I’m taking another swing at the history and practice of street photography (from a practical perspective) on Saturday, March 13th at 10am. The class is almost full (seriously!), with just a few spots left. Sign-up now!
I wrote an essay called “Reconsidering Winogrand” for the first issue of PUBLICATION, and I’ve posted it over on 2point8.
(Photo above: © The Estate of Garry Winogrand)
I donated a digital c-print comprised of stills from “Flight Plan” for this year’s Art Papers auction. All proceeds from the sale benefit Art Papers.
WABE’s City Cafe did a story about On the Flip Side at Spruill Gallery.
Introducing a new whileseated.org.
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Two recent reviews of “on the flip side” include mentions of my work.
”Say hello to using cellphone to make art”
Catherine Fox, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Oct. 20th, 2009
““It’s hard to be fast and loose with film,” Murphy said. “The phone takes all the seriousness out of the process, and the preciousness out of object.”
In other words, it gives him license to experiment. For instance, the Atlanta artist set the cellphone camera on a timer, mounted it on his car dashboard and went for a ride. The ensuing pictures of earth and sky become a careening amusement-park ride when strung together in the video “Cell Dash,” and a handsome abstract composition when turned into a large, gridded photo collage.
“Michael David Murphy went even further. Setting his phone on the dashboard of his car, he programmed it to take a picture of the sky at specific intervals as he drove to work, ran errands or went out at night. Back in his studio, he composed two grids on the computer, one of 1,056 cells and the other 1,300, which he then output onto roughly 7-by-4-foot inkjet prints that were casually tacked to the wall.
Even with the difference in scale, Murphy’s thoughtful presentation seemed a wink and a nod to the working 8-by-10 proof sheets that were historically part of any photographer’s trade. This acknowledgement of the past while embracing the future seemed the perfect summation of the innovations and byproducts introduced in this innovative exhibition.
A few quick youtube views of my video piece APEX at Le Flash. I didn’t take any of my own installation videos! Ah well…
A peek at the cell-phone photography (& videos) I’m showing at “on the flip side” at Spruill Gallery through November 7th.
Alyson and I chatted with Burnaway.org the other day.
The Pecha Kucha folks have posted a presentation I gave last year for So Help Me. Fun to watch, nearly a year later, though I’m clearly a little too well-caffeinated.
I’m pleased to be a part of the largest group show in ACP history, “What’s Happening Now: A Cell-Phone Photography Project” co-produced by Christian Bradley West and Susan Todd-Raque. The show opens this Saturday, Sept. 19th, at Cherrylion Studios at 5pm.
Kudos to Christian and Susan for steering this huge, assignment-based project!
I’ll be showing recent video work at Le Flash 2009, on October 2nd, in Castleberry Hill in Atlanta. Le Flash is an evening of interactive public art in the streets, and I’m happy to be screening videos from APEX near the intersection (an apex of its own) of Walker and Peters streets. It’s also the official Opening Night of ACP 11.
I’ll post again when those videos are available on the Web. Should be a great night, and I hope to see you there!
I have a picture from before I started taking pictures in the new project from mus-mus called “@paris”.
I have new work up on my portfolio site. Enema #1, from the anti-health care reform rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 15th, 2009.
