http://www.alanburjohnson.com/murmuration daily 0.75 2016-07-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/t/5796edb8b3db2b0f3f607704/1469393177764/ murmuration - Murmuration 18:53:35 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 42" x 96" x 2" 2015   Murmuration and Swarm incorporate photographs of deteriorated feathers and insect wings that are documented against a shadowless ground. These sculptural photographic installations are comprised of hundreds of unique transparent images that are layered one upon another and encased in circular metal frames of varying size. Large accumulations of framed images are mounted on the wall with dissection pins in complex predetermined compositions that reference swarms of insects, flocks of birds, and rhythms found in the natural world. The subjects are reanimated in a subtle kinetic manner, relying solely upon the faintest current of air or the exhalation of the viewer to bring them to life. The circular images gently flutter independently and collectively, like a swarm of bees or a murmuration of starlings, appearing to form, dissipate, and reform in space and time. These works are equal parts poetic documentation and scientific inquiry, addressing fleeting life cycles, the passage of time, and an awareness of our temporal existence.   photo credit: Tim Lanterman https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/576c98403e00be047a807ac8/1469393177764/_MG_2728b.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 18:53:35 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 42" x 96" x 2" 2015   Murmuration and Swarm incorporate photographs of deteriorated feathers and insect wings that are documented against a shadowless ground. These sculptural photographic installations are comprised of hundreds of unique transparent images that are layered one upon another and encased in circular metal frames of varying size. Large accumulations of framed images are mounted on the wall with dissection pins in complex predetermined compositions that reference swarms of insects, flocks of birds, and rhythms found in the natural world. The subjects are reanimated in a subtle kinetic manner, relying solely upon the faintest current of air or the exhalation of the viewer to bring them to life. The circular images gently flutter independently and collectively, like a swarm of bees or a murmuration of starlings, appearing to form, dissipate, and reform in space and time. These works are equal parts poetic documentation and scientific inquiry, addressing fleeting life cycles, the passage of time, and an awareness of our temporal existence.   photo credit: Tim Lanterman https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/576c98cfe4fcb5e5c0774e3b/1467226045571/img_2735.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 18:53:35 detail   photo credit: Tim Lanterman https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/576c23faff7c50b7fcb64c04/1466704890498/ murmuration https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/576c98723e00be047a807c50/1469508988994/img_000-det.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 18:53:35 detail   photo credit: Tim Lanterman https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/5787d51ef7e0aba701f19719/1525660517896/img_040-avienne.jpg murmuration - Mapping Avienne photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 44" x 39.5" x 2" 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/5787d56cff7c500d764ef6b0/1468520092468/img_044-avienne.jpg murmuration - Mapping Avienne detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/5774174bbe65944964ee42a7/1467339747928/murmuration13-00-47.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 13:00:47 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 59.5" x 65" x 2" 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/57741763be65944964ee440e/1467339950743/murmuration13-00-47_det-1.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 13:00:47 detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/577417d4e3df2822cc1e8000/1467226436592/murmuration13-00-47_det-2.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 13:00:47 detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/5773f7bbc534a52ba5566435/1468442349821/img_0123_2500.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 18:49:02 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 46" x 116" x 2" 2012   photo credit: Tim Lanterman https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/576c2421ff7c50b7fcb64db1/1467181247431/abj_studio_1.jpg murmuration https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/577407d0579fb3cfdaf05393/1468609785054/img_2483_det-1.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 18:49:02 detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/577408039de4bb32a709c87e/1468609785144/img_2478_det-2.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 18:49:02 detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/5773ff88440243daef4f5884/1469464051762/murmuration_11-39-21.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 11:39:21 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 34" x 88" x 2" 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/5774005559cc688bb14c26ef/1468609785365/murmuration11-39-21_det-2.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 11:39:21 detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/5774007259cc688bb14c2898/1468609785374/murmuration11-39-21_det-1.