http://www.consumptuous.com/blog Shelley Miller's project blog: A division of http://www.consumptuous.com Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:34:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm pleased to announce that I won this years People's Choice award for le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2009. This award was based on a public on-line vote for the favorite artist participating in this years event. In addition to the title, I received a generous ... http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=355 After the sugar mural completed its life cycle, in an all-too-quick duration of 1 week, documentation of this devolution was used to create a new, digital artwork. The resulting image, incorporating "tiles" from various stages in the process, will become the billboard image for PLAN LARGE, a public art ... http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=325 Here is documentation of the short-lived life of my mural... It was installed on August 19, I had an opening for it on the 20th and by the 28th the panel was taken down. Normally, these installations last longer, but we suddenly got a lot of rain in a ... http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=316 Installing the mural on-site happened on August 18 and 19th, just before the opening on the 20th. It's up!! It's already started to fade, so we'll see how long this one lasts. [gallery order="DESC" columns="2"] http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=299 I just finished the last of the painting. It feels good and extremely satisfying. But it also feels a bit too soon to celebrate, since this project is now just beginning in a lot of ways. I've put in almost 130 hours just for the painting, and ... http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=280 The painting is mostly complete. Now it's just finishing all the little things and joining up all the elements. The installation will now be happening around August 18 or 19th. The official unveiling will happen on August 20 at the Darling Foundry. [gallery columns="2"] http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=274 I've just begun painting the design onto the sugar tiles. The next couple of weeks are going to be very full trying to get this done in time, but I trust it will indeed be done on schedule. I'm hoping to have it installed in early August - ... http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=252 I am working on a 2-part project in Montreal for August/September 2009. It's for the "Plan Large" project that the Darling Foundry does in conjunction with Mois de la photo. The Darling Foundry has 4 public billboards located in Old Montreal. For each Mois de la ... http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=244 There was a feature article in the Salvador newspaper, "A Tarde", about the exhibition last week. Since the article came out just before the show opened, they didn't have any images of the finished product. Instead, they printed a large image of my working design. [caption id="attachment_238" align="alignleft" ... http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=237 The opening of the exhibition "Saccharum BA" at the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (MAM/BA) in Salvador, Brazil on Monday, June 15/09. Project done. Disaster averted. All completed according to plan. Exhale... Enjoy the evening! [gallery order="DESC" columns="2"] http://www.consumptuous.com/blog/?p=222