Installation shots of “Pile” in St. Louis
November 21, 2010
The result of my trip to St. Louis to install Coble/Riley Projects’ piece “Pile.” We are very pleased with the results!
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“Pile” in the exhibition Sweet Jesus in St. Louis, MO
October 24, 2010
Coble/Riley Projects is participating in the exhibition Sweet Jesus on November 19 & 20th, organized by artist/curator Lauren Adams and Juan William Chavez. The exhibition venue is a great match for our work, an enormous old abandoned brewery!
This will be the first time that our piece Pile will be shown in its full screen three-channel format. Blithe will be going to St. Louis to install the piece, taking the unique location into account. Coble/Riley Projects will also be participating in a panel discussion open to the public on November 20th.
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Coble/Riley Projects at Spark Festival in Minneapolis: September 28 – October 3, 2010
Coble/Riley Projects will be participating in the Spark Festival at the University of Minnesota with our video piece Ascension/Immersion.
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts 2010
September 28 – October 3, 2010
University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, USA
Now in its eighth year, the Spark Festival showcases groundbreaking works of music, art, theater, and dance that feature use of new technologies. Spark invites submissions of art, dance, theater, and music works incorporating new media, including electroacoustic concert music, experimental electronica, theatrical and dance works, installations, kinetic sculpture, artbots, video, and other non-traditional genres.
http://spark.cla.umn.edu/about.php
Ascension/Immersion 2009
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
July 9-14
June 21, 2010
I will be showing the 5 channel sound installation from The Edna Experiments
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Coble/Riley Projects is now represented by
Conner Contemporary Art
June 20, 2010
The collaboration that I’m part of with Mary Coble, is now represented by Conner Contemporary Art in Washington, DC. We are very excited to join their roster of wonderful artists.
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The Edna Experiments, 2011
June 19, 2010
The Edna Experiments
The Edna Experiments is a multi-media installation based on a series of found diaries of a woman named Edna. The diaries span approximately 15 years (from the late 1950’s to early ‘70’s) and portray meticulous details of Edna’s daily life but absolutely no emotion. The diaries list daily routines (washing, ironing, mending, gardening), the weather, the people who visit, and deaths. The books are records of an edited life, where what is preserved is terse, systematic and rooted in domestic and rural labor. The relationships between people are never revealed. As a reader, insight can only be gained through the accumulation of action and repetition. Very few moments stand out above the others.
The Edna Experiments explores this found personal history not only through the information that is in the diaries, but also through what is missing. The project looks at our own process of interpretation, including the desire to expand the narrative of Edna’s life beyond her methodical practice of everyday record keeping. That desire to “fill in the blanks†of an incomplete narrative is a key point of interest in the project. Ultimately, The Edna Experiments explores what constitutes a lived life, and our need for closure and meaning when we look to memorialize those who are gone.
All Photos by Greg Leshé
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25 Frames, 2010
25 Frames, 2010
These cheesy picture frames that I was given to make work for the an annual benefit for Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, proved to provide an interesting challenge for a series of imaginary floorplans. In the 5×7″ frames I made collages using photographs of building and facade materia and box pantone paper. Also installed are miniature lights which add depth and shadow.
These came from a very simple drawing I made, in which was thinking about how to divide and fragment a screen for a figure to move through. This piece is most likely the first iteration of a further idea. I’m excited about the three dimensional grid, and the combination of the 2-d picture plane and the floorplan, which prompts the viewer to imagine his/herself in it.
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Paper Moon, benefit for Gallery Aferro: June 19th
June 08, 2010
I am happy to participate in this auction and party for Gallery Aferro, a wonderful artist run space that I’ll be doing a residency at this fall. The Gallery occupies four floors of an old storefront in downtown Newark, offers large subsidized studio spaces and solo shows to its residents! Buy a ticket to support their amazing efforts!
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25 Frames
April 14, 2010
I’ve been working on this set of 25 frames for an annual benefit for Skowhegan. The frames are 5″ x 7″ plexiglass boxes. In the frames I made collages using photographs of building and facade materia and box pantone paper. Also installed are miniature lights. I think of these as imaginary floorplans.
These came from a very simple drawing I made, in which was thinking about how to divide and fragment a screen for a figure to move through. This piece is most likely the first iteration of a further idea. I’m excited about the three dimensional grid, and the combination of the 2-d picture plane and the floorplan, which prompts the viewer to imagine his/herself in it.