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thistleoffers*AT*yahoo*DOT*com--------TwoOneSix.471.8938R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-51209291145682497172014-06-19T09:48:00.000-05:002014-06-19T09:48:09.738-05:00R Ferris Videos at LUMEN Festival on Staten Island!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Come and see two of my videos: Home and Nude Descending Staircase Pixelated: after Richter (1992), after Duchamp (1912), after Muybridge (1884/85).<div>
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R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-67804728788639825012014-06-13T09:27:00.002-05:002014-06-13T09:27:42.503-05:00Exquisite Corpses from Last Weekend - samples<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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6:00 - 11:00 at HouseTremont</div>
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<br />R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-42339456354507784192014-06-12T15:50:00.001-05:002014-06-12T15:50:54.392-05:00Exquisite Corpse WELDING!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-23716377875816621512013-10-04T15:52:00.004-05:002013-10-04T15:52:43.231-05:00A Director and Curator's View - Galatea Glance<h2>
R FERRIS: GALATEA GLANCE</h2>
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In the Galatea story, a female nude was so perfectly modeled
and so desired by a sculptor that she came to life. In the <i>Galatea Glance</i> performance, Galatea had no further need for her
artist and he asked her only to further his social experiment. The female nude
moved decisively from the viewed space of the pedestal into the viewer’s space.
The artist R Ferris freed the nude of the much maligned “male gaze” and everyone
else’s gaze as well. She was one of the performance goers, serving the wine and
socializing with the guests, and the artist never even identified himself to
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The Sculpture Center encourages and supports new directions
and risk taking by all the early career artists selected for the W2S series.
The outcome of this performance, a new work in Ferris’s practice which he
defines as engagement art, exceeded all expectations. Most visitors, who had no
idea what to expect before their arrival and continued to be a bit bewildered
at the performance, became very sociable, observing, chatting and enjoying the
refreshments much longer than at our openings.</div>
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Visitors wanted to understand what was going on, how to
place themselves in the performance and when an outcome would be achieved until
they realized that they were part of the performance and an outcome was their
questioning and thoughts and interaction with a nude woman in a relaxed social
environment. Several visitors spoke at length about the recent Maria Abramovic
exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art as though Ferris’s performance had given
them new insights into the other. Others were pleased to find that they could
be part of art that they thought that they couldn’t understand, that they were
not offended or assaulted by the nudity and that the unobtrusive artist was
creating a puzzling and ambiguous experience that was pleasurable.</div>
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The Sculpture Center (Cleveland)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Art Event – Friday, July 19, 2013 6:30-8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><i>Pygmalion's ivory sculpture comes to life.</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Galatea Glance event occurred on Friday, July 19 at the
Cleveland Sculpture Center. Over 100
people participated in this project, many becoming engaged in conversation provoked
by the work and deciding to stay for most of the evening. I was enthused by the willingness of many to
decipher the interaction and draw parallels to other situations, both in the
art world and out.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Some of the feelings expressed included: surprise, shock,
delight, titillation, embarrassment, uncertainty, discomfort, anticipation and
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<b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I wish to thank Galatea for her honest and friendly presence that
instilled a sense of calm in all present.
