https://rawalden.com RA Walden Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:46:24 +0000 https://rawalden.com en https://rawalden.com/23-astronauts-at-varying-distances-from-a-black-hole Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:32:46 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/23-astronauts-at-varying-distances-from-a-black-hole 23 astronauts at varying distances from a black hole (2024) <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9975af9ba11b83f50152e1361d24a4078ca91076bec1755c4c126e07d8b76fe/JAL_9957-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9975af9ba11b83f50152e1361d24a4078ca91076bec1755c4c126e07d8b76fe/JAL_9957-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b716d76a8cdefb2c83ecaab8917ecf44ce33f2821118755fab63218d7cbda37/JAL_9969-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b716d76a8cdefb2c83ecaab8917ecf44ce33f2821118755fab63218d7cbda37/JAL_9969-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74cf30af8e99f6db4fa9dc9f3c75bb3cab010c21a317d7f3b82fda5658f2f20d/JAL_0017-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74cf30af8e99f6db4fa9dc9f3c75bb3cab010c21a317d7f3b82fda5658f2f20d/JAL_0017-Small.jpg" /> Image Credit: Jules Lister Photographed at Grundy Gallery, UK, for ‘object transformations through the coordinate of time’, 2024, RA Walden&nbsp; 23 astronauts at varying distances from a black hole, 2024 office clocks, adafruit trinkets, aa batteries This work utilises hacked shop-bought wall clocks reminiscent of those found in offices around the world. By integrating specially programmed microchips into their mechanisms, the artist has produced a series of clocks that, rather than running to ‘normal time’, each run to their own time. The title of the work refers to a concept in physics called ‘gravitational time dilation’, where for an observer, time would pass slower closer to a black hole than further away. By pointing to this, the artist is asking us to question the idea that time is fixed or stable, therefore inviting us to explore our own conceptions of how we experience the passing of time. Text by Paulette Brien &nbsp; https://rawalden.com/the-universe-is-a-clock Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:20:45 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/the-universe-is-a-clock the universe is a clock (2024) <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fed508fe95cfe3d700182c4f8444f1834fd7ce5e53f981d7c2f5ca0d724bded2/JAL_9940-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fed508fe95cfe3d700182c4f8444f1834fd7ce5e53f981d7c2f5ca0d724bded2/JAL_9940-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08a2a55eeec2ff20b2d804f505a92e1757632ada394aa93e0935c74a87645085/JAL_9931-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08a2a55eeec2ff20b2d804f505a92e1757632ada394aa93e0935c74a87645085/JAL_9931-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49817224a66b7a6baaf3da71768099bc06637030f9426ef5920ddfcb1d423029/JAL_9920-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49817224a66b7a6baaf3da71768099bc06637030f9426ef5920ddfcb1d423029/JAL_9920-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0aafaf8be1d0865215e0de87ca01c1e50dfd90ea731b3ae0ce0eecb1d5dd26c5/JAL_9950-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0aafaf8be1d0865215e0de87ca01c1e50dfd90ea731b3ae0ce0eecb1d5dd26c5/JAL_9950-Small.jpg" /> Image Credit: Jules Lister Photographed at Grundy Gallery, UK, for ‘object transformations through the coordinate of time’, 2024, RA Walden&nbsp; the universe is a clock (i) schrödinger’s equation, time independent, 2024 the universe is a clock (iii) carnot’s equation, second law of thermodynamics; entropy and work, 2024 In this series of works, the numerals of a clock are replaced with different elements from scientific equations. Made from clear glass and noble gases, these works bring the physical world and the world of physics together to invite the viewer to consider their own understandings of time. As we occupy bodies in their varying states of health, on a planet careening toward sickness and at a time when the future is so unknown; this work also opens up questions of clock time, ‘sick time’, and normative time-keeping. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b04605c7f66d7657dcd358ba58785390e9a2b8be2f82d1c687d9f54c995b8147/JAL_8535-Large.jpg" data-mid="217232460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b04605c7f66d7657dcd358ba58785390e9a2b8be2f82d1c687d9f54c995b8147/JAL_8535-Large.