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From this article on Nam June Paik I clicked to an article about Making Buddhist Art Today, a very brief stop which led me to this piece on Installation Art, which led me to this page about the Native American artist Jamison Chas Banks, where I found this short video about his installation at SITE Santa Fe in 2014.
Jamison Chas Banks from SITE Santa Fe on Vimeo.
One says that home plate is stolen in Baseball. The artist compares that to American history and says stealing home is maybe a very American thing. It’s a remarkable installation piece that makes me realize how art installations can be powerful storytelling. This piece is also a reminder that there is a lot of unfinished history that needs to be untangled. Until we do we will always build on top of quicksand.
Interesting how this post creates a circle for me. From Nam June Paik, who I met in Köln, where I grew up, to Jamison Chas Banks, who lives in Santa Fe.
I love Mornings
I had a couple of appointments in Santa Fe and stopped there for one night, on my way to California. Beautiful, clear and cold morning.
Boiinnnggg
I came across this little video on my phone the other day. :-)
Long Photo
I made several short videos that I thought of as Long Photos. The camera is on a tripod and the POV and perspective don’t change. Nothing much happens in a long photo… grass sways in the wind, water moves. That’s all. I love it and put long photos, like this one, in the slide shows I used to project when I performed solo guitar. In a sequence with still photos a long photo like this can be quite shocking and occasionally I heard people gasp when they realized the image was actually moving.
Water
Photo by Frances Seward (more about her on her website). Saw a photo by the artist on Twitter. Ah, the obsession of the desert dweller with water. It’s universal. Click on the image to go to Seward’s gallery page. And the last name is only one letter away from Seaward…
