Petroglifs
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http://csi.asu.edu/csi/bruce-sterling-creates-21st-century-petroglifs-at-csi/
During Emerge 2013: The Future of Truth this spring, CSI Visionary in Residence Bruce Sterling was hard at work with a diverse team of collaborators at Arizona State University testing the limits of our rapid prototyping and fabrication facilities. The result of this whirlwind of creativity is an original exhibit of 21st century Petroglifs carved into native Arizona rock with laser cutters.
In the digital, virtual age, what are our eternal truths? Watch the short film directed by Jasmina Tesanovic to find out.
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Contemporary Petroglyphist Kevin Sudeith
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MODERN PETROGLYPH GALLERY EXHIBITION
– Show of prints, photos and video of recent stone carvings from across the United States –
New York City, NY, April 30, 2013–For the past three years, artist Kevin Sudeith has been traveling through the United States making stone carvings in immovable rock outcroppings. Sudeith is the only petroglyphist working today, and his work resides in a nether-region between fine art and outsider or folk art. His first solo show in New York City will feature a unique form of printmaking: Sudeith makes archival impressions of the petroglyphs on paper. To make the impressions, the carvings are painted with pigmented ink and then wet paper is applied to the carving; the paper absorbs the colored ink and captures the three dimensional space of the carving as an embossing. Also featured in the show will be time lapse videos of Sudeith making the petroglyphs and impressions. An array of Sudeith’s signature motifs, or emblems, will be on display. Sudeith does not permit photographic reproduction of these emblems, so one must go to a petroglyph site or see an impression. Also on display will be two new movable carvings on granite and marble slabs.
Sudeith has renewed the most antiquated art, carving petroglyphs, and infused it with contemporary life. Traveling alone and meeting diverse people along the way, Sudeith documents their lives, their stories, and their work in the most indelible medium. Each petroglyph is site specific and composed of images of the nature and endeavors near the petroglyph site. For example, in North Dakota, Sudeith carved broad-acre farming and oil production: tractors, combines, pumping derricks and tanker trucks. In Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Sudeith has carved -at true life scale- the fish brought ashore at the petroglyph site. Sudeith’s petroglyphs fuse art with science and technology, for all his works include aerospace imagery: satellites, space-based scientific instruments, and space vehicles. The artist’s choice of imagery is inspired by the brilliance of human exploration, invention, and adventure.
Sudeith (b. 1965, St. Paul, MN) received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he has lived for the past 20 years. His work has been featured at the Earl McGrath Gallery and Charles Cowles Gallery, both in New York City, and Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco. He has been making rock art since 2003. Sudeith is currently ‘at large’, traveling America making petroglyphs. His journey is chronicled on his website, Petroglyphist.com.
What: Modern Petroglyphs (rock carvings)
Who: New York artist Kevin Sudeith
When: Opening: Thursday, May 16 from 7-9pm. Show runs to June 14 by appointment only
Where: 308@156 Project Artspace, 156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 308, Manhattan, NY 10010Media contact: Kevin Sudeith, 800-781-0153 or ks(AT SYMBOL)petroglyphist.com. Images at petroglyphist.com.
Editor’s note: High resolution images are available.###
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The owls of NYC and other urban raptors.
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The Archaic Greek Lion of Kea, thought to date to around the 6th century BC, sculptor unknown. Ioulida, island of Kea.
Though much ambiguity still surrounds this stone carved smiling lion, it is thought relate to the mythology of Kea, which was once known as “The Water Island”
The island was considered to be inhabited by water Nymphs. Due to its exceptional beauty, the Gods were jealous of the island and sent a lion down to ravage it of its beauty. The lion drove all the Nymphs out of the island and the island dried out.
The inhabitants of Kea then asked Apollo’s son, Aristaeus for help and he built a temple to the mightiest of all Gods, Zeus. This act pleased Zeus and he brought rain to the island and the nymphs back to it, as well. (x)
Photos courtesy & taken by Phso2
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Unorthodox uses for laser-cutters -
Urban naturalism—Austin high rise hotel/condo complex incorporates downtown beekeeping on the top floor.
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“Deer trail becomes Indian trail becomes county road”—the enigmatic 2011 nonfiction film General Orders No. 9, exploring the secret history and cartographic prophecy embedded in the negative space of the American landscape.
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The coyotes of urban Chicago—amazing short news feature about the Cook County Coyote Project, documenting the incredibly successful adaptation of coyotes to the North American urban environment—cruising the Loop like quicksilver ghosts.
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http://virukoda.mywebcommunity.org/
*Estonian petroglyphs
