10/29/2022 #87
Here & Now, Art (Six Questions for Victor-Mario Zaballa), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer with Harry Trinh, Song Dong, Dulama LeGrande, and Hania Rani.
HERE AND NOW
As I mentioned in EO #86, I’ve been going for walks—and walking helps me stay in the here and now, as does art. Those two activities have some healing qualities, and that seems to be a theme in this issue, especially as we approach Dia de los Muertos, and in the Philippines, All Saints Day (Undas).
I was correct in my idea that, for some reason (the brain is a strange organ), numbering my walks would help me get off my chair and get moving. Here are several images from Walk #10, the Sand City Art Park and Warehouse district, which is full of murals, not only on the walls, but on the street.
ART
SIX QUESTIONS FOR VICTOR-MARIO ZABALLA:
San Francisco artist Victor-Mario Zaballa is currently artist in residence at the Monterey Museum of Art, where he has created a glowing lantern installation, NECAUHCAYOTL, Gratitude Memento, Recuerdo de Gratitud, for Dia de los Muertos.
Zaballa kindly responded to my questions for Voices of Monterey Bay (VOMB). I appreciate his frank discussion about dealing with recent health challenges: “I focused on large art projects to help get me through. I believe that something bad must be used to your advantage.” Among Filipinos, that might be called abilidad, which means—not so much “ability”— as resourcefulness in the face of challenge.
Read Zaballa’s responses to the Six Questions in VOMB, “Drawing from the Heritage.”
Zaballa’s art can be viewed at the Monterey Museum of Art through Nov. 6. Thank you to VOMB for presenting this Q&A in their current issue.
LINKS
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer with Harry Trinh on “A Crack in the Hourglass” —-a way to help one remember what you’ve lost:
Song Dong, Art 21: Artist Song Dong discusses his art and the power of memory and relationships:
“Art = Spirit + Matter”: Mary Corbin’s article on abstract artist Dulama LeGrande’s “studio” in 48 Hills magazine.
SOUNDINGS
Just one music video tonight—because Hania Rani is a freakin’ demon (the good kind), and this is a full performance, live in the KEXP.org studio in Seattle. She starts out on electric keyboards, then moves to an acoustic piano and sings. The songs are: “Ghosts,” “Komeda Part 3,” and “Buka.” Near the end, she talks about how her home, in Gdansk Poland, helped to shape her interest in music.
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