Happy New Year - 2010 in review

January - 2010 first exhibition - CONES

Arnaldo was a great help.

let there be light



much thanks to mi hermano Jesse and Grace



Andre Bagoo showed his talent


Renu what a good friend
Rachel showing her support
The Vasquez team sharing their political and social views


Michelle showing great dedication
My first artist of the event.

UWI - 2009

The Shrine Connection:

These glass mono prints mixed with woodblock prints, expresses the journey of the devotee.

Submission, Prayer, Meditation, Rapture

The Shrine Connection - A Symbol of man's desire to worship.

Dimensions: 10'W x 10'H

Medium: Papier mache Sculpture, wire, light, fabric

This study developed after I visited the shrines of Japan, these grand structures are a place of worship and devotion.

Man and his symbols, written by Carl Jung helped in this research.

This work symbolizes the devotee, kneeling before the idol or God.

God: Object of worship

The shrine is no longer an alter in the corner of a room, but it has become a lifestyle.

We are all devoted to something: internet sites (facebook, Hi5, Twitter), science, religion, technology, knowledge, etc, hence we are all believers and worshipers seeking to connect to the supernatural. Seeking to find true meaning in our lives, a feeling of belonging.

Spirituality, Conscience, Awareness, Supreme, Singleness, Deity, Identity

Filament Lamp

This lamp is based on the research which was done in Japan.

Medium: wire, paper and lights.

Dimensions: 4'W x 5'H

Definitions of filament on the Web:

• fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
• the stalk of a stamen
• a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
• a thin wire heated by an electric current

Aomori

Paper & Connectivity Submerged

Paper and Connectivity Submerged is a further study exploring paper and connectivity.

To make a long story short:

A connection with American artist Myra Rasmusen during her presentation at the University of the West Indies was a connection which would prove to be vital in shaping my further as an artist.

Myra invited me to journey with her to Japan to become an apprentice under master paper artist Sakura Chiba in a paper sculpture festival called Nebuta. At that time I was looking for a way to further the paper and connectivity studies and I took the opportunity to prove the theory of six degrees of separation and further explore paper. After weeks of making vital connections, planning a solo exhibition (to raise funds) and 34hrs journeying from Trinidad to Miami to Los Angeles to South Korea, I arrived in Aomori Japan.

Six degrees of separation

STORAGE - Brain storming

NETWORKING - most interesting word coming out of web

Word chain: human storage unit - earth - networking - globally

GLOBAL HUMAN CONNECTIONS

Connections - what connects people to people - what connects -what is shared - where connections begin - conversation starters

Laws of connectivity - you need two or more things

- must be compatible

- someone or something is receiving

- someone or something is giving

-relationships - journey - kinetic - emotional - people to people - sharing -point - communication

Abstract Concept: We are all connected physically, emotionally, spiritually, socially and mentally. It is as if we are connected through one main or central source.

Links between abstract concept and concrete form PT1 (drawings)

Links between abstract concept and concrete form PT2 3D




Final Solution: A space where connects can be made.