BRATTLEBORO — The ski jump sculpture was refurbished and placed back at its spot on Main Street in Brattleboro on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024.
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Rive Roshan Leaves Space in Between for Reflection, Rumination
In an age plagued by overshare, few artists are producing works that invite viewers to find introspection rather than a photo opportunity. For Design Miami 2023, Rademakers Gallery presented Rive Roshan’s exhibit The Space in Between, whose solution – while fleeting – now echoes through upcoming shows and current commissions. The Amsterdam-based design duo behind the practice, Ruben de la Rive Box and Golnar Roshan, argue through pieces from their former installation that experiential art at any scale, and in a variety of contexts, is transformational.
The Space in Between Table
Color Shift Panels Nude, Sunstone, and Citrine
And the art of thinking couldn’t come at a better time. “We see that there is a lot of misinformation and that people are very quick to base their judgment on whichever input passes by. We want to stimulate people to trust their intuition and their internal motivations,” Rive Roshan says. “The Space in Between was designed to do this, to bring people from various viewpoints and ideas together and let them pause for a moment and reflect. We hope that this helps us all to reconnect.”
Vessel 3
Space in Between Table and Vessel 3
The objects, meticulously designed, consider the interplay of light, movement, reflection, and perception – all with the goal of stimulating the senses and engaging passersby. The dimensional tables include the show’s proprietary Space in Between Table – aptly named for the tension created in the pair’s contrast and relative placement – and the Rise table, employ a reflective, vibrant, textured glass that diffuses colored light with the effect of rippling water. Similarly are the Polarity Panels, a series of split-textured glass compositions nuanced in their duality. A line divides two richly tactile and colored components, while simultaneously being united as one holistic circle. The Color Shift Panels share a similar reflective, fluted glass but span across oblong shapes with a shifting color field in a radial gradient. The Shift Wall Light, however, takes all of those devices and repackages them into a tall, rectangular, wall-mounted luminaire, whose atmospheric effects are activated by electricity.
Side Table 1, V3 Vessel 3, and Polarity Panel 3
Grounding some of the more atmospheric elements is the Voices collection – a series of 3D-printed sand vessels that marry natural materials with technological innovation. The undulating, ribbed edges evoke imagery of the Japanese kirigami paper sculpture method, or an Iris van Herpen garment mid-pirouette. The very physical folds are an homage, an echo of voices from Iranian women calling for freedom. In addition are the Pebble Stool and Sand in Motion Pleat Side Table, two bronze artifacts that distill characteristics from Voices and present them in contrasting yet corresponding forms. Each permutation of pieces from The Space in Between creates a dialogue between the furnishings themselves and those whose eyes they catch.
Voices Vessels
As they wrap up one fair and prepare for the next, a smattering of their furnishings are being integrated into bespoke interior installations including a full wall-filling color shift installation at Penn1, a large development project in Manhattan, and a custom commission for an American corporate headquarters abroad. “Incorporating these moments into daily life – such as interior spaces, public spaces or institutions – we have the opportunity to connect with others and if that moment of connection sparks joy or evokes empathy then that is what we hope to have achieved.” Rive Roshan continues. “Through our work we aim to design objects and spaces that influence the mind – we have seen and learned that this is necessary, you do not just design the functionality of an object or a place but you design the influence it has on one’s current state in a moment of experience.”
Polarity Panel 2 and Soft Bronze Stool
Golnar Roshan and Ruben de la Rive Box, the designers behind the artistic practice Rive Roshan
Golnar Roshan and Ruben de la Rive Box, the designers behind the artistic practice Rive Roshan
For more information about The Space in Between, head to Rive Roshan’s site here.
A Silk Dress from 1888 Contained a Hidden Pocket with Coded Messages. After a Decade, Someone Finally Solved the Mystery
All images © Sara Rivers Cofield, shared with permission
If the phrases “Bismark Omit leafage buck bank” or “Paul Ramify loamy event false new event” mean anything to you, your help has been needed since 2014. For the rest of us, the truth behind these nonsensical lines was only recently solved after a plea from curator and archaeologist Sara Rivers Cofield.
