Syngja

Here are some of my videos of Syngja, solo recordings of talented Tyr Jami, known as the cellist, composer and singer of The Winks performing the in Vancouver BC on December 2010 are accompanied by stunning visuals created in situ by Jasa Baka.

Tyr Jami and Jasa Baka are artists that live and work in Montreal PQ.

Tyr is returning to the West Coast in August to play in Vancouver, Salt Spring Island, Pender Island and Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia:

August 4th: North Pender Island

August 5th: Victoria, BC @ the Red Door with Freak Heat Waves
http://freakheatwaves.band​camp.com/

August 10th: Saltspring Island: noon hour Music and Munch concert series

August 11th: Vancouver @ The Red Gate

August 12th: Vancouver @ Thors Palace with Aaron Read, Andy Dixon, Garland and Yarn
https://www.facebook.com/e​vent.php?eid=2533676946782​39

Syngja will play in Vancouver and Victoria
http://www.myspace.com/syn​gja

Pender and Saltspring Islands I will play with Graeme Wilkinson (piano)

Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Sinfonia in F
Sylvia Rickard: Song for the Earth
Dmitri Shostakovich:Sonata in D minor Op. 40
Icelandic Folksongs
George Gershwin

Video of Mary and Moses Sculpture Garden

Here's the Mary and Moses Sculpture Garden video by Exhibit-v You can see my work at 9:15 (at the nine minutes and 15 seconds mark).

Mary and Moses Sculpture Garden show presented sculpture by the following artists:
Christine Clark, Debora Alanna, Elyse Portal, John Luna
Marlene Jess, Michael Jess, Todd Lambeth, Troi Donnelly
Tyler Hodgins, Sarah Stein, Wendy Welch.

"An afternoon at Deep Cove" by Philip Willey

"An afternoon at Deep Cove" by Philip Willey

Philip Willey wrote an entertaining piece on the sculpture show I participated in:


The Mary and Moses Sculpture Garden Show
July 22,23 & 24, 2011
Moses Pt. Rd., North Saanich
Victoria, BC Canada

Mary and Moses Sculpture Garden

White on Black - Yin (Photo by Christine Clark)

White on Black - Yang (Photo by Christine Clark)

The Mary & Moses Sculpture Garden Show


Christine Clark,artist writer, curator of the Balcony Gallery invited a group of artists install sculpture on 4 acres of forest lined with Deep Cove ocean expanse. The garden belonged to Mary and Moses Martin (from England), and their sons kindly consented to share the magical gardens with artists this weekend at the "Mary and Moses Sculpture Garden" show.

Todd Lambeth. Surveyor’s stakes in a grey scale.

Christine Clark. Cabbages (paper and paint)

Debora Alanna. White on black, in the pond.

Elyse Portal. Clay pieces in the trees.

Tyler Hodgins. Tent City in miniature.

Troi Donnelly. Nonsense words and plastic cones.

Wendy Welch. Chairs.

John Luna. String and other things.

Michael Jess. Burial Performance–time capsule.

Review on Exhibit-v - John Luna - Home Show and Sale

Exhibit-v posted my latest review: John Luna's Home Show and Sale

John Luna "is an artist based in Victoria British Columbia. He has exhibited installations of painting and sculpture in connection to poetry, collage, stencils, sculpture and historical artifacts, in Victoria, Kelowna, Calgary, San Diego and San Francisco. John has published catalogue essays and criticism in Victoria, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg, Los Angeles and Jakarta, and is an instructor at the Vancouver Island School of Art and the University of Victoria." ~ From John Luna's website: http://johnluna.ca/


Exhibit-v "provides an extensive monthly calendar of openings,ongoing art exhibitions and the most reliable list of art galleries in the community. Video clips of exhibitions and the people attending the events, as well as interviews with artists will enhance exposure for these visual arts events." From the Exhibit-v website: http://www.exhibit-v.ca/

"Outside In" ~ Review by Chritine Clark

Outside In - Ministry of Casual Living ~ Photo by Aubrey Burke - Minister of MOCL

Outside In - Detail 1 - Ministry of Casual Living ~ Photo by Aubrey Burke - Minister of MOCL

Outside In - Detail 2 - Ministry of Casual Living ~ Photo by Aubrey Burke - Minister of MOCL

 Outside In - Ministry of Casual Living ~ Photo by Aubrey Burke - Minister of MOCL

"Outside In" ~ Review by Christine Clark

Outside In: Debora Alanna

At the Ministry of Casual Living this week is Debora Alanna‘s in situ work,

Outside In.

