tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76697203870428572882024-03-13T00:58:26.879-04:00Gonna Do It AnywayMike Fleming's Art & PhotographyMike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-57472840230684238202014-10-01T01:17:00.000-04:002014-11-05T01:37:15.358-05:00Quivering Plant wins 2014 ISC Award!My piece <i>Quivering Plant</i> was chosen to receive the International Sculpture Center's "Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award" for 2014. <br />
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It is currently on view at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey until April 5, 2015. For more information, visit their <a href="http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/exhibition-detail.cfm?event_id=279">WEBSITE</a>.<br />
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Here is an installation shot of our piece with the kinetic work of legendary neon artist Fred Tschida, and a shot of us transporting the work:<br />
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Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-33221653660151559522014-07-08T00:57:00.000-04:002014-11-05T01:36:15.867-05:00Hair Flip at Vox Populi in Philadelphia<i>Hair Flip (The End of Authentic Gestures)</i> is featured in Vox X: Present Tense, Vox Populi's 10th annual exhibition of emerging artists. They also chose my image for the postcard!<br />
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See Vox's <a href="http://voxpopuligallery.org/">website</a> for more info.<br />
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<iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/14101252341/in/set-72157644496610922/player/" width="800" height="534" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe>Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-49591919925363183672013-10-11T01:31:00.000-04:002014-11-05T01:32:31.978-05:00Photos from DUMBO Arts FestivalFor more photos, click <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/sets/72157638123950006/">HERE</a><br />
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-Lewis Hine <br />
Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-33951140269381735992013-10-02T00:09:00.001-04:002013-10-02T00:09:56.880-04:00New WorkA new experiment- a three bladed fan with highly reflective red, green, and blue gels on each blade. Based on the additive color principal, these three colors are the primary color elements that make up white light. They are also the same colors that computer screens and print media such as newspaper and magazines use to create realistic color images.<br />
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A ring of white-ish light<br />
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A very fast shutter speed captures the rainbow of colors produced from just red, green, and blue<br />
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At restMike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-19222740034936709532013-09-10T11:39:00.001-04:002013-09-10T11:39:43.417-04:00Published on Berlin-based BlogBerlin-based blog I-REF, the "Magazine for Contemporary Culture" has featured some works by myself and Alicia. Check it out <i><b><a href="http://www.i-ref.de/2013/09/10/mike-flemingalicia-eggert-you-are-on-an-island/">HERE</a></b></i><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/9715814551/" title="Screen shot 2013-09-10 at 11.27.27 AM by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/9715814551_2f7d34cb43_z.jpg" width="640" height="495" alt="Screen shot 2013-09-10 at 11.27.27 AM"></a>Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-86770358075772805802013-09-03T01:24:00.001-04:002013-09-03T01:24:34.457-04:00Upcoming Exhibition at DUMBO Arts Festival 2013"You are (on) an island" will be exhibited in the DUMBO Arts Festival from September 27-29. Visit <a href="http://dumboartsfestival.com/">www.dumboartsfestival.com </a>for more information.<br />
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See more photos from the Malta Arts Festival <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/sets/72157634578126073/">HERE</a><br />
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Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-74342705760881371552013-07-23T13:15:00.001-04:002013-07-23T13:16:39.775-04:00Seeing the Nothing"Seeing the nothing, seeing what is not in the landscape, empowers the explorer, because discerning what is not in the picture enables the explorer to make connections. The explorer who slows down or stops for a few moments to look around, to catalog what appears to be absent, becomes the connoisseur of noticing. Most people look around and see thing. The explorer looks around and sees the patterns and revelations disclosed by things absent."<br />
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"Outdoors, away from things experts have already explained, the slightly thoughtful person willing to look around carefully for a few minutes, to scrutinize things about which he or she knows nothing in particular, begins to be aware, to notice, to explore. And almost always, that person starts to understand, to see great cultural and social and economic and political patterns unnoticed by journalists and other experts. In that understanding may come a desire to cry out, to tell friends or family or total strangers about discoveries great and small, but the understanding may just as well produce secrecy, a quiet smile, a satisfied nod. Whatever else that understanding of exploration, of discovery, brings, it brings a specialness, a near magic to the explorer that attracts other people who want to know what is so worth looking at."<br />
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from "Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places" by John R. Stilgoe<br />
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Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-14893670549389331622013-04-12T15:39:00.001-04:002013-04-12T15:39:59.864-04:00DesignboomAlicia Eggert and I's "You are (on) an island" tour was recently featured on <a href="http://www.designboom.com/readers/you-are-on-the-island-a-neon-light-project-by-alicia-eggert-mike-fleming/">Designboom</a>.<br />
