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“No Strangers” The Annenberg Space For Photography-Slide Show Presentation

My images of the vanishing tribal cultures from Guizhou, the Nagaland, Gujarat, Kham and Ladakh will be part of the slideshow presentation tonight at the No Strangers exhibit at The Annenberg Space For Photography.
 
 I’m  so sorry I can’t be there …caught in a blizzard in New York City…but hope my friends from the Los Angeles area enjoy the evening !

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No Strangers:  Is an Exhibit of ancient wisdom in a modern world, a group show about the wonder of culture and the plight of indigenous people throughout the world.  The exhibit is guest curated by esteemed anthropologist, author and photographer Wade Davis.
 
The photographers in the exhibit have greatly  inspired and influenced my own photography and I am incredibly honored to be a part of this show.
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Save The Date: Terri Gold’s Art Opening

Terri Gold           

                    
Into the Mists of Time in Guizhou, China
 

Images of  China’s vanishing tribal heritage.

Artist Reception: November 3rd  |  6pm – 8pm

Keyes Art Projects | 551 West 21st / 4th Flr/NYC  |  917-509-1379



November 3rd – 28th | Gallery Open Wed – Sat 11am to 6pm and by appt.



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THE TABLE OF SILENCE PROJECT: Public Tribute to 9/11

I just returned from a long trip in Northern California visiting family and friends and even witnessed the birth of a beautiful grandchild. I flew late into JFK on 9/10 and at dawn on 9/11 had the honor of capturing The Table of Silence Project for Jacqulyn Buglisi and all involved. For all of us who were in NYC on that day 10yrs ago, it is a searing memory that we will never forget. I was glad to  begin this day of remembrance sharing and being part of this wonderful tribute.

THE TABLE OF SILENCE PROJECT
a public tribute to 9/11 and prayer for peace
Conceived by Choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi and Italian artist Rosella Vasta

The Table of Silence Project 9/11 represents a symbolic banquet table uniting all of humanity. Through this event we wish to achieve the dual purpose of celebrating and honoring peace, through listening, a united moment of silence – a call for peace in our world.

As the dancers created a peace labyrinth encircling the Revson Fountain, we were invited  to join  for one minute of silence as they  raised their  arms to the sky at 8:46 a.m., recalling the moment when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower, the dancers  turned their wrists with open palms and extended their arms to the sky for one minute, evoking the simple gesture of universal peace. Choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi created  this site-specific “Ceremonial Event” for 100 dancers, drawn from the New York City dance community, entitled “The Table of Silence Project,” to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Buglisi Dance Theatre is partnering on this project with Dance/NYC and The September Concert. Participants are dancers from Buglisi Dance Theatre, The Juilliard School, the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, The Ailey School, National Dance Institute, Ballet Hispanico, STEPS on Broadway, and Peridance Capezio Center.

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Terri Gold and Steve Miller: PLANET Opening Reception

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Planet Press Release

 

Julie Keyes presents the exhibition “Planet” at 4 North Main Gallery opening Friday, July 29th from 5 PM to 8PM. In the exhibition, “Planet”, Keyes curates a visual conversation between photographer Terri Gold and painter Steve Miller. 

 Planet: Populations migrate and indigenous cultures disappear.  The competition for natural resources depletes our biodiversity while science proves the earth is warming.  We live in a planet under stress where Terri Gold captures the last moments of fading cultures. At risk is a vast archive of knowledge and expertise of healers and weavers, poets and saints. Steve Miller uses medical technology to give the planet a check-up.  If the Amazon rain forests are the lungs of the planet, then Miller x-rays these lungs to look inside the patient, Earth.

 Terri Gold’s lifelong body of work “Still Points in a Turning World “focuses on Asia’s vanishing tribal heritage and has been widely published and exhibited. Recently, she was featured in aCurator Magazine and Lenscratch and was a winner in the Planet Magazine and London International Creative Competitions. Gold’s work is interpretive in nature and incorporates the use of infrared light and the invisible light spectrum. She is interested in the myriad ways in which people find meaning in their lives, how an individual explores his or her existence through their traditions. This current series, entitled “Into the Mists of Time “ is about life in Guizhou, China.