For those of you who don’t know Debora, she is one of the primary art writers currently gracing the webpages of Exhibit V.  Her written work is incredibly learned, incredibly erudite, with reference material drawn from poets to philosophers.  Too, she has a fine sensibility, a great seriousness and a (perhaps somewhat) unusual sensitivity to the processes of other artists.
from Buffet, a Review by Debora Alanna
“Ian Rorie built Hunter-Gatherer with plywood, and fastened a trap, labeling it, so we would know what lurked inside, lighting the way to entrapment. Sustenance begins with death of some kind. Whether it is the reaping of grain, produce and gathering of the harvest or hunting the animal to produce the sustenance of the meal, there is the death, transformation and nourishment, ultimately. But is this really what is happening here? As Baudelaire points out in his 123rd poem of Les Fleur du Mal, “Death… Will grow the flowers of their brain!” Death, personified as the hold that cannot be captured, grown and gathered will, when we are faced with this fact, allow ideas to manifest. Artists must let imitation or misrepresentation die or die creatively. Rorie presents the diversionary plotting we must struggle with, and face to overcome trepidation. We must hunt out our nemesis, gather our wits, be aware of contrivance and allow our minds to feed us. Be hungry and you will capture what you need”.

And here we have her first exhibition of work in Victoria since 1973; a draping, swathing, theatrical (the word has been used) sculptural installation viewable both outside and through the windows at MOCL.
With a budget of $42,  much of the material was found or donated.  The fabric she used came from another artist’s studio space; homey scraps she liberated and transformed with a coating of grout compound.  No longer colourful and flower patterned, the fabric is  grey and pebbled, highly suggestive of classical sculpture;  fraught with a powerful undercurrent, perhaps sexual, and immediately reminiscient (to me) of  Daniel Laskarin‘s now beacon now sea.
now beacon now sea is  a steel chair riddled with bullet holes and draped in a silky grey cloth; the very image of violence and romance; the swirling cloth, the explosive scars of penetration (of bullets ripping into steel), a sense of yearning.
Something similar is happening in Debora’s work, Outside In.  A yearning,  not exactly romantic, but desiring to be so.  The materials and the space almost preclude romance.  Inside of MOCL, the air smells strongly of mildew and it’s cold, bone chillingly so.   The materials are not expensive; the gallery space is not pristine; in fact the work itself is not vaunted.  She gets a week to show and barely anyone came to the opening (although the people who did brought wine).  The connection to Laskarin (and his precursors) has everything to do with the essential emotion, the central experience of yearning.

The violence , though, in Outside In, is the effect of reality; it’s not a theatrical affectation, an idea to muse over; it’s truly present, possibly within Debora’s life, but certainly within her art making.
Daniel welded his chair in his very tight and bright backyard studio space and he shot the gun (many times over).  Perhaps shooting bullets into a steel construction is an invitation to chaos and the unexpected, but essentially he was in control of his process, his materials and in the end, the exhibition space as well, the AGGV, although not directly controlled by Daniel, is certainly a controlled environment.  It’s clean, there are bathrooms, and guards.  People paid attention to the work.  A lot was written.
Debora doesn’t have a studio space.  She needs a job.  She made the work over the course of two days right at the gallery.  She had to bend to the structure of  the gallery (the cement walls, the claustrophobic size) and to time.
It’s impossible to think of the violence of poverty, the poverty of materials, and space and attention, without thinking about vulnerability.  The delicacy and the fragility of art made of bits and pieces, and installed temporarily is almost heartbreaking.  Also the  sweetness of  faith, in the process, and in the need, in spite of any perceived privation, is almost unbearable to imagine.  There is a wonderful quality to the work that speaks of  living rather than enduring, and although it’s difficult to contemplate, it is very inspiring.  Poverty is brutal; poverty destroys dignity.  Poverty is cold and dirty and requires scrambling for the necessary.  Debora’s eyes are closed, I think, to poverty.

Outside In is incredibly beautiful, and I wonder, is it poverty that is beautiful? The making of something from next to nothing?  The insistence of making in spite of poverty? I don’t know.  I don’t think so.  I think the spirit of beauty is there, inherent and relentless, regardless of any void.
Another kind of violence, perhaps.

