Invites

Here are photos of previous Factory 14s opening invitations. Anyone is welcome to make the invite. If you have any ideas or sketches post them.




See you guys Saturday!
-Eileen

Visual Stimuli

Photos from the Opening

Oh, The Possibilities...

The reading nook concept really offers endless possibilities. I have been thinking about the sound aspect, and it could become more than just one record playing in the whole room. There could be a record to provide the basic atmosphere for the room, but I believe that each "station" (chair, lamp, and end table) could have a pair of headphones which have their own sounds.
I think that the different chairs should each offer their own feeling. The lighting and the music should each reflect this theme. This can become very conceptual. For example, there could be a tiny little kid's chair and table with a bright unicorn and rainbow lamp, playful pretty music, and a nonsensical book. There could be a modern chair and table with an abstract art book, bright lamp, and hipster jazz playing in the headphones. There could be a beat up old chair with a dull lamp, oldies music, and a book of aged photos. The possibilities go on and on. What I am saying is that each station can become a microcosm of the whole space. Each space would have a totally different atmosphere for the viewer to become immersed in. This piece has the potential to be extremely interactive for the audience.
Each person in the class could have their own individual station. You could represent yourself, or an idea, through the chair, the lamp, the music, the scent, accessories, and most importantly the book.
I hope I conveyed my vision well enough. If you have no clue what I am talking about, post a comment. I am really excited about this piece, and I hope we can pull it off. Please post your ideas for the installation. Communication is the key to a successful group installation.

-Kevin

Stencils for Windows Idea

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I found these images online while doing a Google search for Etta Cetera, (our guest
this coming Saturday April 22) The image one the left is Etta's, the image on the
right is by Shaun S. Nutmeg

Check it out: cutandpaste.org

The idea of creating stencils for the windows is an approach that some of you
may want to consider. You could repeat the pattern or make one large image.
The paint could be applied with a brush or sprayed on. The graphic quality of
an image created in this fashion, has a strong visual impact, dont'cha think?

Etta Cetera

Etta Cetera will be a guest artist on April 22nd and will lead a recycled journal-making/binding workshop from 2-4pm.

She makes miniature wee tiny teensy little books and creates small scale
libraries to house them in.



Serving Sentences
Local activist Etta Cetera gets books through to prisoners. Getting through to the public is another story.
By Chris Potter
Pittsburgh City Paper

Excerpt....
If you've seen any of the local protests against the War on Iraq -- or just about anything else -- you've probably seen Etta and her compatriots. A self-described radical cheerleader, Etta performs chants that critique U.S. policy. How much peace can a peacekeeper keep if a peacekeeper is carrying a piece?� is one of my favorites.

Click here to read More....

Ideas

This is the basic idea for my board. I want to create a time-based sound piece by attaching pieces of metal, glass and plastic with holes drilled in them. When it rains the water will flow through the holes creating interesting tones as it hits the different objects. I still need to find a few more objects and I need to finalize the layout.

This is my take on the history theme. The rain symbolizes the flood at the Mattress Factory, the newspapers and phone book just represent people (past and present).

Materials: Metal, Plastic, Glass?, tea/coffee-stained newspapers and phonebooks, found objects

I encourage you to post your sketches or ideas so that we can all get on the same page while we are away from the class.

-Kevin

microcosmonaut

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Originally uploaded by Kaunda.

This photo of Kevin was uploaded through a site called FlickR.
You can create a page of your own for free on FlickR, so it's an easy way to upload photographs and scanned images to a blog.

If you make your images "public", other people can upload your images to their blog and it will automatically put a titled link under the photo (which takes you to their portfolio of images). It's a great way for artists and photographers to present their work on the web and connect to a wider audience.

Click Here to visit The House of Pingting (my portfolio of images on FlickR).

Los Angeles Center For Digital Art

When I was a student in college (in the late 1980's) we had one computer for the
entire school of about 500 students. It was in the photography department. I never
had to wait to use it because no one else wanted to. Today it is almost
unthinkable for an artist to not use a computer in some way. Many artists work
exclusivley with digital media and there are lots of galleries which show the
work of "New Media/Digital Artists".

The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art is dedicated to the propagation of all forms of digital art, supporting local, international, emerging and established artists in our gallery. We have an ongoing schedule of exhibits and competitions, and produce editions of wide format archival prints.

I think you will find it an inspiring place to visit online. Enjoy.

Off the Page! From Book Arts to Public Art

Factory 14s Youth Art Course
Off the Page! From Book Arts to Public Art
Session II: Saturdays: March-May 2006
Instructor: Mary Tremonte
For ages 14-18

Let's Begin

It's always best to begin at the beginning.