Skydive is pleased to present a one-night exhibition organized by James Riordan and Leslie Rosa-Stumpf (http://parlourdoor.com/). This spring, the curators of the Marginalia exhibition, James Riordan and Leslie Rosa-Stumpf, are taking an exhibition they organized last fall, which included works by over 50 international artists, on a road trip from Anchorage to New York City.Pieces of original music will function as sound tracks for the viewing of several different groupings of work. The evening will also include a book-binding workshop under the auspices of Saturday Free School for the Arts.
Last year 55 invited artists from around the world read artist James Riordan’s English translation of French poet Francis Jammes’ 1903 novel Le Roman du Lievre. Using the themes contained within the text as a jumping off point (its plot most simply described as a cynical hare’s journey to heaven, co-starring St. Francis of Assisi), the artists created works in an individual fashion presenting a multitude of divergent personalities and processes. The project’s blog (http://leromandulievre.com), a form of digital marginalia, also served as another outlet where artists could post their related stories, ideas, research, etc.
Here is the link to the project's webpage: http://leromandulievre.com/section/156355_Marginalia_Anchorage_2009.html
MARGINALIA ARTISTS:
Elysa Lozano, Kayla Spann, Brian McNearney, Vlad Smolkin, Samuel T. Adams, Ted Mineo, Ali Aschman, Azikiwe Mohammed, jsun, Lindsay Clark, Ed Mighell, Sam Bornstein, Enrique Marty, Holden Attradies, Leah Schreiber, Anna Raupp, Stefano Minzi, Collin LaFleche, Gretchen Weiss, Beka Goedde, Jimmy Riordan, Brian Hutton, Mark Muro, Rosie Cooper, Florence Boyd, Ben Cove, Constantin Andiel, Emily Foden, Lara Hoke, Esy Casey, Lisa Rybovich Cralle, Emily Noelle Lambert, Lucy Ward, Colleen Asper, Trish Tillman, Alison Blickle, Nathan Manuel, Diann Bauer, Anda Saylor, Krista Peters, James D. Kaiser, Marisa Favretto, Anick Gosselin, Simon Woolham, Doug Williams, Craig Updegrove, Reverse Retro (Lukas Bouvrie and Tony Olexa), Hal Gage, Lawrence Stumpf, Mother Father Ghost(Stephan Koweluk), Bruce Farnsworth, Gretchen Sagan, Austin Lashley, Tommy O'Malley, Rachel Weber.
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