330C-40C8-B3B7-269A47839176.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZ53Voi8UghLBwgHc0ONBHFW7HOALT5WwxPvc-Tuk47sqyvOoaU9ejBIZ2eAvzU_mJU07nzunnqChkQdXGqPVg1bdt99u67SIVWgwazlWsTkAN9LbVk_KUecNPVxfs1FuwN4LBAQhKODN/s320/134FD266-330C-40C8-B3B7-269A47839176.jpeg" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kelley arrived in late April, just as optimism about vaccines and progress with the pandemic was in the air. She got to work immediately with a geological overview provided by Ranger Christian from Joshua Tree National Park. She also proceeded to place the pyramids in the landscape behind the studio and soon had some wonderful images.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFGpD66pgk7EYDWyPiJhUabgNfBCjvYUeSfBHomd2lGH9_E7C-RVVghlhwBTfGRIfVqykcDYLYgbx_KNKQPmQIIpA8PEiaO5Y6ihrKTgz1BQcF2icraoM9dRXebDE1TLqWMUoTlLCyvUT/s4032/5AC63610-0FA6-48EC-AD08-2C7203EA50BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFGpD66pgk7EYDWyPiJhUabgNfBCjvYUeSfBHomd2lGH9_E7C-RVVghlhwBTfGRIfVqykcDYLYgbx_KNKQPmQIIpA8PEiaO5Y6ihrKTgz1BQcF2icraoM9dRXebDE1TLqWMUoTlLCyvUT/s320/5AC63610-0FA6-48EC-AD08-2C7203EA50BD.jpeg" /></a></span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Several outings to the park followed, one with local artist Diane Best. Excursions to Giant Rock and Coyote Hole with Aimee Buyea and a trip out to Amboy Crater with me. Everywhere, the pyramids emerged from the landscape and interesting images and context were achieved.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHvWFuOXCIMRkBAJBSoH_u8GsebftP7m2zIlD-QocC8xaMo-FywXa2-FWCKRm0-lT5i-iKL5oH8DQEPLZjTEZb0NTRkoirgMneoGR62i7d7BMVbRVtnixRjDoxcpfVUQsjFZXaT_YZlse/s4032/981ECC40-C57D-4FCD-BB42-E330637B9692.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHvWFuOXCIMRkBAJBSoH_u8GsebftP7m2zIlD-QocC8xaMo-FywXa2-FWCKRm0-lT5i-iKL5oH8DQEPLZjTEZb0NTRkoirgMneoGR62i7d7BMVbRVtnixRjDoxcpfVUQsjFZXaT_YZlse/s320/981ECC40-C57D-4FCD-BB42-E330637B9692.jpeg" /></a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRADEvJ1O-JQOBGWcKF5b1YNuUc3jrFUcxNCFZfsKsQx6zRt_4aMZVPQEeRz1kBdjnjH9-qC_u-SToMHJ_yMz1kb7wnUooxKYtTpAJz0tHZQE9DtJrJjRwdcqfyLVdwYirztP-h6gqv3_C/s2048/73528010-AD97-4390-A654-8F23378814B1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlF8t-aVtpY3BCGEv3S52uNBB3aDF4StqYEAYro0mbIvG3vz5Tjim15Mn86obOXdRohNEX4KcOt8EPvqGUUli7fHaEbicm9v6K5s-Y0AK8JTpsThFUxI7q0ODqnh8gCUDroU9xKP3qp_kh/s4032/CE37BAFF-F343-40A0-9021-BC2E2882F847.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlF8t-aVtpY3BCGEv3S52uNBB3aDF4StqYEAYro0mbIvG3vz5Tjim15Mn86obOXdRohNEX4KcOt8EPvqGUUli7fHaEbicm9v6K5s-Y0AK8JTpsThFUxI7q0ODqnh8gCUDroU9xKP3qp_kh/s320/CE37BAFF-F343-40A0-9021-BC2E2882F847.jpeg" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kelly began the paintings early on too, using her signature style of painting a detailed black and white representation first and then taking time to layer many thin coats of color over and over. The paintings were at different scales and three were on triangular canvases. Soon a luminous presence emerged in the studio. The evolving exhibition incorporated finished works, works in progress, a selection of photographic works and a display of the pyramids themselves.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9ltACjVmeRei-85CJNVGquDjUDhxLcxIVnPjc_LGRtjgKoUbMlTYSwe-PFznSKUIAjs3Bsu7B8lIFfFucrDAQCfiFnroET-0AR639OtZvmd5e7eZ6lpd2kaYHLjg09gU4kEXfZonfMP6/s4032/BAF9D42E-BFDC-4B7B-ACBF-15F0F17AC693.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9ltACjVmeRei-85CJNVGquDjUDhxLcxIVnPjc_LGRtjgKoUbMlTYSwe-PFznSKUIAjs3Bsu7B8lIFfFucrDAQCfiFnroET-0AR639OtZvmd5e7eZ6lpd2kaYHLjg09gU4kEXfZonfMP6/s320/BAF9D42E-BFDC-4B7B-ACBF-15F0F17AC693.jpeg" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSP1jsQfORYBmW-0whcJajFMtkXNDU5EVSxIak_PJnz4TI7bbL7x2uWp7DbNu4MRs9ntGiyCoBn0Nce4ZcGbMaCjlMQEy8iZiYbkHWiuZL2UsmMtkbZkopitCxIDaYy1GR7fH6ZZJFCtI/s4032/A277BA83-AFDA-4D62-BF09-8D829263B1A5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSP1jsQfORYBmW-0whcJajFMtkXNDU5EVSxIak_PJnz4TI7bbL7x2uWp7DbNu4MRs9ntGiyCoBn0Nce4ZcGbMaCjlMQEy8iZiYbkHWiuZL2UsmMtkbZkopitCxIDaYy1GR7fH6ZZJFCtI/s320/A277BA83-AFDA-4D62-BF09-8D829263B1A5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We were lucky enough to be able to host a well attended in person open house with the artist talk live streamed to a wider audience. A week of by appointment viewings followed to allow for anyone who was not comfortable yet in group settings. The residency finished off with a final open day.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKV0Tonx4iQDu94GioyygQANiUp5OzJB_GQec_Hhq65uIoQkjWxHvMnp57_y7R6yZh8jOe-I_wmuFztklRCXuEq1v-GQl7JT3oE5SXbK0Qqfr0wVKSEwrhVCAgCgEP6oAFDTfQ6uzOudI/s4032/C5CBEB58-FDE7-46FB-86E0-16A19858BDA5.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKV0Tonx4iQDu94GioyygQANiUp5OzJB_GQec_Hhq65uIoQkjWxHvMnp57_y7R6yZh8jOe-I_wmuFztklRCXuEq1v-GQl7JT3oE5SXbK0Qqfr0wVKSEwrhVCAgCgEP6oAFDTfQ6uzOudI/s320/C5CBEB58-FDE7-46FB-86E0-16A19858BDA5.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2Qr_ZHkcLj-RNGGDLzJa6UhGFDBvSl_ADe94zMLsNWr2mJsnKoWAD2XOb62cNELWk-cdLgAoR31KFdjASIR-gWZt1Ia-340Ukndmzyk7O8ycPyIPKE7n8kQ00uwUo_ayW8GtkEM0kJdH/s2530/56D1E00F-71B8-4A5D-B468-94690F1CB7AC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="2375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2Qr_ZHkcLj-RNGGDLzJa6UhGFDBvSl_ADe94zMLsNWr2mJsnKoWAD2XOb62cNELWk-cdLgAoR31KFdjASIR-gWZt1Ia-340Ukndmzyk7O8ycPyIPKE7n8kQ00uwUo_ayW8GtkEM0kJdH/s320/56D1E00F-71B8-4A5D-B468-94690F1CB7AC.jpeg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHQeLjNa_FcfB9k5_lBu2k7-rntZqP127TcBl9VKlChJKVIvYFN1gZDJ55JuaMETVQY3GJOGnlhDPIhGmT9DJ2wRdLYLxyZswxBRxbdtQHGPKHe517zk3e3mylJLG1nWmU-GvOkIid0H4/s4032/766024A5-141B-4E73-8137-A47AE81F27D5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHQeLjNa_FcfB9k5_lBu2k7-rntZqP127TcBl9VKlChJKVIvYFN1gZDJ55JuaMETVQY3GJOGnlhDPIhGmT9DJ2wRdLYLxyZswxBRxbdtQHGPKHe517zk3e3mylJLG1nWmU-GvOkIid0H4/s320/766024A5-141B-4E73-8137-A47AE81F27D5.jpeg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2Qr_ZHkcLj-RNGGDLzJa6UhGFDBvSl_ADe94zMLsNWr2mJsnKoWAD2XOb62cNELWk-cdLgAoR31KFdjASIR-gWZt1Ia-340Ukndmzyk7O8ycPyIPKE7n8kQ00uwUo_ayW8GtkEM0kJdH/s2530/56D1E00F-71B8-4A5D-B468-94690F1CB7AC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicx1lB48k47vgttkHQiIB2abS_J7wuFCsZ_PJQoWP0Yri4EvTa94z7a-cDX41itgE2yOjBguXIteocc3_QfprSff5vevltI0EoBM8CbwWPiWpRlHaqdmiCCnjHwjaq1P3e0ASf3J1ITwx/s4032/FAB9222A-C59F-481B-84AB-9F906E9DACD7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicx1lB48k47vgttkHQiIB2abS_J7wuFCsZ_PJQoWP0Yri4EvTa94z7a-cDX41itgE2yOjBguXIteocc3_QfprSff5vevltI0EoBM8CbwWPiWpRlHaqdmiCCnjHwjaq1P3e0ASf3J1ITwx/s320/FAB9222A-C59F-481B-84AB-9F906E9DACD7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Many thanks to Kelly for all the preparation, hard work on site and for the captivating artworks that emerged. <br /></span></p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-80107322227444259602021-02-19T17:56:00.003-08:002021-02-19T17:56:52.723-08:00The Sun is Spotless<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.jennyperlinstudio.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Perlin</a> makes films, drawings and installations and we have crossed paths for over a decade at art events in New York. In 2018 we started a conversation which eventually led to Jenny's arrival at Boxo in early January this year.