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a31b2bc810f9b8f3dcfe55ce9118b90cd596693e66237a84e932e2c92cfce0fc/JAL_8532-Large.jpg" data-mid="217232469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a31b2bc810f9b8f3dcfe55ce9118b90cd596693e66237a84e932e2c92cfce0fc/JAL_8532-Large.jpg" /> Image above pictured with work on the left by Shezad Dawood the universe is a clock (i) schrödinger’s equation, time dependent, 2024 These works were co-commissioned as part of Hybrid Futures. Hybrid Futures is a collaboration between Castlefield Gallery, Manchester; Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool; Touchstones, Rochdale, University of Salford Art collection, and Shezad Dawood Studio. Hybrid Futures is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and with support from Art Fund and Henry Moore Foundation.Text by Paulette Brien https://rawalden.com/Crip-Ecologies-2024 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:11:55 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/Crip-Ecologies-2024 Crip Ecologies (2024) <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/202fb31cf4f650303e33ce4f3d8f157e864d525e3b28ed9cb1aacc9e43af4491/JAL_9902-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232349" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/202fb31cf4f650303e33ce4f3d8f157e864d525e3b28ed9cb1aacc9e43af4491/JAL_9902-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd10ecc4df10ab55d2b539d64498f7b6e93912a5f39cc88dc22af4616aa1274b/JAL_9908-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232350" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd10ecc4df10ab55d2b539d64498f7b6e93912a5f39cc88dc22af4616aa1274b/JAL_9908-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a2c573a8493ff0d2635a74c657b3f1b24ea538a42c3c451495318729b11cd22/JAL_9909-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232351" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a2c573a8493ff0d2635a74c657b3f1b24ea538a42c3c451495318729b11cd22/JAL_9909-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbd3a1a2791caf725ada87a419c189cb896f94618c9dc216605d57f5a112a94e/JAL_9910-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232352" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bbd3a1a2791caf725ada87a419c189cb896f94618c9dc216605d57f5a112a94e/JAL_9910-Small.jpg" /> Image Credit: Arlo Lawton[4 images at slightly different angles of about 30 clear glass bottles of a variety of sizes. The bottles have black caps are arranged in two white rectangular glass vitrine that stand on a plinth on a white wall. Each bottle has a printed white label with a date, a few bottles have labels with names. Each is filled with liquid that ranges clear liquid and contains different shaped natural materials; some delicate and spindly, some filling the bottom of the bottle.] This edition of ‘Crip Ecologies’ was created for Walden’s solo exhibition ‘object transformations through the co-ordinate of time’ at Grundy Gallery, UK; It features materials found locally to the gallery along the Fylde coast. The work is part of an ongoing series that began in 2018, highlighting the fragility of our ecologies, and questioning what is assigned worth in the midst of late-stage capitalism and climate collapse.&nbsp; https://rawalden.com/earth-again-being-a-body Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:46:24 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/earth-again-being-a-body earth again being a body (2024) <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1838005077de7672a6168eb28f24e172bf712fca11fc67f73bde2a12a24f880/JAL_9912-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1838005077de7672a6168eb28f24e172bf712fca11fc67f73bde2a12a24f880/JAL_9912-Small.jpg" /> Image Credit: Jules Lister Photographed at Grundy Gallery, UK, for ‘object transformations through the coordinate of time’, 2024, RA Walden&nbsp; earth again being a body pewter Positioned at various points&nbsp;around the gallery spaces are over 500 small sculptures. To make these the artist created moulds&nbsp;using ‘wormcasts’&nbsp;ie.&nbsp;the&nbsp;small heaps of muddy soil ejected from the digestive tract of some species of earthworm. The moulds&nbsp;were then filled with liquid pewter and left to&nbsp;solidfy. Earthworms play an important part in maintaining a healthy soil ecosystem and positively contribute to the conditions needed for food production. ‘earth again being a body’ elevates the essential, but often overlooked natural processes on which human beings rely. By casting them in pewter, the artist is also creating an archive and a permanent record of a particular series of moments in time. Text by Paulette Brien &nbsp; https://rawalden.com/time-building-itself-adagio Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:37:21 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/time-building-itself-adagio time, building itself, adagio (2024)&nbsp; <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6d761e5be4805a9dec1ccddcf88a8fc55373288ebc6281a1446f53ec355498b/JAL_0022-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232594" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6d761e5be4805a9dec1ccddcf88a8fc55373288ebc6281a1446f53ec355498b/JAL_0022-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c0c975b3d381f57115a5d8102e02ee9e7325d773fe51fc6df7dc84e30dbe03b/JAL_0019-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232628" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c0c975b3d381f57115a5d8102e02ee9e7325d773fe51fc6df7dc84e30dbe03b/JAL_0019-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89eb2c6b50bbf86e68a2dd0c384087faab44d7d12b18667e60cb34975a280579/JAL_9956-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232593" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89eb2c6b50bbf86e68a2dd0c384087faab44d7d12b18667e60cb34975a280579/JAL_9956-Small.jpg" /> <img