"DITTO," a project of art multiples on paper, will place original prints and photographs by School of Art throughout the campus from April 21 through May 5. Artists were chosen by a competition that was open to students currently taking classes in printmaking, which is ranked third nationally, or photography, which is ranked fifth nationally overall. This collaboration between the ASU Office of Public Art and the School of Art will engage the campus in a broader critical dialogue of art and site.
A panel of arts professionals, looking for innovative installation ideas that weave together content, public space and quality, selected Pamela Adkinson, Lisa Hardegree, Marcia McClellan and Erica Terluin.Printed media includes digital inkjet printing, relief printing, and intaglio. Each artist will print an edition of 10.
Pamela Adkinson researched the concepts of identity, beauty and spirituality to create a dialogue between intimate images and the male gaze. She will place in restrooms relief prints of women's underwear, one size 6 and the other size 26, between Plexiglas. Nearby, viewer's can make a mark on paper. Adkinson will compare marks made at the various sites, which include Anthropology, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Agriculture, Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Language and Literature and the Cowden Family Center.
"My goal is to gain a better understanding of the various marks made," writes Adkinson. "At the end of the project, I'll take down the Plexiglas and create a photo etch or dry point etching edition from the various marks for a new body of work." She is currently an MFA candidate in painting.
Lisa Hardegree's The Borning Room is inspired by the duality between loss and remembrance, and the Victorian custom of a room near a hearth for giving birth and those who are dying. She created scrolls that will be placed in the MU Lounge. Students can select a scroll, choose an obituary, write a letter to the deceased, and then place it in another. Students are encouraged to take away a butterfly portrait print.
"I would like to encourage the ASU community to take a few moments to compose a letter to someone whose passing they are aware of, but whose life they were not. In doing so I would hope for them to consider the tenuousness of existence that all living things share," writes Hardegree. Location: Memorial Union Lounge, First Floor
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Marcia McClellan constructed 3-dimensional birdcages that contain mirrors, which will reflect the viewer's images and reveal a thought-provoking question. They are constructed of handmade paper created on campus, and be placed in trees at several locations, including the Secret Garden, Starbucks Coffee stand by Wilson Hall, Student Services Building, Art/Architecture Building Plaza, Piper Writing Center, Student Health Center, SRC Lawn, Memorial Union Plaza, Administration Building, and the Foundation Building lawn.
Erica Terluin relocated to Arizona from New Orleans after the devastating hurricane. Her intaglio prints present timelines or watermarks on buildings that correspond to the water levels on August 29, 2005. Region dates, time, level of water, rate of rise in water level and average income of each area will be displayed on each timeline. The timelines will also have images of mold caused by floodwaters. Terluin will show a correlation between economics and flooding and uses a combination of intaglio processes and mutable colored inks to create mold, lettering and watermarks.
Location: School of Art Building, Neeb Hall
The ASU Office of Public Art, a division of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, is funding this project. For more information, contact Dianne Cripe, director of Public Art at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, (480) 965-0951 or Mary Hood, School of Art faculty, (480) 965-6800.
For Immediate Release: April 20, 2006