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbaScz2w3J0olEoyaV04C74d0zc1_wyxq2A1VRByUqB4uICAZ0UzbMBujQdfcjiivdBYHOVw-muXF6aKWF0BH8K1hYem2NTLUnOpg0E0V0bMLarEyyKgr1RmbHXd0ze5WVo7XKnMNMBgK/s2048/IMG_1020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbaScz2w3J0olEoyaV04C74d0zc1_wyxq2A1VRByUqB4uICAZ0UzbMBujQdfcjiivdBYHOVw-muXF6aKWF0BH8K1hYem2NTLUnOpg0E0V0bMLarEyyKgr1RmbHXd0ze5WVo7XKnMNMBgK/s320/IMG_1020.jpg" /></a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The residency project came out of Jenny's film work which has recently involved documenting various aspects of the movement to relocate to bunkers. There is a lively industry in reconditioned military facilities that have been converted into bunkers for the day when one or more of a variety of cataclysms hits our society.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwih5oDFnKaKxVx0_iAkfKe-lH9K_T8SIoQ039TL1pj7Dmu6YoM2IY0WFg8rtZpyliBNbdOA_h1ITi5RFI1HnUJFVhaUnSEcmWlptTCrwqeg-zM6iSR0xqUv2ozZr4CFGuif_p7CcfCifB/s2048/IMG_1023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwih5oDFnKaKxVx0_iAkfKe-lH9K_T8SIoQ039TL1pj7Dmu6YoM2IY0WFg8rtZpyliBNbdOA_h1ITi5RFI1HnUJFVhaUnSEcmWlptTCrwqeg-zM6iSR0xqUv2ozZr4CFGuif_p7CcfCifB/s320/IMG_1023.jpg" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some of the rationale used by people securing these spaces comes from an uptick in astronomical phenomena such as <a href="https://www.jennyperlinstudio.com/">solar flares</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_star" target="_blank">double stars.</a> Jenny was keen on documenting these phenomena and making work related to them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A key tenet of the residency is the desire to link artist residents with local subject experts who can assist with the projects and form relationships with the artists that outlive the residency time period. I connected Jenny with the wonderful people at <a href="https://www.skysthelimit29.org/" target="_blank">Sky's the Limit</a> in 29 Palms and the conversations began.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmP5P0Hi8iCJyMeRuM5Mx35FyxqdWu-AjuzDC3KbQkJPaC5ATQ9Cuuc6iBhKlPemrb5hbR816IX8PONmM4u9WXBUXeMqM96SN9Wnz4qoi5z6Uxzivc0xeb6UO0lPmPqQVC5KJx8u1ryCD6/s1280/IMG_1134.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmP5P0Hi8iCJyMeRuM5Mx35FyxqdWu-AjuzDC3KbQkJPaC5ATQ9Cuuc6iBhKlPemrb5hbR816IX8PONmM4u9WXBUXeMqM96SN9Wnz4qoi5z6Uxzivc0xeb6UO0lPmPqQVC5KJx8u1ryCD6/s320/IMG_1134.jpeg" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MoHr3Q9MdQ1rTSnS829szB0tDIsBarnzc1JofanH4Lq1tG2IvM5177CqhPJL_GVPv-7Ebb7cCKkO1Vxk0j2Js4_g9v0prxhbCsgC7DIMjN_kKhIH68yJeOUcreThhRLXXXGDQGbv6Tt7/s1280/IMG_1130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MoHr3Q9MdQ1rTSnS829szB0tDIsBarnzc1JofanH4Lq1tG2IvM5177CqhPJL_GVPv-7Ebb7cCKkO1Vxk0j2Js4_g9v0prxhbCsgC7DIMjN_kKhIH68yJeOUcreThhRLXXXGDQGbv6Tt7/s320/IMG_1130.jpeg" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As luck would have it, the covid situation opened up an opportunity for Jenny's family in LA and they relocated for the year in summer 2020. This meant that Jenny could come out for the January 2021 residency we had planned. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3XlCS6cfA3hYyUVrjRvdBluWvtUhRbCNTgeLB0ytshZnRmd6gBJ01rrqqj_LinjspFRX2gohFluoxo8HIPIz2ZneK0tXuLaF32lHjj6pMYluWoK-v9gBNdsLFcvp5U41UhGYJ-8cH1ba/s2048/IMG_1073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3XlCS6cfA3hYyUVrjRvdBluWvtUhRbCNTgeLB0ytshZnRmd6gBJ01rrqqj_LinjspFRX2gohFluoxo8HIPIz2ZneK0tXuLaF32lHjj6pMYluWoK-v9gBNdsLFcvp5U41UhGYJ-8cH1ba/s320/IMG_1073.jpg" width="320" /></a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Even before arriving, Jenny was able to work with the experts at Sky's the Limit, using their zoom platform. When she arrived, she was provided with a telescope to bring on property and she promptly began her work. It emerged that this has been a very quiet time on the sun and no spots or flares where apparent. Undeterred, Jenny began making drawings and creating an animation incorporating Galileo's sunspot observations from back in the day. She also managed to finish editing the last of her five <a href="https://www.jennyperlinstudio.com/work#/the-bunker-films" target="_blank">bunker films</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMI940xe5i5QJIjuw6qlK1wj2AYERSNI9uWhkx6j9RaSFT1-Yg6bPFDd1oWKNrqzkpDsJYIGUhVBz_9F4mzIgspJy6MgA8460hePZ4rf7_eLYArDA7dqtVoaZUVv99Y3Wi3eF5nYgVz3L/s2048/Screen+Shot+2021-01-18+at+10.31.10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMI940xe5i5QJIjuw6qlK1wj2AYERSNI9uWhkx6j9RaSFT1-Yg6bPFDd1oWKNrqzkpDsJYIGUhVBz_9F4mzIgspJy6MgA8460hePZ4rf7_eLYArDA7dqtVoaZUVv99Y3Wi3eF5nYgVz3L/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-01-18+at+10.31.10.jpg" width="320" /></a> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> On January 30 2021, Jenny hosted a virtual open house which including a screening of the animation and scenes from the bunker films. A recording of the open house can be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVIXWeBiyFg&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">here</a>. Many thanks to Jenny for her time here and to Sky's the Limit for their wonderful generosity. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <br /></span></p>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-1537635391985832432020-04-05T18:17:00.006-07:002020-07-02T11:39:56.721-07:00Crust Lust | March 2020<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://jimtoia.com/" target="_blank">Jim Toia</a> first contacted me back in 2016 after hearing about Boxo from prior resident Will Lamson. Jim researches natural processes and then makes artworks that incorporate the process as a means of production. He is best known for his drawings made by allowing mushroom spores to eject across paper and also for his web captures. I was intrigued by the work and also wondered what such research would uncover in the desert region.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jim structured a residency built around a research phase to be followed by a second phase delivering the outcomes to a local audience. He is an educator at Lafayette College in Easton, PA and was able to get a grant from the college to support his work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The research phase was planned for late September/Early October of 2017. I put Jim in contact with Mark Wheeler, expert botanist and tireless guide to the Park and its surrounding environments. Jim arrived and took an 8 hr hike with Mark, coming back exhausted and elated. Of everything that he had learned on the day, Jim was most enamored with <a href="https://www.nps.gov/glca/learn/nature/soils.htm" target="_blank">cryptobiotic soil</a>, the thin layer of crust filled with living organisms that stabilize the surface and nourish the surrounding area. So much so, that he came back in March 2018 to take a course in cryptobiotic soil given by the Desert Institute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Cryptobiotic soil is fragile and falls victim to off road vehicle use as well as disturbance caused by the uninitiated trampling through it. Jim decided that he wanted to make work that could be used as a pedagogic tool to familiarize people with the crust, and thus get them to both appreciate it's role in the environment and proceed with more caution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">On returning to Lafayette, Jim teamed up with Joe Biondo, an accomplished architect, to conceptualize some prototype structures that would serve the purpose. The original idea was to create a set of interlocking panels that would make up a platform that people could walk out onto. The modular units featured images of the soil taken by a macro camera and enlarged 400x. Jim and Joe continued to brainstorm and designed several more ambitious possible structures from shade structures to "halls of soil".