 

Outside In

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debora Alanna at The Ministry of Casual Living

Outside In

Outside In
Debora Alanna
21 May to 27 May 2011

A sculpture installation.
...Opening: Sunday 22 May - 7:30 pm.

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 of May will be the construction/installation day.

Come by if you want to see the work in progress, produced 'in situ' at the Ministry of Casual Living.

"The MOCL in my mind is cloaked in intrigue. As is Victoria in general, as it pertains to its art and artists. There are pockets of activity and secretive cliques that share what they do with the public in a limited way. Perhaps all art communities have a kind of mystique.Nnot a native of Victoria, I found this to be particularly true here. I wanted to demonstrate how I felt in relation to the community here. The MOCL is ideal as it allows a site-specific work to show a sculptural depiction of an art myth.

The interior spheres are what is inaccessible, visible from the outside(ers) point of view through the plate-glass window. The swathing of the exterior of MCL allows a sensibility of inclusion with out providing true access. 

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Outside In
by Debora Alanna

A cantankerous glow
the outside in
braves plucky eyelid’s weight
over waves of
coarse tears.
Tearing through
times’ wasting, a
quiet introversion.
Look out.

http://exhibit-v.blogspot.com/2011/05/outside-in-at-ministry-philip-willey.html

Drawing.

For the past few months daily drawing with a black Bic pen in a notebook has been a means to explore what I think and feel. I have not been able to write much, except a few (20 since last spring) art reviews. Making one work for the Deluge Lost LP Cover show, which did not sell - can you guess which one is mine? (Any takers?!) has been my sole sculptural output since Edmonton. I would like to blame the weather, the lack of studio space - monetary concerns. However, there is nothing stopping me, should I want to use found materials and wrap them around a telephone pole, for example, or trench sand into forms or use myself as a sculpture, performing some ritualistic incantation, calling the muses to my rescue.These drawings are my collected dream of work yet to come, and with some internal reconstruction, this may yet happen.

Considering 3D

Would you like to take my course? Here's the synopsis of 'Considering 3D'... Find this course description and register on the Royal Roads website here:

http://www.royalroads.ca/continuing-studies/CYTAAC2269-Y10.htm

Considering 3D - Basics of Abstract Sculpture - TAAC2269
Date: Sat, Feb 5, 2011

Length: 1 day
Times: 10am - 4pm
Cost: $95 + applicable taxes
Best to Register By: Sat, Jan 22, 2011

Course Description


This hands-on workshop explores basic forms as the essence of abstract sculptural practice. All sculpture begins with the understanding of spheres, tetrahedrons (pyramid) and cubes, which each participant will use as a starting point to build their own abstract sculptures,

A brief introduction will show how basic forms exist in nature, and how sculptors have applied these forms. Using wire frame, wire mesh and plaster bandage, participants will learn how to construct the essence of abstract forms. From that starting point, development of those forms will use repetition, incising of forms, mirroring and more as techniques to expand their personal vision.

Topics:

* Three basic forms as they exist in nature
* Basic construction techniques
* Diversifying basic forms to explore relationship, rhythm and movement
* Exploration of independent vision

Facilitator: Debora Alana graduated from the Ontario College of Art in Experimental Art. Known for her installation work and “Photo-poetics”, she has held solo exhibitions in Kazakhstan, Italy, France, India, and Canada. Recent group shows include SurrealEstate – Mobius, Boston MA, Um Livro Sobre A Morte - Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Els Colors Del Foc (The Fire of Colour) –- Exposició Collectiva de Davis Museum, Barcelona, Spain; Look - CACGV, Art & Soul, Victoria. Debora has lectured in art institutions and universities in India and Kazakhstan, and art venues in Canada. She writes art criticism for the Exhibit-v blog in Victoria, BC.

Auricle and Revisioning - Public Opening

http://www.flickr.com/photos/embellish4art/

Seeking Kali

 

This is my contribution to the Seeking Kali exhibition.
Oil Pastel - 16 x 24 inches - August 2010. 

Seeking Kali 

Summer drawings for new sculpture

Here's some drawings I did over the summer that are more in my own sensibility (as opposed to trying to figure out what a client wants, and executing the work from descriptors someone else provides). I envision this work to be large - at least 3 x 12 metres. Thinking of using cement fabric and translucent cement. 

