abby donovan

currently working on: No One Can Stand In These Solitudes...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:00 -0400

currently working on:

No One Can Stand In These Solitudes Unmoved

Investigations at the intersection of contemporary art, environmental awareness, and human mysticism about the natural world. Taking as its title an excerpt from Charles Darwin’s observations on the primeval forests of his time, this artistic project grows out of a sense of urgency about the fast-disappearing, fragile, and incredibly complex beauty of the world’s forests in general, and US forests in particular. An attempt to translate the intricate lyricism of forest life.

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OH can be seen in the exhibition “Against...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20:00 -0400

OH can be seen in the exhibition “Against Lethe,” ICTVC Nicosia, Cyprus June 2013 and then @ Margaris Foundation, Amfilochia, Greece and Les Yper Yper Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.

the 181 performing in Rome as part of LPM XIII

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:14:00 -0400

the 181 performing in Rome as part of LPM XIII

studio February 2013 https://vimeo.com/60426704

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:22:00 -0500

studio February 2013

https://vimeo.com/60426704

Crystalline Humours (Chpt. 7) 2013 collaboration with artist...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:54:27 -0500

Crystalline Humours (Chpt. 7) 2013

collaboration with artist Aaron K Hoffer

some ideas we’d like to realize, a set on Flickr. from...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:11:00 -0500

some ideas we’d like to realize, a set on Flickr.

from the studio

OR WHY BRIDGES ARE LIKE WHALES material experiments in the...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

OR WHY BRIDGES ARE LIKE WHALES

material experiments in the studio for ongoing investigations

OR WHY BRIDGES ARE LIKE WHALES

circles of commotion and moving pauses the movie. it’s...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:49:16 -0400

circles of commotion and moving pauses

the movie. it’s here.

Cose Cosmiche #3 è a cura di Helga Franza e Silvia Hell e...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:44:00 -0400

Cose Cosmiche #3 è a cura di Helga Franza e Silvia Hell e realizzato grazie al contributo della Fondazione Arthur Cravan e Galleria Artra.

The 181 performed Wednesday, September 26th. Echoing stutter reverbs and the fate of the silvered dome.

http://www.artribune.com/2012/10/il-cuore-caldo-delle-nebulose-cose-cosmiche-tra-arte-scienza-e-cucina/

http://cosecosmiche.wordpress.com/cosmicthings-en/

http://www.cosecosmiche.org/

circles of commotion , a set on Flickr. still images from...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:18:00 -0400

circles of commotion , a set on Flickr.

still images from Circles of Commotion and Moving Pauses

the 181 in Pittsburgh

original model Ts

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:59:00 -0400

original model Ts:

project for T Magazine, the New York Times

sample from summer 2012 lens drawings

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:53:00 -0400

sample from summer 2012 lens drawings

always, ultimately, everything is an elegy of one type or another

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:36:00 -0400

the like of this bell there is not, a set on Flickr, from the...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:18:00 -0400

the like of this bell there is not, a set on Flickr, from the 181 performance The Like Of This Bell There Is Not In This World @ NCCA St Petersburg, Russia, December 2011. All images courtesy Mikhael A Crest.

the swing songs of bells, bubbles, and bucketing black hole brigades

The 181 in Stockholm @ the 2010 Stockholm Fringe...

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The 181 in Stockholm @ the 2010 Stockholm Fringe Festival.

Sidereal commotion and the dreams of Alexander von Humboldt.

Featuring live webcast performances from Brittany DeNigris (USA), Julianne Hamilton (JAPAN), Aaron K. Hoffer (USA), Art Johnson (USA), and Drazen Vitolovic (CROATIA).

tmagazine: We’re debuting a column on our artist-designed T...

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:00:00 -0400

tmagazine:

We’re debuting a column on our artist-designed T logos. First up, Abby Donovan and her glow-in-the-dark clay rendition of our classic T.

green ray, a set on Flickr. From Oh I Think I Know Where the...

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:38:00 -0400

green ray, a set on Flickr. From Oh I Think I Know Where the Green Ray Goes, a performance with the 181 featuring live noise webcasts from Aaron K. Hoffer.

An attempt to understand the nature of zodiacal light.

@ the ICA Philadelphia May 7, 2011. All images courtesy Joe Netta.

Sonorous Silence (Hi Ho Andrei Rublev) The view from the...

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:27:00 -0400

Sonorous Silence (Hi Ho Andrei Rublev)

The view from the webcasting iPhone, high above the Cascade Mountains in its plexi basket.

attempting necromancy, a set on Flickr. From Attempting...

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:34:00 -0400

attempting necromancy, a set on Flickr. From Attempting Necromancy with Wm. Blake, performed @ the European Ceramic Work Center, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, December 2009 with live webcasts and projections @ the Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA and various on-street locations in LA, Austin, and Pittsburgh.

The Sea of Primordial Sadness, 2008. For Sancho, Sebald, and...

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Sea of Primordial Sadness, 2008.

For Sancho, Sebald, and Celan

A situation composed with the 181, The Sea of Primordial Sadness is an investigation into the possibility that language is kept malleable by saltwater/tears. A ship containing the wet clay phrase I WONDER NOW HOW (continually misted by a tear atomizer) sails down the alleyway, and everything ultimately heeds the siren song of the Vespas.

Or seen another way, the artists on their Vespas enact some kind of Mad-Maxian misinterpretation of medieval illuminated manuscripts.