North Adams Open Studios
This was a very busy weekend as we participated in the Second Annual North Adams Open Studios. Our friends at MCLA Gallery 51 invited us to present with them in their Annex Space on Main Street, so we were honored to share a room with artists Sean Riley, Henry Klein, Lauren O’Neil, and David Lachman.
We presented a mix of works. Audio works included Rory Nugent’s Solar Xylophone and Greg Shakar’s Wood Urchin. We were also pleased to showcase Dan Shiffman’s Swarm, animations by Gabe Barcia-Colombo, and some of our own work. Matt presented pieces from both his Metaglyph and Television Programming series, and I finished a new stop motion animation entitled The Helping Hand for the event.
Pictured above is a visitor interacting with Daniel Shiffman’s Swarm. Swarm is an interactive video installation that implements the pattern of flocking birds as a constantly moving brush stroke to paint with pixels what an attached video camera sees.
Little did we know that we would meet hundreds and hundreds of people at Open Studios. We took turns visiting other venues and chatting with other artists. It was inspiring to see so much great art all over the city.
Many thanks to Jonathan, Sean, and Veronica for inviting us to share your space. Thanks for a great time. Also, many thanks to organizer Sharon Carson. It was wonderful to meet so many wonderful people from all over the area.
-Marianne