tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168624292145025582024-03-19T02:28:56.823-07:00birds in the parkChristy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216862429214502558.post-19407193679583537692011-06-17T15:35:00.001-07:002011-06-18T13:32:40.680-07:00New Book: "LANDINGS"<div style="text-align: left; width: 450px;"><br />
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<div style="display: block;"></div></div>Christy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216862429214502558.post-65004923292159596772011-06-03T21:38:00.000-07:002011-06-08T08:58:23.339-07:00endings and new beginnings<div style="font: 14.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkzDNz0-kvSKUFXJNormSvvzE3gm_1M9AogezTpxHqcfp0Zymj9_CsPsRKVB-Fh1PqD5bve7kbcyOW5huntPrRwBzQsAgvYseHdcmnrBMcD24_sTEokqBsSjHgmzvJfcJWvjw5MAvRwW5/s1600/denvercardtextblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkzDNz0-kvSKUFXJNormSvvzE3gm_1M9AogezTpxHqcfp0Zymj9_CsPsRKVB-Fh1PqD5bve7kbcyOW5huntPrRwBzQsAgvYseHdcmnrBMcD24_sTEokqBsSjHgmzvJfcJWvjw5MAvRwW5/s400/denvercardtextblog.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Christy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216862429214502558.post-36416734442058774972010-08-24T08:50:00.000-07:002010-09-23T10:24:08.204-07:00Birds in Germany and the Netherlands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAe51YRsSXclqbgowf19WkPBXXjVnO26AzUnPqIUokMfP383KQ8H5bodZv8_Fy-I5ZSobodnj8r5UunKnKRdeyRferPwYsZflWgHuIaKTRaXpEpZ6XB_LpOGNaWpxf93LxTHJJ5aEJ5LCN/s1600/places-of-landing2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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one of the last bird updates:<br />
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In July the birds travelled to Peenemünde, Germany, where the V1 and V2 rockets were being developed during WWII, and where there is now an excellent museum. In addition to two days of the birds landing on the grounds there, my father gave a talk during the landing about his experiences as a child in Peenemünde. Many thanks to the museum director Christian Mühldorfer-Vogt and the staff, who welcomed the birds and my family and the film crew for what felt like a very meaningful visit.<br />
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We then continued to Den Bosch in the Netherlands. The birds were hosted by the European Ceramic Work Center, another wonderful institution, that engages in experimental work with artists and clay. The flock settled in a park nearby, encountering people from all walks of life, from children to the elderly to the homeless people who lived there.<br />
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The "birds in the park" project is hurtling towards its conclusion at the end of September. <br />
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This Saturday, August 28th, they will be in Berkeley, CA, at the Civic Center Plaza, next to the farmer's market and coinciding with the Berkeley Music Fest. <br />
And finally, Friday and Saturday, September 24th and 25th, they will return to Santa Fe to land at the Santa Fe Railyard Park, with a last short appearance at the Santa Fe Art Institute on September 30th, when there will also be a lecture/slide show about the project -- 6pm at Tipton Hall -- for those of you in the area, it would be great to see you.<br />
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This has been an amazing two-year journey, traveling with the project and meeting so many people -- Thank you for coming along for the ride!<br />
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The birds will all be looking for new homes, once they have stopped flying, so please contact me if you are interested in buying one.<br />
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All the best to you,<br />
christy <br />
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</div><div>First they settled on the edge of the Hudson River, at the Peekskill Waterfront. Because of a big article in the paper, lots of people came out.</div><div>The Saturday after, the birds found themselves at the beautiful Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Gardens, gazing at lilly pads with big fat frogs.</div><div>And last Thursday, they perched outside the UN Headquarters in Manhattan where they rubbed wings with diplomats and city folk. The specific spot they were in was the Ralph Bunche park, New York's designated "Peace Park" named for the first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and location of the Isaiah Wall (engraved with the quote "they shall beat their swords into plowshares...")</div><div><br />
</div><div>We are in Germany now, on our way towards Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea. The birds will be landing there this Monday and Tuesday, at the site of the V1 & V2 rocket development during WWII. My grandfather was a rocket scientist there at that time, and my father, who was a child then and has not been back since one hour after his house was bombed, is coming on this trip (together with my Mother). He will be reading from some of his written memories of that time -- and some of that writing as well as other images from Peenemünde, apear on a portion of this flock. Tom Meffert and Dagmar Diebels, the documentary film makers, will be there as well. Here is a link to the Museum site: <a href="http://www.peenemuende.de/index.php?id=135">www.peenemuende.de/index.php?id=135</a>.</div><div><br />