Edmonton Commission - Summer 2010 - Creating a Myth

Graham Burns of Ant with me (Debora Alanna) on scaffold, installing Revisioning

Process of project development for Auricle and Revisioning or Creating a Myth

In July 2010, I received a call from Joe Clare. A colleague, painter of the Free Rain mural, James K-M had some of my sculpture in his studio, which Joe saw when visiting. This work seemed to generate the beginning of opportunity for me, and I responded to Joe’s ideas by coming to Edmonton to produce Auricle and Revisioning. Joe’s inspired idea to involve Edmonton business brought us to Durabond, where we were graciously provided with working space, technical support and material. The work took 6 weeks to complete. Graham Burns, owner of ANT, craftsman extraordinaire, provided installation expertise. Ron Snider has kindly been the project photo-journalist and Brandi Elderkin administrative and logistic support. Thank you to the muses that enabled Joe Clare’s vision. His enduring and sustained determination has provided an amazing orchestration to bridge art and business, giving possibilities a life. Thank you to the entire team, and especially, Joe Clare, for your generous spirit. 

AURICLE

Clairaudience (mystical hearing) is integral to the Anahatha or heart/stillness Chakra. Through this spiritual centre, we hear the pulse of the universe.

Auricle is composed of four sculptures because four denotes earthly phenomena, grounding us to be accessible to numinous experience. As we are bound by Earth’s four cardinal points (North, South, East and West), time’s four seasons/ four lunar weeks we are also associated with four classical "elements" of fire, air, earth, and water. The association with Earth means that four symbolizes being "down-to-earth." Four is the first composite number is linked to the idea of an other-directed or "composite personality" that takes cues from diverse and often contradictory sources, leading to fiercely autonomous, "out-of-the-box" thinking.  Auricle allows diverse hearing of disparate thought.

 Joe Clare’s prolific community development has become another success. His vision manifests into a sculpture garden commission, where 4 carved works, Auricle, are attentive to and emanate the essence of his vision. Through Debora Alanna’s sculpture, produced at Edmonton’s Durabond facility while employing their wondrous product, Clare’s visualization enabled hearing the need for this sculptural presence to embody his perceptions, manifesting the interaction between earth-bound seekers of truth.

Auricle - 1 of 4 (night view)

Auricle - 4 of 4

Street view of Auricle - photo by Ron Snider

Signs of our times

Here's another adventure - sharing observations, this time signs. A group exhibition of  international submissions will take place September 14-19, 2010 at Mobius in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Curated by Jane Hsiaoching Wang.

The call for contributions can be found here: http://mobius-signsofourtimes.blogspot.com/p/signs-of-our-times-call-for-works.html

Submit your Signs!

"INTENT:

Have you ever been walking, bicycling, driving, sitting in a bus or train and suddenly seen a sign which made you do a double take? or seen a sign whose meaning escaped you or initially gave you pause and then perhaps you comprehended its meaning or didn't? or a sign which made no sense at all? or a sign that just made you laugh or cry hysterically for some unfathomable reason?

This call is about those puzzling/surreal/emotionally evocative signs of our times. "Of our times" is defined as either drawing from your own personal experience/history or the collective's present, near past or imagined future."
 
Here's my contribution: http://mobius-signsofourtimes.blogspot.com/2010/07/debora-alanna-7.html

Belief in Magic

Frogs dominated a creek near my childhood home. Constantly handling these creatures, I believed the myth that my countless warts resulted from this activity. My grandfather explained that wrapping a hand-spun strand of wool around the warts, and burying the fibre on the south side of the house under my bedroom window would remove the unsightly bumps. I allowed his patient hands to circle each bulge, and caringly plant the contaminated strand in a soft earth mound as I watched. Waking the next morning to wart-free hands, my wonder at the results superseded rational nay saying. My appreciation for the magical power of belief in acts of kindness prevails.

Wants and Needs

One blistery winter storm, I asked my grandfather (Avi), Thorvalder to go to the store for much needed glue to complete a school project. Either his deafness or my poor explanation of what I wanted was the reason for his return with dressmaker’s coloured transfer paper, where you could draw on the back and lines of orange, green, purple, blue, yellow or red would show up on fabric. Having braved the blizzard for my benefit, he handed me this prize with his one yellow tooth brimming with accomplished joy. My 8 –year-old heart didn’t have the will to tell him the packet of drawing sheets was not what I asked for. I am recalling this now, remembering that what you think you want is not necessarily what you need.

Light

When reading is a challenge, it sometimes feels like this...

Three is a war

Recently, I have become a member of Global Poets. Here is my latest posting to this site: http://globalpoets.org/community/Embellish4art

(You need to click the image twice to read the poem without distortion.)

