David Sullivan http://www.swampmonster.org/blog animation, prints, and interactivity Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:43:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dan Cameron on Katrina, Oil leak & art in NOLA on ArtNet http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=418 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=418#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:43:19 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=418 There is a brief interview with Dan Cameron on ArtNet where Dan talks about the affects of Katrina and the oil disaster on NOLA and how artists have responded. He mentions Dan Tague, Brian Borello, and my animations. Thanks to Dan for continuing to put these issues out in front of a national art audience.

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/davis/dan-cameron-new-orleans9-1-10.asp

]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=418 0 Below Sea Level film program @ the Ogden all day Aug 26th http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=416 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=416#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:52:23 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=416 For those that missed it many years ago, Courtney Egan’s  program, Below Sea Level, of film and video relating to Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent Failure of the federal levees that flooded NOLA will be showing at the Og den Museum all day  on Aug 26th, the fifth anniversary of Katrina. A theatrical version (non-dynamic) of my software, Floating will be shown as part of the program. Below is the info:

Film at the O presents Below Sea Level: The Land Inhabited, a daylong screening of films and videos related directly or obliquely to the tragic events of the 2005 hurricane season on the Gulf Coast. The screening is Thurs. Aug. 26, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Museum’s Patrick F. Taylor Library. It is free to Louisiana residents.

Curated by video artist and NOCCA instructor Courtney Egan in collaboration with Ogden Museum Curator of Film Madeleine Molyneaux, the program will be projected continuously throughout the day, allowing visitors to experience the work in various order and combination. The program will include short films by Luisa Dantas, Courtney Egan, Gert Town Hounds-New Orleans Kid Camera Project, Sallie Ann Glassman, Paul Grass, Helen Hill and Paul Gailiunas, Liza Johnson, Brent Joseph, William Sabourin O’Reilly, Royce Osborn, Ivor Shearer, David Sullivan, Phoebe Tooke, José Torres-Tama, 2-Cent Media Collective, Walter Williams and The Yes Men.

What: Below Sea Level: The Land Inhabited film screenings

Day/Time: Thurs. Aug. 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Patrick F. Taylor Library. Entrance through Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., New Orleans, La. Admission: Free to Museum members, Louisiana residents with valid id, University of New Orleans students, staff and faculty, and children under 5; $10 general admission; $8 Seniors (65 and over) and Students (with current i.d.); $5 Children 5 to 17.

]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=416 0 Mr. America http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=402 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=402#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:34:58 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=402 mr. america

]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=402 0 Power Up at Maryland Hall in Annapolis from Aug 13 – Sept 19 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=397 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=397#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:52:43 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=397 A show of my prints on die-cut aluminum and one of my animated paintings will be at Maryland Hall in Annapolis, MD for the next month. If you have a chance, please stop by and take a look.

Power Up

August 13 – September 19, 2010
Martino Gallery, 2nd floor

Opening Reception: Friday, August 13, 5:30-7 pm

Maryland Hall

801 Chase Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=397 0 the “spill” is just a symptom http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=391 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=391#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:20:51 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=391 I’m glad the cap is holding on the hole in the gulf, but just because the bleeding has stopped, doesn’t mean the problem is gone. Below is a piece I did back in March. I make no claims to prescience. Anybody with their eyes open down here could see it coming for many years.

well Connected

ink on die cut aluminum, March, 2010

]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=391 0 new print for Gulf Aid charity fundraiser at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=383 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=383#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:42:52 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=383 Jonathan has put together a charity fundraiser to support the recovery from the tragic BP oil leak, through Gulf Aid. A great group of artists have each created a limited edition print that will be available for purchase online at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery’s website and at a special 3 day show in the gallery, June 17 – 19.

For the fundraiser, I created an image of a pelican, perhaps rising phoenix like from the oil.

Vulning

13"x19" archival inkjet print in an edition of 10

]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=383 0 last week for the la artworks show! http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=381 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=381#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:19:50 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=381 thurs through sunday (June 13th) are the last days for the la artworks studio residents show. la artworks is open 11 am – 5 pm. if you come by saturday, i’ll be there to give you a personal tour.

http://www.louisianaartworks.org/

]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=381 0 courtney egan’s show at heriard cimino opens sat june 5th http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=378 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=378#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:26:09 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=378 Field Recordings: New Video Work by Courtney Egan opens at Heriard Cimino Gallery on julia st in nola this sat from 6-8pm. the show will be up for the month of june. I think the show is fabulous. Come out and see what you think.

trumpet

]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=378 0 a studio in the woods auction and fundraiser june 5th http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=373 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=373#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:39:21 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=373 a studio in the woods is having their forestival celebration of art and nature out in the woods on sat, june 5th from 11 am until 5pm. If you have never been out there, this would be the perfect time to visit. If you have, you know that it is a hidden treasure, so go out and support them. there will be music by panorama jazz band, artist presentations, botany tours, kid art activities and an auction chock full of goodies including work by ron bechet, theresa cole, jan gilbert, shawn hall, and myself.

]]> http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=373 0 houston show opens thurs june 3rd http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=371 http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=371#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:17:31 +0000 admin http://www.swampmonster.org/blog/?p=371 A couple of  my pieces were selected to be in a show called Resilience at the Williams Tower Gallery in downtown houston. The show opens thurs, june 3, 6-8 pm and is up until july 16th. Other artists in the show include Pat Cronin and Mitchell Gaudet.

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