{"id":1,"date":"2010-05-29T18:27:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2010-11-13T21:41:43","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T21:41:43","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia O’Keeffe-inspired video project (working title: “The Faraway Nearby”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among other things, I created this blog in order to document a project that I will be working on over the next several months: a music\/animation\/video piece inspired by the life and work of painter Georgia O’Keeffe and her relationship to New Mexico and the American southwest.\u00a0I’m honored to have been awarded an Entrepreneurial Grant from the\u00a0New England Conservatory Entrepreneurial Musicianship Department<\/a> to help fund this project.\u00a0NEC President Tony Woodcock<\/a> will be my project advisor.<\/p>\n

During the last year, I’ve composed an orchestral tone poem (“From the Faraway Nearby”<\/a>) and two chamber pieces (“Into nowhere”<\/a> and “To Create One’s Own World”<\/a>)\u00a0inspired by O’Keeffe’s paintings and her artistic sensibility. This video will allow me to delve more deeply into her compelling vision of the southwestern landscape, and will present my music in a new medium (specifically, the first movement of my chamber ensemble piece “Into nowhere”<\/a>, which I’m using as the score to the video). I aim to explore the expressive possibilities of the intersection of visual and musical art, combining stylistic elements of music video, musical tone poem, animation, and documentary film.<\/p>\n

I will be traveling in northern New Mexico during the next two weeks to visit, research and film of some of the sites in which O’Keeffe immersed herself. On the itinerary:\u00a0Ghost Ranch<\/a>, where she lived and where many of the views she painted still exist; various other sites in and around Abiquiu and Taos, including\u00a0San Francisco de Asis Church in Ranchos de Taos<\/a> and the mysterious “Black Place<\/a>” northwest of Ghost Ranch; and the\u00a0Georgia O’Keeffe Museum<\/a> in Santa Fe, which is hosting\u00a0an exhibit<\/a> of her abstract works.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for entries including photos and videos of my pilgrimage into the heart of “O’Keeffe Country”!<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> The video is finished! See below for a summary of entries covering the filming, editing, premiere performance and other topics related to this project.<\/p>\n

Day 1: Denver to Taos; the road to the D.H. Lawrence Ranch; San Francisco de Asis Church<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 2: \u201cAbstraction\u201d\u009d at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; arrival at Ghost Ranch<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 3: Ghost Ranch and vicinity; the White Place<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 4: Tour of O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu home; 1977 documentary<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 5 & 6: Return to the White Place; Pedernal with storm clouds; a break in Santa Fe; more at Ghost Ranch<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 7: Last day of filming; the Black Place<\/a><\/p>\n

Editing and animation of \u201cThe Faraway Nearby\u201d\u009d in progress<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

“The Faraway Nearby” premiere and recording session<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among other things, I created this blog in order to document a project that I will be working on over the next several months: a music\/animation\/video piece inspired by the life and work of painter Georgia O’Keeffe and her relationship to New Mexico and the American southwest.\u00a0I’m honored to have been awarded an Entrepreneurial Grant … <\/p>\n

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