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Lacuna is an intermedia collaboration between Mateo Galvano, and C. David Russell
This show is being presented at the Kennedy Museum of Art in Athens, Ohio August 20, 2021 thru March 5, 2022
The installation features sculptures, moving images, and an audio soundscape. At the heart of the exhibition is a stop-motion animated film featuring a Bramble Puppet made of sticks. A language of formal abstraction conveys a story about the creative process.
Photo: Elisa G. Smith
Water film, Bramble Journey Film. Aperture with Breaths
Photo: Akira Jakkson
Crevasse with Breaths
Photo: Elisa G. Smith
Photo: Elisa G. Smith
looking through breath sculptures to the other rooms
Photo Akiira Jakkson
interior view
Photo: Akira Jakkson
entrance view
Photo: Mateo Galvano
Thicket sculpture, Snow and Ashes film, Water film
Photo Akira Jakkson
Photo: Elisa G. Smith
Photo: Mateo Galvano
Photo: Akira Jakkson
"Lacuna" investigates an assembly of ancient and contemporary sculptural and time-based forms. Conceptual and formal theatrical strategies are used. In a room made out of silk walls, "Lacuna" consists of sculptures called Breaths, and a cast plaster assemblage. These objects inhabit the space in addition to 2 moving image video projections. One video features the bramble puppet on a journey between layers of existence. An additional video, projected on the outside of the silk room, is the abstract Water video by collaborator Mateo Galvano, who contributed the ambient soundscape. The theatrical space invites a contemplation of stillness and movement.
This piece was featured at the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico in June of 2019
cast plaster leaves , LED lights, polysilk
photo credit Tasha Ostrander
polysilk walls, projection
photo credit Tasha Ostrander
polysilk walls, projection
photo credit Tasha Ostrander
polysilk wall, projection
photo credit Tasha Ostrander
mixed media sculptures: wire, silk, gemstones, beads, velvet, silicone,cotton batting, paint
light well: cast plaster leaves, LED lights, polysilk
photo credit Tasha Ostrander
mixed media sculptures: wire, silk, gemstones, beads, velvet, silicone,cotton batting, paint
light well: cast plaster leaves, LED lights, polysilk
photo credit Tasha Ostrander
mixed media sculptures: wire, silk, gemstones, beads, velvet, silicone,cotton batting, paint
light well: cast plaster leaves, LED lights, polysilk
Bramble film projection
photo credit Tasha Ostrander
photo: C. David Russell
photo: C. David Russell
drafting lead and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper
drafting lead and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper
drafting lead on Stonehenge paper
drafting lead on Stonehenge paper
drafting lead and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper
drafting lead on Stonehenge paper
drafting lead and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper
drafting lead and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper
drafting lead and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper
Traditional Czech Marionette
Created in Puppets in Prague Online Workshop, 2020
carved linden wood , acrylic paint, metal rod
Traditional Czech Marionette
Created in Puppets in Prague Online Workshop, 2020
carved linden wood , acrylic paint, metal rod
Traditional Czech Marionette
Created in Puppets in Prague Online Workshop, 2021
carved linden wood , acrylic paint, metal rod
Traditional Czech Marionette
carving process
Created in Puppets in Prague Online Workshop, 2021
carved linden wood
Created for Red Mountain Theater’s Christmas Spectacular Birmingham, AL (replacing live animals)
Ratan structure and rigging by Tom Focchi
ratan reed, plywood, cable, Varform thermoplastic, spandex mesh, fabric, fringe, paint
Created for Red Mountain Theater’s Christmas Spectacular Birmingham, AL (replacing live animals)
Ratan structure and rigging by Tom Focchi
ratan reed, plywood, cable, Varform thermoplastic, spandex mesh, fabric, fringe, paint
Created for Red Mountain Theater’s Christmas Spectacular Birmingham, AL (replacing live animals)
Ratan structure and rigging by Tom Focchi
ratan reed, plywood, cable
Created for Enchantment Theatre’s Peer Gynt with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Varform thermoplastic, EVA foam, metallic spandex fabric, paint, extra large googly eyes
Created for The Santa Fe Opera’s The Last Savage 2011
metal structure and wheels built by props carpenters
carved foam, fantasy fur, extension braids, leather, glass eyes, thermoplastic, paint
Created for The Santa Fe Opera’s The Last Savage 2011
metal structure and wheels built by props carpenters
carved foam, fantasy fur, extension braids, leather, glass eyes, thermoplastic, paint
This work was originally developed during the New England Puppet Intensive(Summer 2018). Further exploration includes stop motion animation and projections for Lacuna an installation piece that was featured at the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
sticks, twine, leather, wire
This work was originally developed during the New England Puppet Intensive(Summer 2018). Further exploration includes stop motion animation and projections for Lacuna an installation piece that was featured at the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
sticks, leather, twine ,wire
