Kevro's Art Bar - 13 Artists Exhibit work on May 2,2009

Great Turn out! Great Night to Remember!

We did have an awesome show. Here are some photos of that event:

We put on an awesome show.

Thank you to all my fellow artists from Kevro’s.
We put on an awesome show.
I am proud of all of our efforts & I equally as grateful to have exhibited with such talented individuals such as yourselves.
I consider you all my friends!
This was truly the best exhibition experience I’ve had, thus far.
Thank you Prof. Liz!
Thank you- all my friends and family for helping to make this an even more spectacular

I am hoping I can light candles at Kevro's because it increases the mood of this piece. If I can't I did want you guys to get the effect I had in mind as I worked on this piece.

Hey Look!

Samar Hussein commemorates the estimated 100,000 civilian deaths caused by the American-led war on Iraq since the invasion on 20 March 2003. The project was conceived as an installation in which a window front covered with the names of the dead darkens a room where an endless loop of images is projected. Drawn from this installation came also a portfolio of nine giclée prints.

Flowers of a blooming Hibiscus plant were used as an analogy to the cycle of human life, from the unfurling of the first bud to the rotting of a decaying, shriveled blossom. The flesh-colored tones of these flowers together with their often surprisingly sensuous if not sexual formations, lend themselves to the memory of human life, its beauty and joy, and the memory of flesh, wound, and death.

The blooming period of this plant covered a distinct time frame, as did each individual blossom. Photography's intrinsic relationship to time, forever sends an at-once-present moment into the past, which in itself continuously slips further away from us. The obtained, tangible image holds the breath of that very moment.

Time, light, and subject, photography's inherent components, establish a sense of transience and death within this medium. The flower, as a part of nature and its analogous appearance to the human body, the conceptual properties of photography, and the very duration of this war, all made themselves available to give evidence to my eulogy.

Using information obtained from the Iraq Body Count project, names of the dead were applied sequentially to the hundreds of photographs—one name per image—in chronological order of their death. The first image and the entire project are named after Samar Hussein, a 13-year-old girl, and the first civilian to die whose identity was recorded. — Vera Lutter, New York, 20 March 2009

Andy's PR update ~ for the week of April 14th

Andy's PR update ~ April 14th

- I spoke to the news editor of the UP)University Press. We will most likely get a page about the show on the UP online web page.

- I directly contacted the Sun Sentinel (&) Palm Beach Post: The Post- I discussed our show in depth w/ the person in charge of the entertainment section- she was rather interested. :) )

-Checking to see when City Link: Metromix online- will post our release on their calender (I spoke w/ them on Friday. They told me it'll be up quite soon)

- Met w/ Mike & gave him a press release, as well
we discussed his music, set list, our artwork & Kevro.

Just some '80's fun

Dear Mr. Vernon:

We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But, we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But, what we found out is that each one of us is: a brain . . .And an athlete . . . And a basket case . . .A princess . . .And a criminal.

Does that answer your question?

Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club.

This is the final "essay" from the movie. I find it to be very interesting in its statement and that even almost 25 years later, it is still relevant.

I sent the press release to New Times magazine. I also filled out their form for event listings.