August 17, 2009

ButohDrawing


Tom White, an artist trained as a painter, has developed a visual program called ButohDrawing; an interface of video, digital info and movement . . non static most of the time. He uses Japanese Butoh movement to perform site-specific drawings; Butoh discipline as a vehicle to investigate alternative modes of cultural production.

He has performed ButohDrawing regionally & nationally; in Europe, Mexico, China, Jerusalem and as artist in residence at the Monagri Foundation in Cyprus.


He is Professor Emeritus at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in Oakland, CA.  

BFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art; MA, MFA, University of California, Berkeley. 

More of his work can be seen in his Ovation TV profile.  


Styrous® - August 17, 2009
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August 9, 2009

Exhibitions by Styrous®

2009 International Competition
Second Place - Merit of Excellence
professional abstract category

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Awards:      

2009
PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP, Merit of Excellence award, international Competition, professional abstract category


Solo exhibitions:

2014
JINGLETOWN ART WALK, photography, studio exhibition, Oakland, California
2009
JINGLETOWN ART WALK, photography, studio exhibition, Oakland, California
2008
JINGLETOWN ART WALK
, photography, studio exhibition, Oakland, California
2007
JINGLETOWN ART WALK, photography, studio exhibition, Oakland, California
2006 

SILENT LIGHT, photography, C. G. Di Arie Gallery, Mt. Aukum, California


Group exhibitions:         
  
2022                      
The Love Show, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California                   
     

2020
      
Winter Salon, online exhibition, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California    
The Meaning of Green, online exhibition, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California    
Summer Salon, online exhibition, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California               
                    
2019       
Exquisite Little Things 2, abstract photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California    
Something Blue . . ., photography, Juried by Ann Jastrab, Gallery Director of Rayko Photo Center, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California               
     
2018         
Exquisite Little Things, photography, Juried by Ann Jastrab, Gallery Director of Rayko Photo Center, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California     
Seeing Red, photography, Juried by Ann Jastrab, Gallery Director of Rayko Photo Center, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California               
     
2017
Beyond Landscapes, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California       
Distance, photography, Jingletown Art Studios, Oakland, California    
Into the Light, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California      
Coupled, K Gallery at Rhythmix Cultural Center, Alameda, California    
    
2016   
figure, monotypes, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California      
summer salon, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California        

2015     
NATURE (re)DEFINED, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California  
butohPhoto, photography & performance, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California            

2014
THERE IS A THERE THERE, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California 
FLORA & FORM, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California 
HOME, photography, Juried by Ann Jastrab, Gallery Director of Rayko Photo Center, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California
METAMORPHOSIS ~ CLOTHING & IDENTITY, video, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, California.
LOS VECINOS ~ 2014, photo monotypes, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California

ART AL NORD, photography, Fornells, Menorca, España
ILLUMINATING SHADOWS, photography, Frisbee Street, Oakland, California

2009
VISUAL CONCERT, photography installation/performance, Strings, Berkeley, California
ESTUARY ART ATTACK, photography, Bridgehead Studios, Alameda, California.
SEASON OF AWARENESS, photography, juried exhibition, Alameda Free Library, Island Alliance of the Arts,
Alameda, California
HEROES & VILLAINS, photography, juried exhibition, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, California
ALAMEDA ON CAMERA, photography, juried exhibition, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, California

2008
POMEGRANATES, PERSIMMONS & PICKLES, photography, juried exhibition, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, California 

UNDRESSED, photography, juried exhibition, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, California CROSS CURRENTS, Photography, juried exhibition, K Gallery, Island Alliance of the Arts, Alameda, California
BE STILL, LIFE, photography, juried exhibition, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, California
SHOWCASE ALAMEDA, photography, Perforce Software Gallery, Alameda, California
SKETCHY, video sound design, Autobody Fine Arts, Alameda, California
ALAMEDA ON CAMERA, photography, juried exhibition, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, California

2007
ART AUCTION/EXHIBITION, photography, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, California

2006
FREE PARKING, photography, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, California
COMMUNITY VIROLOGY, photography, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, California


Installations:
        
2022
The Vote is in sound design, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California            
       
2016
BuildZig corporation condos, Oakland, California        
Styrous trees @ Alain Pinel Realtors, Alameda, California            
Valentine's Day, photography, Salon 1757, Berkeley, California         

2015
10th Annual Jingletown Holiday ArtWalk, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California         
BUTOHPHOTO, photography & sound design, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California     

2013
CALANDRI, photography, Calandri Offices, Alameda, California

2012
Winter Art Walk @ Gray Loft Gallery, photography, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California        
KEFA, photography, Kefa Coffee, Oakland, California  

2009
WIDE-EYED, photography, Eyewise Optometry, Alameda, California 

2008
JINGLETOWN ART WALK, photography, Kefa Coffee, Oakland, California
GRATITUDE ART FAIRE, photography, Bridgeside Shopping center, Alameda, California
IGNACIO DE LA FUENTE, photography, campaign headquarters, Fruitvale Village, Oakland, California

2007
OLD SOLE, photography, Old Soul Co., Sacramento, California
A RENAISSANCE OF SPIRIT, photography, Herrick Medical Center, Berkeley, California




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August 5, 2009

Phillip Hofstetter & 360º panoramas

Photo: Palenque© by Philip Hofstetter

An interesting site to check out is the photography of Phillip Hofstetter. A photographer of Mayan and other ruins, his are not the run-of the-mill images but beautiful 360º panoramic views of the sites photographed. They have to be seen to be appreciated.

He is an Associate Professor of Art at California State University, Hayward, California. He has worked in theater, documentary television, and with San Francisco Bay Area art museums. As a multimedia and video producer for archaeological excavations in Yucatán, his television & multimedia work has appeared on National Geographic television and the Discovery Channel.

His 17 year photographic journal not only includes Maya ruins but also Palenque and field work for the Yaxuná Project and at Chunchucmil, both in the Yucatán. He is currently designing new media documentation at the Kiuic Project in the Puuc Hills and for the El Perú Project in the Petén, Guatemala.

In 2006 & 2007 he expanded his photographic work to cityscapes and ancient archaeological sites in the Mediterranean basin. His most recent museum exhibition shows panoramas of both Maya and Greek ruins from Turkey to Sicily, from Guatemala to Yucatán. He has a new book of his images that will be published in a couple of months.

Check out his Mayan panoramas, as well as those of his Ancient Greek ruins, pretty interesting.



Viewfinder link: Phillip Hofstetter          



Styrous® - August 5, 2009
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