Six New Hampshire artists (and one unidentified poet writing under a
nom-de-plume) have not only completed a year-long art project but
will also be holding an event to celebrate the projects completion
at The Village Perk-- a Main Street coffeehouse in Meredith-- on
Thursday, June 22nd.
The TwinGeekz Artz Project (TGAP) was a year-long commitment by the
TwinGeekz (and a few friends) to share their creativity with the
world at
www.twingeekz.com. Each posted a piece of art in his or her
chosen medium once a week, for a year. The idea for the project took
form when, after viewing Salvador Dali's masterworks at a Florida
museum, artist Michael Piper was inspired to create a single piece
of art that would take him at least one year to complete. When Piper
shared his idea with musician Jim Tyrrell, Tyrrell suggested that
instead of one piece of art over one year, Piper should attempt to
create one piece of art a week for one year. If you do, Tyrrell
said, Ill do the same. Since Tyrrell already had the TwinGeekz
website and was looking for a project to occupy it, the others were
invited to participate and the project was born. Tyrrell and Piper
also attribute some of the inspiration for the idea to internet
groups such as National Novel Writing Month, SongFight, and others
who share the idea that sometimes all you really need to create
beautiful art is a strict deadline.
The project first went live on
the web on May 8, 2005 with the original seven artists:
Jim & Celeste Tyrrell, both of
Campton; Michael & Robyn Piper
of Moultonborough; Heather Ouellette-Cygan
of Belmont; Bill Pelon of
Meredith; and Bobby, whose
anonymity was protected by a nom-de-plume. They have also been
joined over the year by ten other guest artistz, who have submitted
occasional works in a variety of media.
Jim Tyrrell, co-founder of the Artz Project and webmaster of
twingeekz.com
can be seen in the area both as a solo musician and as a member of
several local bands, including No Limitz and the Jeremy Dean Band. A
listing of venues and performance times can be found at
jimtyrrell.net.
The second co-founder, Michael Piper, is an artist who works in
various media but is currently focusing on what he calls intuitive
pastels. Some of these pastels can be seen at The Gallery at Mill
Falls, and a more diverse collection of his art is available for
viewing at
www.tenthirtytwo.com.
Celeste Tyrrell, wife of musician Jim, expressed her creativity
through the camera lens. Her body of work is a thoughtful and
sometimes humorous observation of the events of a year in rural New
England, through the eyes of a mother and nature lover.
The collective also included three poets, one of whom will continue
to remain anonymous. Heather Ouellette-Cygan, a teacher of English
and lover of language, brings to the collective a unique voice that
often begs the reader to continue thinking about the subject matter
long after a poem concludes. Robyn Piper has shared a years worth of
emotion in her works, using personal experiences to illuminate lifes
larger questions in the hope that her personal narrative will
resonate with others. The anonymous poet Bobby worked in haiku, a
Japanese poetry known for its strict limitations, requiring the
writer to distill the description of an image or feeling down to its
barest form. The groups final original member, Bill Pelon, worked in
a medium he calls Graphic Poetry which is comprised of a three-frame
photographic background over which he places brief but powerful
text. He originally discovered the concept at a website called
asofterworld.com and has created his own version in order to
visually express his creativity, something he thought was impossible
because, he says, "I cant draw." This medium has allowed Pelon to
share his insights without feeling constrained by his artistic
limitations. He maintains a website called graphicpoetry.net, at
which his body of work may be viewed.
The
TwinGeekz invite you to peruse their 52 weeks of creativity at
twingeekz.com
and to join them at the Village Perk on June 22nd for a showing of
their workz. All are
welcome to attend and experience the art in person, as well as to
meet the artistz responsible for collectively creating 364 pieces of
art in a single year. For more information about TwinGeekz or the
event or if you might be interested in participating in the next
artz project send an e-mail to
geekmaster@twingeekz.com.
For more information about the Village Perk, call 279-5975. |