To everyone who attended, thank you for co-creating this piece; without
you, there is no Engagement Art!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-11879961419453557092011-05-06T15:28:00.008-05:002011-05-07T16:36:47.060-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1IZGQjkH3P_rwPNf3W9BPns9J9-xu3efLh8NOKvkRH_N3u-K5K9mFkexOoRiBa9W_2M7vfnMcjL8s7Fv7e2n1ilreop8VzJyFTZeHudI-E0TSiqSf3_yebqbyl1JWxyDOrOnwA/s1600/crockpot+convivium+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603712533803670210" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1IZGQjkH3P_rwPNf3W9BPns9J9-xu3efLh8NOKvkRH_N3u-K5K9mFkexOoRiBa9W_2M7vfnMcjL8s7Fv7e2n1ilreop8VzJyFTZeHudI-E0TSiqSf3_yebqbyl1JWxyDOrOnwA/s320/crockpot+convivium+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">R Ferris – C.V. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br />PERSONAL<br /><br />St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY<br />Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (MBA)<br />Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (Cont.Ed.)<br /><br />DISTINCTIONS<br />2004 - Chosen for Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Critics Program (MOCA Cleveland) studio visit by Dominic Molon, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago<br /><br />PUBLICATIONS<br />2005 – Artist Review Today, Nov/Dec Issue, Featured Artist<br />2006 – CoolCleveland.com, 3.15.06, Gallery Ü-Haul "don’t look back: site-specific works"<br /><br />SHOWS<br />2004<br />• Gallery U, Buddha Project with Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio<br />• Gallery U, Cleveland, Ohio (one-person show)<br />2005<br />• subdivision (one person show and participation), ARTcade, Cleveland, Ohio<br />• the lab at b side, Cleveland Heights, Ohio<br />• Playing with the Light Within (collaboration with Karen van de Vliet & Alexis Marie Savon), Gallery U, Cleveland, Ohio<br />2006<br />• “don’t look back: site-specific works”, Gallery Ü-Haul, Cleveland, Ohio<br />• Arts Collinwood, Annual Juried Members’ Show, Cleveland, Ohio<br />2008<br />• Asterisk Gallery, (Tremont) Cleveland, Ohio, triumvirate 3-person group show<br />• Vision Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, Paradigm Shift<br />• Brandt Gallery, (Tremont) Cleveland, Ohio, At The Cellular Level<br />2009<br />• The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio, After the Pedestal, an exhibition juried by Paola Morsiani, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. “Full Moon over Hot Springs” – a participation involving the hospitality of bread & wine, coupled with the ancient communion of the hot springs under the full moon.<br />• Zygote Press, Cleveland, Ohio, WIP Exhibition. “Live Chat NonArt Art” – the dynamic stripping of technology to reveal the mystery of being present<br />• Asterisk Gallery at the Ingenuity Fest, Cleveland, Ohio, Asterisk@Ingenuity. Participation Conversation –after “The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art” ~ Tom Marioni<br />• Berlin, Germany – “VolksArt at the Waschcafé” – based upon the social architecture ideas of Joseph Beuys, combines social intervention, hospitality & the everyday to create a new interaction.<br />• Berlin, Germay – “Free Store Beer Piece” - the drop off of new, virgin goods with a near universal value, especially a commodity associated with good times in group, to a “free store”.<br />• Berlin, Germany – “Convivium Berlin, a small start” - To continue a rich history of meeting, sharing alcoholic beverage & bread: from sitting around a fire several thousand years ago, to the great banquets of learning and friendship started by Marsilio Ficino’s Conviviums of the 15th Century in Florence and carrying on to the art “Happenings” of the 1960s!<br />• Convivium Kirtland, the longest (almost) night – organized around the ancient winter solstice observation<br />2010<br />• “Drinking Beer [& breaking bread] with Friends”, homage to Tom Marioni - “Live Video” presented at "Referential – Homage, Montage, Sabotage" curated by Cynthia Penter Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio<br />• “Tea & Chat: touching” – inviting participation in the ancient ritual of everyday tea drinking combined with in-person chat, where the result may be a verbal and/or energetic touching. Presented at Zygote Press, WIP session.