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When Jim returned at the beginning of March for the presentation part of his residency, he shipped ahead loads of interesting work he had made. Using molds made by laser cutting foam based on the enlarged images of the crust, Jim created rubber prototypes of the interlocking units. They are shaped as hexagons, imitating the natural form of honeycomb. He also produced a host of large scale prints on a film substrate and made paper prints using the same images. The studio was very quickly converted into Crust HQ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">While we planned an Artist Tea presentation in JTNP on March 15 and an Open House at Boxo on March 21, Jim made new works by manipulating the pre printed imagery and working into it with inks and paints in several ways. He also built a light table to display the rubber prototypes. One of the aims of his time here was to connect with MDLT and the Park and work toward finding a home for the idea in whatever form would suit the hosting organization. Just as the Covid-19 curtain began to fall, we were able to get some folks to see the work in person and Jim was the last artist to present at Artists Tea for this season. Discussions on applications of his work will be ongoing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Faced with the shelter in place order, we decided to stream an open house presentation on March 21, 2020. The video can be found <a href="https://www.facebook.com/433147750171826/videos/153451512531197/" target="_blank">here</a>. A huge thanks to Jim for all the wonderful work he has done to date and I trust we will find a supportive organization to bring the designs to bear on their heartfelt intent.</span>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-4054723722788367492020-04-02T15:17:00.003-07:002020-07-02T11:38:59.454-07:00Dissected, Analyzed, and Reconstructed | February 2020<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.carolinepartamian.com/" target="_blank">Caroline Partamian </a>and <a href="https://www.sonictransmissionarchive.com/" target="_blank">Ethan Primason </a>were introduced to me by Angus McCullough, a resident back in 2016. A combination of visual artist, and sound artist, Caroline and Ethan were a unique pair doing interesting work democratizing the airwaves and creating intriguing installations. Importantly, they had decided to move to the Joshua Tree area and a February 2020 residency would provide them a soft landing in following some time abroad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Caroline and Ethan hosted an artist's tea in the Park on February 23 that got participants involved in various listening and seeing exercises. On February 29, their open house installation drew a sizable crowd to the studio and created a wonderful immersive experience. Many thanks to the artists and welcome to the community! </span><br />
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<br />Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-70673674503958653202020-04-01T15:38:00.001-07:002020-07-02T11:42:22.977-07:00Stranger No Longer | January 2020<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.meganevansartist.com/" target="_blank">Megan Evans</a> had been planning her return to Boxo for quite some time before her January 2020 second residency. One thing she noted in early December was that she was wishing for an extreme weather event aka snow. Well, she got it and then some. Joshua Tree had a lot of snow over Christmas and by the time she arrived on December 29, the landscape was a pure white. We ventured out to capture images of Megan in her Victorian era dress (a recreation of her great grandmother's sealskin outfit) examining the flora of the "virginal desert".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Megan came to continue her larger project with takes responsibility for her colonial past and explores issues of whiteness and privilege. She focused somewhat on the colonization of the landscape through the US Geological Survey and made a series of works exploring contour maps and the hubris of laying a grid across the varied topography of the region. Megan also continued her series of sculptures made from antique silver treasures found on ebay and the like. She bolts them together in unstable forms, the deformities of their original cultural context.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The photographic work continued with various explorations in the landscape, resulting and evocative images illustrating the clash of civilized woman and the wild environment that surrounded her. Megan also undertook a large embroidered text composed of an acknowledgment of land to the local Indigenous peoples. She went on a research visit to the Malki Musem on the Morongo Reservation and befriended one of the caretakers here. We were honored to have him attend Megan's Open House and even more honored that the embroidered piece was taken by him and installed in the Museum conference room!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The wild card work that Megan discovered here was a series of sculptures made from screen metal or "fly wire" as it is called in Australia. Megan made a large series of abstract forms and suspended them from fishing line so that they appeared to float in space. This work has continued back in Melbourne where she is currently fashioning social distancing headwear :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span> Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-89475469431171242302020-02-06T18:30:00.002-08:002020-07-02T13:01:14.302-07:00The Long View | December 2019<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wmtylermorgan.com/" target="_blank">Tyler Morgan</a> is now based in New York and Connecticut, however, he was a resident of Palm Springs for many years. Joshua Tree National Park has always been a refuge for him and he wanted his residency project to contribute to the effort in some way. With the huge growth in visitorship to the Park, Tyler also noted a large increase in bottled water being sold at the local visitors center. Having made the elimination of single use plastics a personal goal, Tyler set out to do something about this during his December 2019 residency. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tyler's first idea was to create a sculpture in Joshua Tree that would also serve as a source of free water for Park visitors to fill up. He was looking to install the sculpture in the central part of town, on land behind the Art Queen. After much research, Tyler determined that this would not be feasible within local authority guidelines. He has since turned his efforts to working with the Joshua Tree National Park Association to install a water fountain and bottle filling station. These facilities are not currently available owing to past restrictions connected to the drought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">While working on his water project, Tyler also returned to the Park multiple times, undertaking an exercise of just listening and observing in several different locations - looking for what opens up after we stop trying to see and hear. On December 15, Tyler offered a session at the Artist Tea in the Park where people where invited to see and listen in new ways to that which surrounded them. Tyler led a group through a drawing exercise focused on the broad sweep rather than the detail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">For his open house at Boxo on December 21, Tyler created an evocative installation. On his trips into the Park he had filmed a 30 minute sunrise from the North View trail. North being the direction in which the Joshua trees are said to be migrating, driven by climate change. Tyler ordered some rocks, quarried near Joshua Tree and then taken down to Palm Springs to be sold. He had them delivered back to Joshua Tree and installed them in the studio along with the pallets they came on. Evidence of the cycle of commerce that is driving climate change. He inserted all the lights into red tubes, creating a complete and dystopian hued environment. Tyler projected the film of the sunrise with a soundtrack that emulated tinnitus - what one ultimately hears in the Park if one actually finds silence. Tyler inserted a glitch into the video every 5 minutes or so, just in case one slipped into any sense of ease with the human condition and its effects on nature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Many t</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">hanks
to Tyler for his impactful installation at Boxo </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">and for his
continued work on cutting back the use of plastics in our region.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-34312908819617246562020-02-06T12:13:00.004-08:002020-07-09T19:00:06.889-07:00Materiality of Exile | November 2019<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Ana Sanchez-Colberg and I have known each other for 35 years (since college) and Ana's residency in November was a 30th anniversary of the dance theater company we founded together in London in 1989. Ana has kept <a href="http://www.theatreencorpscollectif.com/" target="_blank">Theatre EnCorps</a> alive over the years and has taken it into new directions in Greece. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Ana and I have been looking for a way to work together again and her current series of projects dealing with prime numbers presented the opportunity. Ana was looking for a project to deal with the number 11 and we were able to schedule time in November (11) of 2019. Her original idea for a desert project was to examine perceptions of the aging female body and the desert as sites of inhospitability. As I have been developing a focus on Unseen Faces/Unheard Voices, I asked Ana if we could build in an element of working with the local Latin community which makes up 24% of the population however is rarely seen in cultural presentations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">The resulting project, <i><a href="https://materialityofexile.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">1[-1] Materiality of Exile</a>, </i>saw Ana work with eleven local Latin women, creating "portraits" of them and the manner in which they work to make inhospitable territory into hospitable. The idea was to create an eleven minute video for each of the women, in which material from interviews and movement exercises would be cut with Ana's choreographed interpretation of the woman's story. There would be several excerpt performances at different venues and a final installation in the studio at Boxo that would bring all the stories together. The project was awarded a prestigious <a href="https://mapfundblog.org/" target="_blank">MAP Fund grant</a> and Ana arrived at the beginning of November to undertake the work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">I had to reach wide to find eleven women willing to enter into the unknown territory of meeting with Ana, undertaking movement with her and telling their stories on video. We offered compensation for time however recognized the challenge of the project. Luckily, by the time Ana arrived, I had recruited a group and exactly eleven women turned up for the introductory meeting. Following the meeting, Ana set to work. Luckily, a former student <a href="https://materialityofexile.blogspot.com/p/dawn-schultz.html" target="_blank">Dawn Schultz</a>, arrived from New Jersey to work with Ana on capturing the stories and some of the footage of Ana dancing in the landscape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">All the sessions with the women were completed within several days and then Ana set to work. She set herself the grueling task of editing the eleven audio tracks, inserting original sound elements, and eleven video tracks, incorporating footage of her movements, and then bringing it all together. Along the way, she presented the project at an Artist Tea in the Joshua Tree National Park, and in performance at the <a href="https://www.psmuseum.org/events/materiality-exile" target="_blank">Palm Springs Art Museum</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RubensRanch/" target="_blank">Rubens Ranch</a> in Coachella. Each woman had also created a memory box of sorts in clear acrylic boxes that were brought to the venues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Toward the end of November, Ana created an installation in the studio using cell phones, mylar blankets and set of white clothing she had danced in to make each video. On November 30th, the final performance took place with Ana dancing all eleven stories in the outdoor field whole the individual stories could also be viewed in the indoor installation. Many brave souls came out in the 40 something degree weather to witness the work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">In parallel to this entire process, Ana had recruited eleven artists, including Dawn, who undertook parallel projects working in their individual communities. All of this can be viewed on the blog. The project also lives on in a tour of the installation which will be viewed next in Miami and and then in Palo Alto, TX. Future plans are being made to get the work to New York and Puerto Rico. All events were also live streamed and archived and the audience therefor extended virtually. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">A huge thank you to Ana for bringing such an extensive project to Boxo and for the new opportunities for community collaboration that it has opened up.</span><br />
