An eight minute video by Jenny Woodward
explaining the concept and making of
You Are Here
click on the link
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
You Are Here, a brief description
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| Upshot at MIA |
You Are Here is a
mixed media sculptural installation that recreates the constellations of the
night sky in physical form, studding them with starlight and suspending them
overhead to create a life-size stellarium.
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| fig 1 |
You Are Here was
inspired by my first look at a celestial atlas and its detailed illustrations
of the constellations in corporeal form, a menagerie of wild and domesticated
animals, reptiles, insects, creatures of the sea, birds in flight, symbolic
objects, heroines, heroes and mythological beasts all posed in a celestial
tableau. The more I looked at these illustrations the more I wanted to be among
these stellar constellations, surrounded by their physical presence.
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| fig 2 |
Upon studying the distinctive features of celestial atlases
I discovered there are two ways constellations are depicted, the internal view, as we see them from
earth looking up into he sky (fig 1) and the external
view, as they are seen from above looking down toward the earth (fig 2). Seeing
both these front and back views only strengthened my desire to transform the
constellations into three-dimensions, completing a metamorphosis of sorts, from
points of light in the sky to basic shapes to illustrated figures to physical
form.
The animal constellation figures have been created through a kind of craft-taxidermy, using flocking for fur and sequins for scales among other materials.
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| Ursa major and minor in fading light |
The animal constellation figures have been created through a kind of craft-taxidermy, using flocking for fur and sequins for scales among other materials.
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| Capella the Goat flocked |
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| The sequin scales of Draco the dragon |
The human constellations have been cobbled together from tailor and dress forms, wig heads, boot trees and mannequin parts
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| boot trees and mannequin limbs |
representing generic lay figures or mannequins that the viewer can project onto, placing themselves in the center of this fanciful universe.
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| Perseus in Progress |
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| Perseus in flight |
You Are Here began as a project of Creative Capital in 2009 This accumulative installation premiered in 2013 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of Next Wave Art
and is on view at the South Terminal Gallery at the Miami International Airport thru Spring 2016.
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| constellations and air travel |
You Are Here at Miami International Airport
You Are Here
now on view
at
Miami International Airport
South Terminal Gallery
(4th floor / Terminal H)
Stay tuned for more images from the exhibit
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| Side View |
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| You Are Here title wall with images from historic celestial atlases and installation guide |
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| Artist's project statement, installation and in progress images |
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| View from the floor of Terminal H / International Arrivals |
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| Libra, Virgo, Coma Bernieces, Leo Major and Leo Minor |
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| Hercules, Draco, Ursa Minor, Cepheus, Lynx, Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, Bootes, Corona Borealis |
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| Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Pegasus, Andromeda, Triangulum |
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Last Chance to see You Are Here at BAM
After an extended engagement at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music
You Are Here
must close on
June 28th
Your last opportunities to see the installation
Sunday June 22nd 5 - 7 pm
Tuesday June 24th 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Wednesday June 25th 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Thursday June 26th 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Friday June 27th 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Saturday June 28th 5 - 7 pm
BAM Cafe / Lepercq Space
Peter Jay Sharp Building / 2nd Floor
30 Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn
Friday, June 13, 2014
Skip to my Lou
Video and Photographs from
Skip to My Lou from
Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long
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| "Lost my man now what'll I do?" |
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| "I'll get another one nicer than you" |
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| "Skip to my lou my darlin'" |
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| "He's gone again, He's gone again, He's gone again" |
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| "My man wears a number twelve shoe" |
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| setting change |
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| the machinist at work |
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| "He's got big feet and he's awkward too" Photos © Richard Termine |
Shortnin' Bread
Video and Photographs of Shortnin' Bread
from Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long
as performed by yours truly
Follow this link for video
Video by Character Generators
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| "Three little children lyin' in bed" |
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| "Two are sick and the other 'most dead" |
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| "Sent for the doctor, doctor said 'feed these children..." |
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| "Old Bob Bruder and a rocket named Ned..." |
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| "Butch the robber, smart in the head..." |
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| "When the cops came, they caught them and read..." |
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| "Looked in his loot bag and one of 'em said..." |
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| Chorus |
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| "A hungry man came home and fed, found his woman sleepin' in bed..." |
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| "Wanted to shoot her full of lead, but they both ended up eatin'..." |
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| Chorus |
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| "Whole world's sick or haven't you read..." |
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| "Cause all the politician's are hot in the head..." |
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| Chorus |
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| Chorus ad infinitum... |
Photos
© Richard Termine
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