tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51952106822896061292024-03-12T20:45:28.368-04:00Savanna LeighExploring and expanding the arts in BaltimoreSavanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-28641095944351880332012-06-07T16:29:00.001-04:002012-06-07T16:29:19.712-04:00Breakaway<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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There are moments that define us- moments which mark the
boundary between phases. Moments that give us direction. Like finding a tree
with two painted blazes, indicating a sharp turn in the trail.</div>
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…</div>
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It’s been nearly a year since I last updated this blog.
Truly, it is because I have been so bewildered by the sudden and constant
change in my life that I’ve been unable to put it all into words. This time
last year I was sitting behind the desk at a gallery, curating an award show, building
props for a feature film, partnered, and living in the city. Today I am a full
time environmental scientist, hiking nearly nonstop to asses and protect
natural resources, single, and living in countryside solitude. I cannot express
the gravity of these changes, though I am certain that the conscious decisions I
have made are absolutely right. But, there was that moment- that pervasively deciding
moment when I chose to veer off my path and search for another.</div>
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I had signed up for the graduate open house at the Maryland
College Institute of Art- I was enrolled for a portfolio review which I was
stressing over, and would be introduced to the entrepreneurial business in arts
program that just started there. I had ideas for my own company- my own name
and everything picked out. Products sketched and tested. I was ready. Grad school.
Continuing my education would make me a full time student for 20 straight
years. Eerie. </div>
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At the same time, I had accepted a job offer at an
environmental science firm, falling back on my strong history in earth science
and biology, for lack of other stable income options. And I was hurting. Bad.
Because I felt like a sell-out, and because I had completely stopped making
work. For a variety of reasons. I got anxious, I got depressed, I deteriorated.</div>
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And then a friend from work invited me rock climbing<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. Rock climbing</i>. That thing I used to do
six days a week. That thing that kept me grounded, and calm, and clambering
forward. That love that broke my body, then my heart, and stopped me in my
tracks. I was suddenly flooded with memories of my time spent on the vertical
plain. Of old problems worked through to redpoint (that one little purple crimp
after the roof heel hook crux move), of friendships forged in sweat and blood, of
fear and triumph and pain and defeat, and of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">partners</i> in whose hands my very life rested. That part of my life had
been filled with the truest love and trust. I can’t believe I let all that slip
away from me. Yes. It was time to get back into the harness. </div>
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The only issue was that this climbing trip happened to fall
on the day of my graduate school open house. And so, I had to decide. Go to the
open house, get evaluated for graduate potential, look at financing and
refinancing of loans, figure out hours of work versus sleep, try to claw my
small way into the art world. Or, go climb.</div>
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…</div>
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I took me a minute to remember the double-backed figure
eight. I was tying into a toprope route, a medium grade 5.9, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Breakaway</i>.” It was long and overhanging all
the way up the 100 foot face dihedral, a real muscle pumper. When I chalked up
and slid my fingers to lock in the crack, my body remembered what to do. I
eased my way up to the crux- a box shaped boulder that juts 4 feet out from the
corner. By the time I looked up to see it, I had gotten myself wedged way off
course beneath its ceiling. If I fell here, I’d swing back into the trees. </div>
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Though there was no real danger besides a little bit of whiplash,
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">perceived</i> danger was staggering.