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Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-23773860699345861562020-02-03T16:38:00.002-08:002020-07-09T19:03:40.162-07:00Displacement | October 2019<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">I was introduced to <a href="https://elihirtle.ca/" target="_blank">Eli Hirtle</a></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">through another artist named <a href="https://www.shawnshepherd.com/" target="_blank">Shawn Shepherd</a> who I was introduced to by Deborah Page, a collector from Palm Desert. One things leads to another. I was on my summer travels discovering artists and places in the PNW and beyond. Eli lives in Victoria, BC and is a nêhiyaw(Cree)/British/German filmmaker, beadworker, visual artist and curator. Eli has made several films about indigenous language revitalization and makes work related to his journey of reconnecting with his true heritage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">In 2018, I was looking for residencies that could fit into the Unseen Face/Unheard Voices focus that I wanted to bring to the program. While a lot of good art is made in the Joshua Tree region, very little of it addresses the pressing social issues outside of climate change and I wanted to kick start the discussion. I had been looking for emerging contemporary artists with an Indigenous background and was disappointed to find a vacuum in the Southern California art scene. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Eli and I spoke honestly about the challenge of bringing someone from a very different heritage to the Joshua Tree area to make work and take up the issue. We determined that as long as he was able to meet with some local Indigenous artists and research the local context, we could use the lens of dislocation to view the process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">On the back of an extensive tour for screenings of his latest film in Western Canada, Eli arrived at Boxo at the beginning of October, 2019. <a href="https://www.geraldclarke.net/" target="_blank">Gerald Clarke</a>, a Cahuilla artist who has participated in the Joshua Treenial, agreed to spend a day with Eli touring him to the Morongo Reservation and familiarizing him with local traditions. Gerald is currently the subject of a solo exhibition at the Palm Springs Art Museum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">When Eli arrived, he was taken with the night skies we enjoy in the region and decided that his residency project would involve telling the alternate stories of the constellations which are derived from his Cree traditions. Using the medium of beading, he created an evocative piece beaded onto black leather. In addition to beading the constellations themselves, Eli beaded their names in the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">nêhiyaw language. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Eli's open house on October 12, engaged viewers with discussion of the parallel dark histories of Indigenous people in Canada and the US as well as the possibilities of different tellings of the stories of our skies. There was a very lively discussion and several attendees followed up with articles and emails demonstrating the appetite </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">in the region </span></span>for discussing these issues.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">We were also able to have Eli included in programming at the <a href="https://www.psmuseum.org/events/voices-on-the-rise" target="_blank">Palm Springs Art Museum </a>where he screened his newest film, <i>Voices on the Rise, </i>and again engage the audience in a discussion of the issues.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"> </span></span>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-62541864319406178802019-11-08T17:14:00.005-08:002020-07-09T19:06:02.754-07:00Dual Purpose | March 2019<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><a href="https://guelpa.ch/" target="_blank">Severin Gulepa</a> is a Swiss artist well known in the desert region for the work he has done with the <a href="https://matza.net/tag/amboy/" target="_blank">Matza cooperative</a> at Roys Motel in Amboy, CA. I'd seen this series of impressive projects when driving through Amboy to Santa Fe and Monument Valley. In November 2017, Severin contacted me about stopping by and he ended up attending the open house for Johanna Wagner. Following our meeting, Severin asked about proposing a residency as well as how to participate in the Joshua Treenial. We found a great way to accomplish both when Severin proposed a <a href="http://joshuatreenial.com/" target="_blank">Treenial</a> project for 2019 and I agreed to have him in residence in the period leading up to the event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">In keeping with the theme of <i>Paradise :: Parallax</i>, Severin proposed making two large structures inspired by Native American pottery and basketwork forms. He arrived in mid-March following an apartment move in Geneva with just three weeks to get his project completed. We selected a site and Seeverin wasted no time getting to work. Day after day he was in the field, portable tools, ladder and tons of wood in hand. After about 10 days, he had completed the first structure. No sooner was this done than the cruel Spring winds blew through and shredded the piece. Unfazed, he went back to work on a more reinforced and wider spread version.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">This second piece survived the continuing winds and became the installation titled <i>Supermarket</i></span>. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Once finished with his sculpture, Severin volunteered his skills during installation and<i> </i>helped several others, sharing his learning about concrete anchoring, angle of orientation with the winds and doubled reinforcing. Many thanks to Severin for spending time here, sharing his impressive work and helping others achieve their <a href="http://joshuatreenial.com/" target="_blank">Treenial</a> Projects April 12-14.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"> </span>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-81293891498233453202019-11-08T16:31:00.005-08:002020-07-09T19:07:22.320-07:00Who Owns the Landscape? | February 2019 <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the 2019 Boxo program, I wanted to hosts artists and raise awareness around several historically underrepresented communities. As part of the queer community in the hi desert, I was interested in what type of project proposal would come from someone making art from a specifically queer perspective. Via a friend, I contacted <a href="https://visualaids.org/" target="_blank">Visual AIDS</a>, the amazing NYC-based organization that does important work around art, AIDS and the wider queer context. Through Visual AIDS, I was introduced to <a href="http://bencuevas.com/" target="_blank">Ben Cuevas</a> and was immediately intrigued by his amazing knit artworks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben and I spoke on the phone and he told me that he could not take the time off work to do a full residency. As I had done before, I suggested a "low residency residency" involving several weekends of research in Joshua