It can be found here.
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September 25, 2010
Interview with Cameron Larson by Comrade Bunny
Capitolhillseattle.com features an interview with the artist behind the "Caps for Slats" project.
It can be found here.
It can be found here.
September 16, 2010
September 15, 2010
Evan Blackwell - "Somewhere Between Here and There"
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Artist statement by Evan describing his approach to art-making and life:
"I have consistently been making things with materials from my surroundings as a way to comprehend, as well as bring order and new meanings to the world I live in. At the very core of my research is a desire to create a harmony between the reality of my urban existence and my own personal ideology. My goal is to reinvent much of my surroundings both philosophically and physically in order to experience a more fulfilling life. My methods for doing this is to collect, rearrange and repurpose the materials and spaces around me. Translating everyday things into poignant forms of expression of our time; similar to a kind of alchemy, this process helps me overcome the limits of social constraints. It allows me access to a capacity of understanding that is not limited by a set paradigm."
For more information about the artist - evanblackwell.com
September 8, 2010
Cameron Larson - "Caps for Slats"
Cameron has been collecting caps for the past year for this project, but is need of more... "Any obscure caps are ideal. No Corona, Budwiser, Bud Light, Henry Weinhard... But I will accept ANYTHING!!!" He will be working on Broadway (next to Joey Veltkamp's panels) for the next few weeks, installing his project bit by bit.
SEAT (Seattle Experimental Animation Team) presents "WALLRUS"
WALLRUS - ANIMATED WALL EVENT
Local animators premiere four-year wall animation project Wallrus, an animated wall project lasting four years and involving 8 animators, kicks off at 6PM on Thursday, September 9th, 2010 in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. Local artist/musician Clyde Petersen will create a large scale animation destined for a music video.
ABOUT WALLRUS:
SEAT (Seattle Experimental Animation Team) in conjunction with Sound Transit, and with support from the NW Film Forum and Art Work Fine Art Services presents: Wallrus - The slow moving, ungainly giant movie, an eight part collaborative mural/animation created over four years on the surface of a construction barrier in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. Seven animators and one school group collaborating over time will take over part of the huge plywood wall around the Capitol Hill Light Rail construction - specifically a section by 'the Philosopher's Tree' near the 10th Ave and Denny park entrance in Cal Anderson Park. Beginning Thursday September 9th this wall will become an animated mural, with a new animator arriving every six months to transform the wall entirely, culminating in evening screenings of 'wall' animation and selected films curated by the artist of the season.
SEAT members include Webster Crowell, Tess Martin, Britta Johnson, Clyde Peterson, Sarah Jane Lapp, Amanda Moore, and others, including a collaborative project with Coyote Central.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Initial artist Clyde Petersen begins his animation at 6PM during the Capitol Hill art walk on September 9th, 2010. The spectacle is free and open to the public. He will be working on a music video for Portland based band, The Thermals. The project will celebrate the wonders of travel in outer space.
ABOUT THE ANIMATORS:
Clyde Petersen runs the Seattle-based production company Do It For the Girls Productions. He divides time between producing live action and animated music videos, touring with and managing local bands, and teaching youth film making camps. His most recent feature film, The Unspeakable, premiered in July 2010.
Local animators premiere four-year wall animation project Wallrus, an animated wall project lasting four years and involving 8 animators, kicks off at 6PM on Thursday, September 9th, 2010 in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. Local artist/musician Clyde Petersen will create a large scale animation destined for a music video.
ABOUT WALLRUS:
SEAT (Seattle Experimental Animation Team) in conjunction with Sound Transit, and with support from the NW Film Forum and Art Work Fine Art Services presents: Wallrus - The slow moving, ungainly giant movie, an eight part collaborative mural/animation created over four years on the surface of a construction barrier in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. Seven animators and one school group collaborating over time will take over part of the huge plywood wall around the Capitol Hill Light Rail construction - specifically a section by 'the Philosopher's Tree' near the 10th Ave and Denny park entrance in Cal Anderson Park. Beginning Thursday September 9th this wall will become an animated mural, with a new animator arriving every six months to transform the wall entirely, culminating in evening screenings of 'wall' animation and selected films curated by the artist of the season.
SEAT members include Webster Crowell, Tess Martin, Britta Johnson, Clyde Peterson, Sarah Jane Lapp, Amanda Moore, and others, including a collaborative project with Coyote Central.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Initial artist Clyde Petersen begins his animation at 6PM during the Capitol Hill art walk on September 9th, 2010. The spectacle is free and open to the public. He will be working on a music video for Portland based band, The Thermals. The project will celebrate the wonders of travel in outer space.