My legs were shaking, my arms on fire, my head bent awkwardly sideways to accommodate
my helmet beneath the roof. I hadn’t been climbing in a few years. I hadn’t
been climbing on real rock in a few years more. I wasn’t in any kind of
physical or mental shape. I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">freaked</b>
out. Choked by fear, losing my breath, heart pounding in my ears- all the
anxiety over lost art and school and love and mistakes came flooding into my
mind, spinning a million words a second. All the while my legs were threatening
to shake me off my ledge by their tremors, my hands cramped so badly that I
couldn’t open them to grasp the next hold. I shook my head to free it of its
own riot, but it didn’t help. Instead I lost my balance and dangerously
barn-doored backwards before clinging even tighter to my tiny ledge, extra
scared now. That next hold was just out of reach.</div>
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I took a deep breath and told myself to get it together. I
spoke out loud to my body, unable to hear my own thoughts. “Ok. It’s ok. Move
your left hand along the crack- there- crimp. Ok. Now inch right leg forward-
got it. Now right leg highstep, now turn-“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>…somehow, that worked. I pulled myself out of the corner, having
finished the sequence clean. My friends below were cheering. My entire body was
shaking.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Breakaway</i>. An apt
name for a milestone route. Not that it’s a particularly hard route- I’ve done
it clean many times since- but that day, something shifted in me. I remembered
how to calm myself down. I remembered what’s important, and what I need to
focus on. All my priorities turned on their heels. I threw myself full force
into my scientific job, breezing through trainings and problems and reports. I’ve
been reveling in my time spent outside, remembering how once I was a little
girl who found God in the beauty of nature. And who thought she was Davey
Crockett (where still my mind sometimes wanders..) exploring the forest. I’m
letting my heart heal and grow. I’m fostering these new friendships with new
partners- climbing partners- that are deep and true and bright. I’m spending
every free moment I can on that familiar vertical surface. And I’m freaking
loving it. I’m making art work, writing songs, taking pictures, reading,
loving, and living. I’m trail running and backpacking and bike commuting. I’m
reconciling with my past in my home town. I’m working my ass off so I can play
even harder. Next month, I camp in the high mountains of California. From
there, I fly to South Korea to visit one of my dearest friends. There I’ll
climb Mount Hallasan solo. My travelling art show just wrapped up, and in
August, I’m the featured artist at a major exhibition. September leads me to
the Telluride Film Festival. Next year, I’m planning on the Cascades, then
Alaska.</div>
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<br /></div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-47535916127842046022011-09-21T19:35:00.003-04:002011-09-21T19:35:21.618-04:00A little pressFor the upcoming show I helped curate:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is OBSCURITIES, my first shot at true curatorial work. United by their passion for abstraction, this selection of Baker Artist Award nominees coalesce to create a show devoted to their departure from form, place, communication, and identity.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are rough ideas I'm just hashing out, stay tuned for more progress!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-63417750646024009212011-05-03T21:37:00.000-04:002011-05-03T21:37:59.916-04:00Orogenesis<div style="text-align: center;">Geologically speaking, Orogenesis is the tectonic process which creates mountains.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This sculpture is made from reclaimed shipping pallet wood: oak, cedar, and pine. The circling pattern builds to the peaks, evoking topography and geologic superposition via strata.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's about 7' long and 4' tall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Process.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8EzR7PcIug/TcCsWrrJDXI/AAAAAAAACKU/EyKBQ_tzrds/s1600/IMAG0106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8EzR7PcIug/TcCsWrrJDXI/AAAAAAAACKU/EyKBQ_tzrds/s320/IMAG0106.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The structure was built modularly; it is designed to break down into three parts for transport and reassembly. The two halves push together like tectonic plates. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Completion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BXcyLHt3vac/TcCsgOunZFI/AAAAAAAACKg/UvqyDO794lw/s1600/DSC_5817+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BXcyLHt3vac/TcCsgOunZFI/AAAAAAAACKg/UvqyDO794lw/s400/DSC_5817+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hQZPEGn5gkM/TcCsmFAapII/AAAAAAAACKk/NwLI8llJV50/s1600/Moving+Mountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hQZPEGn5gkM/TcCsmFAapII/AAAAAAAACKk/NwLI8llJV50/s400/Moving+Mountain.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is set on wheels, allowing it to move freely around the gallery. It is a moving mountain, a transforming landscape.