Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009 | Page 37

multimedia and time-based
June 9 - 20

The Photographer’s
Book: exploring the narrative
Douglas Holleley   

July 7 - 11

Explorations in Digital
Filmmaking 
Elliott Earls   
Tuition: $1040  Studio Fee: $60
Code: P0613  Enrollment Limit 10

July 28 - August 1

Wooden Books 
Daniel Essig   
Tuition: $700  Studio Fee: $100
Code: W0921  Enrollment Limit 8

Douglas Holleley, Veronica I (detail)
Daniel Essig, Centipede Book (detail)

* See page 7 for a full workshop description.
Elliott Earls, Crucify Me (detail)

June 23 - 27

The Poetic Forms of Video Art 
Mary Lucier   
Tuition: $1040  Studio Fee: $60
Code: P0408  Enrollment Limit 10

CONCEPT:  As a group we will explore storytelling and new
narrative forms through digital filmmaking. Emphasis will
be placed upon creating short, cohesive digital films that
incorporate motion graphics, live action, sound design, stopmotion animation and typography. The goal will be to explore
the new narrative and representational possibilities offered
by desktop and digital technologies.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students will work with various techniques for shooting, digitizing, editing and compositing video
and sound recordings. Students will work with Final Cut Pro
on Mac editing stations. Students should bring a video camera, tripod, extra batteries, and compatible videotapes. Some
equipment is available for check-out at the Ranch.

Mary Lucier, The Plains of Sweet Regret (installation view)

CONCEPT: We will investigate the various expressive modes of
video, from short form, single-channel tapes to large, immersive
installations. There will be a brief historic overview, placing video
in context with other Avant Garde movements of the 60’s and
70’s, and looking at its current status in an overheated international art world. Participants will view and discuss certain key
works by Bill Viola, Cecelia Condit, Gary Hill, and Mary Lucier,
among others, and then create their own original video works.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Digital and analog video, audio, and
photo devices, and non-linear computer editing.
ACTIVITIES: Making, viewing, and critiquing works of video art.
PREREQUISITES: Preferably individuals with some experience
shooting and editing video and sound, and who have access
to a video camera for the duration of the workshop.
FACULTY: Mary Lucier has made work in many mediums, including sculpture, photography, and performance. Since 1973, she
has concentrated primarily on video and installation, producing
numerous major mixed-media pieces in that time. Her work has
been shown internationally in museums, galleries, alternative
spaces and festivals and is represented in many public and private collections, including the Whitney Museum of American
Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum
of Modern Art, ZKM/Museum fur Neue Kunst in Karlsruhe, Germany, and the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid. In 2007
she was awarded the Skowhegan Medal for Video.

July 7 - 11

Performance Practices 
Tania Bruguera   

ACTIVITIES:  The workshop will be structured around theory,
practice and implementation. Each day will begin with a discussion of narrative possibilities and issues of representation.
Afternoon activities will include a crash course on a specific
digital tool. We will then attempt to put theory into practice.
Daily experimentation with these ideas and skills will serve
as our larger focus.
PREREQUISITES:  A basic familiarity with digital editing tools
would be helpful but is not necessary. Artists, filmmakers,
musicians or designers with an interest in cinema, animation,
poetry, music, theater or performance would be ideal.
FACULTY:  Elliott Earls is a performance artist, musician and
designer. He is an Artist-In-Residence at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was awarded an Emerging Artist grant from
Manhattan’s prestigious Wooster Group and has performed
widely in Europe and America.

July 14 - 18

CONCEPT: This workshop will immerse you in the world of historical bookbinding. Participants will make an Ethiopian-style
binding, a structure developed as early as the 4th century.
The fact that some of these books are still around is a testament to their sturdiness. After creating a miniature pasteboard model with papyrus covers, you will construct a sewnboard Coptic binding. The elegant sewn structure, combined
with wooden covers, opens a wide range of possibilities for
both the beginner and the advanced bookbinder. Using simple
hand tools, you will drill, shape, and smooth your book covers. Finishing includes sealing wooden covers with milk paint
and a coating of wax and adding a leather closure. As time
allows, your instructor will share various features he includes
in his own bindings and sculptural books.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: The workshop will emphasize the use
of wood, but we will also use papyrus, handmade papers and
Mica. Students will learn both an Ethiopian binding and Coptic endband.
ACTIVITIES: Class time will be devoted to the completion of
two book projects during the week. There will be both demonstrations and work time each day.
PREREQUISITES: Everyone.
FACULTY:  Daniel Essig is a full-time studio artist living in
Asheville, North Carolina. He teaches book arts workshops
at book centers, craft schools and colleges. His work has
been shown at Water Works Visual Arts Center in Salisbury, NC, and in the Contemporary Reliquary exhibit at
the Northern Arizona University Art Museum. Many of
his books are featured in The Penland Book of Handmade
Books. www.danielessig.com

August 11 - 22

Social Sculpture: 
Book in Hand: bookmaking for artists viewer interactions exploring artKaren Kunc   

Krista Connerly & Thomas Feulmer   

Karen Kunc, Evocations (detail)

* See page 19 for a full workshop description.

Krista Connerly & Tracy Featherstone, Intimate_Environments: Snowball_Carrier

July 28 - August 1
Collage: physical to digital
Nancy Skolos & Thomas Wedell   
Thomas Feulmer, One Outpost, Two Views (detail)

* See page 36 for a full workshop description.
Tania Bruguera, El Susurro de Tatlin III (performance art)

* See page 15 for a full workshop description.

Nancy Skolos & Thomas Wedell, 2005 Light of Hope for Indonesia Invitational Poster
design exhibition to promote hope for tsunami victims (deta [
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