[Lavalibrary] LAVA Art

[onion]

library,

re. the mural going up on the library wall, i passed on to jay, 
questions about  plans for the mural . the proposal is here:

http://lavazone.org/wiki/index.php/Mary

 From Mary Tasillo

Proposed Work: /Bibliophilia/

Media: Paint and artist-made paper

I propose a wall piece that celebrates books -- books as objects and as 
vehicles for transformative information and art -- and our access to 
them. Graphic images of open books occupy the space, and the gesture of 
the open books is lively and exuberant. The book images could be painted 
on the wall, and/or created through the use of handmade paper pasted to 
the wall in a slighly dimensional fashion. The potential translucenty of 
the paper, which can be pigmented to achieve some color, will lend 
itself to using layering and folding of the paper to create texture and 
an illusion of further dimensionality within the book forms.

Text sits within the space of the books: BIBLIOPHILIA. Democratic 
Production. Equal Access. Free information. Abundant Reading.

The peice could go into a variety of spaces, though it would be nice, of 
course, to place it somewhere where it interacts with the library shelves.

Please visit [[1] 
<http://www.inliquid.com/artists/tasillo_mary/tasillo.php>] to view 
images of my work.

Thank you for your consideration. I fully support LAVA Zone's mission 
and hope to have the opportunity to contribute to the space in this way.




onion wrote:
> hi mary,
>
> i just casually mentioned the mural to some of the other librarians and 
> someone asked what was being planned and if we would have any input in 
> deciding it. basically curiousity.
>
> my main concerns (about all the art going up in lava) are that they're 
> durable (can take numerous hits from ladders and things being
> attached/unattached, stuff will be scraped against it etc.).
>
> Also that it will take into account that the space will likely be 
> rearranged at some point. We'll probably change the setup of the shelves 
> sometime to maximize our use of that space. we've talked about it some, 
> but so far there are only mor eor less vague ideas being kicked about.
>
> Jay sent me the proposal about what's going up. so i'll pass that on to 
> the library.
>
> cheers, dave
>
> matasillo at earthlink.net wrote:
>   
>> Hi, Dave--
>>
>> I'm the person who's been scheduled to put in a mural on the wall inside the LAVA front door; you may remember my touching base briefly in the fall. Scheduling has been difficult for me to get in there, as well as dealing with items like the big gaping hole that was once at the top of the wall.
>>
>> In any event, Jay mentioned that there was some concern/interest from library folks about the mural plans and I know he emailed you the link to the project proposal. I wanted to touch base to update that slightly: I decided since writing the proposal to ax the text beyond "bibliophilia" as extraneous.  Which may also cause less concern for the library group.
>>
>> I hope all is good to go on installing the mural this weekend? As I mentioned, scheduling has been difficult and I feel badly that it is taking this long to get it going. But I have been excited as a book and paper maker and general bibliophile to be able to contribute to the space, and specifically the library space, in this way.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mary
>>
>>   
>>     
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