</div><div>we'll keep you posted,</div><div>all the best,</div><div>christy</div><div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ralph Bunche Park, at United Nations Headquarters, Manhattan, NY</span></div></div>Christy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216862429214502558.post-55311554065165352852010-04-14T11:27:00.000-07:002010-04-14T11:40:21.705-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Hello, Hello!</span><br />
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<div>the birds have had quite some adventures recently, traveling to Washington DC, Massachusetts, and Vermont.</div><div><br />
</div><div>It was great to have the help of videographer Genevieve Russell along for the DC part of the trip (see her blog entry about the project: <a href="http://www.storyportraitmedia.com/blog/?p=445">www.storyportraitmedia.com/blog</a>,)</div><div><div><div>many thanks for the collaboration of the Environmental Film Festival, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and all the great people we met!</div><div><br />
</div></div></div><div>It was also a very rich experience to visit Amherst College and work with Wendy Woodson's Scripts and Scores Class, where the students did some improvised performance with the birds. </div><div>(see <a href="https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2010/03/node/187073">https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2010/03/node/187073</a>)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Outside the museum in Brattleboro, VT the birds froze their feathers off but still encountered plenty of interesting people.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Here are some photos, there are more pictures and stories at <a href="http://www.christyhengst.com/">www.christyhengst.com</a>. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Wishing you a beautiful Spring,</div><div>christy<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dear birdwatcher friends,</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">recently the birds landed twice in the lab town of Los Alamos, NM, birthplace of the atomic bomb and currently home to much high tech weapons development. The flock also visited nearby Bandelier, the ancient site of Anasazi cliff dwellings. Documentary film makers Thomas Meffert and Dagmar Diebels were here from Germany; they have begun to make a documentary about the project, filming on site and also in the studio, with plans to continue through next summer. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eight pictures follow.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The flock is growing, and the content which the birds carry on their backs continues to develop. I'm making more silkscreens from all kinds of new material -- some of which is related to future landing sites. One of these is scheduled for next July in Peenemünde, Germany up on the Baltic Sea. Peenemünde is where the Germans were developing the V-1 and V-2 rockets during World War II, and my grandfather was one of the scientists working there. My father, who remembers the bombing of his house and town when he was seven years old, has sent me some writing about it and some old photographs from 1943, which are making their way into silkscreens. There is a historical and technical Museum in Peenem</span><span style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.292969) 1px -1px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ü</span></span><span style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.292969) 1px -1px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">n</span></span><span style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.292969) 1px -1px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">d</span></span><span style="text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.292969) 1px -1px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">e</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> now, which has also done some work as a center for peace; the birds are invited to land there July 12th & 13th, the film crew will be there, and maybe also my parents; my father has not been back since one hour after his house was bombed.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Christy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216862429214502558.post-73455816441268301802009-12-25T12:04:00.000-08:002009-12-25T12:04:37.298-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7c4buKffxRzlm1gECWZN8Bw_Gnv5r9g3JSYe6ciP29qJIXLV-ZwzVc7YbalWRYs_1RlLYdPv2NIpXsndcrbfX9w350Ec36QqnBfeoDaCTWOBh3khCdyWnt77tCIBGJEqxI1AGJUNGsx4A/s1600-h/blue-line.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7c4buKffxRzlm1gECWZN8Bw_Gnv5r9g3JSYe6ciP29qJIXLV-ZwzVc7YbalWRYs_1RlLYdPv2NIpXsndcrbfX9w350Ec36QqnBfeoDaCTWOBh3khCdyWnt77tCIBGJEqxI1AGJUNGsx4A/s320/blue-line.jpg" /></span></a><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Buenos Dias!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The birds have flown very far indeed, to the island of Santa Cruz, in Galapagos. We got so many incredible images that I'm sending you two emails, with about a hundred each -- just joking.<br />
These first ones are from the "official" landing at Pelican Bay in Puerto Ayora. The following email shows more anarchic and erratic landings of the subsequent days.<br />