<br />2011<br />• “Crockpot Convivium – CLE”, to continue a rich history of gathering, sharing conversation, food & beverage. We will share our own “21st Century Expressions of the Second Sex” as we prepare our meals and serve each other in this glorious domestic dining ritual presented at Josaphat Arts Hall & Convivium33 Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio </div>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-90069762519420222422011-05-06T15:17:00.010-05:002012-01-01T11:53:18.145-06:00<div align="center"><span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>R Ferris - Artist Statement<br /></strong></span></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span>I happened upon a Tom Marioni Salon at SFMOMA in early 2009. Who would have dreamed that an august art museum would sponsor an evening of beer drinking & talking and call it art?</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span><br />Connections were made. Art was distilled, torn apart and birthed. I was changed. It had as much effect on my artistic vision as any other experience that I had ever had.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span>My interest in participations was urged to grow. Exploring the disintermediation of artist and viewer. Throwing both into a joint experience of art creation. Cutting out the middle man; cutting out the art object.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span>May we engage.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span>Namaste.<br /><br />R Ferris<br />Rick Ferris<br />FourFourZero.667.7571<br />thistleoffersATyahooDOTcom<br />RFerris.com<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">*Participation Art – an art form where the active participation of those in attendance is both integral & required, and the work cannot exist without it; where an “audience” is impossible; and where one emerges, changed by the experience.</span></span></div>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-18842107900804488822010-03-27T09:13:00.003-05:002010-03-27T09:42:25.982-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp37IyYBe2Z-Z-PZuplqw5sFnJTEKM7Y1XUxYbCVsjqXbhonOficT8O2FMFr_Sob-mNva2dS9G6xnE_j6LpzxXzkOgDqqOTK6vs2oF1g5Z3WCeWo-TismUNbSy4O3biS468MHufw/s1600/Convivium+Tremont+Homage+to+Tom+Marioni+photo+1+3_12_2010.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp37IyYBe2Z-Z-PZuplqw5sFnJTEKM7Y1XUxYbCVsjqXbhonOficT8O2FMFr_Sob-mNva2dS9G6xnE_j6LpzxXzkOgDqqOTK6vs2oF1g5Z3WCeWo-TismUNbSy4O3biS468MHufw/s320/Convivium+Tremont+Homage+to+Tom+Marioni+photo+1+3_12_2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453317535046211186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drinking Beer [& breaking bread] with Friends, homage to Tom Marioni<br />“Live Video” by R Ferris 2010</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Presented at Asterisk Gallery Show: "Referential – Homage, Montage, Sabotage" curated by Cynthia Penter</span><h3></h3><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I happened upon a Tom Marioni Salon at SFMOMA in early 2009. Who would have dreamed that an august art museum would sponsor an evening of beer drinking & talking and call it art?<br /><br />Connections were made. Art was distilled, torn apart and birthed. I was changed.<br /><br />My interest in participations was urged to grow. Exploring the disintermediation of artist and viewer. Throwing both into a joint experience of art creation. Cutting out the middle man; cutting out the art object.<br /><br />May we engage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/event.php?eid=317442051240">Asterisk Gallery Presents: "Referential – Homage, Montage, Sabotage"</a></span><h3 style="font-weight: normal;"></h3><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/event.php?eid=317442051240"></a></span>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-75158804682574113222009-09-13T11:58:00.004-05:002011-05-06T15:12:59.305-05:00<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:180%;" >Live Chat NonArt Art</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqP-nbMAQ3MAxWXoavLRK_uJ6DbvezGJRh3K6aj8EDQCStCpB2a4UX00JYveG9ZpYDcir67eWjUbh4o4O5noDSQKfojaHAvcb_yniDTuEU4ZLWGHk3SzwFG9cI6r8NaKwP_j3DUg/s1600-h/zygote_live_chat_2008_72dpi.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380998624600762562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqP-nbMAQ3MAxWXoavLRK_uJ6DbvezGJRh3K6aj8EDQCStCpB2a4UX00JYveG9ZpYDcir67eWjUbh4o4O5noDSQKfojaHAvcb_yniDTuEU4ZLWGHk3SzwFG9cI6r8NaKwP_j3DUg/s320/zygote_live_chat_2008_72dpi.jpg" /></a></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;">Presented at</span><span style="font-size:+0;"> Zygote Press</span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;">Cleveland, Ohio, <i>WIP Exhibition </i>(6/19/2009)</span><span style="font-size:+0;"><br /></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;">This participation represents the dynamic stripping away of technology to reveal the mystery of being present.