Making No Making 2008. Suspended Buckeye tree, video projections, wall drawing with charcoal made from burning dry Buckeye sticks, wall painting with pigment of green Buckeye leaves, indoor/outdoor sound installation.
Making No Making 2008. Suspended Buckeye tree, video projections, wall drawing with charcoal made from burning dry Buckeye sticks, wall painting with pigment of green Buckeye leaves.
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Making No Making 2008. Suspended Buckeye tree, video projections, wall drawing and painting, indoor/outdoor sound installation.
Making No Making 2008. Performance, drawing on wall and body with burnt Buckeye stick, wall painting with green Buckeye leave pigment, video projection.
Making No Making 2008. Wall painting with pigment made from green Buckeye leaves and water, quote by Leonard Cohen, "If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn, it will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem."
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Making No Making 2008. Video projection on body and wall, Javier holds flowering Buckeye branch to dead Buckeye tree.
Making No Making 2008. Suspended Buckeye tree, video projections, wall drawing and painting, indoor/outdoor sound installation.
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Making No Making 2008. Video projections on Buckeye tree and wall. Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
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About the Work
"Let go of everything. Make Nothing. Let things be as they are." Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche
Making No Making is a site-specific installation featuring a suspended California Buckeye tree, wall drawing and painting with charcoal made of burnt, dried Buckeye sticks and paint, made from live green Buckeye leaves ground with mortar, pestle and water. Gallery storefront walls and windows feature three mobile video projections playing on a continual loop, "Spinning Begonia, Worm Glow, Bee Bust" shot in the San Francisco Mission 2003. An original sound piece with music and spoken word plays both inside and outside the building, creating an audio-visual experience for both gallery and street viewing. Viewers interact by writing and drawing on the exhibition walls and by moving video projections across the gallery space with a pull string. Live art includes Javier Cordoba performing Butoh dance and Tracy Ginsberg mixing paint, making charcoal, painting/drawing on performer and walls. Tree Rigging, technical operations and video pulls by Theodore Lillie. Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008.
