Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 7:00pm Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington Campus You are cordially invited to: As part of Soft Power, Activated my presentation - part multimedia talk, part participatory studio – will cover such topics as the phonebook, place, the art of letter writing, social media, chance, penmanship, and desire. Bring your favorite pen. In conjunction [...]
Tagged Soft Power ActivateSusan Robb: SKYPE SKUPLT STUDIO October 24 – December 15, 2012 Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 24, 5 – 8 pm SKYPE SKULPT STUDIO is an investigation of communication, decentralization, and the thing-ness of speech.. Over the course of the exhibition, Susan Robb will collaboratively create sculptures with local, national, and international artists, using SKYPE video calls. [...]
CALLING ALL BIKE LOVERS, CEPHALOPOD LOVERS, BIKERS WHO LOVE CEPHALOPODS, CEPHLAPODS WHO LOVE BIKES and those that just aren’t sure! Your presence is requested at the SQUID PARKING “OPENING”. Enjoy squid-shaped cookies, “christening juice”, and lovely other things from me, Sierra Nelson, and special guest appreciators of all things squidtastic! Thursday May 31st 4:30 – [...]
Tagged Bike Parking, Parking SquidTolt Pipeline Trail, The Long Walk, 2011 Stock up on moleskin and start breaking in your walking shoes, The Long Walk is ON – July 26th-29th! Once again I will lead 50 trail trampers on a 4-day, 45-mile pedestrian adventure through the cities, suburbs, farmlands, and forests of King County using the Regional Trails System. [...]
In Portland, OR from May 18 – 20, 2012 I will be participating in Open Engagement an international conference on socially engaged art. I will be presenting as part of a panel called A Surrounded Space that Expands in the Direction You Walk moderated by Dillon de Give that includes James Rojas, Stephanie Springgay, Moira Williams, Hannah Jickling, [...]
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Tagged "Are You Doin' Some Stuff?", Donate!, Slow Movement Movement, USArtist ProjectsIt’s Back! For the second year in a row, a group of fifty trail trampers and myself will walk the Regional Trails System (RTS) over the course of four days – July 28th through 31st - from Puget Sound to Snoqualmie Falls. Along the route we will experience the landscape of King County in a unique way, [...]
Tagged Participatory Art, Public Art, The Long Walk‘My! You smell divine. What’s the scent you’re wearing?’ ‘Why thank you. It’s called Soos Creek.’ To capture my experiences with the Regional Trails over the past six months, I have been collecting materials that scent the various trail (from dirt and berries to coffee and cocoa pods) and distilling essential oils from them. I [...]
Tagged fragrance collageFrom April to September 2010, I will be creating a series of artworks on and about the King County Region Trail System (RTS). The RTS is one of the nation’s most extensive multi-use off-road networks. With over 175-miles of trails for bicycling, hiking, walking, and horseback riding. So far my work has included designing a [...]