The cryptic messages are just two of dozens like them that Cofield found scrawled on thin, translucent sheets of paper buried inside the hidden pocket of a dress. She bought the bronze silk gown from an antique shop in Maine about ten years ago and inspected its impeccably preserved components when she returned home only to uncover a confounding surprise.
Detail of one of the papers found in the dress
As Cofield writes in a blog post, the dress is typical to those of the mid-1880s and has several unique features. Its buttons, which portray a Shakespearean motif of “a despondent Ophelia,” were all intact and present, something not often seen on vintage garments as the fasteners tend to be harvested and sold separately. A tag signed “Bennett” is also sewn into the bodice, presumably pointing to the former owner.
But the most interesting find emerged when Cofield lifted the overskirt and found a cotton pocket tucked deep inside near the right wrist, accessible only by lifting the outer piece of fabric high up to the waist. The papers were concealed inside this tiny opening. “My first thought was maybe a writing exercise? Or some kind of list? But there are also numbers between the lines, each line is marked off with a different color, and there are weird time-like notes in the margin; 10pm, 1113PM, and 1124 P,” she says in the post.
The hidden pocket in the cotton skirt lining
As reported this week in The New York Times, data analyst Wayne S. Chan from the University of Manitoba finally uncovered their meaning after several years of study. He reveals in a report that the mysterious phrases were telegraph messages describing weather observations often used by the Army and later the weather bureau, sent to stations around the U.S. and Canada throughout 1888.
Although Chan doesn’t have a hypothesis for why such messages were tucked inside the dress, he was able to use old maps to miraculously pinpoint the day of May 27, 1888, and entirely break the codes. Livia Albeck-Ripka writes in the article:
“Bismark Omit leafage buck bank” indicated the reading was taken at Bismarck station, in the Dakota Territory. “Omit” was for an air temperature of 56 degrees and pressure of 0.08 inches of mercury, though the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said the true reading could have been higher. “Leafage” for a dew point of 32 degrees, observed at 10 p.m. “Buck,” clear weather, with no precipitation and a northerly wind. “Bank,” a wind velocity of 12 miles per hour, and a clear sunset.
Since Cofiled first shared her findings a decade ago, there’s been much speculation about the owner of the garment, including whether she was a spy, trapeze artist, or part of the Orphan Trains that moved children from congested Eastern cities to the western U.S. throughout the 1800s. While we now know the meaning of the messages, the mystery behind why she decided to stash these notes in such an inconspicuous spot remains.
The discovery also coincides with the recent death of Maureen Sweeney whose daily forecasts in Ireland helped influence the the D-Day invasion in 1944.
The two papers found in the garment
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Master Carver Recreates Godzilla Out of Wood in 25 Days
The details on these Godzilla sculptures are absolutely unbelievable!
The weird and witty sculptures of Anu Poder
The Estonian artist stretched materials to their limit to create wonderfully distressed and disturbing sculptures, writes Kitty Grady
Lauded Sports Photographer Jean Fruth speaks at Lone Tree Arts Center
From World Series winners to baseball dreamers, Jean Fruth has not only seen it all, but she’s also captured it on camera. Fruth is a professional sports photographer and one of the few women covering Major League Baseball. As a woman in a predominately male industry, Fruth has experienced the pains of breaking through glass ceilings.
“In the early days, I was many times the only woman in the photo wells and you know that had it’s challenges. But, the great news is today we’re seeing more women in the photo wells, more women on the sidelines, and more women in sports photography. We’re seeing team photographers that are women and wire photographers and it’s really an exciting time,” Fruth said during CBS Colorado Mornings at 9.
Jean Fruth Images
Sports is particularly difficult to shoot because of all of the quick action. Fruth has perfected the art of getting the shot within the action.