ABOUT THE ANIMATORS:
Clyde Petersen runs the Seattle-based production company Do It For the Girls Productions. He divides time between producing live action and animated music videos, touring with and managing local bands, and teaching youth film making camps. His most recent feature film, The Unspeakable, premiered in July 2010.
September 4, 2010
Jen Graves/The Stranger feature Gretchen Bennett and Baso Fibonacci this week.
Gretchen Bennett's "Crazy in Love" -
http://www.thestranger.com/
Baso Fibonacci's "Untitled" -
http://www.thestranger.com/
http://www.thestranger.com/
Baso Fibonacci's "Untitled" -
http://www.thestranger.com/
August 27, 2010
Baso Fibonacci - "Untitled"
A painted mural self-portrait with owls in a landscape stretches from the corner of E. John Street to the first entrance gate on 10th Avenue. The 24' x 120' piece was designed by street artist Baso Fibonacci and painted by Zach Rochstad and Japhy Witte, with support from Art Primo Paint Suppliers.
The painting was recently featured by KOMO news - see the footage here
August 17, 2010
Tim Marsden - BOOM!
Okay, I keep referring to it as "Boom," but to be fair, Tim Marsden's contribution to The Wall is called "Is That All There Is?" Inspired by the Peggy Lee song of the same name, Marsden imagines what it would be like to experience a real-life (cartoon) explosion, complete with a big boom! and flying debris.
"Is That All There Is?" can be seen from Cal Anderson Park, and features real planks of wood painted to look like... cartoon planks of wood.
Learn more about Tim's work at etmarsden.com
-Jennifer
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"Is That All There Is?" can be seen from Cal Anderson Park, and features real planks of wood painted to look like... cartoon planks of wood.
Learn more about Tim's work at etmarsden.com
-Jennifer
August 13, 2010
Joey Veltkamp - the lowdown
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"My paintings are records of the disparate elements of my life on the hill during the past 13 years. Each object in the panels represents a memory I associate with the hill (or in some cases, objects symbolize the hill's collective memory). While maybe not immediately apparent, there are references to past and present bars, restaurants, coffee shops, weird vendors, hangovers, hipster culture, pride parades, Nirvana, the farmer's market, drugs, sex, rock and roll."
Joey's work can be seen on Broadway, near Denny. The images are like a scavenger hunt, so allot yourself enough time to study them, challenge yourself to see how many objects you can find and allow the paintings to conjure up your own memories of Capitol Hill.
Learn more about Joey at 72clouds.com
-Jennifer
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August 12, 2010
Gretchen Bennett
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Installation of Tim Marsden's work continues through the end of the week, and Joey Veltkamp was also installed. We'll get some photos up soon!
-Jennifer
Tim Marsden
Tim Marsden began his installation project this week on a section of the Wall next to Cal Anderson Park.
For more information about the artist - etmarsden.com
For more information about the artist - etmarsden.com
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August 7, 2010
Evan Blackwell - "Somewhere Between Here and There"
Evan Blackwell began installation on his project, involving reclaimed door and framing materials, on Broadway Ave. E. near the E. John St. intersection.
For more information about the artist - evanblackwell.com
photos by Jennifer Babuca
August 6, 2010
August 5, 2010
Baso Fibonacci
Baso Fibonacci – 'untitled'
A 24' x 135' mural/self portrait of the artist on 10th Ave. E. near E. John Street. Baso and his crew of painters, Zach Rochstad and Japhy Witte, began work on the mural last Thursday and will be wrapping up later this week.
A 24' x 135' mural/self portrait of the artist on 10th Ave. E. near E. John Street. Baso and his crew of painters, Zach Rochstad and Japhy Witte, began work on the mural last Thursday and will be wrapping up later this week.
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| Zach Rochstad |
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Japhy Witte |
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Barbara Luecke being interviewed by KOMO |
photos by dk pan
photos by Barbara Luecke
For more photos:
August 4, 2010
Sound Transit is building a light rail station in the heart of Capitol Hill that will connect the neighborhood to service to the University of Washington and SeaTac airport. Over the next four years, through 2014, a two block stretch between Broadway and 10th Avenue will be surrounded by a construction wall as the area is excavated and the station is built. During this construction period, the Sound Transit Art Program, STart, will turn the construction wall into an art lab with a rotation of commissioned works from a wide range of artists, curated by lead artist D.K. Pan.
The first step of transforming the construction wall into the art lab was choosing an appropriate color. In recognition of Capitol Hill’s place as the heart of Seattle, Pan selected a vibrant red for the wall and created a theme for the gallery – “THE CITY: love, loss, and the moveable future.”