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Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-63591742897118483372013-03-11T14:19:00.000-04:002013-03-11T14:19:36.478-04:00An exhibition and two artists talks this week!FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<br />
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<b><i>You are (on) an island</i> by Alicia Eggert and Mike Fleming<br />
Limited edition publication and exhibition at Neon Workshops</b><br />
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<i>Wakefield, West Yorkshire - March 15, 2013</i> - In 2012, Neon Workshops invited American artists Alicia Eggert and Mike Fleming to bring their collaborative project, You are (on) an island, to the UK, and present it as a mobile venture to an unsuspecting audience around Yorkshire. In January of this year, the artists arrived in Wakefield, installed the neon sign on the back of a hire van, sparked up the delicate gas-filled glass with a small generator, and took to the road. <br />
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The sign, along with photo and video documentation of their guerrilla sculpture tour, will be featured in an exhibition at <a href="http://www.neonworkshops.com/gallery.html">Neon Workshops</a> March 15 - May 11, 2013. The opening reception on March 15 from 5-9 PM will also include the launch of a limited-edition publication.<br />
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A digital version of the book can be viewed here:<br />
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The artists will be giving two lectures about the project:<br />
- <a href="http://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/howtofindus/mileend/index.html">Queen Mary, University of London</a> on Thursday, March 14 at 2:00pm<br />
- <a href="http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/whatson/artist-talk-alicia-eggert-and-mike-fleming/">The Hepworth Wakefield</a> on Friday, March 15 at 3:30pm<br />
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Alicia Eggert and Mike Fleming are American interdisciplinary artists working primarily in sculpture, installation and time-based media. They have been working collaboratively since 2009, and have shown their work at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan; CAFA Art Museum in Beijing; ISEA2012 at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History in New Mexico; Cyberfest in St. Petersburg, Russia; the Art Moves Festival in Torun, Poland; the Artefact Festival in Leuven, Belgium; the Vimeo Festival + Awards in New York; and at institutions in Philadelphia, Maine, and Ontario, Canada. Alicia currently lives in Portland, Maine, and is an Assistant Professor of Art at Bowdoin College. Mike is currently pursuing his MFA in Sculpture/Dimensional Studies at Alfred University in New York.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8548708009/" title="IMG_0177 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8548708009_8f342e325d_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="IMG_0177"></a>Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-22288432354802012842013-02-21T22:45:00.002-05:002013-02-21T22:45:51.248-05:00Back from Belgium!I had a very quick trip to Belgium to install "Eternity" at <a href="http://www.stuk.be/">STUK</a>, the main venue for the <a href="http://www.artefact-festival.be/">Artefact Festival 2013</a>. I can't say enough good things about STUK and the people there- it's an incredible, incredible place with wonderful, wonderful people! I was unable to stay for the opening and the 12 days of the festival, but I heard it was a great success. Here are a few photos:<br />
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lots of bikes<br />
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installation in progress<br />
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lots of banners!<br />
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great signage<br />
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Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-58340861257756874382013-02-21T22:37:00.000-05:002013-03-21T12:55:46.898-04:00New WorkSpread Out Balloons<br />
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<i>Cash 4 Gold</i><br />
An arrow sign used in human advertisement is disembodied from its human owner and hovers in the air, spinning pathetically<br />
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<i>Liminal Zone</i><br />
A floating glass plane reveals a hidden light box text on the ceiling, converging two planes of space into one<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8495992613/" title="things_appear_layout by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8495992613_76950fbdee_z.jpg" width="640" height="494" alt="things_appear_layout"></a>Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-28612188715528556212013-02-20T23:27:00.000-05:002013-02-20T23:28:04.546-05:00The Point"You are born into a society and you are shaped by it, whether you know it or not, or whether you like it or not. Each of us is born into a prison of received opinion, superstitions, and of prejudices. Now one of the functions of art is to try and define the prison. A) The artist must know they are in it, and many of them don’t know they are in it and those are the bad artists; they don’t see past those bars. The prison is going to break you eventually but you can at least get a look out, and it is the look out that is art. Try to see the thing whole is what we all want and why we write. There is no purpose to life or point to life other than what you invest by in yourself by your own actions. The making of a book or music or your own creation is to try to hold the moment and give it a certain order and bring order out of chaos and say 'here it is, seen whole, even though of course it really isn’t.'”<br />
