Lee Barry Composition Diary

You Have to Take a Picture of SOMETHING (2015) I have always been a proponent of the idea of staying in motion creatively, which is counter to some other philosophies (such as wu wei), where we strive for simultaneity. Puns are interesting because they easily merge language with the visual arts, in this case photography. These are photographs of used stencils, and the title is a pun, word-play, self-reference, and axiom all at the same time. As Charles Mingus once said, "You have to improvise from something--you can't improvise from nothing."    Axioms: 0493 . If you don't know what you should be doing, do something . Your time wouldn't have been wasted anymore than if you did nothing. 0535. When you tell someone how something was made, you tell them why something was made. The how is the why. 0569. It's nice if sculpture looks like something you already know. 0706. In photography it is important to make the distinction whether something is a good ph...

Spiritual Storm (Animation) 1920 x 1080 Duration: 10:00 An animation using the three primary snapshots of the color projections through a stained-glass window. Let it run in the background while you are doing something else, and each time you glance at it a different "painting" appears. It is interesting that two human figures have appeared as they weren’t in the original images, or in the window. Also visible are the lines between the marble tiles. Let me know if you want a copy of the .mp4 file (max 10). This way you can run it on a continuous reverse loop on your own computer or TV. Feel free to take screenshots and share them. #2018

Spiritual Storm 30x30 inches inkjet on canvas A collage of light projections from a stained glass window, with colors inverted.  30x30 on Artisan Archival Canvas Spiritual Storm (12 Frames) 12 selected frames from an animation based on the main image, inverted vertically. 20x4 inches archival print, matted in black gallery frame . (Original Images) #2018 #yellow #orange #blue #abstract