| JAN BLAIR / NANCY MACKO |
| GLIMPSING ROMANIA |
| Jan Blair
and Nancy Macko have collaborated to create their project Glimpsing
Romania, a website with corresponding digital prints. The artists embark
on a journey to Romania, to investigate archaeological sites outlined by
Maria Gimbutas in her book Language of the Goddess. The artwork,
combining images and text, functions as a traveler's diary and provides
insights into the artists’ experience of everyday life in Romania.
The text alternates between two narratives: one documenting their struggle
to learn about the origins of a matriarchal culture; and the other referencing
their frustrations and daily challenges as artist travelers seeking to meet
their counterparts in Eastern Europe. For Blair and Macko the process of
discovery and investigation, their collaborative effort, folds back into
their visual documention of their journey.
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Intrare (Entrance) LightJet print , 1998, 40" x 30" |
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Temple of Calarasi, LightJet Print, 1998, 40" x 30" |
| Nancy Macko has exhibited her digital photography widely including exhibitions at The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina, the Woodstock Center for Photography, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, and Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria. Nancy Macko is Professor of Art and Chair ofthe Art Department, Scripps College, Claremont, California. |
| Jan Blair has exhibited at numerous venues including Rutgers University, New Jersey and the Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, among others. Blair is an artist and designer who has been involved in the production of documentary films and videos, interactive CD-ROMs and websites, and electronic image archives. |
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