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SUMMARY:Imagining Val Travel
DESCRIPTION:A site-specific installation of mixed media art made from
  travel-related ephemera.  The installation infuses the space with th
 e soul of an imaginary, long lost travel agency.\n\nImagining Val Trav
 el – Artists’ Statement\n \nI have always been interested in hist
 ory, from the big moments to the everyday.  I have a special fascinat
 ion for San Francisco history.  I even like to research places in my 
 neighborhood.  For a relatively young city, San Francisco has a rich,
  layered history.  It is also a city full of ghosts.  It made me won
 der about the space at 304 Valencia.  What was there long before Glam
 a-Rama?\n \nNow, just imagine what it was like on Valencia Street at 
 Glama-Rama when they were renovating and setting up in their new locat
 ion.  Imagine a trip to a dusty, dark basement and finding a forgotte
 n corner.  There might be box filled with discarded items from a long
  gone tenant.  Imagine Val Travel.\n \nAsk yourself, could a former 
 travel agency be haunted?  What sort of ghosts would be there?  I li
 ke to think it could be a place of pleasant and happy spirits.  The p
 ositive energy left behind would be from the years of customers coming
  by to plan and anticipate exciting adventures.  A salon and a travel
  agency are both places that fulfill dreams and make our lives more gl
 amorous.  It could be no accident that Glama-Rama found a new home in
  that space.\n \nWith this mind, I wanted to create a new series of t
 ravel themed, mixed media pieces using travel-related ephemera.  The 
 installation at Glama-Rama Salon & Gallery is infusing the space with 
 the soul of an imaginary, long lost travel agency.  The installation 
 pays homage to all travel agencies as they have all but vanished from 
 our urban landscapes.  \n \nI often reuse and repurpose old bits of
  paper, everything from maps to postcards to stamps to photographs to 
 magazines to various travel ephemera.  Recycling is only part of the 
 agenda.  Even though I may destroy certain items to reuse them, there
  is a side of historic preservation with my work.  Rather than tuckin
 g something in a box or drawer, I prefer to permanently add it to a pi
 ece of art.  The work may have aesthetic value, but it also can serve
  as a time capsule using items that would otherwise be lost or forgott
 en.  Many of the items I use are being rendered “obsolete” in our
  digital society.  Snapshots, postage stamps, tickets stubs are among
  things that are vanishing from our day-to-day lives.\n\nFor more info
 rmation visit https://iuoma-network.ning.com/events/imagining-val-trav
 el
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20120916T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121103T235900
CATEGORIES:art, "exhibit/installation"
LOCATION:Glama-Rama Salon & Gallery
WEBSITE:http://www.tofuart.com/valtravel/
URL:http://www.tofuart.com/valtravel/
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