The New Year

Hey all, I want to wish you all the best in this upcoming year.On this new years eve I have decided to celebrate handing in the final draft of my process paper at approximately 1pm today by drinking the largest glass of wine ever and completely rearranging my house. I am so sore from moving furniture.
I can not beleive that graduation is only 4 or 5 weeks away...
I am totally stunned that I made it this far...
I can not wait to see all of your faces and spend some quality time with you. I have been through the most intense year of my life and it is about to end, and I intend on walking away from it all. I am looking forward to celebrating with all of you and each of our accomplishments as artists. I look back now at all that this program has asked from us and to complete this program is one of the greatest tests that we will have. I hope you all realize just how amazing you are and how incredible this final show is going to be.
Graduating this february or not, I am so proud to stand with all of you.
Lots of love,
Diana

i want to sleep on the beach
for xmas
happy happy im so sleepy holiday

Sorry! I didn't mean to to forsake...

Merry merry guys!!!
Here's the latest, some of the final projects I am focusing for the last 2 minutes left to our semester (gahh).

I am still working with clothing and looking at the manner in which it is made. I started this semester with making funny cloth hand like forms, but the funniness in their appearance wasn't totally intentional, I just had know idea how to make a glove like fabric form, which was surprisingly complex to me. So I started collecting tape handcasts of my friends, and asking them to either make me a glove (if they'd like) or if I could design a glove for them. So the gloves project has a been a process of collecting other people's approaches to making and conceptions of form, along with attempting to refine (or sort of refine) my own approach to making.

(Check out my zipper glove, lower left, for my friend David! I have since started to cover the seams where the zippers are sewn together with space themed fabric, which suits him. My zipper glove is maybe my favorite thing I have made this semester)



Still on my "reclamation of making" kick, I also started to construct a pair of pants for a non generic bodily form I constructed out of packing tape and saran wrap. So I am looking at patterns, but re-formatting them to suit my this funny body. This is in an effort to gain a more intuitive sense of designing clothing. The first pair came out so ugly, I am onto pair #2, there will probably be another to follow.

And I am working on a sort of paper body cast held together with embroidery imitating machine made stitching. Working backwards a little bit, looking at that which holds our clothing together, but is usually not showcased within the final product.

I am in mad seamstress mode, I can't wait to get back to Vermont, see you guys soon!

Have an awesome holiday!!

Hello- I emailed Sabrina about early arrival and more importantly- setting up our exhibitions early- before Monday. She responded yes, we can do that but we won't be on the meal plan until Monday. I think that is great- since I will need more time than two 8 hour days to set up- However, I'm not sure if this is accurate- has anyone else asked? Would you? I am planning to get there Sunday anyway (solidarity - big group meeting etc) but would love the bonus of being able to start installing that day as well. Should we ask Robert? Not sure how to continue...
Any thoughts?
Miss you and am looking forward to seeing you ALL. (Casey and Carrie- where are you? If you need to come in early because of weather- let me know)
Sumru

Had to show you...

The Magnificent Seven: Paulina Olowska CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Paulina Olowska, "X," 2002. Oil on canvas, 63 x 38 3/8 in. (160 x 97.5 cm).*

http://www.wattis.org/exhibitions/po

Hope you are all well.

found some random shooting range on the side of the road during long drive pee break. Sometimes God does work in mysterious ways. Got some great photos of shot up stuff. here is one.

peace

Hi- can people meet in Montpelier at the Wood Gallery either this weekend- Sunday 14th or the following Sunday 21? I can meet this week as well on Wednesday but not sure if that would work for you all with families? Let me know. I thought we could meet at the gallery and then have coffee, drinks, food some where in town. If not maybe after Thanksgiving.
Love,
Sumru

also my friend Kris Gruen has agreed to do the music I dont know how to do the old linky link so just google his name and listen to the sweet sounds and let me know what you think until then stay fit and keep up the good work

BZ

still life? with shoe!

Sumru shouts to you I do need more space project grows and grows let me know how we can discuss this possibility and thank you for all your words they have helped. like I said your paper is pure inspiration and I am not exaggerating the rest of the crew should take notice and read you got it going on or down or maybe that isn't even said these days anyway you rock thank you for all your words I need to get to work thank you bye

B

happy halloween

pics of progress

this is what i've been working on

Hey everyone!

Here is some of what I've been working on.

I can't decide whether I want to go back to regular 2D drawings and collages or go ahead with installation-ish stuff.

I'm kind of leaning toward drawings and collages on paper.

Looking forward to more of your work!

nice work brian

is that newspaper mixed in as well? I like it.

how's everyone doing? I've been playing with video & audio mixes. it's fun but I don't really know what I am doing. I'm trying to decide on what to work on for the second half of the semester and more of a cohesive piece. maybe a video installation this residency. we will see.

vcp papers coming along. seen a lot of good inspiring work, mostly video or performance related.

AND my sister had her baby! it's a boy. Bryce. I'm going to visit next weekend.

miss you all,

c

current work the piece is 8x12 feet cut drawings and found paper

comments to new posts

hey ya'll

how come new comments aren't emailed like new posts are? is it possible to change that?

what do you think?

hope you're all doing well.

c

Look who decided to arrive

Arden Wakan Bissell
YAY!!

time

hey ya'll

how's it going? my stuff is going okay. Diana, have you had your baby yet? Does anyone else know?

Will someone send me the link to Sumru's write up? I want to read it.

I've been reading Sylvia Plath's journal and I will read some of Virginia Woolf too! I'm also reading about loneliness. both personal accounts and research of by psychologists. very interesting... a book with film/video maker interviews which is very inspiring as well.

for VCP I've been reading about AFFECT, which is kind of driving me crazy. just when I think I "get" it I read another sentence or paragraph and get all confused again. it's so complicated.

if any of you have any suggestions for understanding AFFECT or about loneliness, please send them my way!