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:+0;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-88530097405251401992009-09-07T15:59:00.004-05:002009-09-07T16:08:05.200-05:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Participation Art<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisREoaa_8YZO5vE2JnsQtKvsE1AoAA1XyFW2TmY5O5e92zXYig_6kX2Yy6g7fWUooj2QEz4joLk6S37PDdIpvcG1sQyZTEDVTuBzQYZee76tmpQPHqi1DEVjkgj4tcJyV2fZGZYA/s1600-h/TheSculptureCenter_FullMoonoverHotSprings_10_2_72dpi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisREoaa_8YZO5vE2JnsQtKvsE1AoAA1XyFW2TmY5O5e92zXYig_6kX2Yy6g7fWUooj2QEz4joLk6S37PDdIpvcG1sQyZTEDVTuBzQYZee76tmpQPHqi1DEVjkgj4tcJyV2fZGZYA/s320/TheSculptureCenter_FullMoonoverHotSprings_10_2_72dpi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378834540721193106" border="0" /></a><br />My latest body of work is in Participation Art. I define this as an art form where the active participation of those in attendance is both integral & required, and the work cannot exist without it; where an “audience” is impossible; and where one emerges, changed by the experience.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRg_ac6CvTohmg9zFEgZlxNGeYAvS7lv8H2N6JBIdJb1ih8X6hjfjzEcQ450x9SR_OIU3XgCmNbjmxcKBgH_5WXmPr7BrzPEYhh6PvC6HMGCZaS6PCYf6lAeyicagfbohgtKhr3A/s1600-h/TheSculptureCenter_FullMoonoverHotSprings_12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRg_ac6CvTohmg9zFEgZlxNGeYAvS7lv8H2N6JBIdJb1ih8X6hjfjzEcQ450x9SR_OIU3XgCmNbjmxcKBgH_5WXmPr7BrzPEYhh6PvC6HMGCZaS6PCYf6lAeyicagfbohgtKhr3A/s320/TheSculptureCenter_FullMoonoverHotSprings_12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378834256015372338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">photos by Briana Rindfleisch<br /></span></div><br />The first piece as presented at The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio, After the Pedestal, an exhibition juried by Paola Morsiani, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art) on June 5, 2009. It was entitled Full Moon over Hot Springs – a participation involving the hospitality of bread & wine, coupled with the ancient communion of the hot springs under the full moon.R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-25407421521394337962008-02-17T10:15:00.003-06:002008-12-09T18:51:39.468-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Kmq4jj95ZRjBiYPTTk8FTwBJXm223ZdwZR25oYGTsjuBKRKWguNmsqUFAKkFaM9Lc_Px1d9cvaHOBmsi96uemcUvw5trm6Mv-7DZ3nqIfFLt8jk_LtOIqoLO60R18EAWppXo/s1600-h/ak47_peace.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Kmq4jj95ZRjBiYPTTk8FTwBJXm223ZdwZR25oYGTsjuBKRKWguNmsqUFAKkFaM9Lc_Px1d9cvaHOBmsi96uemcUvw5trm6Mv-7DZ3nqIfFLt8jk_LtOIqoLO60R18EAWppXo/s320/ak47_peace.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167709390584643890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><br />War AND Peace<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeBgeTHSCP54gRgmgs5Kd0Bd7fTCrMz9id4u6ufidjlAhI_8-oq4vwmkdA8CxNP1S0A3bGB04yV_rA33g8obw_tKgfPaJHv7tbFuFn478Hiao3OVbSNFz1CTR-vizvQsqTAYt/s1600-h/ak47_peace+final+frame.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeBgeTHSCP54gRgmgs5Kd0Bd7fTCrMz9id4u6ufidjlAhI_8-oq4vwmkdA8CxNP1S0A3bGB04yV_rA33g8obw_tKgfPaJHv7tbFuFn478Hiao3OVbSNFz1CTR-vizvQsqTAYt/s320/ak47_peace+final+frame.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167710060599542082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Video:<br /><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzd2ycN2OxqZUxkI6tnocPSDOuZvDxYJyQskyoIVzoS3PJDKwJUSR3YZM5mLnPbnuZQ6hYnctKgHAQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Copyright 2008 by R Ferris</span>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1303743348663580082008-02-10T15:35:00.001-06:002011-05-07T16:52:41.703-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJhAURPAz13uzJCRstA4zPlSECYlV3fzHks2aFWI3ksRrnzPPzdUlfVUC8wN7DRbh7MWPcSExJQJS55A3aF0l62NJLmXRc6WGWnun7pc-3XZVyeXoNosH0rdwSy6-ibBEVO-uyA/s1600-h/nude_stair_motion_frame1jpeg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJhAURPAz13uzJCRstA4zPlSECYlV3fzHks2aFWI3ksRrnzPPzdUlfVUC8wN7DRbh7MWPcSExJQJS55A3aF0l62NJLmXRc6WGWnun7pc-3XZVyeXoNosH0rdwSy6-ibBEVO-uyA/s320/nude_stair_motion_frame1jpeg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165474113510146306" border="0" /></a><br />3 new works in the series:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nude Descending Staircase 2008 (after Richter 1992 & 1966, after Duchamp 1912, after Muybridge 1884/85)</span><br /><br />R Ferris<br /><span style=""> </span>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1148935353496585542006-05-29T15:38:00.000-05:002006-05-29T15:43:33.710-05:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Garamond;font-size:16;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">race</span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mEjSIP5Kzc"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mEjSIP5Kzc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Preview