I’d like to thank you all for the reading and appreciation of the work “Somewhere – A Place in my Heart”! As far as the bug is concerned it has already used by me in several works, and some of them have been commented in BIW podcast such us “Second Star to the Right”, but this time I used it in what I usually call “primpaintings”.I appreciated the reading of colors and the joyful atmosphere of holiday I gave to you !

Left by shellina on November 26th, 2009

Since you asked our opinions -

For me, the AM Radio piece represents the unleashing of a creative energy, the shed is symbolic of some kind of mental confinement or restraint, the explosion of red perhaps being the artists imagination bursting free from its borders.

Of course this could all be complete bollocks.

Left by Arahan Claveau on November 26th, 2009

Hi Jay, much of the attraction of this piece is that it is open to wide interpretation, and I really like that it can be appreciated on its own, or as part of the larger, original work. It is not as obviously nostalgic as much of AM’s work, not that being nostalgic is a negative thing at all, but I do find the abstract nature of the shed very appealing.

Left by Arahan Claveau on November 26th, 2009

Here is part of a notecard from “The Red and the Wild” Installation by AM Radio.

The title itself has its origins in a film and music artist friend from Atlanta. He had sent me a collection of music experiments of his just as I was in the midst of trying to understand why I was feeling a need to bring in abstract and maybe creepy shapes into my work. One of the tracks sampled some audio from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The audio lead me to watch the film again and read Capote’s Novella. In the story, the main character Holly invents a world around her in reaction to her anxieties and fears which she describes as the “mean reds.” Holly says, “But you can’t give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they’re strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then the sky. That’s how you’ll end up, Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You’ll just end up looking at the sky ”
-AM Radio

The red prims in the installation where coming out of the house. Holly Golightly is smiling:)

Left by Pen Carter on November 27th, 2009

Thank you Pen for posting that and bringing the context back into focus. Although the shed is not the exact same piece that the notecard you refer to was made for, it is the same concept and design.

It would have been good to read part of that note in the podcast…so very glad it is posted here!

Also-the artist did not rez the work themselves which adds to the peculiarity of the discourse and level of disconnect.

What do artists think about rezzing other people’s work at BIW for discussion? If I gave a gift of art out and someone decided to rez it for critique I am not sure that is the most diplomatic idea in the world.

Thoughts?

(now sees everyone rummaging for that terrible interactive smoking side table I made in 2007 to rez noooooooo!)

Left by Misprint Thursday on November 29th, 2009