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 11:39:21 detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/577dc963f7e0aba4a326acb2/1469464175258/img_2550_murmuration.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 18:12:25 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 37.5 " x 78.5" x 2" 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1881197aeaf55ed1933f/577dc980f7e0aba4a326adb1/1468609785571/img_2499_murmuration.jpg murmuration - Murmuration 18:12:25 detail http://www.alanburjohnson.com/murmur daily 0.75 2016-07-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/t/57904791ff7c5055e8497ae5/1469073297936/ murmur - Murmur: Cross Translation photo transparencies, steel, glass 19.25" x 19.25" x 1.5" 2014   The Murmur series is compositionally based upon the syllabic structures of traditional forms of poetry. Each framed image replaces a syllable, creating a visual mnemonic that remains open to definition. The photographic imagery has a sensual, flesh-like quality that appears to roll with the fluidity of the tongue in speech, or reference the bilateral symmetry of vocal chords. In reality, the layered transparent imagery is of weathered, cracked, sun-bleached elk teeth found while hiking in the mountains of Arizona. Each poem restores voice to the collected silence. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c194d9de4bb5267631cce/577426412994ca3409cfeab7/1469073297936/murmur_cross-trans.jpg murmur - Murmur: Cross Translation photo transparencies, steel, glass 19.25" x 19.25" x 1.5" 2014   The Murmur series is compositionally based upon the syllabic structures of traditional forms of poetry. Each framed image replaces a syllable, creating a visual mnemonic that remains open to definition. The photographic imagery has a sensual, flesh-like quality that appears to roll with the fluidity of the tongue in speech, or reference the bilateral symmetry of vocal chords. In reality, the layered transparent imagery is of weathered, cracked, sun-bleached elk teeth found while hiking in the mountains of Arizona. Each poem restores voice to the collected silence. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c194d9de4bb5267631cce/57758c32f5e231b6a291d235/1467398726954/2478_murmur_mirror.jpg murmur - Murmur: Mirror photo transparencies, steel, glass 46.75" x 5.5" x 1.5" 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c194d9de4bb5267631cce/5775c38229687f2c83aff1e3/1467398740556/img_1317_murmur_cinquain.jpg murmur - Murmur: Cinquain photo transparencies, steel, glass 24.75" x 19.25" x 1.5" 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c194d9de4bb5267631cce/5775c3b329687f2c83aff400/1468440520547/img_1356_murmur_tanka.jpg murmur - Murmur: Tanka photo transparencies, steel, glass 19.25" x 15" x 1.5" 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c194d9de4bb5267631cce/5776b919414fb50e2869edcc/1469060325122/img_1349_murmur_haiku.jpg murmur - Murmur: Haiku photo transparencies, steel, glass 48" x 2.75" x 1.5" 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c194d9de4bb5267631cce/5776b93646c3c4b797341d39/1467398925914/img_1349_murmur_haiku-det.jpg murmur - Murmur: Haiku detail http://www.alanburjohnson.com/swarm daily 0.75 2018-05-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/t/5af0b8ab88251b9fb60ba5b5/1525725355613/ swarm - with the dawn photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 56” x 41” x 2” 2018 In the monsoon sunrise, the sky above became a flurry of iridescent insect wings, bodiless and spiraling gently to the earth. The wall-mount sculptures that followed address fractured motion and physical levity. Each composition consists of hundreds of doubled photographic images, which are pinned to the wall in an attempt to map what has transpired. The transparent imagery of the web-like lattice of insect wings plays a central role in each installation. The implied potential of flight is ultimately unattainable. Yet, each framed image and its shadows flutter to life as the viewer passes by. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5aefb7d4758d4670efb5c918/1525725355613/with-the-dawn-264-web.jpg swarm - with the dawn photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 56” x 41” x 2” 2018 In the monsoon sunrise, the sky above became a flurry of iridescent insect wings, bodiless and spiraling gently to the earth. The wall-mount sculptures that followed address fractured motion and physical levity. Each composition consists of hundreds of doubled photographic images, which are pinned to the wall in an attempt to map what has transpired. The transparent imagery of the web-like lattice of insect wings plays a central role in each installation. The implied potential of flight is ultimately unattainable. Yet, each framed image and its shadows flutter to life as the viewer passes by. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5aefb88b575d1f581de4be1b/1525660022087/with-the-dawn_269-web.jpg swarm - with the dawn detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5772bb66ff7c5057a2da1c4f/1525660787905/img_0152.jpg swarm - Hover photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 63" x 104" x 2" 2008 photo credit: Tim Lanterman https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5772bb98ebbd1adc5165ad92/1468442434447/img_0156.jpg swarm - Hover photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 63" x 104" x 2" 2008   photo credit: Tim Lanterman https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5775ba1c3e00beb47f6125b7/1525660409243/dusk-dawn_26s.jpg swarm - The Dusk and the Dawn photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 43.5" x 85.5" x 2" 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/577edf4f6b8f5b3cacc2081a/1468016294612/dusk-dawn_det.jpg swarm - The Dusk and the Dawn detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5774888a2e69cf61d75bb6f9/1467330502338/img_2033_core.jpg swarm - Core photo transparencies. metal frames, dissection pins 61" x 59" x 2" 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/577490ac29687fb10de32469/1467340059372/img_2067_core_det.jpg swarm - Core detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5774948a9f745652fd4317c7/1525660426398/whitfield.jpg swarm - The Swarm in Whitfield photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 43.5" x 82.5" x 2" 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5775560729687fb5b30d376e/1467340392285/whitfield_detail.jpg swarm - The Swarm in Whitfield detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/57747fd129687f899d3e4071/1467340077235/img_5715_cadence.jpg swarm - Cadence photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 51" x 146" x 2" 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/57747fec29687f899d3e4142/1467253018737/img_5568_cadence.jpg swarm - Cadence detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5775ffbb725e2555f21b6e26/1525660486272/core-2_31f_2500.jpg swarm - Core 2 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 60" x 82.5" x 2" 2011   photo credit: William Lesch   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/577ef745d482e970d73f97f5/1469464333490/core-2_32f.jpg swarm - Core 2 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 60" x 82.5" x 2" 2011   photo credit: William Lesch resin sculpture in foreground: Mayme Kratz https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/578984992e69cf573b4567a6/1469060854908/1738_pulse-4.jpg swarm - Pulse 4 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 67" x 17.5" x 2" 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/578983bdebbd1a6a91fba757/1468892656065/img_3114_ether.jpg swarm - Ether photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 71" x 76" x 2" 2008 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/5789842d579fb3f7b3005e7a/1469061054737/img_5723_echo.jpg swarm - Echo photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 54.5" x 36" x 2" 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/57898468f7e0ab358fc7b008/1468630355375/img_4447-echo.jpg swarm - Echo detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/577edfd246c3c459381d355c/1469066582397/pneuma-8.jpg swarm - Pneuma 8 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 20.5" x 19" x 2" 2009   A subset of the Swarm series, Pneuma incorporates the magnified imagery of the individual cells of a beehive, creating a new form of cell division that resembles bacteria and spores. Structures that once fostered life now suggest a life cycle that has been radically altered or completed, recycled into the environment as airborne particulates. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/577edffd6b8f5b3cacc20f19/1467936151789/pneuma-1.jpg swarm - Pneuma 1 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 18.5" x 13.5" x 2" 2009 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c199259cc68e22a2db4d2/577ee02b46c3c459381d383b/1468440880174/pneuma-9.jpg swarm - Pneuma 9 photo transparencies, metal frames, dissection pins 11" x 15" x 2" 2009 http://www.alanburjohnson.com/progeny daily 0.75 2016-07-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/t/5796f2101b631bb168cb1c09/1469510160819/ progeny - Progeny Fig. 5 photo transparencies, insect pins 6.5" x 11.25" x 2" 2011   The photographic hybrids that comprise Progeny were initially a response to entomological engravings from an 1893 text on pest insect species. As they increase in number, they have transformed into a personal, yet hypothetical, taxonomy documenting regional variation and genetic commingling. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c19c16b8f5bf5e63efdbd/5774395a3e00be331bbdb708/1469567397682/img_2490_progeny-fig5.jpg progeny - Progeny Fig. 5 photo transparencies, insect pins 6.5" x 11.25" x 2" 2011   The photographic hybrids that comprise Progeny were initially a response to entomological engravings from an 1893 text on pest insect species. As they increase in number, they have transformed into a personal, yet hypothetical, taxonomy documenting regional variation and genetic commingling. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c19c16b8f5bf5e63efdbd/57755d59ff7c50f318d73d5c/1467651507071/2485_progeny-fig1.jpg progeny - Progeny Fig.1 photo transparencies, insect pins 18" x 10.5" x 2" 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c19c16b8f5bf5e63efdbd/5775638e6b8f5bde4cb2902f/1467651524189/2476_progeny-fig2.jpg progeny - Progeny Fig. 2 photo transparencies, insect pins 10" x 8.25" x 2" 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c19c16b8f5bf5e63efdbd/577563ac6b8f5bde4cb291df/1467651594836/img_1394_progeny-fig13.jpg progeny - Progeny Fig. 13 photo transparencies, insect pins 16" x 10" x 2" 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c19c16b8f5bf5e63efdbd/57756f388419c234e7f86de8/1467651702935/2529_progeny_fig11.jpg progeny - Progeny Fig. 11 photo transparencies, insect pins 26" x 6.5" x 2" 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c19c16b8f5bf5e63efdbd/57756eba8419c234e7f86818/1467651718244/img_2513_progeny-fig6.jpg progeny - Progeny Fig.6 photo transparencies, insect pins 