of “race” video piece – 1:44 (continuous loop) – as shown at "Gallery Ü-Haul "don’t look back: site-specific works." Low-res version. Copyright R Ferris 2005.R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1146832785392575472006-05-05T07:36:00.000-05:002006-05-05T07:41:37.746-05:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Garamond;font-size:16;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">home</span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EVb0u8_nev4"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EVb0u8_nev4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Preview of “home” video piece – 0:30 (continuous loop) – as shown at "Gallery Ü-Haul "don’t look back: site-specific works." Low-res version (240x 160). Copyright R Ferris 2005.R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1145114447658162052006-04-15T10:16:00.000-05:002007-03-03T16:07:25.489-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/520/576/1600/thistle_blogger.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/520/576/200/thistle_blogger.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:22;" >R Ferris - Artist Statement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><span style="font-family:Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family:Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:14;" >A limiting of the extraneous, a focusing into one aspect of everyday stimuli, informs the work to reveal transcendent material.<span style=""> </span>The discipline of the camera lens and the editing of days into hours into minutes—the compression and manipulation of experience—to create and potentize the simulacra I create.<o:p></o:p></span></b> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p>Informed by Buddhist experience and spiritual mysticism I navigate among the everyday routines, deadlines and responsibilities to capture momentary revelations.<span style=""> </span>For example, the noticing of a thistle at the side of the road—its simplicity, beauty and ordinariness—reveals an opportunity for reflection and celebration.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p>By highlighting, focusing, distorting, isolating and juxtaposing moving images + audio I find release and expression of feelings.<span style=""> </span>To labor with the sacrosanct, to scoop up the primordial and shape it, to play with the sacred, this is what I am interested in sharing. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p>Namaste.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:14;" >R Ferris <o:p></o:p></span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p></span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:14;" ><br />440.256.2564<o:p></o:p></span></b> <b style=""><span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:14;" ><br /><a href="mailto:r@r-ferris.com">r*AT*r-ferris.com</a><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></b>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1145113389257997282006-04-15T10:01:00.000-05:002007-03-03T16:07:54.936-06:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >CoolCleveland.com</span><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">3.15-3.22.06</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><strong><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:17;" >Instant Karma</span></strong><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" ><br /></span><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Quick reviews of recent events</span></em></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Gallery Ü Haul in front of Inside Outside Gallery, Tremont, 3/10</span></strong><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" > I visited five galleries and one small film festival distributing call for entry flyers for the upcoming Hessler 2006 Poetry & Prose Annual on Friday night.</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" >As I was driving south on <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">W. 14th St.</st1:address></st1:street> in Tremont past the Inside Outside Gallery there was a parked U-haul with the big door open to a video showing inside.</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" >I parked and visited Inside Outside for a while. Per usual, Inside Outside was intriguing. I placed five flyers for the Hessler 2006 Poetry & Prose Invitational on the front desk and after I looked around I found only one flyer left. I put three more flyers down. There will be a story about this show by Douglas Max Utter in some local publication because he was taking notes about individual pieces during the opening.