The Present Group Journal » virginia https://blog.thepresentgroup.com Exploring new models of support for contemporary artists, musing on the art world and people who make stuff, and documenting our life running the Present Group subscription art project. Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:47:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 ©The Present Group oliver@thepresentgroup.com (The Present Group) oliver@thepresentgroup.com(The Present Group) 1440 art, artist interviews, contemporary art, subscription art We interview one artist every season to learn about their practice, ideas and life as a working artist. The Present Group is a quarterly art subscription project. We enable a community of subscribers to fund contemporary artists projects and receive limited edition artwork in return. Each work is accompanied by an audio artist interview and critical essay to help our subscribers gain insight into the piece, its creator and his/her practice, or recurring themes in the contemporary art world. Founded in 2006, the goals of The Present Group are to create new avenues of support for artists, create consistently thought-provoking, editionable works in a variety of media, to engage and expose a broader public to the joys of art collecting, and provide a free online resource for anyone interested in contemporary art. http://www.thepresentgroup.com The Present Group The Present Group oliver@thepresentgroup.com No no http://blog.thepresentgroup.com/images/tpg-box-small.jpg The Present Group Journal https://blog.thepresentgroup.com 144 144 Art of the sun https://blog.thepresentgroup.com/2008/10/23/art-of-the-sun/ https://blog.thepresentgroup.com/2008/10/23/art-of-the-sun/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:26:56 +0000 eleanor http://blog.thepresentgroup.com/?p=212 I recently have gotten back in touch with one of my old sculpture professors at UVA who I think is sortof great and who has now taken on a new name: Boriska (his real name is Bill). Now I know that is an aside, but a good one.

So he sends me stuff now and then about his/UVA’s goings on and this one seems neat:

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“SSSUN”
“Baking Bread Burning Bush”

Friday, Halloween, Oct. 31, 2008, 12:00 Noon. Andre Rublev Courtyard of Ruffin Hall, UVA Studio Art, north slope of Carr’s Hill near Beta Bridge

“SSSUN” “Baking Bread Burning Bush” is a performance event where 100+ Mirrors held by 100+ participants will direct the energy of the SUN to Bake Bread and Create Fire. This event is free and open to the public who are invited to participate by bringing a mirror. (The use of 100 mirrors free to first 100 participants)

Schedule:
11:30 AM doors open
12:00 solar oven ignited, bread baked
12:30 PM 100 + mirrors ignite Fire
1:00 PM Bread is eaten and Celebration extends outward throughout the World

Full Sun is required for this event. Cloud cover postpones this event to the next sunny business day: Monday, Nov. 3, Tuesday, Nov. 4 etc.

This event is given to the world by “SSSUN” (Solar Sculptors + Scientists United Now)
Anchored in the UVA Sculpture Department.

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