Evince - Taking Down the Book Installation

Here is a sort of time lapse of taking down the book installation.

 

New Studio

The new studio is up and running. It is 700sq feet overlooking a park on the second floor. It is gorgeous and spacious and has some of my own unique features added to it.

Printmaking and computer area

Drawing area overlooking the park.

Print drying area and painting area.

Relaxation area, fish tank and stairwell.

Sink and washing up area.

 Top of stairwell with sea glass and old paintbrush glass railing.

 

Box containing ticket stubs from various exhibtions, concerts and events.

Stained glass window at bottom of stairwell.

Evince - media coverage

Saskatoon Express writer Shannon Boklaschuk wrote an article about my exhibition http://saskatoonexpress.com/readmoreSHANNON.html  It is a sensational explanation of what I was trying to do.

Evince

An article on my series Evince came out today.  http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Martin+exhibit+page+turner/7080733/story.html  It is a really great article on the series. Hopefully the scan below of the article isn't a problem but it does give the scale of the exhibit.
There is another article about this series coming out on Monday in a different paper.

On the downside I discarded many of my nests today because storage of large sculptures becomes such a problem. I saved 10, 5 of which are on my front lawn.

Here is a link to the CBC call in show where I had listeners call in about the topic of the exhibition. It was a really stressful thing to do and am not sure I would do it again. It became a debate e-reader versus traditional book but really the exhibit is about how books are changing and reading is changing not a comment on whether it is good or bad but just an observation of change. http://www.cbc.ca/bluesky/2012/08/02/e-readers-versus-books/

Evince - Book Installation

Today was a super long day as the "Evince" exhibition was installed today. I had the help of my husband and my friends fiance, Ben, to load 1000's of books into the truck, out of the truck, into the gallery and organize the books for me so that I could install them.  The rest of the exhibition was a breeze to put up compared to the installation of the books.

Images of the day of installation

Here are some images of the completed installation.

Love Locks Sculpture in Ottawa - August 3 to 6

My Love Locks sculpture will be in Ottawa at the Rideau Canal Festival from August 3 - 6.  Check it out on the website. http://rideaucanalfestival.ca/site_bytown.html   All the activities at the festival can be found on the following page http://rideaucanalfestival.ca/

Books in Wax - Dictionairies

I have created two new pieces that will appear in my exhibition next week. Both are a translation dictionary encased in wax. Why would I do this??? I was struck by the change in tourist behaviour the last time I was in Europe. Tourists used to consult their dictionary to find out what a word meant but now they use their phones. There was a distinct change in how people travel. So I took an Italian to French Translation dictionary and put it in wax. Then I took it a step further and put a map and compass as these are becoming less needed as well when traveling as again people use their phones. The final one I created uses a French/English Dictionary and an old Ipod. It is called "There's an App for that". 

 

Lost in Translation #2

 

Lost in Translation #1

 

Rainbow of Words

 

There's an App for That 

Printmaking at Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan

August 5 at the matinee performance you can come to the festival site and create a print with me. The prints will be of the flowers in Hamlet. The prints will be created on my small printing press and printed on pages from the play.

Evince - Creating the Annoucement for my next exhibition

I am creating the annoucement for my next exhibition.

 

e·vince  

tr.v. e·vinced, e·vinc·ing, e·vinc·es

To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest: to make evident; show (something, such as an emotion) clearly

Part of the exhibition includes “If you Love, Believe in Juliet” very small sculptures, printmaking and collage. The series of 19 pieces uses the play Romeo and Juliet in each piece. Actual text from the play is incorporated into each piece.   Taking text from Shakespeare’s play and creating new labels for the various jars, transformed the found objects. Some of the jars are suspended on marbled paper. 

The second part is “Imperious Intimacy” a printmaking series using text is 9 pieces of art that use the essays of Michel de Montaigne (1575).  Small portions of the text from his essays are used in the various layers of the pieces. Each piece is created on mulberry paper, which has a transparent nature to it. The text and birds are printed on separate sheets and then layered. 

The third part of the exhibition is comprised of concertina sketchbooks that I have created. Each sketchbook uses text and printmaking in their creation.  The books are opened like an accordion and can be exhibited in many different ways. I have 11 concertina sketchbooks for exhibit.

The final part is an installation using 20,000 books. A space on a gallery wall will be stacked in books with the spines pointing inward towards the wall. It is in the pages of the books that we become enthralled in a book. The pages of the books create an incredible pattern when viewed in the non-traditional manner. The installation is a commentary on the new ways that we view the book, (Is the library an obsolete thing???), is the question that I raise with the installation.

Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan

As part of the "In Conversation" portion of the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival http://www.shakespeareonthesaskatchewan.com/  I will be speaking with Artistic Director Mark von Eschen on July 18th before the beginning of Hamlet. http://www.shakespeareonthesaskatchewan.com/node/132  

I hope you can make it out to the festival, Shakespeare has a way with words that fascinates me.  The play is linked to my upcoming exhibition, Evince, that is about the changing world of books . Some of the artwork is inspired by Shakespeare and uses text and pages from his plays, others are inspired by Michel de Montaigne. Even though he wrote in the 16th century his writing still has an impact on my thoughts. 

photo credit: Trint Thomas