at the griffin: rania matar, monika merva...

so i went to the griffin photography museum in winchester for the first time last thursday night to view the videos created by myself and my classmates. the videos were awesome.

the griffin itself is also awesome. it is beautiful- rustic and airy- with wooden rafters. it is modest in size but the photos exhibited there pack a punch.

we spent most of our time there in the main gallery with the exhibition THREE CONCERNED WOMEN, Photographs by Susan Bank, Stella Johnson, and Rania Matar. i will spare you of my musings about their work. suffice it to say that they are very powerful. below is potent example by rania matar. (i saw this same photo in the spring at the danforth museum in framingham. i was very struck by it then too- wanted a postcard, settled for a terrible cell phone pic).

i also spent some time in the griffin gallery with the exhibit: CITY of CHILDREN PHOTOGRAPHS BY MONIKA MERVA. merva's work is also very powerful, disturbing even. it was pretty much teeming with overripe adolescent sexuality. reminded me a little bit of watching kids or gummo, but not quite as raw. the example below was a favorite... might be the sparkly hair...

didn't it rain. why, yes it did.

just a little rainy sunday gospel with sister rosetta. amen and hallelujah.

waltham open studios: best of... follow-up

it seems that channel 5's Chronicle agrees with my choices of joshua winer and tim kadish...

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/21920743/index.html

diary

diary from nora g. on Vimeo.

this is my first attempt at movie making. it was created as a final project for my interactive media class (for which i also created this blog). i very much enjoyed the process of creating this music video, i found myself immersed in it. the video turned out rather repetitive/sloppy/choppy, so of course i want to continue editing it to death, but unfortunately (or fortunately?) there was a deadline so time did not allow. but, i am content being only semi-satisfied with the result, as this was such a great learning experience.

it will be exhibited for public viewing at the griffin photography museum this coming thursday (december 17th) at 7:30 pm. my extremely talented classmates' videos will also be shown. i am very excited to see everyone's work.

where you're at

"is everything an accident of geography?"

boz schurr

boz schurr is another wonderful artist whose work i found on doodler's anonymous. they have a blog entry on her drawing a day sketchbooks. a few more clicks led me to her flickr page, her blog, and her portfolio website. clearly boz knows how to utilize the web in her artistic pursuits. it is also clear that she is inexhaustible, as evidenced by the hundreds of dreamy intricately rendered sketchbook pages (see her flickr page).

living jewelry

she doesn't look one bit frightened. uncomfortable yes, but otherwise unfazed.