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We are so grateful to have had the chance to be in this beautiful place, with great people, and animals completely at ease...<br />
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Photography: Fausto Cardoso, Helmut Hillenkamp and myself. Many thanks for the help of the Gobierno Municipal of Santa Cruz.</span></div><div><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(2nd email):</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are pictures of the birds in more remote places on the island of Santa Cruz, Galapagos. I think the animals enjoyed the unusual company. More pictures are on the website </span><a href="http://www.christyhengst.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.christyhengst.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">....</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Going back into the studio, new birds are being born. Meanwhile, the next landings will be September 26 and 27, in Los Alamos, New Mexico.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All the best,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">christy</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div>August 16, 2009.<br />
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Hi!<br />
</div>The birds have been travelling along the California Coast, landing in five places in Santa Barbara and Big Sur. now they're resting up for the big flight to Galapagos...<br />
<div>there are a couple of new media stories about them on the website, and here, of course, are some pictures!<br />
</div><div>wishing each of you well,<br />
</div><div>christy<br />
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</div>Christy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216862429214502558.post-40572560792004062302009-12-25T11:09:00.000-08:002009-12-25T11:09:28.022-08:00July 3rd, 2009.<br />
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Here are a few pictures from yesterday in Central Park -- a great day, with some rain, but lots of interesting people!<br />
all the best,<br />
christy<br />
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Bonjour! Güten Tag!<br />
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</div><div>all the best,<br />
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</div></span>Christy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216862429214502558.post-75628030414119603452009-12-21T21:08:00.000-08:002009-12-24T11:27:01.975-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tOD0oXFCOyjju9a7WVW5uXSMxc1R2rEOtgUv31V9JctKmRKL04oLmSgKqMSJ0D2Ps5WAt_ZfulnDxLqd9Ulk4UY1Qv4rlP2hbUIzXoewVqA9eGX2YgKmbfnDIkWfQtYIunZazaQj5GPQ/s1600-h/Lincoln,trees.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417924227101428690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tOD0oXFCOyjju9a7WVW5uXSMxc1R2rEOtgUv31V9JctKmRKL04oLmSgKqMSJ0D2Ps5WAt_ZfulnDxLqd9Ulk4UY1Qv4rlP2hbUIzXoewVqA9eGX2YgKmbfnDIkWfQtYIunZazaQj5GPQ/s400/Lincoln,trees.jpg" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">May 19, 2009:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Birds in the Park</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last Call for Santa Fe Landings of Birds in the Park...</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The flock of porcelain birds that has been landing in all kinds of places in Santa Fe is about to fly the coup!</span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Today (Tuesday) they are in front of City Hall. Saturday May 23rd at the Alto St./Bicentennial Park will be their last landing here in town.</span></span><br />
</div><div><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After that they fly off to Central Park in NYC, Germany, France, the Galapagos Islands, and who knows where else.</span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Skia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Come have a picnic in the park, and see the birds off.</span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Skia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This project is sponsored by the Santa Fe Arts Commission and many other individuals. For more info and photos, see </span><a href="http://www.christyhengst.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.christyhengst.com</span></a></span><br />
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</div>Christy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216862429214502558.post-48266536322311277102009-12-21T20:45:00.000-08:002009-12-21T21:23:27.707-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vq67pOlFzXuwr7NTPMwPHQg8sHftyHfz7bB3f8JBDK7ZX6LRBHHlkuMnW8QrJfR_PvS0es4KjTAaxKvY1ZG38vMHiEg-GX7Uf65al-BREHV7N0gZot1w9vnOv5itIdpB_lXnKg9E_6BW/s1600-h/bird-in-focus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vq67pOlFzXuwr7NTPMwPHQg8sHftyHfz7bB3f8JBDK7ZX6LRBHHlkuMnW8QrJfR_PvS0es4KjTAaxKvY1ZG38vMHiEg-GX7Uf65al-BREHV7N0gZot1w9vnOv5itIdpB_lXnKg9E_6BW/s200/bird-in-focus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417920238595064354" /></a>March 2009<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"> Birds<span> </span>in<span> </span>the<span> </span>Park</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> “Birds in the Park” is a touring project, which involves the temporary installation of thirty to sixty porcelain birdlike forms on the ground.