 Over the past 25 years, Steve Miller has presented 33 solo exhibitions at institutions in the United States, China, France, and Germany. His exhibitions have been reviewed in Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, ArtForum, ARTnews, and Art in America. Miller was one of the first artists to experiment with computers in the early 1980’s, and his work today continues to integrate science and technology with fine art.  Using the lens of technology Miller reinvents at the traditional painted portrait, the world of fashion, particle physics, molecular biology and the world environmental crisis. His current project, entitled “Health of the Planet,” is about the rainforest in Brazil.

 

4 North Main Gallery is located at 1 North Main Street in Southampton, New York.

Gallery hours: July 30th, 12 – 7PM and July 31st, 12-5PM. 

 All inquiries to:

juliekeyes15@yahoo.com

terrigoldworldimagery.com

stevemiller.com 


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Into the Mists of Time: Guizhou, China

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Artist Statement

Planet : Into the Mists of Time

4 North Main Gallery     Southampton , New York      Opening Friday July 29th 5 to 8 pm

                                                                                                                                                   

 

My ongoing body of work, “Still Points in a Turning World”, explores our universal cross-cultural truths: the importance of family, community, ritual and the amazing diversity of its expression. This chapter in the series is entitled “Planet: Into the Mists of Time”.

 In April 2011, I returned to Guangxi and Guizhou China, an area rich in minority culture and stunningly beautiful. When I was last there in 1997, I visited Miao, Dong and Shui villages that had never received western guests. I wondered how different it would be…

 Each day our van would climb around hundreds of switchbacks, our faithful driver Chen, his eyes totally focused, honking at each bend. Winding our way through 2000-year-old rice terraces intricately carved into the mountainside, higher and higher into the mists, the landscape green and lush, roads newly built and muddy, finally we would arrive.

 The villagers awaited us with welcome ceremonies that have not changed for generations. Men playing bamboo flutes and women dancing in magnificent, elaborately hand-embroidered outfits with sparkling silver pheasant and dragon headdresses. The older people are still wearing traditional dress everyday but the next generation only wears these colorful garments for festivals. This is a significant change, for these tribes’ identity is best represented by their intricate textile work. Now the younger generation wants a different life.

 The city has become a synonym for modernity, the country backwardness. These are not stagnant societies there is change in the air. It is predicted that in the next few decades, China will experience the largest human migration in the world’s history, from rural to urban. At risk is a vast archive of knowledge and expertise of healers and weavers, silversmiths and musicians, poets and saints.

 My work is interpretive in nature. My technique involves creating imagery using the invisible infrared light spectrum. Working with infrared light suits the subject matter and the timeless quality of the images. The post processing is part of my medium creating work that combines the use of the lens with technology.

 We all lose when ancient skills and visionary wisdom are forgotten. . Traditions and rituals are still points, they are our histories and our connections to the past, and they are our future as well.  As a “visual archeologist” I am interested in capturing these last moments of the tapestry of tribal life.

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Impressions in Wax: The Creative Process

The photograph is the beginning of the process. My technique involves creating imagery using the invisible infrared light spectrum. I shot infrared film for many years. Now, I use a digital camera converted to infrared and the digital darkroom to create the split-toned imagery. Working with infrared light adds an element of mystery when creating the work, which, I feel, suits the subject matter and the timeless quality of the images. The post processing is part of my medium-I work with Photoshop and now I am pouring encaustic wax on the surface of the prints. This creates work that looks similar to a photograph, but at the same time depends heavily upon the intervention of my hand. I was just in a studio in Philadelphia working with the wax and painting the images with oil sticks. The digital images have always seemed a bit too clean for me and I have been looking for a way to put back in elements that may surprise me.