Tree, making the work in LA and then an exhibition back at the BoxoPROJECTS studio. Ben was thrilled at the idea and we began to plan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben first visited in October 2018 and I hosted a meeting of the local Queer Salon series to welcome him and introduce him to the local community. Over the weekend, Ben drove around the area and became fascinated by the rock formations. Once back in LA, Ben was ready to scope an approach. Although his work usually involves the body, he proposed making a series of wall hangings depicting the landscape. He came across a knitting technique called fagotted fringe which was perfect for the purpose and also wanted to incorporate macrame. In this way, Ben was challenging the white hetero-normative depiction of landscape, inserting a queer interpretation and using techniques often associated with ethnic and low art practices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben scheduled to come back in December to capture imagery for the project and I was able to arrange for him to give a workshop at the Palm Springs Art Museum Teen Academy where he presented his practice and worked with the students to</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12.000000pt;"> challenge the gendered constructs and physical
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">This strategy continued once Ben arrived - surveying the land and local history from various vantage points and then making work related to the initial perceptions and distortions he encountered. The grid, true north vs. magnetic north, historical images and even the yellow marking on electrical poles all became material for a range of works including drawing, photography, sculpture and assemblage. And the studio was turned into a veritable laboratory for the exploration of materials and form.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">Ben gave a wonderful presentation at Artists Tea in Joshua Tree National Park where participants were able to workshop making art pieces using string, ribbon and magnets. Ben also got participants to read texts illustrating the mistranslations that occur when we allow the narrative to run through technology. <i>One</i> was prominently displayed on a rock overlooking the event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">For his open house on December 22, Ben created a very full exhibition of works with <i>One </i>again presiding over things from the nearby rock pile. The open house for was well attended and the work very well received.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">Many thanks to Ben for winging it over from such a distance and for reflecting back the local landscape in such an innovative and comprehensive manner.</span><br />
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Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-47479893595289737462018-12-14T17:15:00.001-08:002020-07-09T19:11:52.280-07:00One woman's trash is another woman's treasure.... | October 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.constanceold.com/" target="_blank">Constance Old</a> up-cycles pieces of plastic and paper using the traditional technique of rug hooking. We met at Art Palm Springs 2018, and I liked her work a lot. I immediately had the idea to team Constance up with the <a href="http://Joshua Tree Clean Team" target="_blank">Joshua Tree Clean Team</a>, a tireless group who keep the desert looking close to pristine. She was very interested in the idea, and I put her in touch with Cynthia Heaton, lead organizer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">Constance arrived in October, 2018 just a few days ahead of the next Clean Team outing. She carried out a test run, carefully organizing a taxonomy of her findings. On the appointed day, Constance went out with the team - eleven people filled thirteen large trash bags in just one hour! Constance hauled all thirteen bags back to the studio for processing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">She sorted the items, selecting the most promising pieces and refilling the bags with her discards. Selected items were then washed and sorted into categories by size, color and material. Constance then began making work. Her pieces in Joshua Tree differed from those in her home studio. They were much larger in scale and composed of differing elements. Box springs, pop cups, a thoroughly recycled fridge, traffic cones, shoes and other jetsam were all incorporated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">Constance installed one large sculpture, titled </span><i style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">Always One Shoe, Never Two </i><span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">in an empty advertising frame along Hwy 62 - a hint at the work to come. She also participated in November's Artist's Tea, an event held weekly in Joshua Tree National Park. Constance brought </span><i style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">Always One Shoe</i><span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;"> with to the talk and led the group through a weaving exercise. She concluded her residency with a very well attended and received open house on November 17 featuring the diverse array of work she had created.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;"><br /></span>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-71773624480508562432018-05-11T20:15:00.006-07:002020-07-09T19:13:45.047-07:00Tree of Pain | March 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;"><a href="http://shawnskabelund.com/" target="_blank">Shawn Skabelund</a> first contacted me several years ago about a residency and I began following his compelling installation work. It took a while before I could stop by his studio in Flagstaff, however it was fortuitous that, when I did, he was in the process of installing an exhibition that he had curated. Shawn's work relies on carrying out on-site research and then devising an installation proposal and so he first came to BoxoHOUSE for a week in late 2016. Following a week of research (including an attempt to get lunch at Pappy and Harriets on the day tickets for Paul McCartney were being handed out), Shawn concluded that he wanted to a project about the plight of the Joshua trees. Specifically, he wanted to do an installation using dead Joshua trees....