Brush Mind at the opening tonight with Hank Lazer. We miss you, Jane Cassidy!
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2019 Faculty Biennial Exhibition
The University of Alabama’s Department of Art and Art History’s 2019 Faculty Biennial Exhibition opens today. I’m showing three works:
- Brush Mind: Second Hand – a collaboration with Jane Cassidy and Hank Lazer (a still from the piece is above)
- Pink Noise – a new piece of sound art
- A Work of Art for Every Entry in Index—Subjects—Library of Congress – a new piece of generative computer art
Two other new faculty are exhibiting work: Jonathan Cumberland and Wade MacDonald. Featured artists also include William Dooley, Allison Grant, Jason Guynes, Chris Jordan, Sarah Marshall, Giang Pham, Pete Schulte, Sky Shineman, Bryce Speed, and Craig Wedderspoon.
The exhibit runs through October 11, 2019. Hours are Monday through Friday 9:00am – 4:30pm. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, September 5 from 5-7pm.
Hank Lazer in Tablet
https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/287057/hank-lazer-poet
Here‘s an engaging snapshot of poet Hank Lazer. Hank and I have been collaborating for the last few years. We have three new pieces that will be released soon, and our multimedia version of his Brush Mind 2: Second Hand will be presented again this fall. Stay tuned for details.
Brush Mind: At Hand
October 17-19
Brush Mind: At Hand
University of Alabama
Sella Granata Gallery
Tuscaloosa AL
Text/lettering: Hank Lazer
Video: Jane Cassidy
Music: Michael Harp & Aaron Dues; Andrew Raffo Dewar; Holland Hopson
Floating with Hank Lazer in a Drunken Boat
I had the privilege of working with poet Hank Lazer this summer on three sonic realizations on his poem “N27P51” that are now available in issue 22 of the literary journal Drunken Boat.
https://soundcloud.com/drunken-boat/hank-lazer-n27p51-sounding-1?in=drunken-boat/sets/drunken-boat-22
https://soundcloud.com/drunken-boat/hank-lazer-n27p51-sounding-2?in=drunken-boat/sets/drunken-boat-22
https://soundcloud.com/drunken-boat/hank-lazer-n27p51-sounding-3?in=drunken-boat/sets/drunken-boat-22
These works began last spring with recordings of Hank’s students reading phrases from his poem. This summer I edited the recordings, processed them beyond recognition, added more sounds, used the shape of each line from the poem to guide electronic improvisations, and otherwise had a great time designing sounds in the studio. Hank reigned it all in and helped me shape the material into three sections.
Check out the journal for a reproduction of Hank’s visual poetry, or listen to all the audio from the issue below (including a piece by Pauline Oliveros).
https://soundcloud.com/drunken-boat/sets/drunken-boat-22