I am participating in a group MFA Intermedia show at Tempe Marketplace's Night Gallery and the opening for the show is tonight. The show runs from December 3rd, tonight until December 18th.
I will be the gallery point person on December 17th so if you would like to come in on a calmer night and talk to me, that is when I will be there. I can also meet people there if there is another night you want to come by. The hours for the gallery are 6pm - 9pm.
Below are all the graphics for the show by the greatly talented Derrick Reed.
My piece is a new 16mm light box piece that is three-dimensional, thus you can walk around it and explore. It is called “Your Memories for Sale”
Your Memories for Sale features acquired homemade 16mm film strips. The film strips were procured through e-bay from various sources across the country.
The films were created by individuals to capture and document specific times and events for those particular people and yet through an unknown chain of events they have become lost and unclaimed. These films now have no back-story or reference as to who these people where, when exactly these filmed events took place or what happened to them.
I am personally fascinated with these lost memories because of my own obsession with the documentation of my life, surroundings and occurrences.
The bottom tier's film is of a family vacation in Hawaii, the second tier is of children at Christmas. The third tier is a film from Washington State that features Lake Samish and a solider from Fort Lewis. The top tier is a film of a vacation in the Florida Keys that is dated 1958, the only film that is dated.
Sixteen millimeter film was first created by Kodak in 1923 and it became very popular for home movie use from the 1950's through the 1970's. Sixteen millimeter film is fascinating both as a physical object and as cultural documentation. The film so clearly captures movement and existence frame after beautiful frame.
Your Memories for Sale
16mm film, glass, wood, light
2009
Installation day
Your Memories for Sale -- detail
16mm film, glass, wood, light
2009
Installation day
Video Graphics Piece for the show by Derrick Reed
Gallery Show Graphics from Spicy Fud on Vimeo.