width="1667" height="2500" width_o="1667" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad33bb1c80a20c6000cba587c4e6becc4c94399acd234f838256166bd9cc0982/JAL_0050-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad33bb1c80a20c6000cba587c4e6becc4c94399acd234f838256166bd9cc0982/JAL_0050-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b0f4c0f66522ffaf96641595b28e333b0c7ecab21705ef256061e86072b63ce/JAL_0049-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232626" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b0f4c0f66522ffaf96641595b28e333b0c7ecab21705ef256061e86072b63ce/JAL_0049-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dfb4d643bad9fc7cc9a97078e291331ed88111536c55602b9294c13df5ef10f/JAL_0048-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dfb4d643bad9fc7cc9a97078e291331ed88111536c55602b9294c13df5ef10f/JAL_0048-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f87ac19679c969b2f2bca507d19179bdd0db1f8eaeac1009481023be0010e89/JAL_0047-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232618" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f87ac19679c969b2f2bca507d19179bdd0db1f8eaeac1009481023be0010e89/JAL_0047-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20f5b4e8467f2df6ae17529a2f523ac366a169145897f8c4947f2ba950a855a1/JAL_0053-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232620" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20f5b4e8467f2df6ae17529a2f523ac366a169145897f8c4947f2ba950a855a1/JAL_0053-Small.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfe917e54a8c8311d523a7429994e2497f8af314f242ad0023e8c8ab16826924/JAL_9968-Small.jpg" data-mid="217232622" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfe917e54a8c8311d523a7429994e2497f8af314f242ad0023e8c8ab16826924/JAL_9968-Small.jpg" />Image Credit: Jules ListerPhotographed at Grundy Gallery, UK, for ‘object transformations through the coordinate of time’, 2024, RA WaldenBeeswax candles, hand forged pewter nails This work has been made by the artist, RA Walden in collaboration with the artist Cooper&nbsp;Lovano. The work takes inspiration from an ancient time-keeping device known as a&nbsp;‘candle clock’, where nails inserted into candles would fall out at pre-determined intervals as the candle burned down, making a noise and alerting the sleeper. Installed in a straight line along the gallery floor, this presentation of the work refers&nbsp;to ‘linear time’,&nbsp;a concept where time is described as moving forward from past to future in a continuous manner. This is in opposition to the theory of non-linear&nbsp;time, which&nbsp;challenges our conventional understanding by suggesting&nbsp;that everything is connected and is happening at the same time. These nails form part of the beeswax candle installation found on the floor of Gallery 2, but they&nbsp;have also been nailed&nbsp;at various positions into the gallery walls. Each head of each nail has been decorated with elements from the equations referred to in the illuminated clock series ‘the universe is a clock’. In doing so the nails become linked into the conversation running throughout this exhibition, about how time is measured, recorded, perceived and valued. Illuminated by the lights of the gallery, these nails cast their own shadows onto the walls in various directions and in doing so resemble another ancient time-measuring &nbsp;device, the sun-dial.Text by Paulette Brien https://rawalden.com/access-points-or-alternative-states-of-matter-ing Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:04:37 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/access-points-or-alternative-states-of-matter-ing access points // or // alternative states of matter(ing)&nbsp; 2023 <img width="6414" height="3768" width_o="6414" height_o="3768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7775130e1b60dd870f66216e80cf3d81f04fd9be7412acf70a44e10a404b6179/RA-Walden-Access-Points.jpg" data-mid="217232308" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7775130e1b60dd870f66216e80cf3d81f04fd9be7412acf70a44e10a404b6179/RA-Walden-Access-Points.jpg" /> <img width="4128" height="3096" width_o="4128" height_o="3096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/956ad11f3797fd051a491837d5a448325e39a06dadb910a9d396165d0486c756/Storm-King-RA-Walden-1031.jpeg" data-mid="217232307" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/956ad11f3797fd051a491837d5a448325e39a06dadb910a9d396165d0486c756/Storm-King-RA-Walden-1031.jpeg" /> <img