-Gore VidalMike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-26827435556573321802013-02-20T21:44:00.000-05:002013-02-20T21:46:14.725-05:00Truth"It is imperative that we give up the idea of ultimate sources of knowledge, and admit that all knowledge is human; that it is mixed up with our errors, our prejudices, our dreams, our hopes; that all we can do is to grope for the truth even though it is beyond our reach."<br />
- Karl PopperMike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-31995628765141605442013-02-03T23:20:00.001-05:002013-02-03T23:20:49.210-05:00Cyberfest in St. Petersburg, RussiaThe 6th International Festival for Cybernetic Art ( aka CYBERFEST) was held in St. Petersburg, 23-28 November 2012. Alicia and I were invited to install "Eternity" and we had an amazing experience. Here are a few photos. Learn more about Cyberfest on their <a href="http://cylandfest.com/">website</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8252475805/" title="12.11.25 MF_120 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8363/8252475805_d8e3c1076f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="12.11.25 MF_120"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8253543838/" title="12.11.25 MF_101 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8084/8253543838_6f36056802.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="12.11.25 MF_101"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8253544590/" title="12.11.25 MF_102 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8253544590_3a896823c8.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="12.11.25 MF_102"></a><br />
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Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-545662599715850392013-02-03T23:10:00.001-05:002013-02-03T23:10:41.451-05:00New WorkTwo more works made during my first semester at Alfred.<br />
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<i>Mylar Balloon in Rain</i><br />
2012<br />
installation dimensions variable<br />
silver mylar balloon, water, pond pump, vinyl tubing, steel, wood, aircraft cable<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8442707707/" title="12.10.10 MF_024_FINAL_flat by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8071/8442707707_6527b355d8.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="12.10.10 MF_024_FINAL_flat"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8443805256/" title="12.10.10 MF_138 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8465/8443805256_79f0267588.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="12.10.10 MF_138"></a><br />
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<i>Bubble Wands</i><br />
2012<br />
7" x .125" x 1" <br />
7" x .125" 1.5"<br />
acrylic, bubble solution<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8442684747/" title="12.12.10 MF_01_web by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.12.10 MF_01_web" height="275" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8360/8442684747_352b5ebf89.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8252403905/" title="12.12.05 MF_70 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.12.05 MF_70" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8252403905_5c5c6c61ec.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8443775954/" title="12.12.10 MF_02_web by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8443775954_d02f40c07f.jpg" width="500" height="275" alt="12.12.10 MF_02_web"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8253472078/" title="12.12.05 MF_56 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.12.05 MF_56" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8354/8253472078_97403fd6d3.jpg" width="500" /></a>Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-85746187551189340182012-11-06T22:25:00.004-05:002012-11-06T22:25:52.395-05:00Mark Dion @ Alfred<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8114342603/" title="12.10.18 MF_11 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8114342603_b86e67913b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="12.10.18 MF_11"></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8114345810/" title="12.10.18 MF_09 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8114345810_8b608640f1.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="12.10.18 MF_09"></a>Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-50707277506340315412012-11-06T22:02:00.002-05:002012-11-06T22:02:38.899-05:00Wonder (for Alicia)"..And that's what I think the magic ingredient is: Wonder. Wonder is honest, it’s completely innocent. It can’t be artificially evoked. For me, there’s no greater ability than the gift of another human being giving you that feeling — to hold them still just for a brief moment in their day and have them surrender to wonder. When it’s tapped, the affirmation of being alive reaches you almost to a cellular level. And when an artist does that to another artist, it’s like you’re compelled to pass it on. It’s like a dormant command that suddenly is activated in you, like a call to Devil’s Tower. Do unto others what’s been done to you." - Andrew StantonMike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-88648579213917170372012-10-25T13:18:00.000-04:002012-10-25T13:18:07.032-04:00I Have Nothing To Say"It seems to me that there are two basic ways of working: one is that the artist leads the work and the other is that the work leads the artist. The work ought to lead the artist, not the artist the work. For the artist to lead the work one must assume that the artist knows what he or she is doing and has something to say. When the work leads the artist, the process is one of discovery. I don't have anything I'm dying to say, but I do know that if I allow myself to excavate, to research, the process leads to meanings that could never have been logically imagined." - Anish KapoorMike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-68281544517876323202012-10-04T13:09:00.000-04:002012-10-04T13:09:15.008-04:00A Great Big YesThe first piece I have finished in graduate school:<br />
