FlowStateSpace

Project Description

FlowStateSpace is based on three interlinked parts that will together form an audio-visual “temoignage” through the White Mountains time and space that is bigger than the sum of its parts. As an artist-in-residence (AiR), I will document:

  • the unique landscape through photography (bird’s-eye perspective);
  • the way I experience it and interact with it (video, first person perspective); and
  • the way visitors experience it and interact with it (video, third person perspective).

I will use a combination of photography and documentary film-making (inspired by the “cinéma vérité” style) as the main tools to achieve the goal. By combining time-lapse and slow-motion video, I will document the different time scales that nature and people in the White Mountains live in. Photographs and video, on the other hand, will cover the different spatial dimensions. White Mountains visitors will be interviewed and filmed as they experience the environment. At the same time, I will document my own experience, from the arrival to the departure.

FlowStateSpace will explore different perspectives, perceptions, and experiences of space and time to promote a deeper understanding and dialogue of the White Mountains public lands.

Timeline

  • Residency: April 2017
  • Artwork available: Jun 2017 Fall 2017
  • Public presentations: Summer/Fall 2017 Fall 2017/Spring 2018

Public presentations

Besides presenting the entirety of the produced AiR work online, I will hold public presentations in the Pacific Northwest (e.g., Seattle, Portland, Bend) during the summer/fall 2017. The presentation will involve audio-visual content and lead the audience through a journey to/through the White Mountains.

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Acknowledgments

  • The White Mountains National Recreation Area offers more than 240 miles of maintained winter trails and 12 public recreation cabins surrounded by jagged limestone mountains and cliffs, high mountain passes, and broad, rounded valleys. You’ll find crisp, clean air, dazzling views, and shimmering northern lights against a star-studded sky.
  • The BLM Artist-in-Residence Program (AiR) is founded on the belief that, because artists look closely at the way the world works, notice things that others may have missed, challenge ideas, and create in a variety of forms, they can provide new ways to look at and appreciate public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Artists see beauty and value in the natural places that are promised to future generations of Americans by the management practices of the BLM. Artists can help us to share the scenic beauty and unique stories of BLM-managed land with the public through the world of art. AiR provides artistic and educational opportunities that promote deeper understanding and dialogue about the natural, cultural, and historic resources on public lands.