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- Back to America
- On my own for a couple of hours. Cloudy afternoon.
- No time for ideas.
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- Into Blinding Light
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- The Pelican, the Alembic, and the Concealing Wall
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- Live Iron Sculpture Casting at Auraria Campus March 10th (my poster)
- For all the art talk and theory, an artist, regardless of their specific beliefs and cosmology, knows that when it goes well, the moment of making is a moment of grace, some kind of gift, a treasure and a privilege. This experience is as old as art is, although a lot of contemporary art talk belittles it. We, as artists, the kind that I mean, are not just content providers for... a luxury market, a network of institutions, a sophisticated discourse, and a social scene. We are, at our best, much more than that. What, then? I don't know, still. I just have a thread that I need to follow.
Time Casts Shadows
Edges soften or harden depending on the light source. Months merge to quick glimpses in the shadow of memory.Flashes are given sequence, and from the mind's turbulent puddle, we conjure up a stream.
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Author Archives: EW
BPL on the Truck
Here’s the Boulder Public Library website’s account of The Thinking Truck (see http://www.boulder.lib.co.us/events/films.html). “Set amidst the sparse grandeur of the northern Chihuahuan desert, Eric Waldemar’s “The Thinking Truck” (2008 video, 40 min.) incorporates abstract animation and musical sound in a … Continue reading
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Art Writing for Eye-Level
Denverites will remember Eye-Level, the Invisible Museum’s magazine of diverse commentary on the visual arts. Marina Graves is getting it rolling again, starting on the web. She, I, and Randy Brown have each contributed articles on the three shows that … Continue reading
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Teeth for Poems/Poems for Teeth
In 2005 I worked with Richard Loranger on his book Poems for Teeth (We Press), a mammoth endeavor that includes a lengthy poem for each of the 32 adult human teeth. In Richard’s reading of the mouth, each tooth takes … Continue reading
Eric Waldemar Cinema Screening
July 11th at Boulder Public Library, Canyon Blvd., Boulder, CO The Thinking Truck will premiere, and other works, including 16mm epic faux-histories like The Origin of Music, will be screened. 7PM, I think.
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What is the Thinking Truck?
A good place to begin. The literal “Thinking Truck” is a 1972 Winnebago in which artist Eric Waldemar (myself) set out into isolated terrain near the Mexican border. The general intent was to have some enforced solitude, both to sort … Continue reading
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The Thinking Truck rolls in.
Within days, the Thinking Truck blog will be well under way, with text and images that elaborate on the cryptic accounts that readers may have found in other sources. Be patient, and if you want to be informed when it’s … Continue reading
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