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| User: | teeny_theaters (8992464)
Theaters of the 13th Dimension
a working blog
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| Name: | teeny_theaters |
| Website: | Theaters of the 13th Dimension |
| Location: | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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| Bio: | This is the blog for Mars Tokyo's miniature theaters. Recent works will be posted here, as well as news of upcoming shows, ideas etc.. Feel free to react and discuss. An artist's most treasured possession is FEEDBACK.
About the work:
The miniature scale of the work in relation to the viewer’s size (whether child or adult) gives the viewer a sense of empowerment while looking inside this tiny world--much the way a child experiences a sense of power when playing with small scaled toys.
Empowerment and interaction of the viewer is an essential element of this series. Because the act of viewing this work requires participation, the viewer feels more ready to interact with the work.
The 3-D miniature scaled assemblages have a second component, which is 2-D and greatly enlarged in scale. When the 3-D assemblages are completed, I use a digital camera with a macro close-up lens and photograph the interiors of the work. I then enlarge and print the photos, and also upload them to an online website devoted to viewing the 2-D enlargements of the 3-D miniature works.
In using the camera to translate the pieces into 2-D illusions, I became much more aware of the shifting compositions within the pieces. Because the camera sees differently than the naked eye, and can only take in one perspective, that of the lens, the dramas become fixed formal compositions of light, color and shape.
With this second 2-D enlarged component, the scale shifts drastically and becomes ambiguous for the viewer who is no longer given an intimate and empowering experience. Now the viewer relates in the expected way most art is shown--without drama, or interaction, and at a distance. With the existence of both formats, this body of work plays with the issues of scale, intimacy, and empowerment within our process of looking
at art.
Subject matter for my theaters comes as a result of my ongoing inner dialog, and responds directly to personal thoughts, ideas or current issues I feel a need to address.
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| Memories: | 1 entry |
| Interests: | 142: animation, annette messager, anti-birthday, anti-bush, anti-christmas, anti-war, antiques, antonio gaudi, art brut, beatles, being john malkovich, bek, beltane, betty butterfield, bill clinton, billie holiday, birds, blossom dearie, blues, bob dylan, bob marley, bruno munari, buddha, cafe voltaire, captain beefheart, caramel, cary grant, casablanca, charlie kaufman, charlie parker, cheese, chocolate, chris ware, christopher guest, circus side shows, civil disobedience, claus oldenburg, clouds, cockatoos, coleridge, concept art, coney island, culture jam, dada, dairy queen, dalmations, danny elfman, demonstrations, depression, digital photography, django rhinehart, dreams, drinkey crow, duplex planet, eduard manet, edward gorey, edward lear, emily dickinson, ennui, etiquette, flash, fluxus, freak show, gary baseman, gelatto, george harrison, good night moon, hans belmer, henri rousseau, hugo ball, ingmar bergman, jackie mclean, james gandolfini, jan svankmajer, jazz, jimi hendrix, jimmy corrigan, john lennon, jonathan borofsky, joseph bueys, joseph cornell, karl blossfeldt, karma, katmandu, laurie anderson, liberalism, maakies, mail art, malaise, man ray, mannequins, marcel duchamps, mars tokyo visual diary, marx toys, mental illness, michael moore, miniatures, moby dick, monty python, mr. rogers, no war, old movies, outsider art, peace, peace activism, pee wee herman, peruvian underground, pez, phish, political left, political protest, r. crumb, ravi shankar, reggae, rene magritte, rodchenko, roz chast, sockmonkey, steely dan, suicide, surrealists, target, teeny theaters, the big lebowski, the coen brothers, the death bus, the jumblies, the quay brothers, the residents, the sopranos, the void, tim burton, tin toys, tony millionaire, toy theater, underworld by kaz, vinyl, voodoo dolls, w.g.sebald, waking life, zippy the pinhead, zoot horn rollo |
| Schools: | None listed |