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">It was clear that we could not go to Burns Canyon and just lift dead Joshua trees from the side of the road. So I began to ponder how to accomplish this. Luckily, I have had the <a href="http://mdlt.org/" target="_blank">Mojave Desert Land Trust </a>as a partner since we launched the <a href="https://www.mdlt.org/discover-learn/reading-the-landscape/" target="_blank">Reading the Landscape</a> guidelines for artists at the Joshua Treenial 2017. I turned to them for advice and was very happy to hear that we would be able to borrow dead trees from them as long as they were returned. CA only law prohibits commercial use of dead Joshua trees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">With this main component in place, Shawn scheduled to come back for three weeks, create an installation and be here for a while to talk people through it as well as describe his wider practice. Shawn arrived in early March, 2018. He told me that he was stopping along the way to collect material in the Mojave. I knew Shawn was unlikely to be collecting sensitive material, so I waited to see what he was bringing. When he arrived, he unloaded several bags of broken glass collected largely along Route 66. Along with a taxidermy coyote, the skeleton of another coyote and some staging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">We went out later that week to select and collect a few of the tree carcasses and brought them back to this strange collection of elements. Over the next three days, Shawn worked tirelessly to bring the elements together to create <i>Tree of Pain</i>. The work was ostensibly about the plight of the Joshua tree in a time of climate change, migrating to higher climes to thrive and survive. A parallel reading of the elements, coyote, skeleton and glass, pointed to the plight of migrants crossing the desert. Shawn has been working with <a href="http://forms.nomoredeaths.org/en/" target="_blank">No More Deaths</a> for some time and takes high school students to the border to leave food, water and blankets as a humanitarian gesture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">Shawn's work was well received and stimulated a set of heartfelt discussions. the weekend following the opening on March 18, he gave an artists talk at the weekly Artist's Tea in the National Park organized by <a href="http://www.jtlab.info/" target="_blank">JT Lab</a>. Thanks to Shawn for bringing his installation work to BoxoHOUSE and wishing him best of luck in his next projects at Bandolier in New Mexico and then in Alaska.</span><br />
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Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-67920279914064084022018-04-16T16:31:00.003-07:002018-04-16T16:32:50.426-07:00The Collab Project<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://johnplowman.com/" target="_blank">John Plowman</a> and I first met back in 2011 on the long line for the British pavillion featuring Mike Nelson at the Venice Biennale. I got talking to John and his partner Nicola Streeten about artists curating other artists in rural settings, a focus we all shared at the time. I bumped into John and Nicola again at Documenta in 2012, and so we began to realize that inevitably we would do something together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John contacted me in 2017 to say that the UK Arts Council had a grant for artists seeking to collaborate in an international setting. John proposed that we undertake a collaborative residency and I became interested int he idea of dedicating myself to regular studio time again. So we agreed and proceeded in planning the residency for January 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Four weeks of the residency is not a long time and so John and I began to collaborate by phone and email. We decided the residency should examine the nature and process of collaboration and that looking at ideas related to place would be a good jumping off point. We emailed ideas about our respective places and what defines place for us and also made a physical work each which we mailed across the Atlantic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When John arrived, we began the process in earnest. We debated where to start and I suggested making body maps, a process I have used in several settings prior. Key to the process is starting each piece with two parties tracing their outlines on a single piece of paper. This seemed like the perfect visual metaphor for what we were exploring. From there, the work pushed forward fast. We left behind ideas of place and worked together on ideas and topics that came out of the nature of the collaboration itself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-9839702150566605332017-12-31T17:27:00.002-08:002017-12-31T17:27:51.245-08:00Cyan of the Times<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I met <a href="https://www.danielkukla.com/" target="_blank">Daniel Kukla</a> when he undertook the Joshua Tree National Park residency back in 2012 and was impressed by the <a href="https://www.danielkukla.com/edge-effect-2012" target="_blank">perspective</a> he brought to that challenge. We stayed in touch and I was happy to have Daniel return to the Mojave Desert in October, 2017. </span><br />
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fabric. He also made some captivating video using only a leaking
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many thanks to Johanna for coming over to Joshua Tree and providing her unique perspective on the desert experience.</span>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-27164486011943397322017-12-18T18:23:00.000-08:002017-12-18T18:23:25.753-08:00Lou's Men<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was an honor to be part of the 24 hr programming that Eva Soltes of Harrison House Music, Arts, and Ecology arranged for the centennial of Lou Harrison's birth on May 14, 2017. BoxoHOUSE was proud to host Lou's drawings of men along with documentation of his poetry and other writings. This was perfect timing just ahead of the June Pride month. Together with Heather Johnson, we created a sense of "being at home" with Lou, borrowing his rockers from Harrison House and some vintage cheesecake magazines from John Luckett. The day's proceeding were streamed into the studio and a true celebration of Lou's life ensued.</span><br />
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<br />Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-54804430749156707172017-06-22T16:49:00.003-07:002017-06-22T16:49:59.033-07:00The Sound of ChangeI was introduced to Sofie Elana Hodara through Julie Weiman, a friend and Advisory Committee member; the two share a gallery in Boston. Sofie's work ranges from figurative landscape / still life work to abstraction through technological overlays. She initially proposed a project that involved capturing the local landscape and then developing patterns and other outcomes though the use of a technical process.<br />
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As our discussions evolved, Sofie modified her proposal to include collaborating with UBIQ, a publicity-shy sound artist that creates interventions in various settings. Their idea was to research the sound of Joshua trees slowly dying in the elevated temperatures now being experienced in the Joshua Tree National Park - an alternative to documentation through imagery and a poetic approach to the issue.<br />
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Sofie wanted to start the residency with a research phase examining the observable effects of climate change on the local environment. To this end, I connected her with Mark Wheeler, a respected expert on the area's biological processes, as well as with Danielle Segura, Executive Director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust. Mark took Sofie on an extensive field trip into the National Park and Danielle provided valuable input and arranged for Sofie to visit land the Trust had acquired and was conserving.<br />
