The JP artists ball happened a few weeks ago, organized by JP Center/South Main Streets. I went as a bird; sort of a peacock. Boris sculpted outlandish eyebrows and nose with fimo. He went as a man wearing a mask with outlandish eyebrows and nose made of fimo. Sorry I don’t have a good shot of him too. We were running late!
We went to the annual Jamaica Plain Lantern Parade last Sunday. (organized by the excellent local organization Spontaneous Celebrations.) It was beautiful, much louder than I had imagined. I was thinking it would be sort of a quiet event, everyone in awe of the industrious line of lanterns making its journey. But of course it was mostly strollers and five year olds, not a particularly subdued group.
As I looked to the other side of the pond, hundreds of lanterns behind us, I got the sense I was watching my own small group reflected. Each light was floating forward. Each one working in earnest imitation of it’s owners stride.
Sarah Rushford
collages, drawings and monotypes
October 18, 2008-November 27, 2008
Opening Reception
Saturday October 18, 2008 1:00-3:00 pm
Alchemist Restaurant and Lounge
435 South Huntington Ave
Jamaica Plain MA 02130
www.alchemistlounge.com
www.sarahrushford.com
This is winky, he’s eight years old, fifteen pounds. Winky is an exceptionally affectionate, playful, yet easily chilled out cat. He’s just very responsive and cool, and he seems pretty smart. He’s trim, but big and strong. He’s gentle with people. He has two extra toes on every foot. He’s in excellent health and has all his shots. If you or someone you know wants to adopt Winky (we’d understand if you want to change his name, he won’t care…) please contact me asap. I can tell you all about why we can’t keep him, and why he is currently in between addresses. None of it is due to any fault of Winky. He is an awesome cat! sarah@sarahrushford.com
I taught this class at the cloud foundation during August, and now it’s time for our screening!
In July we visited the UK and Austria (namely London, Cambridge, Bregenz, Innsbruck, Vienna). The trip was excellent! Below are some highlights. Big Ben upside down was the first shot I took (from the rear window if the cab that drove us to our hotel from the airport) At The Tate Modern I wondered around for hours taking pictures of strangers and just bathing in the immense space, light filtering down from what seemed like miles above. The light had an oceany feel to it, and the building reminded me of a ship. Then in Cambridge, Boris learned to punt very quickly with the help of our friends Liz, Malte and Eban from Cambridge.(Malte pictured) Highlights from Austria include our trip to the Secession House, Boris seems to wear the building’s decorative orb as a wreath (below). And can’t forget to mention Stephansdom This hulking ancient cathedral (1137). We looked directly at this from our hotel room. It seemed to me to disappear as night came on. The cathedral is made of limestone and has gotten a little dirty over the past 871 years. (soot, pollution so they say) At one time it was completely black, but they’ve cleaned it. It still has this haunting, gradual sootiness that makes it look like it’s dissolving into time. I also had the pleasure of meeting Diemut, Johannes, and Trauta, Boris’s Aunt, Uncle and great Aunt. Diemut and Johannes took us to Schattenburg, a medieval castle in Feldkirch where we saw a concert of Fench Medieval music. They even had Hurdy Gurty. The whole trip was just this incredible.
We had the dreamiest weather…there was a thunderstorm Saturday evening, the sun tore through dramatically at the end, a rainbow too.
I took a class at MassArt this last semester. “Multimedia Installation” we had a one night exhibition of our final projects on May 7. The class was taught by Andy Zimmerman.
I showed two projects. “Quickening” in which the viewer puts her hands into a box. On a screen next to the box is a live video image of her hands in the box, along with a green apple. As she picks up the apple, a video recording of my own hands moving the apple around is dissolved halfway with the live image.
I also showed a piece called “the strange page”. A video of an open book with one page suspended in the air (by a breeze) is projected onto a 3×5ft book on the floor.
