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Slides for a new zine I’m working on about learning to fish, something I enjoyed doing as a child but haven’t done since.

Ellie Ga’s unique 3 part, single channel video is primarily a projection of light tables. In the center of the wall is a square light table and below that a long rectangular light table on which there are a collection of photo transparencies. We watch the artist’s hand shuffle images between the two  light tables …

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One thing I learned tonight, with my rough maquette, is that Finding Jane won’t be able to fill a 14′ x 13′ space (which was a random size anyway). Even though its a multi-faceted project and I want the landscape to loom large, but it’s not a large scale event. It’s an intimate piece.

First there is a flutter of movement. Or maybe first there is a peep, a fragment of song. I scan the trees. Someone else has spotted it. Someone more practiced. There it is. I see a small bird flying quickly from branch to branch. It settles. I put the binoculars to my eyes but I’m …

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I opened up an old 8mm camera from my great grandmother’s collection and found a roll of film! Here’s a still from it.  

   

I was going to type something up about this film which I saw last week.  I was able to catch the tail end of the A Different Picture: Women Filmmakers in the New Hollywood Era, 1967—1980.  I had a few of the films marked in my calendar including the films by Elaine May (which I’ve never …

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Working title: Empty Vessel But also considering Projection. Terra-Cotta 16 mm Film Reel. Fired.    

This is a work in process. Terracotta 16mm film reels before firing