ARTIFACTS OF A LIFE LIVED BY THE LIVING (TO LIVE) Sept. 2013-Jan. 2014
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CRAFT & FOLK ART MUSEUM
ARTIFACTS OF A LIFE LIVED BY THE LIVING (TO LIVE) SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 – JANUARY 5, 2014
The title of my piece is “With Your Head In The Clouds”
It is about the tyranny of busy and in search of a daydream nation.
I will show a video installation of some 50 people daydreaming projected on the ceiling with 5 projectors. As well as a live camera anyone can stand in front of and be projected up with the other dreamers.
Curated by artist Chris Johanson, this interdisciplinary exhibition celebrates the meditative ritual of art-making and the necessity of the creative process. Johanson has selected a group of artists who create in service of bringing balance and order to their lives. Works on display will include drawings, painting, site-specific installations, sound, performance, and movement.
Alex Cohen, Alicia McCarthy, Carmen Papalia, John Ratliff (Swan), Justin “Kutmah” McNulty, Kal Spelletich, Kim MacConnel, Liz Harris, Michael Bernard Loggins, Sue Tompkins
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^ video projections of people daydreaming/with their heads in the clouds.
The title of my piece is “With Your Head In The Clouds”
It is about the tyranny of busy and in search of a daydream nation.
I will show a video installation of some 50 people daydreaming projected on the ceiling with 5 projectors. As well as a live camera anyone can stand in front of and be projected up with the other dreamers. I will have one of my walking BB-Q’s and will be cooking food on for you all at the opening.
Turns out daydreaming is good for you.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/the-virtues-of-daydreaming.html
Curated by Chris Johanson, this group exhibition focuses on established and emerging artists who have had to adjust their artmaking practice due to changes in their life condition, such as chronic illness, pollution, detainment, or other experiences that have altered their perceptive and creative abilities.
Artifacts of A Life Lived By the Living ( To Live ) September 28, 2013 – January 5, 2014.
Discuss:
https://www.laweekly.com/we-do-art-to-stay-sane/
Although Kal Spelletich is known for transcendent bursts of flame and scrappy robot-creatures that might punch themselves or pour you a drink, his contribution here celebrates the creative potential unleashed by daydreaming. On behalf of kids everywhere who have been told to get their head out of the clouds, Spelletich projects video onto the ceiling of friends and family staring off in contemplation with cloudy skies rolling along behind them. Visitors can even “photobomb the installation,” as Spelletich says, by standing in front of a flat-screen TV showing a loop of clouds facing a camera rigged by the self-taught mechanical engineer.
http://www.flaunt.com/art/kal-spelletich/
What a fantastic experience at CAFAM.
A truly special, wonderful museum, their staff and friends.
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Kal Spelletich's Art 