Waking up...

After watching this video my current obsession with noise in cahoots with sound and dreams of dancing are solidifying. This made me a bit emotional. How stunning! I post this video from a recent tweet by Portland's Barry Johnson (@barryjohnson) that pointed here: http://artsdispatch.blogspot.com/2010/08/portland-dance-linda-austins-video.html

The quote by Merce Cunningham resounds so heavily with me in relation to my work:

"The main obstacle, it emerges, is the choreographers’ own, almost pathological worship of the ephemeral. Cunningham said approvingly, “Dance gives you nothing back. No MS to store away, no paintings to show on walls, no poems to be printed and sold - nothing other than that fleeting moment when you feel alive.”

Another; Black Eye

An installation at INS Building can be seen here!

In person by appointment only: nikmeisel@mac.com

website update

Finally posted some audio from High Noon (seen above). Also some new images of recent installation work. The icons with orange around them are the newest additions.

And then the bush said...

Up now at the James and Janie Washington Foundation at 1816 26th Ave., Seattle, WA. And then the bush said... A mixed media installation that includes audio edited from many of Mr. Washington's lectures ranging from 1972-1988. (see audio below) See more work at the open studio, July 29, 6-9 PM

Squirrel Drawing

Walnuts left out in the fresh snow this morning.

FLOWERS FOR CHANCE; A collaborative site specific installation between Nickolus Meisel and Chance the dog. (He is my neighbor)

So as the snow has melted and the layers of Chance's efforts have revealed themselves. As I was washing dishes yesterday I was inspired to give chance a gift of my own. I sincerely hope he likes it and finds it as beautiful as I do. Oh how those flags snap in the wind! Please Chance. Think of them as flowers.