Creekfire

Creekfire was a collaborative project between Ashland, OR residents, Victoria McOmie and Vanessa Nowitzky for the Jefferson Nature Center. Vanessa is a singdancer and choreographer. Her love for Lithia Park in Ashland, OR, inspired her to create a singdance in the Park. Victoria, a site-specific installation artist, agreed to provide the sculptural elements for Vanessa's singdance. Part of JNC's project was to have an artist team be informed by a naturalist. The naturalist assigned was Don Todt, head gardener of the Ashland Parks Department. Victoria used the historical aspect of how fire transforms landscapes to make the decision to use a blend of found objects and red fleece as her materials. The red fleece, gathered from her flock of sheep and dyed, symbolized fire and was placed in the park for most scenes. At other locations in the creek, the red wool transformed from a symbol of fire to a highlighting device to mark how debris can become obstructions that may cause a flood. Over a two-day period, Vanessa performed the singdance in the park while Victoria installed the sculptural elements, videotaped and photographed each scene. Later Victoria edited the scenes with Vanessa's co-direction to create the seven-minute film, Creekfire. Vanessa's website can be found at www.ashlandindex.com/singdance.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• art
• sing
• dance
• sculpture
• Ashland
• Oregon
• Lithia
• Park
• installation
• creek
• fire

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this is Vanessa the singdancer. I have a new website: www.singdancing.com

If you liked this video go to my site and let me know over email. Thanks!