the blog complement to the full website
ARTandWATER.com
This is the synesthetic, kinesthetic experiment that explores the space between ARTandWATER® as well as the symbiotic relationship between ARTandWATER® and the synergistic power of the two combined forces of ARTandWATER® when they form something new.
ART as WATER
WATER as LIFE
LIFE as ART
I made blue pictures (cyanotyped). Now is time to make brown pictures.
This process is more sensitive so should reveal some more subtle detail. It also has some toning options that can provide a different black. (these photos are during developing. The images darken to a nice rich brown as they dry, and then there's toning)
The public comment period only lasts through January 31, 2012. All comments will be considered so this is the best chance to have a real impact on the flows from Glen Canyon Dam.
The link provided goes to American Whitewater. It has a great synopsis of the situation and will allow you to form your own opinion that you can post. Read the information (it's short). Make your voice be heard. Our influence can help make sure that the water that flows through the Grand Canyon will be varied enough to support the life in the canyon.
I'm taking care of the N. America side of things, so if you are from USA or Canada and would like to participate in an alternative photographic process print exchange with our friends in Europe you need to do two things...
1. Read EVERYTHING in the webpage that you will find by clicking the link at the top.
2. Send me an email with your stated interest, your process, and some kind of way to see a bit of your work (be it a website, facebook page, or even emailing me a few small jpegs of your work)
This exchange is not running on a strict schedule, but when we have enough people on this side of the ocean, I'll send everything over to Europe. So, the best strategy is to express your interest, get a print ready to go, then be patient.
I am an artist. I do not want people to steal my work, profit from it, or share it without my consent, but PIPA/SOPA are not doing anything at all to help me. PIPA/SOPA is removing the mechanism for sharing. PIPA/SOPA is removing the avenues for individual artists and small media companies to share their work and build any business. PIPA/SOPA is making it harder for individual artists. PIPA/SOPA does nothing at all for small artists or small creative companies and is a mechanism of the large media companies who do not have any respect for their audience. PIPA/SOPA is NOT a mechanism to protect artists. PIPA/SOPA is a means to stifle art. PIPA/SOPA only services the wealthy mediocre big media companies who "donate" millions to individuals in the legislature to write laws that protect only the big mediocre companies.
You like my work? Thank you. Please don't reproduce it and claim it as your own. But, you CAN share it with a link to the work; something that might be illegal if PIPA/SOPA pass and become law.
(not mine. Just a super cool thing at the visitor center on the north side of the bridge in Page, AZ with Glen Canyon and Glen Canyon Dam in the background. They've been finding lots of dinosaur footprints since the lake keep evaporating and getting lower and lower and lower...)