Through a competitive process, a roster of nearly thirty artists has been created to draw from to create projects. Many artists are developing their projects and the first round of installations will continue over the next few weeks and over the four years of construction. Some of the works that are currently underway:
1) Baso Fibonacci – an untitled mural/self portrait of the artist on 10th Ave. E. near E. John Street. Baso and his crew of painters, Zach Rochstad and Japhy Witte began work on the mural last Thursday and will be wrapping up later this week.
2) Gretchen Bennett – “Crazy in Love” is a series of posters of hand-rendered video stills comparing/contrasting Beyonce and Antony & the Johnsons different interpretations of the titular song. The posters will be installed on Broadway near Denny later this week.
3) Joey Veltkamp – two murals that will be installed on Broadway that translates the artist’s memories and love of Capitol Hill though objet de refuse he’s encountered over the years.
4) Evan Blackwell - a 3-dimensional installation that utilizes reclaimed door and framing material to create beautiful geometric patterns. This artwork is anticipated to be installed on Broadway near John Street over Thursday and Friday of this week.
5) Vis-aVis Society – a two-person performance and installation work for the Cal Anderson side of the wall. The artists, Sierra Nelson and Rachel Kessler will conduct surveys during Arts Blitz exploring how we came to be where we are and chart results on the wall.
6) SEAT (Seattle Experimental Animation Team) – a film collective featuring Webster Crowell, Britta Johnson, Sarah Jane Lapp, Tess Martin, Amanda Moore, Clyde Peterson, and youth group Coyote Central will create a time-lapse animated event on the Cal Anderson Park side of the wall. The wall images will result in an animation titled “Wallrus,” which will be screened at the end of the four year-residency on the wall. This project kicks off in early September.
More projects will unfold over the coming months and continue throughout the life of the wall. For artists who are interested in applying to be a part of the roster, we will holding future artist calls, which will be posted on our website. You can register to receive email notifications of artist opportunities at www.soundtransit.org/artopportunities
- Jennifer Babuca, STart Program Coordinator
The first step of transforming the construction wall into the art lab was choosing an appropriate color. In recognition of Capitol Hill’s place as the heart of Seattle, Pan selected a vibrant red for the wall and created a theme for the gallery – “THE CITY: love, loss, and the moveable future.”
Through a competitive process, a roster of nearly thirty artists has been created to draw from to create projects. Many artists are developing their projects and the first round of installations will continue over the next few weeks and over the four years of construction. Some of the works that are currently underway:
1) Baso Fibonacci – an untitled mural/self portrait of the artist on 10th Ave. E. near E. John Street. Baso and his crew of painters, Zach Rochstad and Japhy Witte began work on the mural last Thursday and will be wrapping up later this week.
2) Gretchen Bennett – “Crazy in Love” is a series of posters of hand-rendered video stills comparing/contrasting Beyonce and Antony & the Johnsons different interpretations of the titular song. The posters will be installed on Broadway near Denny later this week.
3) Joey Veltkamp – two murals that will be installed on Broadway that translates the artist’s memories and love of Capitol Hill though objet de refuse he’s encountered over the years.
4) Evan Blackwell - a 3-dimensional installation that utilizes reclaimed door and framing material to create beautiful geometric patterns. This artwork is anticipated to be installed on Broadway near John Street over Thursday and Friday of this week.
5) Vis-aVis Society – a two-person performance and installation work for the Cal Anderson side of the wall. The artists, Sierra Nelson and Rachel Kessler will conduct surveys during Arts Blitz exploring how we came to be where we are and chart results on the wall.
6) SEAT (Seattle Experimental Animation Team) – a film collective featuring Webster Crowell, Britta Johnson, Sarah Jane Lapp, Tess Martin, Amanda Moore, Clyde Peterson, and youth group Coyote Central will create a time-lapse animated event on the Cal Anderson Park side of the wall. The wall images will result in an animation titled “Wallrus,” which will be screened at the end of the four year-residency on the wall. This project kicks off in early September.
More projects will unfold over the coming months and continue throughout the life of the wall. For artists who are interested in applying to be a part of the roster, we will holding future artist calls, which will be posted on our website. You can register to receive email notifications of artist opportunities at www.soundtransit.org/artopportunities
- Jennifer Babuca, STart Program Coordinator
July 14, 2010
July 1, 2010
Blog postings about Wall Project
http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2010/03/11/dk-pan-selected-as-the-lead-artist-for-the-light-rail-construction-wall
http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2010/04/05/more-details-on-the-light-rail-boom-plus-upcoming-meeting-on-construction-wall-art
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/06/29/the-great-red-wall-of-capitol-hill
http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2010/04/05/more-details-on-the-light-rail-boom-plus-upcoming-meeting-on-construction-wall-art
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/06/29/the-great-red-wall-of-capitol-hill
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