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book', serif;color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Pecking around randomly, they might be taken for pigeons.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">They are, in a sense, carrier pigeons, as the forms carry images, text, and other documents, which have been printed with cobalt blue and fired into the surface.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">The message they bear is an exploration of the beautiful and the horrible side by side. Originating with the shock and dismay I felt as the US government began the war with Iraq, and expanding to consider the phenomenon of war in general. The questions posed by the birds are about the humanness of us all.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">How we are connected, and also the unthinkable ways in which that bond is disregarded.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book', serif;color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">More specifically, I’m layering silk-screened images of children playing, love letters, poetry and prose… with silk-screened newspaper articles and photographs of the lead-up to and beginning of the current Iraq war, as well as other war-related documents that tend to bring up the question,</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">How can people do that to each other?!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book', serif;color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">For most citizens, and for me, personal experience of this war has been mainly through the media. In fact I feel that the media had a large role in the U.S. public’s acceptance of the decision to go to war, and I’m looking closely at how the invasion of Iraq was “sold” to regular people. Also, how discussions about the cold facts of war, weapons capabilities etc. can become detached from the human reality on the other end, creeping into everyday life as something normal, like birds in the park. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> In addition to personal photography and images and text taken from public media, I am collaborating with writer and Vietnam War veteran Tim Origer, English poet Henry Shukman, and Venezuelan photographer Maria de Las Casas for some of the material that appears on the birds.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book', serif;color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book', serif;color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">This work draws on years of experimentation with silk-screen printing onto clay.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">I create the silk screens from photographs and documents, and use them to apply the image and text onto wet porcelain.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">While the clay is still</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">flexible, I form the birds, and eventually fire them at a very high temperature.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> The forms themselves are about a foot and a half each in length.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Low to the ground, some are involved in their own search, while many appear to be in conversation with each other.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Because of the whiteness they might also look like a flock of oversized doves.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book', serif;color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> Although they are made from porcelain, the pieces are actually quite sturdy.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">They are set up in such a way that people can wander among them, taking time to look and read.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book', serif;color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">At the moment, I have a small flock of birds, which is slowly growing in numbers.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">This flock has begun to land and will be landing in many different places around Santa Fe this spring; the farmer’s market, the Teahouse, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">City Hall, the parks, the libraries… I set them up in the morning and take them down at night.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">It’s anonymous and somewhat fleeting, the better to catch the unsuspecting passerby’s curiosity.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> Later in 2009, the birds will begin to fly farther afield; some planned landings are in Los Alamos,</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">New Mexico; Central Park in New York City;</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> Swami's Beach in San Diego</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">; the New Orleans Museum of Art sculpture garden; two locations in Germany; and in August, the Galapagos Islands.</span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> Pictures and location information will be updated at</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book';color:#072951;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"> </span><a href="http://www.christyhengst.com/">www.christyhengst.com</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC TT-Book', serif;color:#072951;"><br /></span></div></div></span>Christy Hengsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180013211603429087noreply@blogger.com