width="4128" height="3097" width_o="4128" height_o="3097" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e84979cc661818c7eaa41b9849df55a170e7547986e08e9f7dc9e269ff9b729/Storm-King-RA-Walden-1360.jpeg" data-mid="217232306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e84979cc661818c7eaa41b9849df55a170e7547986e08e9f7dc9e269ff9b729/Storm-King-RA-Walden-1360.jpeg" /> Exhibition website:&nbsp;https://accesspointsrawalden.com/ RA Walden’s site-specific installation extends across several acres of Storm King’s South Ponds for the tenth edition of Storm King’s Outlooks program, which offers emerging and mid-career artists the opportunity to present a temporary large-scale outdoor project in the landscape. In 2019, Walden was an artist-in-residence at Shandaken: Storm King where they began to think about the Art Center for a site-specific artwork.Titled access points // or // alternative states of matter(ing), the project depicts the electron configurations of the six most common elements on earth: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur (CHNOPS). The configurations of these elements—thought to be necessary for life on any planet—evoke the form of crop circles, here constructed from rings of perforated aluminum and laid across a grassy hillside. Considering landscape as body and body as landscape, Walden explores illness as a kind of visitation that leaves traces that are not always visible. Tapping into themes of science fiction and speculative fiction, the artist draws parallels between the phenomenon of crop circles, often considered to be hoaxes, and the experiences and access needs of disabled people, which are often met with disbelief, if not disdain, from the medical establishment and society.Each electron configuration is accompanied by a poetic text by Walden, interpretive audio recordings by artist-composer The Honorable Elizabeth A. Baker, and a viewing area from which visitors can reflect on the interconnectedness of all life-forms on a molecular level. About the work, Walden has said, “the CHNOPS elements [remind us] that we are made of the same things as the earth at this point of extreme vulnerability societally, physically, and planetarily.” &nbsp;Outlooks: RA Walden is organized by Nora Lawrence, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, and Adela Goldsmith, Curatorial Assistant.Texts edited by: LA WarmanSound and Performance by The Honourable Elizabeth A. BakerMastering by: Melissa Harris ChambersFabrication / Install / Maintenance: &nbsp;Mike Seaman, Mike Cook, Jeff Damiano, Shannon Ferrell, Joel Longinott, Armando Ocampo, Florencio Ocampo, Mike RiveraWeb Accessibility: Cooper Lovano Video Editing: Judy Landkammer Studio Management: Lo G Moran and Harley AussoleilCare Team: Clay AD, Harley Aussoleil, Aleks Peksena, Pilar Muñoz SandovalScientific Consultant: Freddy Walden Storm King’s 2023 Exhibitions and Education programs are made possible with major support from the Hearst Foundations and the Speyer Family Foundation, with lead support by Charina Foundation, Sidney E. Frank Foundation, Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust, with support also provided by Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, The William and Elaine Kaplan Family Foundation, Ronald and Sandra Kossar, Lipman Family Foundation, Ohnell Family Foundation, Windgate Foundation, and funded in part by The Helis Foundation, Terra Foundation for American Art and Triad Foundation. Storm King’s 2023 Season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. https://rawalden.com/felady-ifa-felady-i Fri, 08 Jul 2022 06:51:22 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/felady-ifa-felady-i feladŷifâ / feladŷi dust? / dust 2022 <img width="5968" height="3979" width_o="5968" height_o="3979" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/063dad590bcdc0a4b9f54b636530480f5559cf02c6234af450a264b2f63ed0c9/Den-leeren-Strand_GAK2022_Foto-FvdD_0686.jpg" data-mid="150804665" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/063dad590bcdc0a4b9f54b636530480f5559cf02c6234af450a264b2f63ed0c9/Den-leeren-Strand_GAK2022_Foto-FvdD_0686.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/087c77c2e3ccfd04ae35bbec50eb7c602df72b75b1a1d26371d6c851b9a046f3/Den-leeren-Strand_GAK2022_Foto-FvdD_0693-1.jpg" data-mid="147380005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/087c77c2e3ccfd04ae35bbec50eb7c602df72b75b1a1d26371d6c851b9a046f3/Den-leeren-Strand_GAK2022_Foto-FvdD_0693-1.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4b2a601c30b0f6ec9cf2ce1564ba8818caa6aea6c47ac61d40b465e2be32fa8/Den-leeren-Strand_GAK2022_Foto-FvdD_0693.jpg" data-mid="147380007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e4b2a601c30b0f6ec9cf2ce1564ba8818caa6aea6c47ac61d40b465e2be32fa8/Den-leeren-Strand_GAK2022_Foto-FvdD_0693.jpg" /> Commissioned by GAK Bremen for Den leeren Strand überqueren, um den Ozea zu sehen. Clear glass, argon and neon gas, blackout paint. power supplies.