Origin-oorsprong: still - announcement aankondiging

Press release - persbericht

Micki Skudlarczyk and Jacomijn Schellevis
STILL
September 30 October 15
Reception: Friday, October 1 // 6 9PM
Lone Fir Cemetery -- SE Morrison Street, Portland, OR

Jacomijn Schellevis and Micki Skudlarczyk are fascinated by death. Theirpassion is not painted with a macabre brush, but laid down by the beauty ofburial, its quietude of organic process and its significance in worldculture. Jacomijn and Micki met in Mexico as artists-in residence. Afterrealizing they had a mutual attraction to the nature of death andexperiencing firsthand the beauty and all-embracing Dia De Los Muertos,they should collaborate. In 2009, a well-received series of installation called "Origin-Oorsprong"were placed in the Netherlands-where Jacomijn calls home. "Origin-Oorsprong"was based on Pagan burial rituals native to the culture in the Netherlandspre-Christianity. They are now placing a second installation with thegracious cooperation of Lone Fir cemetery- aptly named "Still".

On October 1st, there will be a sculpture of fairy-tale proportions built ofa crystallized sugar solution on the cemetery grounds. "Still" invites thepublic to come celebrate the beauty of life and its inevitable process; theedible sugary installation will be slowly dismantled by people who want totake a piece of this art with them. Eat it, shrine it or do with it as youplease, the rest will be a natural, symbolic disintegration into the soiland vegetation-the sweetness of life dissolving into the earth to shapeshiftinto evidence of life repeating itself into a subtle eternal fractal ofgentle beauty .

The human experience of this installation is a launching platform for AliciaBlue Gallery's full transition to an alternative art space. "Still" will bethe trailhead of a manifold series of non-traditional experiential showswith the freedom to display more complex aesthetics and ideas that eliminatethe necessity of a brick-and mortar space. Keep tuned into ABG's website fornew shows and excellent visual blog updates on more amazing artists,documentaries and exhibitions.

Talking about our first ideas - Praten over onze eerste ideeen