Thoughts of a landscape are you still there Everything about the summer sky is spectacular, showy, theatrical. The starts in the evening, the moons at midnight, the rays of the morning sun – they all shine with special brilliance. In summer, the waters of lakes and ponds mirror the clouds by day, the moon by …
Fluffy cottonwood seeds, silently floating over the water surface. Different colors of soil, revealing something about the place where they belong. Eurasian watermilfoil, curly leaf pond weed, spirogyra.. drifting in the waters of Millers Bay, Okoboji Lake. And sounds of the birds that I never heard before.. To name just a few of the things …
My project is about soybean and how it becomes a sign of the trade war between Beijing and Washington. I was inspired by a dramatic piece of news last year that a vessel contains tonnes of soybeans lingered in the ocean to wait for a final decision of the tariff. ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-06/it-s-full-steam-ahead-as-u-s-soy-cargo-speeds-up-in-tariff-race ) I cannot have such …
I sat by the cold fire pit on Saturday morning watching the dawn before breakfast. I sketched the pelicans enjoying the unruffled water of little miller’s bay. Before long, a few dozen had gathered, each splashing down with unexpected grace for such a big bird. I remembered the afternoon of quiet reflection a few days …
I jumped in with both feet. That is, I left on a three day trip with the Ichthyology class hours after I arrived at Iowa Lakeside Lab to begin my two week residency. I was last-minute invited along with Neil Bernstein’s fishes class to Northeast and Southeast Iowa to do some sampling in different types …
This week I did more plankton trails with my home-brewed software. It can be tricky to record the right video, as the bigger zooplankton like to swim into the frame and obliterate all the detail. But I got a few good ones. A small cladoceran generating a large current: Also saw a few things I’ve …
I cannot believe how quickly the second week of the residency flew by. The first couple days of the second week, I was on an art making grind, trying to get all of the work that was in progress completed for the Open Studio Visitation on Thursday. Over the weekend, I had received some tree …
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2 weeks at Iowa Lakeside Lab… Documentary Project Currently working on a long form documentary project scoped to finish winter 2019. This is one section on Paul Weihe. Stay tuned for the final documentary film! Sunrise Kayak Mission
I spent much of the week looking at plankton with the microscope I brought along. From the samples collected around the lab, I was amazed at how similar the zooplankton looked to central Wisconsin. I saw many of the same types of copepods, cladocerans, rotifers etc. I made a sort of plankton kaleidoscope video with …
Lakeside Labs and my rehabilitation… Upon arrival to Lakeside Labs I had an overwhelming feeling that I had just checking into a rehab center. Maybe it was the housing, communal dining, or all the friendly faces… either way I was out of my comfort zone and starting to have withdrawals from the life I once …
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When I arrived the first day to Lakeside Labs, I only experienced the tip of the iceberg of the incredible that was yet to come. The first two days were all about getting acclimated to the culture of Lakeside Labs, whether it be early morning yoga sessions, exploring the area, listening in on lectures, attending …
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We’re very excited to announce the 2019 Iowa Lakeside Lab Artists-in-Residence! The application pool this year was very competitive so we are extremely excited to be welcoming these six artists working a broad range of media to the Iowa Lakeside Lab this summer. Stay tuned for open studio dates, artists’ lab reports, and more …