5.25" x 4" x 2" 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c19c16b8f5bf5e63efdbd/57756ee48419c234e7f86a39/1467651775927/img_1425_progeny_fig3.jpg progeny - Progeny Fig. 3 photo transparencies, insect pins 14.5" x 11" x 2" 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c19c16b8f5bf5e63efdbd/57756f0b6b8f5bde4cb31f23/1467651835895/2536_progeny-fig10.jpg progeny - Progeny Fig. 10 photo transparencies, insect pins 20.5" x 8" x 2" 2012 http://www.alanburjohnson.com/graft daily 0.75 2016-07-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/t/579031948419c25e40ec7d9a/1469067668262/ graft - Graft This suite of prints was created in response to a friend's lack of familiarity with her new prosthetic limbs. Enlarged to human scale, the fragmented and restructured image of an insect known as a walking stick becomes an imposing metaphor for the tenuous balance between form and function. The puzzle-piece composition of angular details creates, yet contradicts, the curvature of each structure. Motion is implied. Yet, the function of each form remains questionable in nature.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/5773f43d6b8f5b7b9f9041f8/1469067668262/img_1406_grafts_install.jpg graft - Graft This suite of prints was created in response to a friend's lack of familiarity with her new prosthetic limbs. Enlarged to human scale, the fragmented and restructured image of an insect known as a walking stick becomes an imposing metaphor for the tenuous balance between form and function. The puzzle-piece composition of angular details creates, yet contradicts, the curvature of each structure. Motion is implied. Yet, the function of each form remains questionable in nature.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/57869150c534a55abe84d7b2/1468517898529/img_6145-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 4 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2005   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/5787cc24893fc044e269916d/1468633128618/img_0761-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 13 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2008   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/5776fc27d2b857e1faac0c39/1468633148662/img_0758-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 14 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2006   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/5786905937c581533885c1b4/1469510594258/img_6140-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 10 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2006   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/5786909237c581533885c478/1468633186197/img_6141-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 7 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2006   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/578691a69f7456109574458c/1468633203724/img_6148-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 11 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2007   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/578690c16a49637b8a1584d9/1468633224525/img_6142-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 12 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2007   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/578690eeebbd1a5ae283a63d/1468633239724/img_6143-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 1 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2005   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/5786912020099e84c62f66d5/1468633261975/img_6144-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 6 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2006   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c1a09e58c62cdf4d43429/5786917c414fb50d74ff1d49/1468633283089/img_6146-graft.jpg graft - Graft No. 9 unique hand-burnished transfer print on Okawara 73" x 39" 2006   photo credit: Ron Chilston http://www.alanburjohnson.com/home daily 1.0 2016-06-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/576c26119de4bb5267639f5b/577336108419c2f1416ebd0c/1467168377729/img_studio_1.jpg home http://www.alanburjohnson.com/various daily 0.75 2016-07-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/t/5797d1856a4963b564edecc8/1469059388532/ various - the thinner the air no. 13 carbon reduction print 9.5" x 6" 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/57892a55197aea6cbb35fb29/1469059388532/thin-air_13.jpg various - the thinner the air no. 13 carbon reduction print 9.5" x 6" 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/57892a2c197aea6cbb35f915/1469059487112/thin-air_7.jpg various - the thinner the air no. 7 carbon reduction print 6" x 4.75" 2014   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/57892a7e197aea6cbb35fdac/1469061626883/thin-air_23.jpg various - the thinner the air no. 23 carbon reduction print 8.5" x 5" 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/5789702bff7c50a0705b8aa2/1469068046790/img_1991-thinair.jpg various - the thinner the air no. 11 carbon reduction print 12" x 9" 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/578fe93a2e69cf0f61891477/1469296755823/img_9793_smallworld.jpg various - Small World cicada exoskeletons, chalk dust (disrupted by flying cicada), specimen jar 21" x 10" x 10" (jar) 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/578fbbc06a4963b100ec8a5e/1469379974391/img_2715_tone-2.jpg various - Tone Poem duratrans (x-ray of artist/phone), altered x-ray boxes, photo-etched magnifying lenses 7" x 65" installed (dimensions variable) 2008   Her phone conversations gradually grew less linear. 