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<i>A Great Big Yes</i><br />
2012<br />
12' x 30' x 4"<br />
Wood<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054105825/" title="12.09.31 MF_123_FINAL by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_123_FINAL" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/8054105825_b4f186bd58.jpg" width="500" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054107902/" title="12.09.31 MF_102_FINAL by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_102_FINAL" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8054107902_efa610a431.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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Here are some installation shots:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054107987/" title="photo 4 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="photo 4" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8181/8054107987_82c8e8edcb.jpg" width="500" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054091230/" title="12.09.01 MF_02 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.01 MF_02" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/8054091230_235fc137ef.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054090710/" title="12.09.01 MF_01 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.01 MF_01" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/8054090710_fdfc662402.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054088521/" title="12.09.01 MF_03 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.01 MF_03" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/8054088521_ab239357b8.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054089413/" title="12.09.01 MF_07 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.01 MF_07" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8054089413_c99f5fa940.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054095770/" title="12.09.31 MF_004 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_004" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/8054095770_e3059f0dca.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054094187/" title="12.09.31 MF_008 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_008" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8054094187_e95aea6082.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054101130/" title="12.09.31 MF_020 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_020" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/8054101130_89bcac190e.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054097505/" title="12.09.31 MF_019 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_019" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/8054097505_46a30dfb59.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054091359/" title="photo 12_300 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="photo 12_300" height="374" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8054091359_d10e6d381f.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054103802/" title="12.09.31 MF_035 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_035" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/8054103802_c7cb7fb230.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054101451/" title="12.09.31 MF_037 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_037" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/8054101451_345215e36b.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8054106478/" title="12.09.31 MF_062 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="12.09.31 MF_062" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8310/8054106478_069099e4ba.jpg" width="500" /></a>Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-17756401037028080432012-10-04T12:17:00.001-04:002012-10-04T12:17:12.562-04:00ISEA was awesome!Alicia and I had an amazing time in Albuquerque for the International Symposium on Electronic Art. All the folks at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History were incredibly wonderful people and a pleasure to work with, and we're so excited about how the piece looks in the gallery. Here are some installation shots.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8021027762/" title="Eternity_ALB_2 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8435/8021027762_17125f2e06.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Eternity_ALB_2"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8021022805/" title="Eternity_ALB_1 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/8021022805_6233261736.jpg" width="500" height="328" alt="Eternity_ALB_1"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/8021029010/" title="Eternity_ALB_3 by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/8021029010_2447f9763d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Eternity_ALB_3"></a>
Mike Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11297243064256834938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669720387042857288.post-39713198033766729922012-09-01T22:54:00.000-04:002012-09-01T22:54:48.586-04:00Staff Pick<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/7910455606/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Screen shot 2012-09-01 at 10.17.49 PM by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><br /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/7910455606/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Screen shot 2012-09-01 at 10.17.49 PM by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><br /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeflem/7910455606/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Screen shot 2012-09-01 at 10.17.49 PM by mikeflemingphotography, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2012-09-01 at 10.17.49 PM" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/7910455606_93c70d42d5.jpg" title="" /></a>Our <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1446607360/you-are-on-an-island-goes-to-england">Kickstarter Campaign</a> has been featured as a "Staff Pick."
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