| Friends: |  | 242: | ___dust, _bendmyspoon_, a_bonsai_tree, addled_brain, aeonbluert, alanson, alien_anomaly, amarama, amian, ana, annie_is_ok, antichristine, artindulgence, ashtabulafish, asphalteden, asterapallas, audesapere, beatnikside, beetiger, benson3, bigfatkill, birdytalkcheep, bjohnson, bluecalico, blythe025, bricolage, burbur, cathla143, chlorofluoro, cindie_loo, circusavatar, cleanskies, cobaltika, colonelperry42n, colormagic, creactivity, createdestiny, curiositykitten, cyclotron, daedrius, daisykaiju, daphnep, deeahblita, demon_inside, dhaaz, disesteemed, djaza, dollskin, duccio, duckydoo, el_jefe59, elainegrey, eleanorb, elhamisabel, enchylatta, enfuego, eosandman, esoquo, estivalfiend, ethan_neuter, eurekapancake, eve_l_incarnata, fabulist, fairy, falling__stars_, fangfriends, fasterpussycat, fatalperception, fenmere, fionafiona, fish_food_x, flaneurette, flyvapnet, fuzzybumblebee, ga_the_impaler, garbagepixie, gazouiller, gigiss, girlredefined, gnm, goodliver, gracegiver, gucky, gurdonark, gypsysouls8, hazelnymph, hellnation, hello_mango, heptarch, hippohank, hraebn, iamairless, idolatrieartist, ihavemeaning, im_waking_empty, incus, islands, jacqui, jadey_mcshadey, jane_the_23rd, jannus, jeff2001, jennifervescent, jessicashort, josh_hanson, jujulilianan, karenleigh, kilrah7060, kimberpixie, kittymel, klassyp, kocie, koffe, kristenlou, ladieschoir, ladyxoc, lemonstalk, lexibadger, lilmamadiva, lizzard, lohang, londontheory, loobiloo, loverofsondheim, madame_urushiol, majolika, majorweather, marstokyo, mcsweeneyfiend, me_lucky_charms, medox, melissamh, miss_contraire, mondoagogo, msggoat, museinspiredart, myerscho, myfriendjenny, myluminosities, nacowafer, narcissistic_me, neevita, niyabinghi, nodokagekkani, nwcat, orso_amoroso, pantiesinawad, partoftomorrow, paulh, pepperfunk, photocentric, pinkveneer, piperrhiannon, poetbear, prallin, pshaw_raven, pussreboots, radvivi, raggedyrobot, raspberrypie, ratphooey, rcroaky, re_search, retrofire, richmackin, ringodelight, robiewankenobie, rojagato, romeosdistress, rrhexis, rusty_tub, sayurixxvii, sesquipedeviant, shemyakinakatya, sibyline, sickyprincess, silent, skepticle, skidspoppe, skipbreakfast, skygoodwill, solstone, sortofkindof, spacegirl74, sparrow_and_cog, spentpenny, spike1972, spl00gies, squegel, stanleylieber, stardances, starisea, strychnine_, subtly_strange, suffocation, sugarskull, sunnybananas, tattooedartgirl, telladictorian, tenebrosity, tequilasunset, terpsichord, the_sybil, theboleynorchid, thecatinside, thefrank, theodicy, thetathrees, thiscafe, thistlelurid, threestarblue, tikimonkey, topsyturvytempo, tourquoise, translucentruse, tuscendi, tx_cronopio, typenik, ubersmurfy, ulyart, unluckymonkey, unsee1ie, valerieloveland, vash_donutangel, velma, velma_dacron, violetmunday, vizzygoth, voodoukween, webzombi, wellmax, whatwouldotisdo, wordmaker, wrencellar, wretchmuffin, xhappyx, xine, yadoking, yokospungeon, zandra_x, zemarkable, zinc_tart |
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| Friend of: | 220: ___dust, _bendmyspoon_, a_bonsai_tree, addled_brain, aeonbluert, alanson, alien_anomaly, amarama, antichristine, artindulgence, ashtabulafish, asphalteden, astrokaiju, audesapere, beatnikside, beetiger, benson3, birdytalkcheep, bjohnson, bluecalico, blythe025, bricolage, burbur, cathla143, chlorofluoro, cindie_loo, cleanskies, colonelperry42n, colormagic, createdestiny, cyclotron, daisykaiju, daphnep, deeahblita, demon_inside, dhaaz, disesteemed, djaza, dollskin, duccio, duckydoo, e_206, el_jefe59, eleanorb, elhamisabel, enchylatta, enfuego, eosandman, esoquo, estivalfiend, ethan_neuter, eurekapancake, eve_l_incarnata, fabulist, fairy, fangfriends, fasterpussycat, fenmere, find_happiness, fionafiona, fish_food_x, flaneurette, flyvapnet, fuzzybumblebee, ga_the_impaler, garbagepixie, gazouiller, gigiss, girlredefined, gnm, gucky, gurdonark, gypsysouls8, hazelnymph, hellnation, hello_mango, hippohank, hraebn, idolatrieartist, ihavemeaning, il_magnifico, im_waking_empty, intelligentrix, islands, jacqui, jadey_mcshadey, jane_the_23rd, jannus, jeff2001, jennifervescent, jessicashort, jujulilianan, karenleigh, kilrah7060, kimberpixie, kittymel, klassyp, kocie, koffe, kristenlou, ladieschoir, ladyxoc, lemonstalk, lexibadger, lilmamadiva, linda_erzinger, lizzard, lohang, londontheory, loobiloo, loverofsondheim, madame_urushiol, majolika, majorweather, marstokyo, mcsweeneyfiend, me_lucky_charms, medox, melissamh, miss_contraire, mondoagogo, msggoat, museinspiredart, myerscho, myfriendjenny, myluminosities, nacowafer, narcissistic_me, neevita, niyabinghi, nodokagekkani, nwcat, orso_amoroso, pantiesinawad, partoftomorrow, paulh, pepperfunk, photocentric, pinkveneer, piperrhiannon, poetbear, prallin, pshaw_raven, pussreboots, radvivi, raspberrypie, ratphooey, rcroaky, re_search, retrofire, ... |
| Account type: | Basic Account |