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">...</div><div style="text-align: center;">And once the show was over, this is what it looks like in my car.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3JyZKpfQmrY/TcCtWJ1NO6I/AAAAAAAACKo/GtIhUdhA0ys/s1600/IMAG0159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3JyZKpfQmrY/TcCtWJ1NO6I/AAAAAAAACKo/GtIhUdhA0ys/s320/IMAG0159.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-89505257784847119792011-04-10T19:02:00.000-04:002011-04-10T19:02:27.950-04:00opening night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YVzmysXv5l8/TaI0QRvBQUI/AAAAAAAACIY/mAG5uIs8Qok/s1600/IMG_5626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YVzmysXv5l8/TaI0QRvBQUI/AAAAAAAACIY/mAG5uIs8Qok/s320/IMG_5626.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">21g Gallery, Baltimore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L-toXMWeQCo/TaI0RCaohVI/AAAAAAAACIc/iD8dVRy7QFw/s1600/IMG_5628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L-toXMWeQCo/TaI0RCaohVI/AAAAAAAACIc/iD8dVRy7QFw/s320/IMG_5628.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Rift" alongside "You Are Here" 16mm film samples</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aRIxwkDn33Q/TaI0UCSEBbI/AAAAAAAACIo/ZkZwODyQEjw/s1600/IMG_5633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aRIxwkDn33Q/TaI0UCSEBbI/AAAAAAAACIo/ZkZwODyQEjw/s320/IMG_5633.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Orogenesis" 7'x4' </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6BLl0iKSppM/TaI0PtWL-QI/AAAAAAAACIU/v90pwbkO6Ng/s1600/IMG_5615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6BLl0iKSppM/TaI0PtWL-QI/AAAAAAAACIU/v90pwbkO6Ng/s320/IMG_5615.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My mom came all the way from Dallas <3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a great show. It'll be up till May 3rd, so if you haven't had a chance to see it, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stop by and check it out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-28512833484801094622011-04-06T11:48:00.000-04:002011-04-06T11:48:16.255-04:00SOLO SHOW<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">M/Otherland, my senior thesis BFA honors show, </div><div style="text-align: center;">opens TOMORROW NIGHT (Thursday the 7th) at 21g Gallery!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">6-10pm </div><div style="text-align: center;">782 Washington Blvd.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Baltimore, MD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two semesters of research and work have developed into the sculptures, drawings, paintings, and films that are included in this show. It is now the eve of the opening, and I would like to say thank you to all the people who helped me make this possible. This wasn't a one-woman show, there were so many important people who made this into what it is.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Thank you to Jan Baum, my thesis advisor, for making me reach my potential. Rachel Timmins, for always being honest and encouraging. David Knopp and John Shea for thier generous in-kind donations, which allowed me to construct all my sculptures from reclaimed materials. Shelly Blake-Plock for the use of his song in my film, and for getting me into art in the first place. Kate Gilman and Jessica Schimpf for the wonderful poster design and for their unconditional support. My parents, for understanding my need to create. Eduardo Rodriguez for his promotion and for allowing me the space to make this event happen. Paul Harne and Drew Bassin for their help with installation. To everyone at my office for letting me work crazy hours so I could get everything done. Thanks to everyone else who ever gave me a critique, offered a hand or a shoulder, and inspired me. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Thank you.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-82786000480668646872011-03-19T09:07:00.004-04:002011-04-06T11:29:22.755-04:00tectonic<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several weeks ago (long before March 11<sup>th</sup>) I made this animation, “Tectonic,” by tracing landscape photographs my father took while we were living in Colorado. The simple black lines were animated at 60fps, blurring the landscapes into one morphing entity. I wanted to show the impermanent nature of landscape, and how memories of a specific place can be easily morphed and forgotten. The audio* is original geologic recording from the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami- You’re hearing the crust of the earth moving. This is a part of my moving landscape series for my upcoming show, “M/Otherland.”</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my piece "MacGuffin" currently hanging in the City Arts Gallery as part of the show "Love and Risk." All these images can be rearranged to form a new narrative based on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCAE0t6KwJY">Kuleshov Effect</a>. When an image is juxtaposed with another, the meaning of both of them changes. The images on the wall change their context depending on what images are surrounding. The viewer is invited to change the narrative.