Video By Phoneix April 7, 2010 Made in Partnership with Mural Arts: Youth Action & Art Project
Categories: Identity
Tagged: Identity
Yesterday I took a mini Residency in the Van. Went with Carlos to Belmont Plateau to enjoy the sun and do some editing. We also created 2 short postcard/haikus inspired by the moment.
Categories: Artistic Expression
Tagged: Artistic Expression
My neighbor tipped me off to this show, which I ran over to see as it was getting dark (even though it will still be up for a few more weeks. You can find these portraits tied to the trees in Palumbo Park, next to Fleisher Art Memorial on Catherine between 7th and 8th. The […]
Categories: Follow the Van!
Tagged: Follow The Van!
After depleting and inhaling 6 aerosol cans of various intensities of spray glue, and still having sagging fabic on the ceiling, I decided to look for a professional. After several frustrated google searches for auto interior shops, I found this comment which stated that “they are very creative. they can install allkinds of gadgets to […]
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Well now that a little money is trickling in for the project, I took the plunge and bought a 180 watt solar panel! Here is a good article that explains a bit of the process. I purchased a AGB Deep Cycle Battery and an inverter. All I’m missing is the charger controller, and perhaps a […]
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On Tuesday I worked again with the VOICES youth, but this time we met in their neighborhood in Southwest at a rec center at 58th and Kingsessing. We were a group of 14 and I was surprised that we got 12 videos done by the end of the day at 4pm. I said up front […]
Categories: Follow the Van!
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Went back to Centro and VOICES to screen their videos and get some closing reflections (video to come). We also asked them all to write a final message in a speech bubble and add it to the map on the van. I would like to start a leave a bubble, take a bubble exchange- but […]
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On Thursday I did a workshop with 10 students from the Penrose neighborhood, up by Temple. The summer program is part of a several-year leadership training organized by VOICES and offered to area high school students. This group has been working on projects related to an exhibition they will have at Tyler, on the topic […]
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Katya and I returned to Centro today for a very successful day. Over the weekend I saw a a series of short films by Canadian experimental filmmaker Arthur Lipsett. His work really made me think deeper about how to think distinctly about the image and sound track in order to produce new meaning. I started […]
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