http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river Civic Studio Project on the Interurban Bridge Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:16:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en INTERVAL:On the River a Civic Studio presentation 5:30-7:30pm Thursday, December 3rd and Friday, December 4th, 2009 Location: Interurban (Gillette) Bridge over the Grand River, Downtown Grand Rapids INTERVAL is a presentation of work produced in Civic Studio's ON THE RIVER project. This project is operating in a portable studio on the Interurban Bridge in downtown ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/11/27/intervalon-the-river/ Yesterday during class we started out and ended discussing the usual agenda/to do lists. The lists included: -Thursday's visit by Julie Upmeyer and figuring out food/projection ideas with that. -Our studio work and materializing our ideas... MAKE STUFF! :D! - Short ArtPrize feedback statements. Around 2:50 we departed for our ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/10/14/a-walk-along-the-river/ We were told that blog entries are not only to be based on the topics of exciting events and activities we’ve enjoyed within the studio, but also to document our ‘mundane experiences’. We (Jackie and Christie) are currently huddled in the far end of a civic pod on a rainy ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/10/09/sharpies-and-goats/ I just wanted to give a quick update of what has been happening during our studio times. Last Thursday (October 1st) we began to discuss a reading, "Dialogues in Public Art", by Tom Finkelpearl.  The reading is quite interesting but our discussion and summaries did not get us far that day.  ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/10/08/river-catch-up/ Tuesday, September 29th, during our open studio time, Kelly, Amber and I took a trip to the Grand Rapids fish ladder to see the salmon swim upstream. The fish ladder is located on Sixth Street on the west side of the Grand River. Fisherman can be seen along the ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/10/04/fish-ladder/ [caption id="attachment_89" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Giles Hefferen Projection"][/caption] Last Saturday evening, Civic Studio presented a video by a past studio member, Giles Hefferen, as an attempt to connect with the public through river-based art. The video was projected onto a large screen stretched between the two Civic Studio PODS, and successfully ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/10/03/river-travel-video-projection/ I've been thinking how thick our experience is at the river so far. With ArtPrize activity and all of our preps we have had to work very hard and very quickly. So far we've learned and engaged many things on many levels. It seems we've been here a while. That ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/10/02/thick-river-knowledge/ During evening hours on the bridge we used a traditional overhead projector to show text combinations. Words were deliberately chosen to create new suggestions about the river and interacting with it. Each evening a different verb was chosen, hand cut out of card stock, and then put on ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/10/01/text-on-the-river/ [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/6883612[/vimeo] Our water projections over the bridge at night have been great for interactivity with the public. It doesn't matter how old-- we had folks swimming, jumping, and shadow-puppeting in front of our make-shift screen all night. It was also particularly nice when people who had stopped to talk felt ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/10/01/water-projections-over-the-river/ The Interurban Bridge made a nice conceptual space for the footage. Not only do we frequently see people fishing in the river as well as off the sides of the bridges, but it is also a hot time for fishing in the area (due to the salmon run.) Also during ... http://visualstudies.art.gvsu.edu/blo/river/2009/09/30/fish-projection-2/