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the images are from Hitchcock films including North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rope, The Trouble with Harry, and Rear Window. A "MacGuffin" is a plot device constantly used by Hitchcock to catch his viewers off guard. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kategilman.tumblr.com/">kate gilman graphic design</a> posted a nice little shout out for my upcoming show!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my short video documentary featured on <a href="http://www.glassblowingtv.com/media/410/McFadden_Art_Glass_-_by_Savanna_Leigh/">glassblowing tv</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5652277_make-sculptures-using-fiberglass-resins.html?ref=Track2">ehow</a> used my previous blog post on fiberglassing as its reference!</div><div style="text-align: center;">and <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_6823062_make-fiberglass-dinosaurs.html">here</a> too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me know if you find anything else on the internets!</div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-3900131373664820252011-02-28T07:48:00.001-05:002011-02-28T07:49:16.343-05:00postcard<div style="text-align: center;">My solo show opening is coming up fast. I'm getting excited. I need to build a shit ton of pedestals.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Excellent design by Kate Gilman. She gave me about 15 proofs to pick from! If you are interested in using her as well, contact me and I'll send along her info.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is what the inside of a build looks like for rapid prototyping (3D printing). This is just a test piece with five moveable parts to find the clearences and tolerences of the material I'll be using for a later project.</div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-80458273615003339002011-02-18T14:52:00.000-05:002011-02-18T14:52:41.366-05:00sandy<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hg-3jMwwOI0/TV7MxWE69XI/AAAAAAAACDk/bUDRS2F02do/s1600/DSCF7885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hg-3jMwwOI0/TV7MxWE69XI/AAAAAAAACDk/bUDRS2F02do/s320/DSCF7885.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hand sanding this whole beast. Soon it will have a plume of blown glass coming out of the top, and hand carved wheels will be mounted in steel at its base. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Gn7GOSBhec/TV7M4yJTPlI/AAAAAAAACDs/sQupnfh6EgQ/s1600/DSCF7895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Gn7GOSBhec/TV7M4yJTPlI/AAAAAAAACDs/sQupnfh6EgQ/s320/DSCF7895.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a bit of process- The top half needs to be attached to the bottom, but the carving needs to be finished first. I draw on the wood to figure out what form it needs to take.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My landscape boxes are coming along nicely. They can all be rearranged according to their horizon lines, and they are all different depths, so the landscape constantly morphs as the viewer moves around the piece.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KzD8L-d17yg/TV7M_Zkd2xI/AAAAAAAACD4/2BMG_mF1Lfk/s1600/DSCF7904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KzD8L-d17yg/TV7M_Zkd2xI/AAAAAAAACD4/2BMG_mF1Lfk/s320/DSCF7904.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">home sweet home.</div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-38732531068409938692011-02-17T12:49:00.000-05:002011-02-17T12:49:07.535-05:00FINGERBOMBS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Taj5MjbWIc4/TV1fYawQRmI/AAAAAAAACDg/7dbvFDlStpM/s1600/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Taj5MjbWIc4/TV1fYawQRmI/AAAAAAAACDg/7dbvFDlStpM/s320/1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">modeling for the lovely <a href="http://racheltimmins.blogspot.com/">rachel timmins</a></div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-29251589932173296682011-02-15T22:45:00.000-05:002011-02-15T22:45:55.732-05:00sneak peak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Here's the trailer for a film I've just signed on to produce as Assistant Director. It's the pilot for a webseries called "Birthright." The pilot is "Countdown." We're shooting for a February release date, I hear the Charles is interested in screening the premier. Check it out!<br />
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This is my final version of "You Are Here." </center><center>Created entirely without a camera by scratching emulsion off 16mm film, </center><center>then drawing on the frames.<br />
<a href="http://www.savannaleighart.com/2010/10/scrrrratch.html">process</a><br />
<a href="http://www.savannaleighart.com/2010/12/you-are-here-1.html">version 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.savannaleighart.com/2010/10/scratch-animation.html">raw footage</a></center><center style="text-align: center;">Where we are is who we are; then who are we as our location changes? This film is centered on the red dot commonly found on public maps, "You Are Here." The dot undulates nervously, constantly morphing. It does not mark a location at all, but rather describes the uncertain nature of place and our belonging to it. The dot is forgotten as the film turns into a vertical landscape, flowing down the frame. This horizon line is also constantly changing, then transforming into abstract colors and form. </center><center> </center><center>The sound featured is a recording of <a href="http://www.blakeplock.com/">Shelly Blake-Plock's</a> live performance <br />
