September in Motion
A return to video, peak meadow and the hibernation of our latest art drop.
This will be a somewhat disjointed newsletter. Like Granny Bland’s famous (and delicious) ‘Bitsa Soup’, it’ll be bitsa this and bitsa that, all mixed together.
I’ll start with the meadow. In mid-September I took some provisional steps back into video. Despite getting a BA in Media Production and often working with video in the years that followed graduation, it has probably been over a decade since I used anything other than an iPhone to shoot video. But with the meadow looking so spectacular I was compelled to take the camera out to shoot some footage. Come, take a couple of minutes to see and hear the meadow as it was in September (it should be 4K so hopefully it looks good full-screen):
By the way, if you are an art director, photo editor, location scout, photographer, or you know any of those people, we will be making our wild and wonderful meadow here in the Berkshires available as a location for photo and video shoots. I made a first draft of a website for it, which I don’t mind you seeing despite it being a work-in-progress. At some point we will list it on Peerspace. If this interests you, contact us. If you know someone who should see our meadow, feel free to forward this on to them.
Peak Meadow
We have been making photographs of the meadow since we arrived here in the summer, but for whatever reason we hadn’t anticipated it would become such a creative resource. In advance of our move we were thrilled to have this untamed wild space for nature, but we simply didn’t think much about what it could be for us. It is certainly possible that outside of its peak in August, September and October, it won’t speak to us in the same way. Will we see something interesting in it when it is mowed, soggy and sad on a winter’s day? That remains to be seen… For now, here are some as-yet unseen photographs we have made here during the last couple of months.
Art Drop #17
Our latest art drop has now closed. Prints of Diffused Goldenrod were available for seven days, but it now enters hibernation for a year.
The diffusion box that we wrote about in our previous post was fun for all of us. Even our daughter stepped in front of it for an impromptu creative session beside some asters.
What is Essential?
Diana and I both have photographs in the current group exhibition of F-Stop Magazine responding to the theme of “Minimal, imagery made with only what is essential.” On show from us are two more of my examinations of painter’s plastic, made when our house was under construction, and Diana’s Subtle Wave photograph.
Lost and Found
After a where-is-it? situation with our local Post Office we finally have our hands on the Happening Happenstance publication by Ephemere & NOICE that accompanied the group exhibition of the same name in Tokyo back in August. We each had one photograph included, alongside over 100 other artists. Curated by
, designed by Federico Zavatta, and edited by , the book is currently sold out although you can register your interest if you’d like a copy. In his introduction Colin describes the book as celebrating “the art of seeing and the joy of discovery… In this collection, you’ll discover vibrant colors, unexpected humor, and candid glimpses of everyday life.” It’s a beautifully designed book and if you appreciate the style of photography championed by NOICE then you won’t be disappointed.
That’s all from us this time. We hope you enjoyed your serving of our ‘Bitsa Soup’ newsletter. We’re witnessing a rapid transformation now of the landscape around us, hurtling towards winter with many potential photographs waiting to be made.
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You will discover peak meadow is not just in the fall. The meadow gives and gives.
Lovely space and lovely images. Winter in the meadow will definitely have its own type of beauty.