From November 2 through December 29, take a journey to Antarctica in the Community Room with Terry Andrues’ series of photographs. Of his work Terry says,
“The continent of Antarctica generates much of the world’s weather with a combination of strong winds, ocean currents and large seasonal changes in sea ice. In March/April, 2019, I traveled to Antarctica on the Russian ship Polar Pioneer and witnessed the daily changes in weather first hand. From March 20-29 I took a series of 10 Antarctic sunsets to show how much the weather changes day-to-day. I used a 50 year-old Yashica TLR (twin lens reflex) camera and Kodak Porta 160 film to make the images. The hand-held exposures were taken from the ship’s open aft deck, often in very turbulent seas. In some images, the sun cannot be seen because of the impenetrable cloud cover. On these extremely gloomy and windy days, exposure times were as long as one second, resulting in skewed framing and blurred images. Each image is raw, with no photo manipulation, and presented in full frame. This photographic technique allowed the weather itself to contribute to the finished pictures.”
From November 12 through December 30, the walls of the Reading Court will display the artwork of Heather Lowe. Of her work, she says,
“I am interested in visual illusion and visual perception. My medium is called lenticular which is a lens laminated to an image. As the viewer walks by, the colors and shapes move in and out of space. They are light pieces, require no head gear and can be easily hung on the wall with a small nail or screw.
The connection of visual illusion to nature is important in my work expressing natural organic movement, rather than optical mathematical sequences. My inspiration comes primarily from my walks in Griffith Park in L.A. My studio is near Chinatown.”
