As most of you already know, I am in the beginning of a documentary project on Mongolian Contortion. This project molds my studies in cultural anthropology with my years of photographing the body but also allows for a focus on a personal connection to my work. As I go through photographing the students of Serchmaa Byamba I am as well developing my own personal practice and broadening my self confidence that are both completely inspired by Mongolian Contortion. By doing these things in tandem I am allowing for a deeper understanding of the bodies I am photographing and documenting the nuances comes more naturally. I have created a multi-experience for myself to both feel by actually experiencing what contortionists go through as well as representing it via my fine art mediums. (I say “mediums” here because I hope to take this project to the mixed media level as well, but the documentary aspect and the experiences take precedence at this time).

Photographically, this is a direct extension of my project called “Interlude:Actuate” in which I created a series of fine art pieces based on photographs of people in “bound” Yoga Asana. Exploring the “bind” itself visually as an extreme connection to both the self and how we move forward. Using asana photography, specifically “bound” asana to symbolize the pauses in life, the ‘Interludes’. Combining this with an organic texture to represent growth, or activation- the movement of life- the action, ‘Actuating’. But now, considering Mongolian Contortion as the “next step”, so to speak, when it comes to photographing the body in “extreme” postures it only made perfect sense to take my work to the next level this way via the art of documentary.

What makes this project special is that I am working alongside Rise Pictures and collaborating on a documentary film! So, as I develop my imagery as described above and I am contributing to an amazing piece on Mongolian Contortion where we are exploring teacher student relationships, the development of the art form and teaching style in the west as well as producing fun events where you can come see what the buzz is all about, experience a variety of styles of contortion as well as traditional artists from the Mongolian National Ensemble here in San Francisco…

Come, experience the “Clean Socks Project” this Saturday!

Here is our website (still under construction)

Here is a film “Teaser”

Event Info>

A benefit for ‘Clean Socks’ a contortion documentary and the Cayuga Gym (Royal Russian Kung Fu Circus Training Academy of Heavenly Mountain) Holiday party!

We had our first intimate show and now we having a more formal production!

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We’d like to show you appx. 90 minutes of the beautiful efforts of students, friends and professionals!

We have contortionists (Mongolian classical and inspired), aerialists, contemporary dance from local and international artists, pole artists, traditional Mongolian musicians from the Mongolian National Orchestra and folk dancers. Even more!

Support the documentary! Contortion is simple and for everybody. It is also hard, develops patience and changes your life! We hope to share this art form through the film AND the process of the project.

Produced by Tsogtbayar Namsrai (Rise Prodiuctions) and Faern (www.Faernworks.com)

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SATURDAY DEC. 10th

Doors OPEN @ 7:30

Show BEGINS @ 8pm, end 930. Party after~

$10-$20 sliding scale tickets.

All sales of the event go to the production of the film and photo documentary. The artists are all donating their time and efforts to help fundraise. We ask for your attendance and hope you are entertained!

Feel free to bring your dressed up fancy self and friends for a holiday get together after!!

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impossible without the

::::PERFORMANCES BY:::

Fleeky Flanco

Sasha Harrington

Inka

Indie + Friend

Sophia Fox

Dancers and Musicians of the Mongolian National Ensemble

Benjamin Hancock

Bree ‘Rock’ Noack

Featherpistol

Lance Centanni-Sachs

Tara Quinn

Amy & Hooslyn

www.cleansocksproject.org

www.faern-in-the-works.com

I am happy to announce that the Chicago Installment of the Billboard Art Project  is going to happen very soon!

I have always wondered what my work would look like on billboards so I think it’s super funny that it is somewhere that I can’t see them in person. I was just in Berkeley today and on the way I realized that we have the same kind of image changing billboards along the bridge exit… I wonder how hard it is to get this to happen…?

But anyhooo…

Please, if you are in the area- get some snaps of my pieces if you are near there~ I’d appreciate it! (I entered a few pics- they will not be in any order- I am including them below, do not worry)

Chicago, IL

 Monday, September 26, 2011 at 12 a.m. to Sunday, October 23rd at 11:59 p.m.

Four weeks of art interspersed among advertising.

at East Bound Interstate 90 just after the highway crosses over Oakton Street.

MAP

The schedule is as follows:

The schedule for the Chicago Billboard Art Project will be divided into four weeks, with a selection of artists appearing each week.  Each week will feature new artists, whose work will be shown in a rotation Monday through Friday.  On Saturday and Sunday ALL participants’ work will be shown in a weekend rotation.

I am part of WEEK ONE

along with 19 other artists.

NOTE:

EACH weekend ALL artists will be included in the rotation-

That is a LOT of photographs/ art ….

Below are the images I entered (besides the image up on the top pf the page):

By the way, the show images do not have the ‘FaernWorks’ text on them

PS- stay tuned for information about open studios

An assortment of my images (mostly from my #123Meditate posts) will be in a BillBoard Art Show in Chicago!

Monday, September 26, 2011 at 12 a.m. to Sunday, October 23^rd at 11:59 p.m.
Four weeks of art interspersed among advertising
at East Bound Interstate 90 just after the highway crosses over Oakton Street.

FILLMORE ART WALK- THIS Friday

I have some pieces in the group show at Gallery 1307

‘Yoga for Hope’ Sept. 17, 2011 Union Square

OPEN STUDIOS! October 1 & 2! First time EVER!

/in the mission : there will likely be a private pre-vewing the Wednesday before, invite only/

from now till that xmas holiday

here’s the catch, you have to be on my facebook page to get the sales…

like this page

http://www.facebook.com/faernworks.art.photography?ref=ts

and let me tell you

it is 100% at random- things might get re-listed as SALE items at any time, you never can tell…

so, stay tuned:

here’s the store:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/faernworks?ref=top_trail

pictured : the Dale kids

my own personal tunnel, breezy and truncated by the approach to the destination

if only wandering would be the way, but desultory wandering takes away the magik for me, there is never

“aimless” anymore

there are leaves, cement, drippy trees, street lines, asphalt, blinders giving awareness to oblivion

and then, the door

Common Ground magazine Turns 35!

come on out!

I will be taking pictures at this event as my contribution to a great service this magazine provides- PLEASE say hello!

http://www.greenbash.com/friday.html

OH!!

check this out!

come to my opening!

(cause i said so)

http://faern-in-the-works.com/2009/11/10/nov-21-interlude-actuate-show-opening-at-bernal-yoga-7-pm/

decoy99 ~ some images from

transparent passion

collected

encountered