창작레지던시
Julie Upmeyer
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관리자
2014.05.28
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Email/ julie@caravansarai.info
EDUCATION
2003 BFA, Ceramics Emphasis, Cum Laude, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA
RESUME
2013 Solo exhibition ‘Layered Karaköy’, BAUART, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Group Show ‘Dilligent Desires’, Halka Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Group Show ‘Mamut Art Project’, Antrepo #3, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Artist in Resident, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Group Show ‘Eat Art’, Museum Hartberg, Hartberg, Austria
2012 Group Show ‘Watertower Art Fesival’, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 Artist in Resident, AIZ 11, Interdisciplinary art group SERDE, Aizpute, Latvia
2010/11 Group Show ‘Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Group Show ‘Long Distance Call’, Hoorn, Netherlands
2009 Artist in Resident, Arts and Cultural Studies Laboratory, Yerevan, Armenia
2013 Group Show ‘Dilligent Desires’, Halka Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Group Show ‘Mamut Art Project’, Antrepo #3, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Artist in Resident, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Group Show ‘Eat Art’, Museum Hartberg, Hartberg, Austria
2012 Group Show ‘Watertower Art Fesival’, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 Artist in Resident, AIZ 11, Interdisciplinary art group SERDE, Aizpute, Latvia
2010/11 Group Show ‘Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Group Show ‘Long Distance Call’, Hoorn, Netherlands
2009 Artist in Resident, Arts and Cultural Studies Laboratory, Yerevan, Armenia
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Shredded money found up the road,
paper collages from a group crafting class,
a photograph of a my street,
a pile of paint catalogues…
paper collages from a group crafting class,
a photograph of a my street,
a pile of paint catalogues…
These things at face value can be seen at best as insignificant, at worst as garbage. By collecting, sorting, manipulating, organizing, cutting, gluing, and otherwise playing with these and other such materials, I transform them into something new. I do this not simply to lift them up as ‘art objects’, but to celebrate the material itself, showing its beauty, value, and function, even if it has long passed.
My seemingly disparate portfolio is unified by a dedication to craft, attentiveness to context, and a playful spirit that can speak with a wide audience. Much of my work is an investigation into my environment; its physical construct and its social structures. I’ve been a foreigner for the past ten years of my life, finding my way among a variety of unfamiliar aesthetic sensibilities, heightened class structures, and conflicting cultural values. The investigations, collections, research, and forms that make up my work are the process by which I understand my surroundings and my place among them.
ACTIVITY PLAN DURING THE RESIDENCY PERIOD
My current body of work is a deep investigation into the neighborhood surrounding my studio in Istanbul – a purely commercial hardware neighborhood that has been functioning as such for the last 40 such years or so. With my work, I seek to understand the physical and social structures of the area by investigating its materials and buildings. Throughout the course of these works, I’ve discovered interesting things about the way that a neighborhoods’ form follows its function, the way commerce creates and informs social structures, the way a space is documented and recreated, and how social class and gender plays a part in everyday life.
Having just opened my first solo show here in Istanbul, I feel a strong momentum in my artistic practice. Physically combining two-dimensional medium of photography with three-dimensional medium of sculpture, this exhibition explores the physical experience of the particular architecture, activities, and development of the industrial neighborhood surrounding my current studio.
For this project to progress beyond my street, I’m looking forward to a period of intense research and production. I would like to deeply explore the contemporary relationship between two and three dimensions, the reality of the flat screen (three dimensional world being viewed primarily through a two dimensional surface), and the various ways in which three dimensions can become two, and two dimensions can become three.
My research will begin with Edwin Abbott’s 1884 satirical novel ‘Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, in which he describes a fictional 2-dimensional world occupied by flat geometric figures. The book is not only a social satire of the Victorian era, but a deep examination of the very nature of dimensions. Bringing us up to the present day, I would like to follow both a mathematical and cultural study of dimensions, deepening my understanding of spatial dimensions, particles, and mass, as well as diving deeply into publications inspired by Flatland and other two-dimensional worlds, such as the 1965 book ‘The Dot and the Line’ and the 1999 web-comic ‘Triangle and Robert’.
Production will occur throughout the residency period. I am a sculptor; I think and work in three dimensions, though more often than not, my work is seen through photographs. My recent body of work consists of sculpted, three dimensional photographs. This work flattens the reality of an actual street by taking a picture, and then recreates its dimensions by printing multiple copies of the photograph, layering the meticulously cut-out prints. I wish to continue experimenting with the combination of photography and sculpture, while also exploring the ways in which video, weather on a screen or projected, can be used to create three-dimensional sculptures.
Korea, being one of the world’s most technologically advanced and digitally connected countries in the world, is the ideal location to observe the interplay between the flat digital world and the three dimensional reality that surrounds it. I would be greatly honored to work on this project at the Gyeonggi Creation Center, among Korean and international colleagues, embedded in the creative flow of the space and its activities.