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While synthesizing the information, UBIQ and Sofie took trips into the National Park, recording the trees in various locations.. Sofie was also moved to consider proper burial for the carcasses of dead trees, and she performed a Jewish ritual, draping a tree (outside of the Park!) with a simple white shroud and observing a minute of silence. In parallel, Sofie created evocative weavings using printouts of the imagery she was capturing.<br />
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For their open house, Sofie and UBIQ edited a sound piece and two videos as works in progress to share with the community. Sofie also displayed her paper weavings and the road map they had followed in creating their project. Sofie's artist talk was well received with its crafted mix of earnestness and humor. Many thanks to Sofie and UBIQ for coming to BoxoPROJECTS and creating this alternative approach to dealing with the effects of climate change in the Joshua Tree area.<br />
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<br />Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-64679691393757963692017-05-05T12:32:00.003-07:002017-05-05T12:32:51.261-07:00Unrestrained Drawing<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When Gosia Wlodarczak contacted me about returning to BoxoHOUSE for a fifth anniversary residency, I was truly gratified. In customary fashion, she told me I had 12 hours to decide before a Quantas seat sale expired. I had no hesitation whatsoever. Gosia was the first resident at BoxoHOUSE and her FROST DRAWING FOR JOSHUA TREE has become an enduring symbol of the program and the property.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gosia told me that she would like to do a tunic project - making custom tunics for herself, for Longin her husband, for me and for some local friends, and then drawing on them. The idea intrigued me and I also let her know that I had proposed a booth at Art Palm Springs during the period she would be here. Gosia proposed doing a second project, part of her Shared <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spaces<span id="goog_774445774"></span><span id="goog_774445775"></span></span> series, at the fair and the residency was set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gosia and Longin arrived into LAX and I immediately whisked them off to a coffee and a percussion session with The Silk Road Project at LACMA. From there to the art supply store, then to Joshua Tree and the residency was off and running. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And run it did. The first part of the residency <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">involved</span> three days </span>of almost non-stop drawing in the BoxoPROJECTS <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">booth at Art Palm Springs. Here Gosia kicked off both the <i>Modernist Conversation</i> piece and <i>California Tunics</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. <i>Modernist Conve<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rsation</span></i></span> was a "shared spaces" project<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for which Gosia drew in one color and then switched colors when she was joined in<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> conversation by others. It <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was begun at the art fair<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, continued in the studio and then completed at the open h<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ouse. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gosia and Longin were here for the opening of DesertX and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">R</span>andy Polumbo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s fantastic event unveiling his galactic space station <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">which</span> eventually landed on Bombay Beach. Lots of local <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">art and color to go around.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The residency concluded with a wonderful open h<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ouse at which the final touches were put on the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">works and then they were complete. Many<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, many thanks to Gosia and Longin for</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> coming over from Oz</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and for a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> highly energetic three w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">eeks<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Bernard aka Boxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980699037308554426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280349178964356673.post-85637000527476798452017-04-14T10:17:00.000-07:002017-12-31T14:04:41.170-08:00Frequency Hopping<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Amanda Beech and I met at a panel discussion for an exhibition on sound held at the Torrance Museum of Art. It's interesting to me how chance encounters such as this manifest into residencies and others forms of project work....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Several years after our meeting, Amanda proposed coming to BoxoHOUSE to work on the beginnings of a new project that looks at communications, specifically how the form of communication can shape its content. Amanda's projects are large and develop over time, resulting in high production videos complemented by sculptures, installation, print and painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Working around her academic schedule at CalArts, Amanda chose the end of year break as a time to focus on this new project. As her interest extended to games and strategy, and how communications shape them, Amanda asked about the possibility of getting on the nearby USMC base in Twentynine Palms. Having worked with the public affairs folks there before, I enquired and was very pleased that they agreed to arrange a tour for us. This tour took place ahead of the residency, in October, 2017, and was a very comprehensive look at some of the amazing training areas including the large simulated Iraqi village and the video simulations for armed vehicles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">During the residency in December, 2017 Amanda did some test shooting in areas around Joshua Tree, extending out to Amboy, with a view to returning here with a full production team when the final video will be made. She also spent a lot of time writing for the project and completed a web commission for the <a href="https://remaimodern.org/" target="_blank">Remai Modern Museum</a> in Sakatoon, Canada.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Amanda ended her residency with a very well received artist talk presenting past projects and talking about the groundwork on the new project. Many thanks to Amanda, her husband Matthew Poole and Blaise the dog for sapending time at BoxoHOUSE.</span><br />
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