&nbsp; [3 images and one video of clear glass in the shape of the word “feladŷifâ” in a sans serif font on a white wall with blackout painted glass separating the letters and black power cords falling down the wall. The first image shows the word on display with empty glass. The second image shows the first letters lit up with soft purple light to read “feladŷi” and the third images shows the whole word “feladŷifâ” lit up. The video shows how the light flashes and the last two letters “fâ” flicker on and off with a wiggling purple light that contrasts with the stillness of the light illuminating the other letters. A manipulated slow voice reads the transcription below aloud as the letters flash on and off.] feladŷifâ / feladŷi dust? / dust dust is the universal substance. fine particles of solid matter: skin cells, soil, pollen, textile fibres, paper fibres, meteorite particles once burning at 1726 degrees centigrade. fugitive dust seeks respite from the wind, battered by aeolian processes and human/animal interference into mounds, thin layers, soft grey piles in corners of rooms. in ẍây ithřan, feladŷifâ / feladŷi is a call and response oral tradition used to remind the speaker of the finite nature of all things: “dust?” one asks, “dust.” another confirms. feladŷifâ / feladŷi staub? / staub staub ist die universelle substanz. kleine partikel fester materie: hautzellen, erde, pollen, textilfasern, papierfasern, meteoritenteilchen, die einst bei 1726 grad celsius verbrannten. flüchtiger staub sucht eine auszeit vor dem wind, zerschlagen von äolischen prozessen und menschlicher / tierischer einmischung, zu hügeln, dünnen schichten, weichen, grauen häufchen in raumecken. Auf ẍây ithřan ist feladŷifâ / feladŷi eine mündliche tradition bestehend aus frage und antwort, die die sprechenden an die endlichkeit aller dinge erinnert: „staub?“ fragt eine, „staub.“ bekräftigt eine andere https://rawalden.com/Crip-Ecologies-2022 Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:23:31 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/Crip-Ecologies-2022 Crip Ecologies (2022) <img width="6001" height="4001" width_o="6001" height_o="4001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e62864e8f2dcf3cc709f036cdfe324ec2997e356e6ea80dde68fa450b2b9a1c/YSP031.jpg" data-mid="148294851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e62864e8f2dcf3cc709f036cdfe324ec2997e356e6ea80dde68fa450b2b9a1c/YSP031.jpg" /> <img width="5842" height="3892" width_o="5842" height_o="3892" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21eb92c1d1f35e878cbdb7964a8e085e2089caccb897e6b9e3a3370a3603317c/YSP032.jpg" data-mid="148294852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21eb92c1d1f35e878cbdb7964a8e085e2089caccb897e6b9e3a3370a3603317c/YSP032.jpg" /> <img width="5575" height="3717" width_o="5575" height_o="3717" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32de1de2de7d37b8ca580f8021eb13ac7fe09b435a9ab54e42f3633a1ecbbf09/YSP055.jpg" data-mid="148294853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32de1de2de7d37b8ca580f8021eb13ac7fe09b435a9ab54e42f3633a1ecbbf09/YSP055.jpg" /> <img width="6078" height="4052" width_o="6078" height_o="4052" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dae10a09bf3545063a300955aaa614238e95088311cc269e311c3384a7bb906/YSP056.jpg" data-mid="148294854" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dae10a09bf3545063a300955aaa614238e95088311cc269e311c3384a7bb906/YSP056.jpg" /> Image Credit: Arlo Lawton[4 images at slightly different angles of about 30 clear glass bottles of a variety of sizes. The bottles have black caps are arranged on a white shelf in a rectangular glass vitrine that hangs on a white wall. Each bottle has a printed white label with a date, a few bottles have labels with names. Each is filled with liquid that ranges from clear to yellow or orange and different shaped natural materials; some delicate and spindly, some filling the bottom of the bottle.] “RA Walden’s Crip Ecologies (2022) archives the artist’s limited involvement with the natural world due to their disability. The glass bottles are filled with collected natural items including seedpods, rosehips, dead spiders and woodlice, twigs, algae, snail shells, flowers, bark and berries. These items have been submerge in alcohol. In some bottles the liquid is clear, in others it has been stained yellow, orange and brown. Many of the chosen objects and creatures are easily overlooked or taken for granted, but here they are treated as precious objects. The glass of the jars magnifies and distorts tiny seed pods, spindly insect legs, and the stamens of flowers, drawing attention to beautiful details. Crip Ecologies uses the process of archiving to comment on the increased value of object as they become harder to access. There is meticulous care and tenderness in RA Walden’s archiving. The bottles are carefully labelled with