ART INSTALLATION FLYING HIGH
My rigging hardware is a DIY mix of dowels, steel wire, rings, swivels and gaskets. Trying do this on the cheap has been a challenge. Most pressing was the need […]
Tag Archives: wind
Making artistic play of wind
Too much feasting of Google images! I was about to shut down my computer when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw this: The Wind Playground. Clearly a joy […]
Towering wind art at the sea
During another frenzied browse of Google images, I stumbled onto this work of French conceptual artist Daniel Buren. It was created for the Beaufort 03 Contemporary Art by the Sea […]
Medieval artist illustrates fresh air
It’s easy to be seduced by web images of art inspired by the wind. There’s a plethora of examples, both contemporary and historical. It’s pure pleasure to dabble this way. […]
Making art of natural phenomena
Surely, I opened myself a Pandora’s box, when browsing for art about wind currents. Consider this mind-bending merger of art and science—Wind Map. How it demonstrates the vast artistic potential of technology. […]
Artistic eyes on prevailing wind
I “studied” wind for several hours this week. Rudimentarily speaking, that is. What’s an artist residency without a bit of observational research? During spring and summer, prevailing winds here at […]
Wind shaped hills that cradle
The creative hand of wind shaped much of the beloved region I call home, known by geographers and all who live here as the Palouse. It straddles state lines between […]
Eternity revealed, wind in the grass
One of my favorite poets, Archibald Macleish. He’s particularly gifted at sidling up to the existential and extracting with such clarity: There is no dusk to be, There is no […]
Artist and poet, kindred spirits
PCEI has a poet-in-residence, Karen Trujillo. She writes in a little cabin, lovingly dubbed the Artist Studio. Meeting by chance, we quickly fell into a discussion about the topic at […]
Before the wind, there was wind
“We were born before the wind also younger than the sun …” Van Morrison My concept has emerged: wind. How could it not be. Without a doubt, it is the most omnipotent […]
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