I dig the blog talk about ephemera and time and happenstance... happy accidents!

luv & miss you all,

c

trying to write my process paper

I have been carving wood I steal from construction sites

I am also working this way

Pheweee!

Sent and completed my first mailing today!!! I am still friggin pregnant!! I miss you all!

feel like a noodle

Hey there, I went to the doctors yesterday and it turns out my body is begining labor. My cervix is 70% thinned out and I am not sure how long it will take to start dialating. AHH! But, baby look great and all is in the correct position and ready to go. I have had poopy cramps for the past 48 hours and I am sooooooo sleepy. I am very excited to get this crazy lil man out but feeling pressure to get the work done.
No studio work yet as my new camera should arrive in the next day or two and I am pumping through research and readings and trying to figure out what the hell I am going to write about. My first mailing is sept 2. Pfff.

How is everybody else doing???
Casey, that work looks excellent! I love that you are using your body and breaking it up.....very interesting.
Leah, what is the new job?!

I miss you guys! I am so scared about labor but am feeling more and more ready as the days pass. I just cant wait to get this weight off me!!! My dogs keep following me around and try to sleep on my crotch, HA HA, they are such weirdos!!

Tis the full moon today! I hope it brings you some good intense energy!

Kind of just, umm, "rolling paper" at this point

Hi All!

Figuring out what to do with myself this semester, I started with packing tape casts of my body, that I am using as armatures to pin ripped up pieces of thin paper around. Then I removed these paper shells and stitched the pieces together. I am going to play around with shellacking the paper, give it a slight durability and translucent sheen.

I have a slight idea of where to take them next, installation wise and in terms of incorporating some sort of clothing pieces, we shall see!

(Sumru, the blog lives on, we will not lose touch!)

(Leah! A big fat congratulations on the new job!!!)

ilove you guys
imiss you all
hope you are doing
well

Hello everyone,
I miss you all already- just thought I would say hello- I am anxious about not losing touch with Casey and Carrie ( yes, this means you), so I want to keep this blog going- see how we are all doing as the semester progresses. I am already behind- we have studio plans due on the 30th!
I haven't even cracked my residency notebooks- how to get started in the studio etc. not happening as my mother is visiting and both my sons are home for another week.
That's all the blather for now.
Take care,
Sumru

The Z Man

Hello-
Advance warning- I am on a rant- I apologize in advance-
Have you all received your final evaluations from your Faculty Advisors?
I have not. I am completely stymied. Should I contact my advisor? Should I contact the program office/Danielle/Sabrina? Don't want to be a complainer/squealer...What if something has happened to my advisor-an accident/illness... would I be overbearing, inappropriate, and overstepping the boundaries between student and teacher to inquire?
What's the big deal you ask-what is an evaluation contrasted against the great scheme of life? What's your hurry you ask- only 4 days have passed since the program deadline for submitting evaluations- never mind that I sweated and didn't sleep to make my deadline...
Perhaps it's only a big deal if ONE IS HAVING A SHITTY WEEK/SEMESTER AND CHECKING HER EMAIL EVERY 5 MINUTES TO VALIDATE HER EFFORTS BORNE FROM SWEAT, ANXIETY, AND A COMPULSIVE NEED TO BE THE BEST!!!!!!! Otherwise- it is really not such a big deal.
Looking forward to seeing you all soon,
Sumru

Hello Everyone,
I am in a HUGE funk- trying to write the candidacy review statement. I have the guidelines but that's not helping...I have no idea what my final exhibition will look like- how is it possible that we could know the specifics now? Is this an exercise to gauge how committed we are to our studio work- to see if we have a pulse? Any ideas, advice, hand holding would be greatly appreciated at this point. I hope you are all well. I am so looking forward to seeing each and everyone of you.
Take care,
Sumru

One more

One Blender. Four photos of blender connected with tape. To be run at random intervals until photos become detached.

A Week in a Creek

One photo of Creek
One Rock from that specified place
5' Metal Wire
One week submerged in Creek

Can you feel the tension rising?
Can't wait to see all of you...Ezra

hey y'all,

hope you're doing alright this first week of June! I'm freaking out. I have SO much work to do video editing and writing my paper.... I know I'll get it done but it all feels a little daunting at the moment.

Diana, what happened after you spoke with Faith? Did you calm their concerns and are they letting you continue on in the program?

BTW, I like your new images... the triptychs are nice.

take care everyone,

c

Time Off

Hey Guys, just wanted to share some recent imagery and also let you know that Faith and Marie have expressed concern for my work and asked for me to take time off. Honestly, I am not for it and I sent them a long email explaining everything and reasoning why I do not think it is a good idea. Although I do have my own concerns with the final semester it is more important for me to get through this than not. This all has been so dang frustrating for me but the determination is back and I am just not going to lay back without a fight. My AT is great but I think he is not really being as open as I thought he was about my condition and has been a bit hard on me as if I was one of his regular students and that I am certainly not.
At this point I am finishing up my final paper and putting together work that is just about the final ideas for the residency. I am wrapping up and they aint gonna stop me now. Faith is calling me this afternoon to talk about everything. I will let you know what happens.
I am thinking of all of you and I hope you are in better condition than myself. This semester, one of the biggest things I have learned is to stand up for what my work is whether its enough for them or not. It is what it is and that is just the way it should be no friking buts about it.
I hope they allow me to at least make it the residency. I am dying to see and talk to you guys. The summer rez is the best anyway. :)