"From Here to There is Nothing if Not Difficult." <br />
Two turntables and a microphone, a distortion pedal, and a lot of tin foil.</center>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-33082692250653013452010-12-10T13:53:00.001-05:002010-12-10T14:52:18.147-05:00screening<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<center><iframe frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17665837" width="400"></iframe> </center><center><a href="http://vimeo.com/17665837">Experimental Animation Show Trailer</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/phildavis">Phil Davis</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJ213NwfUI/AAAAAAAACCA/cUggqBNIuzw/s1600/ExpAnimation_Screening.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJ213NwfUI/AAAAAAAACCA/cUggqBNIuzw/s320/ExpAnimation_Screening.jpg" width="222" /></a></div></center>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-21833823807037963082010-12-10T11:28:00.001-05:002010-12-10T11:32:29.673-05:00cast off<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here are some finished projects from my ceramics course in sculpture this past semester. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRl8yYeZI/AAAAAAAACB0/ZWRzaUgkXbU/s1600/IMAG0060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRl8yYeZI/AAAAAAAACB0/ZWRzaUgkXbU/s320/IMAG0060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Cast Off"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two shards of faces, eyes from a vacant identity. They belong together but cannot be connected. The wheels on their backs allude to the shards' potential mobility, but prevent them from aligning. They cannot see each other, but they cannot move on their own.<br />
<a href="http://www.savannaleighart.com/2010/10/progress.html">process 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.savannaleighart.com/2010/10/horizons.html">process 2</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRm97gYlI/AAAAAAAACB4/kMfSwnX_lf8/s1600/IMAG0061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRm97gYlI/AAAAAAAACB4/kMfSwnX_lf8/s320/IMAG0061.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRjJ4msJI/AAAAAAAACBo/_MZZuHxau-0/s1600/IMAG0057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRjJ4msJI/AAAAAAAACBo/_MZZuHxau-0/s320/IMAG0057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Reliquary for a Field"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Project assignment: create a ceremonial vessel using coils.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A reliquary is an object that houses holy relics, mostly used in medieval European cathedrals. They are used to remember and honor saints from the past (sometimes holding bits of their bones and hair). My reliquary houses a small grassy field. I haven't lived in a place with a lawn in over five years, and I've really been missing it. This reliquary allows me to keep that memory.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The grass was planted and grown within the vessel.<br />
<a href="http://www.savannaleighart.com/2010/09/raw-forms.html">process</a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRkJxilcI/AAAAAAAACBs/n5r14s1geEY/s1600/IMAG0058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRkJxilcI/AAAAAAAACBs/n5r14s1geEY/s320/IMAG0058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Miscellany: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRiT4Z0QI/AAAAAAAACBk/v1tb9NDRVAY/s1600/IMAG0056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRiT4Z0QI/AAAAAAAACBk/v1tb9NDRVAY/s320/IMAG0056.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Jewelry grad student <a href="http://www.racheltimmins.com/">Rachel Timmins</a> vs the weird ass TV cover in the sculp studio.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRhZ286tI/AAAAAAAACBg/fbwCUTbCurU/s1600/ExpAnimation_Screening.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aAyK5pbBX3g/TQJRhZ286tI/AAAAAAAACBg/fbwCUTbCurU/s320/ExpAnimation_Screening.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My films from this semester will be screened!!! Open invitation, all are invited. Grab a six pack and come watch some sweet animation from my class.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195210682289606129.post-60455408522965327982010-12-05T16:35:00.000-05:002010-12-05T16:35:11.292-05:00"You Are Here: 1"<div style="text-align: center;">My final film, "You Are Here: 1" </div><div style="text-align: center;">16mm scratch film </div><div style="text-align: center;">Created entirely by hand without a camera.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sound designed by scratching amplified steel strings.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Crank up that volume.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.savannaleighart.com/2010/10/scrrrratch.html">the making of</a></div>Savanna Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331551196674087089noreply@blogger.com0