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Primordial Soup Cartoon

Eric — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:17:27 +0000

Primordial Soup Cartoon from Eric Waldemar on Vimeo.

Several notable curiosities came out of last fall’s “Time and Attention” show, and not everything got included in the gallery exhibition. Here’s a sort of image poem that tells of the emergence of life and form on Earth. Interpretive dance, perhaps. This should give you a decent sense of what it was like back then for those ambitious little critters. Millions of years are compressed into a couple of minutes, so bear with me if I missed anything important.

Speechlessness

Eric — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:30:57 +0000

Here’s one still image from a movie called Old Tongue, part of “Letters and Speechlessness” at ArtWorks in Letterkenny, Ireland. This is the first time I’ve worked through the material I shot last summer, and again and again, I wonder where did THAT come from. With much of the best material, startling things emerge, things that I have no memory of shooting. The movie seems to know more about the places I visited than I do. Perhaps this has more to do with the hands-on mysteries of making and forming than with the intervention of ghosts and faeries, but perhaps not.

Animations from UCD

Eric — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:07:13 +0000

Once again, we did short animations in my courses at UC Denver. Here’s a selection of strange, intense, and/or accomplished moments from this crop of “Intro to Art” students at UC Denver. I’ve been meaning to trim out a few low points, but I haven’t yet, and it’ll only take you about 4 minutes to watch ‘em all. Go here to see them.

Odin/Odeon: Monoprints and Movies at Rude Gallery

Eric — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:51:01 +0000

Here’s some text I put together for the show at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, which opens, I believe, on the second of September, a Thursday. (Be there around 7 or 8 or later.) There’s a longer version that mentions Nickel-Odeons, refers to my Wednesday (Woden’s Day) night printmaking sessions, and so on, but this is the concise version. Thought I might as well post it for you. Hope it sounds inviting. It certainly sounds grandiose and pompous. Part of the fun. Grandiose, yes, but all true.

In Odin/Odeon, Eric Waldemar takes a maximalist approach to a small installation space, assembling a piece of “visual chamber music” that combines an intricate arrangement of monoprints with tiny abstract video work. In ancient Greece, an Odeon was a type of small theater, designed for more intimate productions. The Norse god Odin, as the tale goes, hung upside down from the World Tree for nine days until vision and knowledge arose in his mind. In Waldemar’s studio, imagery is invited, awaited, then shaped as it emerges. In an art world that favors shrewd, spare concept and wry sampling, he persists in affirming the mysteries and depths of an open, exploratory work process that hangs between picture and nameless form.

The Unsecret Block

Eric — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:00:25 +0000

Over 1600 images on 111 sheets. This “block” is threaded through in a variety of ways to create three distinct pieces of animated visual music. This installation, which includes both video and still images, will appear as the centerpiece of “Time & Attention,” opening at Ironton on October 23rd. Esoteric secrets of abstract animation will be laid bare. Related drawings, prints, and cinema will also appear. Movie bits will appear on this site as the show approaches. Contact me to make sure you’re kept informed.