Oglesby Progress 2/23

We (Jason, Jimmy and Kiran) have been spending the past month ramping up production on our of our exhibits, Twinkly Lights. Below are some pictures of us splicing and soldering wires, resistors, LEDs and magnet switches for the light array we're planning on building.

12 piece fashion collection

Here are just some pics of my collection so far:

Photos from Chile and California

While I was abroad in Chile, I was inspired by the diverse, beautiful landscapes in front of me and it made me wonder if Chile is unique in this regard, or if I have just come to overlook the natural beauty that is in front of me everyday. When you are abroad, you are taken out of your element and everything you do and everything you see is isolated in your mind as something extraordinary and unique. However, while I was in Chile, I kept being told that Chile and California are much more similar that I realize. So I decided to find out for myself. Since I have been back, I have been traveling around California and exploring the many landscapes that exist right here that up until now I never really took the time to absorb. Everyone has seen the Golden Gate Bridge, but how often do you sit there, look out on to the bay, close your eyes and feel the breeze hit your skin, open your eyes and see the monumental structure in front of you, and finally allow yourself to feel connected to this moment in some sort of way.

Especially at Stanford, we do not allow ourselves to take the time to stop, breathe, and open our eyes and just simply allow ourselves to be consumed by the beauty around us. This beauty comes in all forms, from deserts, to cities, to graffiti, to oceans, to mountain ranges and so forth. It is everywhere and it has been a life changing process, learning how to slow down in order to discover something magical.

Mirror Mirror

Our project entitled Mirror Mirror is going very well. We collected more than 20 monologues from the community about body image. We have cast more than 30 actors (some are double-cast) and have 6 directors rehearsing the monologues with our performers. Tickets have gone “on sale” although tickets are free and they can be reserved by e-mailing stanfordmirrormirror@gmail.com. We are already reserving lots of tickets so we are very excited. Performances are Friday February 26th 7pm and 9pm and Saturday February 27^th 7pm and 9pm at the Nitery Theatre. We also plan to perform in more than a dozen dorms the week leading up to the project, during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and we are currently scheduling performances with PHEs in dorms.

Right now the things we are working on are:

1. Getting financial co-sponsorships from campus organizations so that we have enough funding to print our posters.

2. Collecting information for the program

3. Designating our House Manager and Front of House Staff

4. Getting ready for our first all-cast rehearsal on February 20^th, with costumes

5. Publicizing the show

6. Selecting and contacting people to appear on our post-show discussion panels

We’re so grateful and excited to have an Arts Grant!!

Amanda

Salut,

I've been experimenting with many aspects of my

project in the last month or two in Paris. It's been fascinating tracking down the exact street corners and angles that Eugène Atget stood almost 100 years ago. I'm learning so much about Paris, let alone this photographer.

As I lack a digital camera and can't really find one where I'm staying, I will try to illustrate my progress with a few thoughts. I have completed one of my photo/painting/multimedia projects and experimented with a few others. I have decided to make frames for all of my pieces with "found objects" that I collect from each Parisian site - tickets, records, posters, or just ideas for colors and shapes and lines. I will most likely build the frames for each over spring break, as transporting rigid pieces is a problem.

To visualize one of my pieces: imagine a combination of the below two elements, with the pen and ink drawn directly into the photograph, and lots of other randomness occurring in the sky behind the tower of the church (St. Etienne du Mont).

I am hopeful about how creative my project is getting. I have never worked in anything but pure oil paint, and this is a challenging and refreshing change. Warm wishes from where I'm sitting, in a tiny café sipping a café crème in the heart of Montmartre!

Bisouxxx

Sasha

Painting Photographs

An update:

I've been photographing a storm and making large fiber-based prints. All is progressing smoothly, and my main challenge at the moment is to develop all the film I've shot. Luckily the days aren't too nice yet so I don't mind spending 4 hours at a time in the dark room. I'm working mostly with large images (so large in fact that most can't be fully scanned in on this scanner), and I've had the privilege of shooting with a view camera in addition to my 35mm, so some of the prints are deliciously detailed. Here's an example of a view-camera negative:


The process of adding color to black and white is really interesting because I'm finding that each time it's really difficult to break the simplicity of the b&w image, but the added layers of tones, accents, and textures are well worth it. Here are some examples of colored prints.



























Looking forward to making more!