Emotion Ticket Author: Daniel Balanescu The aim of the project is to display a collective portrait of today’s society, taking as sample people who travel by metro(subway). In the metro,one may come across people of extreme social condition, people who make the first steps in life or are very old and carry lifetime memories with them;highly educated and non-educated people. The idea of this project came to my mind in 1995. The idea was to attract travelers into a game whose basic element was the metro ticket(used) on which they are invited to leave their print by drawing or writing something: a thought, an impression or perhaps a shopping list or a business card. Art may take away the stress or boredom of waiting for the next train. The idea is to display all tickets into a collage that maybe exhibited in different metro stations in different parts of the world.

Sabina's Book...Finished!

Put the finishing touches on Sabina's book today and it will be heading back to Romania for safe keeping. Awesome Sabina...thank you!

Book Exchange Film

Hi Everyone....Daniela made this beautiful film of our latest exhibition of the "West meets East" book exchange. The first show was in America and then traveled with me to Bucharest, Romania a whole year ago! The exhibition was held at the National University of Art. I left the books with her and they have since been exhibited in the la Galeria del Arte N. Tonitsa in Iasi, Romania then returned to Bucharest and exhibited at The House of the People (Seat of Parliament) in the Constantin Brancusi gallery. Coming this February, the show will continue on to Foscani, Romania. She mentions all of us in the film, saying that we are continuing our exchange, but with additional artists from the USA, Netherlands, Romania, and India.

http://sensotv.ro/arte/Clipa-de-arta-2672/expozitia-west-meets-east-a-cultural-book-exchange#/0

Red Letter Day

It's a very important and exciting day for me today.  I went to the post office office to pick up some mail and what did I find but a package from Romania. In this package sat 2 gorgeous catalogues from the original Cultural Book Exchange....the "West meets East" exhibition is still on the move, and this is the fruit of our labors...THANK YOU DANIELA!

New Books

I received a shipment of books yesterday form Romania. The selections were varied and there were several surprises...mainly that of Sabina's gorgeous book made of cloth. Unfortunately, it came to me already finished, but I will see if I can add a few pages. Also of interest is the altered book that was contributed by Jesseca in Boston. It's a really old book of saints, which, from what I can gather in the beginning pages, is written in Hungarian and was published in 1897. It's been years since I worked on an altered book and I must say I really enjoyed myself!  Anything religious is food for this artist anyway and I managed to come up with a few quirky images. I hope you all enjoy this book as much as I have! 

The Return

To all the girls in the Exchange...thank you for carrying on in my absence!  It is of great com fort to know that the idea of the CUltural Book Exchange will carry on no matter what the circumstance. I am back in full capacity and am ready to post a new book to Naomi in Amsterdam.  Here are a few of my latest pieces.

 

my addition to Kavita's book

2 pages in Kavita's book "Under Construction"- collage plus inserts

My book is ready!

I am almost Ready...

In 2 weeks I am moving to my new site here in Ukraine and I will have a permanent address...this means I can get back into the exchange!  I also heard from Kavita in India...she is ready to start work again so as soon as I am settle I will reconfigure our circle and we will again be a full compliment of artists!  I have really missed the books.

Two pages i did in Manette's book. :)




Sabina

N's Book

This is the book I've sent to Manette. It's a double fold out with styrofoam covers- light,neutral- options for extensions as well as filling up(or not).
Enjoy!
Naomi

Book Pages

Hi Everyone! Things are moving slowly, but at least they are moving. I just finished a few pages in the book I received from Manette. Since she didn't post anything yet, I will post one of her paintings and one of my details.



Manette's Cottege

My Skull (Detail)











Hey there!

My name is Sabina Stan. I'm one of the artists from Romania and here's what i've done so far. ^.^

My book is made of textile fabric. I thought it's most representative for me, since i'm a textile artist and the cover is an idea i had somewhere last year and i keep doing variations from time to time. :)

waves :D














































Here's what i've done in the book received from Joanne. The pages are inspired by my last year trip in Vienna. I went there to see Lady Gaga's concert and i made myself an outfit for the occasion - a rib cage-like corset covered with spider web.













































This particular page is inspired by my current job. I found a really nice place to work at - an online antique store. So i spend most of my time among old books and i find all sort of things forgotten between their pages, such as the flower used on this page. Once i found a transcript from an US Art College, figure that out. ;P






And some of the pages i've done in Daniela Frumuseanu's book. These are my favorite pages, because they have a very special meaning, since they are inspired by a dear friend of mine. She keeps telling me that she dreams of organizing an exhibition with my art - a fairy themed exhibition, so i did those pages thinking of her. And i'd love to see that come true because i like fairies too and anything that reminds me of childhood - those times when i would spend most of my time in a fantasy world - my very own fantasy world. :D
























This is all from me, so far. I can't wait to see what the rest of you did. I'm really happy to be part of this project because i love communicating through art and know other artists. :D

Hugs from Romania,
Sabina

New Member

I'd like to welcome Jesseca Ferguson to our exchange!  Jessica lives in Boston and also teaches at the School of the Museaun of Fine Arts. Jessica's uses alternative methods of printing like Cyanotype and Pin Hole Photography in her work. I met Jessica when I was a student at MassArt back in 2000.  She taught an awesome class in alternative methods of printing and I still use those methods today.

Welcome Jessica!

Book in the Post

Yesterday I mailed out my first book...it's on the way to Romania and it should arrive in 4 days. To all of my fellow participants...the time is now!  Please send your books to the next artist in line.

A Slow Beginning

Everyone is a little slow on getting the exchange started, but little by little things will come together. I have finished a book and am ready to mail it out but have hit a bit of a snag.  My friend Daniel (who I was sending it to) is not sure he will participate so it is just a question of where to send it. Daniel or Daniela? As soon as this is clear I will be sending it off. Here are a few images, as well as an image of the first snow of the year in my hometown of Warwick. This is the view from my sewing room on the second floor.



Book 1, Pages 2 & 3

 

Book 9, Detail

First Snow 2011