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Tone and Tone Poem document a personal quest to complete a conversation that remains unresolved. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/5789bf032e69cf573b46a279/1469391471971/IMG_2700-tonepoem.jpg various - Tone Poem detail https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/578fbbe659cc681e6e24a6a2/1469039132048/img_2725_tone.jpg various - Tone duratrans (x-ray of artist/phone), vintage x-ray viewer 19.25" x 15.5" x 11" (box) 2008 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/5787e11ae58c6220b029866c/1469068362306/img_2373_projection-sketch.jpg various - Murmuration Projection | Drawing an ongoing series of large-scale, temporary sketches mapping the path of murmurations 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/5794f6f9893fc05f730cd096/1469380495858/img_2377.jpg various - Murmuration Projection | Drawing an ongoing series of large-scale, temporary sketches mapping the path of murmurations 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/578933a1e3df285081636fbe/1469061366844/img_0415_wd.jpg various - Untitled sharpie and house paint on drywall 87" x 76" 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/578fed31c534a51bba958a32/1469050750818/1784_reel.jpg various - In.vertebrate: Reel photo-etched antique brass optometry plates, dissection pins 44" x 18.5" x 2" 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/578fee31b8a79bc4628d946e/1469061636730/1759_splice.jpg various - In.vertebrate: Splice photo-etched antique brass optometry plates, dissection pins 64" x 13.5" x 2" 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/5789375c3e00be40701a62bc/1468642554849/img_6164b.jpg various - Untitled graphite, colored pencil and sewing pattern on Coventry Rag 40" x 30" 2005   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/57894b3929687f983c8b0b5b/1468642649186/img_6162b.jpg various - Untitled graphite, colored pencil and sewing pattern on Coventry Rag 42" x 30" 2005   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/57893a986b8f5bd97cee7c82/1468642667355/img_6158b.jpg various - Untitled charcoal, colored pencil, transfer print and sewing pattern on Coventry Rag 42" x 30" 2005   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/57894372f7e0ab6803a7f555/1468642686359/img_6159b.jpg various - Untitled charcoal, colored pencil and sewing pattern on Coventry Rag 42" x 30" 2004   photo credit: Ron Chilston https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5787df702e69cfb39ccbdc66/5789534debbd1a99e7b6d7fa/1468642707252/img_0763.jpg various - Anatomia charcoal and colored pencil on Coventry Rag 40" x 30" 2007   photo credit: Ron Chilston http://www.alanburjohnson.com/push-the-sky daily 0.75 2018-05-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/t/5aeea91670a6ad81cd0288cc/1525589466092/ push the sky - Push the Sky 153 65” x 64” x 2.5” aluminum, chrome powder coat 2017 I have worked with transparent photographic imagery of insect wings for over a decade. My new sculptures, Push the Sky, incorporate segments of those organic forms, while introducing the abstracted architectural lines of airplane wings that my father designed. I suspend the skeletal frameworks he built and draw the long shadows that are cast upon the wall, then redraw and reduce the forms. I do the same with projections of insect wings I have photographed. Each drawing is reproduced in aluminum with a minimal surface finish, emphasizing shadow when mounted off the wall. This work is as much about negative space as it is about physical form. The number in each title refers to the total number of contained voids in the completed composition. These voids function like memories, in that only an outline remains, while the details contained within are no longer accessible. Installed on a white wall, shadows and voids take on significance, speaking of what is absent. On a dark wall, the forms take precedence, speaking of what is present. Both speak directly to the absence, and presence, of my father and our shared fascination with levity, structure and flight. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576b5a42440243decaa39d80/5ae918406d2a73ce72260cb8/5aeb8decaa4a99eb1d24de50/1525589466092/pts-153-210-web.jpg push the sky - Push the Sky 153 65” x 64” x 2.5” aluminum, chrome powder coat 2017 I have worked with transparent photographic imagery of insect wings for over a decade. My new sculptures, Push the Sky, incorporate segments of those organic forms, while introducing the abstracted architectural lines of airplane wings that my father designed. I suspend the skeletal frameworks he built and draw the long shadows that are cast upon the wall, then redraw and reduce the forms. I do the same with projections of insect wings I have photographed. Each drawing is reproduced in aluminum with a minimal surface finish, emphasizing shadow when mounted off the wall. This work is as much about negative space as it is about physical form. The number in each title refers to the total number of contained voids in the completed composition. These voids function like memories, in that only an outline remains, while the details contained within are no longer accessible. Installed on a white wall, shadows and voids take on significance, speaking of what is absent. On a dark wall, the forms take precedence, speaking of what is present. 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