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One of the works that I am showing at the Enriched Bread Open Studio (EBA) is entitled “Spatial Blue with a Thin Red Line”. This is a combination of two previous works.

The “Thin Red Line” is a strip of red paint on the wall lit by a focused elliptical theatre light. This was previously shown at last years EBA Open Studio.

“Spatial Blue” was originally built for the EBA “Verticality” show at Gallery 101 in July and August 2008. The hexagonal shape was based on my site specific commissioned work entitled “Diffract” for the Canada Dance Festival at the National Arts Center (NAC) in June. The NAC’s architecture is based on the hexagon. “Spatial Blue” was also shown at the Cube Gallery as part of the Candela exhibition.

Pictures of the work are shown below. The Thin Red Line is washed out due to the dynamic range of the light involved in the work. The detailed images are views of the interior of the lower part of “Spatial Blue” though a similar view is seen in the upper part.

The 16th Annual Enriched Bread Artists Open Studio is happening now. This is where my studio is located. Surprisingly, it it is the 14th Open House that I have been involved in. Time flies when you are having fun. The studio is located at 951 Gladstone Avenue, just off Preston Street, in Ottawa.

The exhibition continues:
Fridays, October 24, 6-9 PM.
Saturdays, October 25, 11-5 PM.
Sundays, October 26, 11-5 PM.

Admission is free.

Cindy Stelmackowich’s show entitled Embalmination at Kristie Engle Gallery in Los Angeles (mentioned previously in this blog) has been reviewed in the Los Angeles Times.

Find the review here http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-galleries12-2008sep12,0,1431587.story

Enriched Bread Artists is participating as a venue in Festival X, Ottawa’s Photography Festival. EBA is located at 951 Gladstone Avenue, just west of Preston, in Ottawa, Canada.

As part of this event, I am exhibiting a video captured image in a digital frame entitled “Tunnels”. This was originally done in 2004 as an illustration for a short story “Tunnels” by J.M. Heluk and published in the Harrow Anthology, “Fear of the Unknown” (ISBN 1-59080-416-3) by Echelon Press. This anthology is edited by Kfir Luzzatto and Monica O’Rourke and the art editor is Jason Nolan.

I am also participating in a panel discussion at EBA on Saturday, September 20th from 1 to 3 pm.

festival X at EBA

I have been fascinated with dinosaurs since I was a child. I saw this article and it really made me think about what is really buried and most often, we have no idea…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7604721.stm

I went to the Golden Cherry award event last night. It was a fun event that allowed for lots of conversation but no ribbon.

Fun all the same.

I have been nominated for two Golden Cherry Awards; one as Installation Artist of the Year and the other as Artist of the Year in Sculpture. What fun…

The event details are below with more information on Ottawa Citizen’s The Big Beat Blog and at SAW Gallery’s Facebook Page.

Les Prix Golden Cherry Awards: Ottawa-Gatineau’s premier arts awards show
Friday, September 5, 7PM – 11PM
Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities
179 Murray Street, Ottawa
After-party at Galerie SAW Gallery from 11PM to 2AM free to attend!
Formal attire.

This is a continuation of the elimination of corporate support for basic research and therefore lack of future vision. Everything now comes down to the quarterly report and keeping shareholders happy. Corporations now rely on government or academic labs yet, the same people push government to shrink and divest themselves of these basic research labs. Where will the basic science and knowledge come from? Probably as something found through product development and not from the interest of “just needing to know.”

It takes a long time to build a research and design team so all the people know how each other works, what their interests are and how to support each other. Research teams are built over time, not assembled on a whim for a product design need.

This article I found on the Wired Blog.

I came across this article on slashdot about cows pointing north. It is wonderful how they seem to know and we don’t pay attention.

I will be participating in the Candela Art Exhibition from September 16th to 21st at Cube Gallery in Ottawa. This exhibition explores electric light as an artistic medium. More into to follow as the show approaches.