Engineering the Liberation of Creativity

I went to a lecture last night at the Palo Alto Art Center. The speakers were from the Djerassi Art Residency in Palo Alto. The first speaker, Michael David White, was a poet who spoke a little bit about his process and read three of his poems.

The second artist was Glynnis Reed. Glynnis makes photoshopped collages about love and nature. This was really interesting to see her use of layering and use of the tablet (Wacom) in her work.

The third speaker I enjoyed the most - Loren Schwerd. Loren is a sculptural artist who has created these small replicas of houses hit by Hurricane Katrina that are overlaid with human hair woven as the walls, roof, etc. Sounds funky, but it was very powerful work, especially to hear her process explained.