Debora Alanna - Relationship - 6 sculptures in progress

Spring by Debora Alanna - a poem for new beginnings

1
Thunder rarely claps here
light that shone
between us, crescendoing
now a veil of retraint
Polite, the soak of mezzo forte
lightning subverted
Blue eyes rivet
curtailing conversation
to a pont.
2
A flicker
the unified sky
brushes wind
amongst park trees
held fast by crab-grass
blankets
A caw
crowing, mocking
the promise of intensity
held fast.
3
The song
his voice a fugue
mine a silent opera
opening skyward
rankling, robust
electricity unplugged
dropping rain
splatters
Thump pump
cheeks dry
retreat.
4
Rock beds
mount
obtaining lichen
little mountains
maintaining structure.
Sad silly symphony
Rest, the wind is planting
Grow slowly, gentle
plants
persevere. Behold!
That clapping sound.
Light.
5
Crow hops and flutters
the pavement pounds
from little footsteps
Crow up
flight is easy
for a crow.

Surrealestate - Mobius Artrages - International Artist List

Mobius (est. 1977), located in Boston MA "is a non-profit, artist-run organization, whose mission is to generate, shape and test experimental art." As part of the event ArtRages, 70 international artists have contributed to the exhibition SurrealEstate. I have been fortunate to be one of these contributors.

The Hermitage

The Hermitage



Alone.
Square walls close inward
slanting out light
straightening hope.


Displaced memories hover
insulating resistance to wholesome thought.


Mouldering bane
Tortuous recall
restricts grace.


Racing through pallid walls
suspended dreams grey
preserving dimness.


Reckless solo banter subjugates solace
scaring
crushing aspiration.


Company is the wayward bug
flying inward
through the gaping screen
defying regulation
to open
unprotected refuge...
insect thwarts total isolation.


Languid
work collects dusty melancholy.
Stalled: industry
Ceased.
FLY!

My reviews at Exhibit-v

 As a regular contributor to the Exhibit-v blog 'Write-ups' section, I have the privilege of interviewing artists in Victoria, BC, and learning about their art practice. Exhibit-v has posted my reviews of some work shown locally: http://exhibit-v.blogspot.com/search/label/write%20ups

Exhibit-v promotes artists in Victoria by listing current art exhibitions and art galleries. Through video clips of shows, artist interviews and commentary on the Exhibit-v blog, podcasts and Facebook exposure, this virtual compendium of media is Victoria's indispensable cultural information source. From the Exhibit-v website, you can also access the blog, as well as a calendar for openings ~ interviews for the Victoria, BC and area art community, and art enthusiasts. A great site!

Surealestate

This is my contribution to the Surrealestate show at Mobius - Artrages 2010.
Opening... 2 May 2010, Boston MA.

Exhibit-v

Exhibit-v  is how we find out what art is showing in Victoria, BC. The Exhibit-v blog,  Exhibit-v website and Exhibit-v Facebook page is our most expedient way of finding out what is going on in this Capitol's art scene.  Efren Quiroz  informs us about openings, on-going exhibits and documents the shows and artist's point of view with his videography.

The Exhibit-v website is sleek and very userfriendly platform for showcasing Victoria, BC's art and events provocatively and faithfully.

"Exhibit-v provides an extensive monthly calendar of openings,ongoing art exhibitions and the most reliable list of art galleries in the community. Video clips of exhibitions and the people attending the events, as well as interviews with artists will enhance exposure for these visual arts events."

Write-Ups! features reviews of exhibitions that are current on the Exhibit-v blog.  John Luna and Debora Alanna (that's me) as well as other TBA contributors share our insights in this ambitious and commendable on-line venture that celebrates and promotes artists in Victoria.

The Exhibit-v FB Fan page conveniently and comprehensively announces Victoria's art events, widening the public awareness of how to participate in this thiving art scene. Thank you, Efren!

Embellish4art

Debora Alanna - Some of my sculpture featured on this site... Although thi site is limited to a few sculpture works, my art practice is more diverse. Yet, I am compelled to allow this sculptural practise to 'float' to the forefront, as I find sculpture adresses the unspoken, unadulterated discovery of internal clarity.

Slide Show of Selected Sculpture...

"Look"

Finding Direction   Pastel - 8" x 10"

  Ascension           Pastel - 8" x 10

2 works of mine are part of the group exhibit produced by the 

Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria called "Look". 