“Any athlete repeats themselves, like they do the same thing over and over again. They catch the ball the same way. They throw the ball the same way. They kick the soccer ball the same way, so my advice would be the more you know the sport the more you know the athlete the more consistently you’re going to get the shot. So, knowing your sport,” Fruth explained. “And, you know, gear makes a big difference. Gear matters. The cameras that I have… I shoot with a Sony camera that shoots 30 frames per second, so that makes me look like a genius. And now there’s a camera coming out that shoots 100 frames per second, so i would say to get the best gear that you can get for your budget because it does make a difference in capturing that fast action.”
Jean Fruth Images
She’s recently published a book called “Grassroots Baseball,” which is an in depth look at how love of the game can bring people from all socio-economic groups together.
“When I travel and I shoot the professional game around the world, I also shoot the amateur game, the grassroots game. It’s my favorite part of the game. It’s before contracts and money. It’s for pure love of the game, and that to me is the joy. So ‘Grassroots Baseball’, my first book ‘Where Legions Begin,’ I connected with Hall of Famers… Baseball Hall of Famers and asked them if they would tell their stories growing up playing baseball in their early years and tied it with these grassroots images. And, that’s how Grassroots Baseball began and came about. And after that, my second book was through my not-for-profit Grassroots Baseball, is now a not-for-profit, and that was along Route 66, when i tied in all the Americana and spent 3-years along Route 66 documenting the game and documenting the Americana,” she said.
Fruth is in Denver to speak as part of the Changemakers Speaker series at the Lone Tree Arts Center. The Changemakers Speaker series is new to the center. It’s designed to bring together great minds to discuss their lives and work. This first series is featuring three female photographers who have documented the world in distinctive ways. Fruth’s lecture is titled “From Sandlots to Stadiums” and will focus on the role of women in baseball.
“Women aren’t new to baseball. The door has opened and closed for us many years throughout history. But now the door is blown off the hinges, and we are making headlines every week.. on the field, off the field, around the globe so I’m really excited to talk about women and baseball at the theatre tonight. I’m excited to be at that beautiful theatre,” Fruth said.
LINK: Changemaker Speaker Series at the Lone Tree Arts Center
“From Sandlots to Stadium”, Jean Fruth will be speaking at the Lone Tree Arts Center on Friday, January 19, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Danny ainge hi-res stock photography and images – Alamy
Seen Together: Acquisitions in Photography
This year marks 100 years since J.P. Morgan Jr. transformed his father’s private library into one of New York’s leading public institutions. To kick off the programme for the Morgan Library & Museum’s anniversary year, this exhibition brings together more than 40 previously unseen works from its photography collection (26 January–26 May). Among them are portraits of actors, writers and artists, including Marcel Duchamp, Yoko Ono and Yayoi Kusama. Highlights include 100 Boots (1971–73) by Eleanor Antin, one of the best-known works of mail art: 51 postcards of arrangements of boots, which the artist sent to dozens of friends and public figures. Find out more from the Morgan Library & Museum’s website.
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Reading Position for Second Degree Burn Jones Beach, Long Island, New York (1970), Dennis Oppenheim. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. © Estate of Dennis Oppenheim
Untitled (Self Portrait), (n.d.), Ralph Eugene Meatyard. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; © Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
100 Boots (detail; 1971–73), Eleanor Antin. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. © 2023 Eleanor Antin
Photography Exhibit Aims to Remember Holocaust Victims
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A new exhibit at King’s College aims to remember Holocaust victims thanks to a Lackawanna County photographer.
“Voices, A Holocaust Remembrance” will be featured in the college’s Widmann Art Gallery until January 25th
Scranton photographer, Michael Mirabito features photos he shot while on trips to Israel and the sites of WWII Nazi concentration camps.
In addition to impacting the community, Mirabito hopes that college students will check out the exhibit.
“I hope it can raise a conversation for students to look at the world around us and what is going on. What can you do to try to alleviate some of these problems and issues that are still occurring” Mirabito explained.
For information about how you can check out the exhibit, click here.
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2023
A miniature copy of the Apollo Belvedere and a Mesoamerican jade statuette are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
