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| Four artists working in weaving, collage, drawing and printmaking investigate word forms that may be read as a map to be decoded through imaginative interpretation.
February 3 – April 1, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, February 3 from 5:30pm-8pm Wednesday Artist Talks (5:30-6:30pm) Green Hill Center for NC Art |
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STATEMENT My latest works for Hear & Now explore issues of geography and location, memory and experience, shape and space. The three round works included in this exhibition are investigations into auditory experience and sound byte culture. Each of these images is a binary translation from a digital recording of an event I experienced that has cultural significance. I’m interested in how these experiences become memory and occupy space, both physical and conceptual, within myself and the larger culturally shared understanding of the world. Our sound byte culture exists as a disrupted societal narrative and yet we all seem to follow the storyline seamlessly integrating bits of shared experience into the tapestries of our personal memory. Included with these binary rounds, are two larger paintings that have been constructed using sets of personal data along with a folding pattern to create 2D sculpture. These flat images provide the instructions for folding a sheet of material into a specific shape which becomes the container for the data set. For example, How to Fold My Heart was developed using a map of the United States. I plotted the birthplace and current residence of seven people most important in my life. I then constructed a theoretically sound folding pattern using these relational geographic locations to create the final conceptual sculptural shape. My main motivation in developing these latest works stems from an interest in how three-dimensional shapes can hold information through their specificity of form. |
Heather Gordon Speaks at Cassilhaus |
| Many, many thanks to Frank & Ellen for inviting me to give this presentation. I’ve been to Cassilhaus a few times now and it’s wonderful to be part of the group of artists who have spoken/shown/resided at this beautiful place.What is Cassilhaus? The slides don’t show up too well in the video. So for those who want to see them, you can view a PDF file of the slideshow. |
Images from the Vermont Studio Center |
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I attended the Vermont Studio Center for an artist residency in October. Here are a few images from this fabulous experience. Many thanks to all who made attending this residency possible including but not limited to the Durham Arts Council, my parents (Ron & Lynn Gordon), and my lovely wife, Annah Lee.   About 300 Balloons  Please Enter 1 At A Time  A Bit Of Culture at VSC  Vermont Studio Center – Day 1  How to Get to Vermont in 6 Minutes
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3rd Friday Demo Night |
Local Histories : The Ground We Walk On |
 Local Histories is a show of over 50 artists exploring Alfredo Jaar’s idea of “place can not be global,” curated by elin o’Hara slavick and Carol Magee. This exhibition was first shown at 523 East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill and is traveling to the Hillsborough Museum at 201 N. Churton St running from June 1-June 30, 2011.
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Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant |
 I will be traveling to Vermont for a 1-month artist residency in October 2011 and will be working on a number of works for an upcoming show titled “Hear & Now” which explore how audio can exist in multiple spaces (physical, conceptual, auditory, memory) simultaneously.
This project is made possible by an Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant from the Durham Arts Council with support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. The 27th Annual Awards Ceremony for Durham Arts Council’s Emerging Artists Program will be held: |
