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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Installation #3


Savannah, Georgia is an inspiring city indeed. The architecture, parks, food, and people are all amazing. What struck us most was the moss! I knew Savannah was known for it, but I had no idea how prevalent it was. While visiting, we camped at Skidaway Island State Park. Here is our moss inspired installation that we built behind our campsite.
 Our limited equipment left us with just one building method: Throwing the moss


The initial idea was to create a curtain accross the creek. The moss was much harder to work with than planned. We had hoped for a more cohesive, fabric like result, but the moss was not cooperative.



From afar, Geoffrey compared the instalation to a giant sloth. How funny that later in the day we found out that a giant sloth skeleton had been discovered here and is at the Skidaway Interprative Center.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Installation #2

While in Richmond, Virginia we built our second installation. While hiking the north bank of the James river, we came across this giant rock with cool holes in it. I didn't really want to leave, so Geoffrey suggested we build our next installation here.
We were inspired by the giant rocks similar to this throughout the Richmond/James River shore. We chose to use the surrounding stones to make a path on this stone. I was thinking of where I would walk on the stone if I were miniature. Geoffrey started at one end, and I at the other. After a little finnessing, here is our final piece:



I think Andy Goldsworthy would be proud, right?

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

First Installation.

Geoffrey and I are building art installations as we travel the country. Our first stop was Virginia Beach. A friend Janis has a great farm house on a big piece of property in the country. There is a path through the back woods that leads to an inlet off back bay. After canoeing through the system of inlets and creeks, we were inspired by the cypress knees.
After mentioning them to Janis and hearing her loving response, we knew we had the right idea. We used scraps from a tin ceiling in their house and made a little world off the path. I thought it would make a great transition from the land to the water.

Monday, February 15, 2010

More black and white photos.
Here are the trains I shot a few weeks back:
Train #1 copyright sean lewis 2010
Train #2 copyright sean lewis 2010
These were on some tracks in Long Island City, Queens. Along these tracks, I also saw these:

Industrial Building #3 copyright sean lewis 2010

Truck #1 copyright sean lewis 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010

Brooklyn Navy Yard


Went to print some of the black and white train pics yesterday. Apparently I left some pictures in the darkroom on my last visit. I thought people might enjoy seeing some scenes from inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Tomorrow I'll get the train pics back. They turned out awesome.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Alleluia!

It's finally done! That was the fastest I have ever painted a large scale painting. It's amazing what having a deadline will do for you. Now I am off for a two month road trip! Geoffrey and I are planning on exploring installation/performance art while we travel. I will update with plenty of pic's and new work.


Collage #6 copyright sean lewis 2010