</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" >Then I visited the U-haul truck outside. I was surprised to find Patsy Kline, owner of Gallery Ü in the Artcade Downtown presenting " Gallery Ü-Haul "don’t look back: site-specific works".</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" >There were several pieces of ethereal sculptures and paintings along one wall of the well-lit cargo space. The main work was a video projected on the front wall of the cargo space in a way I was unable to determine at my passing glance. The video was a maniacal loop taken from the view out the windshield of an automobile traveling the loops of the I-271-Mayfield Road interchange in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Mayfield Heights</st1:place></st1:city>. Having gone through this interchange many times I readily recognized apartment buildings and signs as they whizzed by.</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" >The video installation by R Ferris, oil paintings by Michael McNamara, and sculpture installation by Steven B. Smith.</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" >Ms. Kline said that Gallery Ü in the Artcade has been replaced with a sports bar type place. I can imaging the fun Patsy will have taking art to people with Gallery Ü Haul this summer.<br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">From </span></strong><em><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Cool Cleveland</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> contributor Lee Batdorff lbatdorff*AT*adva.com</span></strong></span></p>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1144027817072312452006-04-02T20:23:00.000-05:002006-04-02T20:30:17.073-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/520/576/1600/home_frame1_ps_thumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/520/576/320/home_frame1_ps_thumb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal">Video Frame from piece "home" (0 min. 30 sec.) copyright 2005. Showing at Arts Collinwood on April 8 and in Tremont on April 14, outside the Brandt Gallery. Both at Gallery Uhaul, see press release below.</p>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1144027385540460272006-04-02T20:07:00.000-05:002006-04-02T20:23:05.546-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/520/576/1600/race_frame2ps_thumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/520/576/320/race_frame2ps_thumb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Video Frame from piece "race" (1 min. 45 sec.) copyright 2005. Showing at Arts Collinwood on April 8 and in Tremont on April 14, outside the Brandt Gallery. Both at Gallery Uhaul, see press release below.R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1143922243017526422006-04-01T14:04:00.000-06:002006-04-01T14:10:43.246-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/520/576/1600/green%20thistle1%20copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/520/576/320/green%20thistle1%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The image of the thistle at the side of the road.</span>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25189649.post-1143909285283160342006-04-01T09:47:00.000-06:002006-04-01T10:46:41.430-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"don't look back: site-specific works" - A Moving Show appearing in Cleveland Neighborhoods on March 10th, April 8th and April 14th, 2006<br /></span></span><br />Press Release from GALLERY Ü CLEVELAND-<br />February 1, 2006, Cleveland, Ohio — “don’t look back: site-specific works” is an experimental exhibit held inside the back of a 17' U-haul moving van. The exhibit will focus on the difficulties and necessity of moving forward featuring work by R Ferris, video installation; Michael McNamara, oil paintings; and Steven B. Smith, sculpture installation. Curated by Patsy Kline. Opening night is Friday, March 10, 2006, 6 - 10 p.m. and will be in conjunction with Tremont Artwalk. Gallery Ühaul will be parked in front of Inside-Outside Art Gallery at 2688 W. 14th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.<br />Two more dates have been scheduled for the "don't look back" show: Saturday, April 8, 5 - 10 p.m., at Arts Collinwood (they are having a closing, Joan of Art is opening a gallery, and Dan Tranburg has a second saturday coffee house open in a local church) and Friday, April 14, 6 - 10 p.m., at Brandt Gallery on the corner of Kenilworth and West 11th St. in Tremont (it's also the Tremont Artwalk, the closing of Steve Smith's show at the Inside-Outside Gallery and Brandt is having a closing).<pre style="font-family: verdana;"></pre>R Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352906016545395280noreply@blogger.com0