I thought that this piece was very interesting. It showed a projection of an everyday image, a plant, which would usually seem so normal except this plant had several transparent leaves with video images projecting inside of them. I liked the combination of nature and technology. I also liked the how I was viewing an image of nature that could be in a household or in the outdoors. The images being projected in some of the leaves seemed to be from someones house, like home movies, but you can only see small pieces so you had to connect each leaf to understand what the artist was showing. I loved that this piece of art was using technology to show life and nature. I also liked that there was a sound track that helped me piece together what the projected movies were.
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I thought this piece was amazing. Afterr watching it for a while I was mesmorized by it. The name photosynthesis was really great...the transition from just one person in the video to many people and a lot going on was great. I was trying to connect the story at the same time I was picturing a plant going through photosynthesis. I really thought about the transitions of human life while watching this exhibit, it really triggered my mind to think deeply.
Abby Shotwell is a Madison-based artist and homemaker who teaches at the Madison Children's Museum, Madison Public Library, and Madison Schools.
Alan Marcus is Director of the Centre for Screen Studies at the University of Manchester, UK.
Anna Campbell and Chele Isaac Anna Campbell is associate professor of sculpture at Grand Valley State University.
Chele Isaac is a graduate student in the Art Department at UW-Madison.
Jeff Fitzgerald is a Madison-based artist and founder of Revolution Cycles.
Jill Baker and Nelson Goranson Jill Baker is a graduate student at the University of Iowa Intermedia Program in the Department of Art. Nelson Goranson is a graduate student in the Education Department at the UW-Madison.
Jim Ferris is a poet and a professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the UW-Madison.
Jose Rodriguez is a graduate student in the Art Department at UW Madison.
Joyce Campbell is a Los Angeles based artist working in sculpture, film installations, and photography. She teaches at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate University.
Kate Hewson and Marina Kelly Kate Hewson is a Madison-based dancer and Arts Residency Coordinator at the UW-Madison.
Marina Kelly is a Madison based dancer and artist, and a social worker at Malcolm Shabazz City High School.
Nicole Gruter is a graduate student in the Art department at UW Madison.
Nikki Renee Anderson is a Chicago based artist and teaches ceramics in the Chicago area.
Phil Sayers and Esther Sayers Phil Sayers teaches Fine Art at Staffordshire University UK and is a transvestite artist specializing in feminine masquerade from historical sources. Esther Sayers is a key member of the Education Team at Tate Modern, London.
Robert Ladislas Derr is Assistant Professor of Photography at The Ohio State University.
Ryan Burghard recently finished his MFA at the UW-Madison.
Ryan Griffis is Assistant Professor of New Media at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Sally Grizzell Larson is a Philadelphia based photographer, filmmaker, and script-writer.
Sarah Kanouse and Nicholas Brown Sarah Kanouse is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema and Photography at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where
Nicholas Brown is a graduate student in the Department of Landscape Architecture, History and Theory.
Stephanie Liner recently completed her MFA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Stephen Wetzel is a Milwaukee-based filmmaker and Education Coordinator at Mata Community Media in Milwaukee.
Terry Nauheim is a New York-based artist who teaches digital media, computer graphics, and interactive design in the New York City area.
The Art Club is a group of Madison 4th graders who have been meeting weekly with artist Abby Shotwell for the past three years. The members of the Art Club are: Leaf Anthony, Olive Earley, Gillian Gehri, Linnea Halsten, Sylvia Hecht, Isak Lund, Henry Shotwell, Isaiah Stefan, and Carina Vargas-Nunez
I thought that this piece was very interesting. It showed a projection of an everyday image, a plant, which would usually seem so normal except this plant had several transparent leaves with video images projecting inside of them. I liked the combination of nature and technology. I also liked the how I was viewing an image of nature that could be in a household or in the outdoors. The images being projected in some of the leaves seemed to be from someones house, like home movies, but you can only see small pieces so you had to connect each leaf to understand what the artist was showing. I loved that this piece of art was using technology to show life and nature. I also liked that there was a sound track that helped me piece together what the projected movies were.
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Posted by: Samara Geller | October 29, 2006 at 02:18 PM
I thought this piece was amazing. Afterr watching it for a while I was mesmorized by it. The name photosynthesis was really great...the transition from just one person in the video to many people and a lot going on was great. I was trying to connect the story at the same time I was picturing a plant going through photosynthesis. I really thought about the transitions of human life while watching this exhibit, it really triggered my mind to think deeply.
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