Am I your Cannibal Dancer?

Oh world, am I finally to finish this cannibal dance? For those not in the know. The Cannibal Dance was a practice amongst the Native American Tribes of the Northwest (i.e. Kwaikutl (sp?)) Almost like royalty the cannibal dancer came from particular families. When the selected member hit a certain age they were abandonned in the wild. They spent a year in complete isolation away from their tribe. Over the coarse of that year they usually forgot how to fully speak and became feral dangerous things that would attack other humans. They were allowed back into the community once a year under guard to perform their strange shaking erratic dances, pronounce their strange sentences on the world, and then were driven back into the wilds for another year.

Rabbit Exchange Print

I originally made this for a different Rabbit Exchange Print thing, but I missed it, another one hopped up though. This is the death of Rabbit Ears playing on a flat screen. Lots of incongrous thoughts bounding around this one. The main thought revolves around the evolution of media. There are some things I probably should have done differently in this.

Calling Out for Prints for Peace

The deadline for this one is quickly approaching, April 15.

http://www.printsforpeacemexico.blogspot.com/

I'm Behind-Philagrafika 2010

These images are from the Philagrafika 2010 exhibition. The tires above were made by Betsabeé Romero. They remind of an idea I have been kicking around since graduate school revolving around Akkadian cylinder seals. The installation below Mundus Admirabalis was created by Regina Silveira. It was a fairly extensive exhibition showing all walks of printmaking in the 21st century. One artist, Oscar Munoz, had a very interesting set up. He projected silkscreened photographs from obituaries in a pool of water. The water slowly spilled out distorting the images. For more extensive coverage, you can check out...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05philagrafika.html

Vitamin Grand Reopening