Saturday, April 3, 2010
rememberment
I need feedback on the newest part of my website: http://www.kimcampisano.com/rememberment
Cold April
Again, I think myself right and that life is looking up, things are getting simpler. I try to trust in hard work and good intentions. But there's always a sneaking suspicion that it's never enough.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
working on believing..
i think the clouds are either forming or parting, but things will soon be clear.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Last Days of Summer
It's been a while...
Seen here is a view of my most recent installation - "Shedding", a collaboration with Yasmin Lambie-Simpson.
Now I'm trying to squeeze in all the sun, art-making, friends and family I can before resuming work(?) and installing my MFA show. It's weird to think of a solo show after so much collaboration.
I'm keeping fingers crossed that I can find a decent/suitable position with my old district.
Details to follow....
Seen here is a view of my most recent installation - "Shedding", a collaboration with Yasmin Lambie-Simpson.
Now I'm trying to squeeze in all the sun, art-making, friends and family I can before resuming work(?) and installing my MFA show. It's weird to think of a solo show after so much collaboration.
I'm keeping fingers crossed that I can find a decent/suitable position with my old district.
Details to follow....
Saturday, March 28, 2009
A chance to reflect on last week's show
I was more than impressed by everyone's showing last Saturday and thankful for the opportunity to slow down for a bit and soak it all in. Thanks especially to Robbyn for being so selfless and committed to our successful expressions. Here are some images. Contact me if you want higher quality copies of y0ur pieces.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Kasper's Stories...
One reason it's been over a month since I posted.
To fill folks in, there was a community art event I collaborated on called "Kasper's Stories". It culminated Saturday on Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. For me process of working on Kasper’s Stories was an exercise in seeing the self in relation to others and the individuals involved in the context of a whole community. As an artist I often feel this tug between the personal work, the exploration of the ego and personal memory and the need to do work that addresses others – feels like it belongs to something bigger. In a sense that was all I ended up doing after ten years of teaching. “My work” (as it were) almost disappeared in sacrifice to students’, the school, community projects, etc. I am working on this dance between the big picture and my intimate space and personal expression. I may have to spend a bug chunk of time now in the studio – doing “my work”. But that alone won’t fulfill me in the long run and the project and this class has given me confidence in my moves into and out of these modes – that they are legitimate and can be accessed and asked for when needed.
Here's some info and documentation:
TITLE: Kasper’s Stories
What does it mean to create art in a time of economic crisis? Where do we turn for inspiration? How can we keep community from being forgotten? Would you miss your neighborhood Hot Dog Stand if it weren't here anymore?
"Kasper's Stories” is a community art event organized around the idea of remembering and sharing memories of Original Kasper's Hot Dogs on 4521 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland which existed in this location for over 60 years before its doors closed on 2003. This art event is geared toward exploring the ways in which a community is affected by the closure of such a pivotal meeting place, and how the skeleton of the building lives on as a beacon to better times.
"Kasper's Stories” fuses art and community. This presentation will include art objects, which were created to memorialize the hot dogs, readings of testimonials from the community about the legendary food and memories created here, as well as lemonade and cookies for refreshment.
"Kasper's Stories” was conceived and created by members of the “Site Memory Collective”, a group of graduate art students from John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley. Members of the collective were drawn to the Kasper's because of its unusually shaped building and a simultaneous feeling of loneliness, love and centrality that pervaded the site and it’s surroundings.
DATE: Saturday March 14th, 2009
TIME: 12pm-2pm
LOCATION: Original Kasper's Hot Dogs
4521 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
To fill folks in, there was a community art event I collaborated on called "Kasper's Stories". It culminated Saturday on Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. For me process of working on Kasper’s Stories was an exercise in seeing the self in relation to others and the individuals involved in the context of a whole community. As an artist I often feel this tug between the personal work, the exploration of the ego and personal memory and the need to do work that addresses others – feels like it belongs to something bigger. In a sense that was all I ended up doing after ten years of teaching. “My work” (as it were) almost disappeared in sacrifice to students’, the school, community projects, etc. I am working on this dance between the big picture and my intimate space and personal expression. I may have to spend a bug chunk of time now in the studio – doing “my work”. But that alone won’t fulfill me in the long run and the project and this class has given me confidence in my moves into and out of these modes – that they are legitimate and can be accessed and asked for when needed.
Here's some info and documentation:
Collective Statement:
The Site Memory Collective was begun by a small group of students from John F. Kennedy University’s Arts and Consciousness Department in Berkeley, California, housed in the historic Heinz Building on San Pablo Avenue. Our focus is on personal and social transformation through art. We engage in research, performance, and site-specific instillations exploring the changing urban landscape as seen through individual and community memories of public spaces. We are particularly concerned with what it means to create art in a time of economic crisis. Where do we turn for inspiration? How can we keep community from being forgotten?
Excerpted from the Press Release:The Site Memory Collective was begun by a small group of students from John F. Kennedy University’s Arts and Consciousness Department in Berkeley, California, housed in the historic Heinz Building on San Pablo Avenue. Our focus is on personal and social transformation through art. We engage in research, performance, and site-specific instillations exploring the changing urban landscape as seen through individual and community memories of public spaces. We are particularly concerned with what it means to create art in a time of economic crisis. Where do we turn for inspiration? How can we keep community from being forgotten?
TITLE: Kasper’s Stories
What does it mean to create art in a time of economic crisis? Where do we turn for inspiration? How can we keep community from being forgotten? Would you miss your neighborhood Hot Dog Stand if it weren't here anymore?
"Kasper's Stories” is a community art event organized around the idea of remembering and sharing memories of Original Kasper's Hot Dogs on 4521 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland which existed in this location for over 60 years before its doors closed on 2003. This art event is geared toward exploring the ways in which a community is affected by the closure of such a pivotal meeting place, and how the skeleton of the building lives on as a beacon to better times.
"Kasper's Stories” fuses art and community. This presentation will include art objects, which were created to memorialize the hot dogs, readings of testimonials from the community about the legendary food and memories created here, as well as lemonade and cookies for refreshment.
"Kasper's Stories” was conceived and created by members of the “Site Memory Collective”, a group of graduate art students from John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley. Members of the collective were drawn to the Kasper's because of its unusually shaped building and a simultaneous feeling of loneliness, love and centrality that pervaded the site and it’s surroundings.
DATE: Saturday March 14th, 2009
TIME: 12pm-2pm
LOCATION: Original Kasper's Hot Dogs
4521 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
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