Two very special back-to-back dance/vocal performances of the original work internatural 1 by FI Session 3 Artist Nina Waisman. Performances took place on the shore of primordial Mono Lake. The dance was performed by Hyosun Choi, Paola Escobar, Hyoin Jun and Samantha Mohr with vocals by Carmina Escobar.
Premise: “A small group of aliens arrive at Mono Lake. Where they come from, the way to learn about something is to synchronize with its rhythms and behaviors, to let it tune them from the inside out.”
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During the one-month long onsite July Residency Session, Avalanche Dynamics artists (Alice Könitz, Brian O'Connell, and Nina Waisman) stayed with SNARL scientists in a 150 year old cabin on the Valentine reserve and worked in studio space at the Main Street Promenade to develop their ideas.
Forest Island Project was please to open a special showing of work by past artist-resident Patricia Fernández and artist Ian James to celebrate the release of the pair’s collaborative book, In many valleys, the sun, was the eye of god, from Colpa Press. The exhibition features work developed during Fernandez’s time in Mammoth Lakes tracking the markings left by Basque sheepherders along their routes through the Easter Sierra. Memorializing this disappearing history through sculpture and photography Fernandez offers us an alternative history of the region. Book release, reading and reception, an amazing show - open through July 1.
The show subsequently moved to Jackson Hole where its exhibition opened on February 5, 2019.
Forest Islands 2019 Residency, Avalanche Dynamics, in collaboration with the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory kicked off with Alice Könitz, Brian O'Connell, and Nina Waisman giving presentations of their artwork at the Forest Island Project Studios in the Sierra Center.
A group show with work by FI Session one (Space Is Material) artists Krysten Cunningham, Helen Mirra, and Drea Zlanabitnig opened September 16 and ran through mid October..
Thank you to everyone who turned out for a screening of 'Mono Lake' (a short film featuring Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson) followed by a brief lecture on the history of land art in the American west, along with a panel discussion with the May 2018 residents reception and reception.
Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer Ann Logan of Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (also a talented local artist) was kind enough to give FI an in depth tour of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s (LADWP) legally mandated efforts to deter the spread of dangerous airborn particulate matter caused by their draining of the Owens Valley and Lake. It is the largest dust mitigation project in the world and can be seen from space. Experiments include cultivating a brine crust on the earth’s surface, tilling the soil so it will be textured and less effected by wind, and occasionally reintroducing a micro layer of water to this one lush wildlife sanctuary.
Forest Island Artists-In-Residence trip to the Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains.
FI welcomed the “Mono Culture” Forest Island Fellows and Curator - Patricia Fernandez, Alexa Horochowski, & Matthew Schum - at the beginning of their one month residency period in Mammoth Lakes. Artist presentations were followed by a meet and greet reception
Nothing like listening to the Universe to get your attention. At the end of the residency period the FI Fellows voyaged to Bishop, CA to explore Cal Tech's radio telescopes, where researchers from around the world hone in on low (ish) frequency signals to study the solar corona, transient phenomena, and the Sun's influence on near-Earth space. Much thanks to Dr. Mark Hodges for the hospitality and great tour...
During the Forest Island Open Studio session for Space Is Material, artists in residence Krysten Cunningham, Helen Mirra and Drea Zlanabitnig presented their work and explained their working processes in an informal and discursive engagement followed by a panel discussion led by curator Corrina Peipon. FI was thrilled to see the turn out from the local community. Tremendous thanks to everyone who contribute to making the inaugural FI residency a success!
FI Resident Fellows endeavor on a high-clearance adventure to gather information, inspiration and imagery from the unique geology of Lake Crowley. And then, of course, from the unique geology of Tom's Place...
The Forest Island Project was honored to host a public Meet & Greet event to welcome our first fearless Artists in Residence - Krysten Cunningham, Helen Mirra, Drea Zlanabitnig - all of whom made it to town on time (barely).