names and dates, acting as a system of remembering. Held in stasis in the alcoholic solution, these specimens are preserved in the face of biodiversity loss and the wider climate crisis. Crip Ecologies links the fragility of the body to the fragility of our ecosystems, exploring the vulnerability of both.” Eloise Bennett for On Queer Ground, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2022 https://rawalden.com/science-fiction-is-not-pretend-1 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:11:42 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/science-fiction-is-not-pretend-1 science fiction is not pretend, 2021 <img width="650" height="434" width_o="650" height_o="434" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82886f627b543025e437012f4ddc893e0c3fae50434f0d54ef56e054300b3c84/csm_RA_Walden_Science_Fiction_Is_Not_Pretend_c2307b8f91.jpg" data-mid="135669330" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/650/i/82886f627b543025e437012f4ddc893e0c3fae50434f0d54ef56e054300b3c84/csm_RA_Walden_Science_Fiction_Is_Not_Pretend_c2307b8f91.jpg" />single channel video, 5m59s. artist: ra walden, text editor: la warman, interactive website in collaboration with cooper lovano.&nbsp;a commission by hau hebbel am ufer. supported by fonds darstellende künste with funds from the federal government commissioner for culture and the media.[A blurry screenshot from the single channel video depicting a brown baby bird facing the camera with its yellow beak a thin line around its wide open mouth. It sits towards the bottom of the image and is framed by an indistinguishable crumpled white mound in front of a textured black and red background] "let's start with the end of the world, why don't we? get it over with and move on to more interesting things." n.k. jemisin sessile days, sick days, fog and forgotten. time bending; showing its nature. loss loss loss loss loss. disobedient bodies, archives, clocks and capital. science fiction is not pretend; everyday a buffet of horror, a smorgasbord of unearthly delights. loneliness, promise, desire and fertile ground. bodies fallible and flailing under the weight of the end of the world. sometimes there is hope but sometimes there is only a logbook; a pathetic record keeping. the accompanying video and website, a digital tomb. articles half-read. notes made in moments between waking and sleeping. holding despair in one hand and a remote in the other. “where is the mother now?” asks the voice. the water is burning, the money-machine is number-crunching, excrement pools in the waste-lands of factory overflow. nobody is coming with milk and cookies. complicit and raging, there is no higher ground.Video available here https://rawalden.com/ay-ithra-1 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:30:59 +0000 RA Walden https://rawalden.com/ay-ithra-1 ẍây ithřa: a pledge, 2021 Commissioned by&nbsp;Kunstinstituut Melly, NLSuppose for a moment the claims about pain’s ineffability are historically specific and ideological, that pain is widely declared inarticulate for the reason that we are not supposed to share a language for how we really feel. Anne Boyer: The Undying <img width="1279" height="974" width_o="1279" height_o="974" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7dd2d8ed6335826306b7fbe98d0b350c51f687300806859277e3e69caf0a560c/IMG_8761.jpeg" data-mid="110448355" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7dd2d8ed6335826306b7fbe98d0b350c51f687300806859277e3e69caf0a560c/IMG_8761.jpeg" /> [a pale wooden structure holds four A4 publications, side by side on a white wall. Each publication has a white cover with black text on the bottom right and top left. The text is too small to read.] a pledge: download Book I/IV: Lexicon (subgroups): PDF downloadBook II/IV: Lexicon (ẍây ithřa to English): PDF downloadBook III/IV: Lexicon (English to ẍây ithřa): PDF downloadBook IV/IV: Grammar + Bibliography: PDF download For 84 STEPS at Kunstinstituut Melly, the artist presents a newly commissioned work, furthering their interest in the generative potential of access with the creation of a new language: ẍây ithřa, initiated in response to the ableism and restrictive nature of the English language. Formulated over a period of months in close collaboration with linguist Margaret Ransdell Green, ẍây ithřa exists as a 300+ word lexicon, complete with morphosyntax, phonology, and an ever-growing set of idioms. Drawing on rich histories of queering lexicon, from argots and cants, to anti-languages and the use of constructed language within Sci-Fi and speculative fiction, Walden seeks to bring fluidity, ease, and ‘access intimacy’ to those in sick, disabled, and trans bodies. The artist uses world-building, not as a visionary tool for an imagined future, but as an embodied methodology for the now. The set of four publications can be purchased by emailing emailrawalden(@)gmail.com&nbsp; Limited run of 111 copies.&nbsp;