This show runs through the month of March 2010. 

UM LIVRO SOBRE A MORTE: Debora Alanna (355)

UM LIVRO SOBRE A MORTE: Debora Alanna (355)

This is the link to my work on the "Book About Death" blog, for the exhibition Um Livro Sobre A Morte at the MUSEU BRASILEIRO DA ESCULTURA.

"A Book About Death"

http://umlivrosobreamorte.blogspot.com/2010/01/debora-alanna-355.html#links


http://www.mube.art.br/?Expo&area=futuro&id=42

These two works have been reduced to 4" x 6" postcards and mailed to 

"A Book About Death" for the exhibition at the                                      MUBE in Brazil

Museu Brasileiro da Escultura                                            

Av. Europa, 218São Paulo - Brasil

This contribution appears on their blog:

http://umlivrosobreamorte.blogspot.com/2010/01/debora-alanna-355.html#links


http://umlivrosobreamorte.blogspot.com/

I was informed of this opportunity through the 

Davis Museum, Barcelona, Spain.

Davis Lisboa

http://www.davislisboa.com
http://www.davismuseum.com/

Corbu - Space, Light, Order

Le Corbusier (Corbu) quotes (Swiss architect and city planner, whose designs combine the functionalism of the modern movement with a bold, sculptural expressionism.  1887-1965) :
“To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.”
“The home should be the treasure chest of living.”
"Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep"
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Memory is eidetic, thinking back to my Corbu experience, almost 14 years ago. http://embellish4art.blogspot.com/2004/09/villa-sarabhai.html

This link (above) begins to describe a part of my soul's formation and how Corbusier had a hand in this. 

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http://issuu.com/shear/docs/24sept09_visual_portfolio_low?mode=a_p

http://www.askart.com/askart/w/robert_winslow/robert_winslow.aspx

Randy Shear of ShearDesigns, posted the third quote listed above to his Facebook page. Robert Winslow, sculptor/painter commented. I also posted a comment. These FB contributions discuss the concept of order.  I learned there is an architectural order that is referred to by Corbu, and this inherent order is beyond my capacity to emulate. I can embrace that capacity in others, especially because Corbusier, author of this quote, has provided a profound living memory through his order, his space and light that continues to structure my life. More, I am grateful for social networking to revive this memory, its impact and further develop its consequence. 

Villa Sarabhai is a "treasure chest of living". Here, Corbusier incised space through architectural order amplifying light and enabling energetic connectivity. I remember rooms merging and ceilings expanding, surprising spaces presenting opportunities for congregating and repose, eating, sleeping and reflection. Pouncing and dancing of juxtapositions that engaged and cuddled, that invited and developed a magical space of contrapuntal rhapsody. There was a comforting weight of solidity, windows of intrigue and mystifying integration of landscape that cradled the walls. Breathing with anticipation, each corner, every turn revealed an new way of thinking, allowed integrity of beauty to expand. The many artists that lived and worked in this home must have felt this, from the explosive production of art they left for Sarabhai. 

W.B. Yeats described the 'space between' in a poem I once read. The title of this poem title escapes me, however, the experience he epitomized refers to the energy that is created between people, their experience of each other, what they create by interacting, feeling, and all that people do together. Corbu's Villa Sarabhai orders space and light,  encouraging this dynamic. The intoxication, a love affair with his architecture is intensified by the order.  I don't know if I heard the cacophony of Paradise Flycatchers, Magpie Robins and Malabar Whistling Thrushes or the mimicry of Racket-tailed Drongos. I do know that teasing monkeys in the canopy of tall trees were likely oblivious to my presence. Whether Areca Nut, Mango or some other variety is of no matter. I am overjoyed to be a participant in the effervescence that Courbousier created. 

vORtEx

Poetic soul, sculptor's sensibilities, abstract thought process, sensual underpinnings, visionary meanderings... I am in a vortex of discombobulation. The equation for making art work with a monetary outcome eludes me. I need help!  Any suggestions that this universe will impart would be welcome. Please write: d_alanna@ yahoo.ca  Thank you.

Collective Works Gallery and Dogwood Initiative

I have been accepted as a guest artist for the group show at

Collective Works Gallery with Dogwood Initiative.

Above, is what I will be contributing to this show:

Friday, January 29th.

7-9 pm at 1311 Gladstone Ave.

Fernwood. Victoria, BC Canada.