Origin-oorsprong: september 2010

Thanks to our supporters:

Alicia at Alicia Blue Gallery www.aliciabluegallery.com
J. Dougas Macy,Landscape Architects www.walkermacy.com
Metro www.metro-region.org
Lone Fir Cemetary www.friendsoflonefircemetery.org
OHSU

Marko de Kok www.madebymarko.com
Cooper Johnsen www.cooperjohnson.tv
Brett Binford http://mudsharkstudios.org
Jen Lee www.flickr.com/photos/holmlee
Julliette

Try - out

Still pouring candy in the moulds - we vullen de mallen nod steeds met suikergoed

we got some new friends - we maken nieuwe vrienden

making an extra mould - we maken een extra mal

more salt experiences - nog een paar zout experimenten

great support at benefit, thank you all! - veel steun tijdens de benefiet, bedankt allemaal!
Thanks to all of the beautiful people who generously donated their work:

Marko De Kok
Meriwether’s restaurant and skyline farm
Candace Verlee scheidegger
Markie scheidegger
Carrie Koester
Jonathan Brinkley
Jason Montgomery
Lee Ritter
Chuck Swanson
Grand Central Bakery
Shawn and Chenin at Basket Case Wine
Torro Bravo Restaurant
Tasty and Sons Restaurant
Acadia Bistro
David Franklin
Barb Cambell

Special thanks to our hosts:
Jennifer Lee and Mike Lee

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