Herzog's Skis
A Spanish priest was reading mass in bad English; he sang in awful tones into the over-amplified microphone, but behind him was some ivy on the stone wall, and there the sparrows were chattering, chattering so close to the microphone that one couldn’t understand the priest anymore. The sparrows were amplified a hundred-fold. Then a pale young girl collapsed on the steps and died. Someone daubed cool water on her lips, but she preferred Death.
At the seashore below, there were massive dead ships sitting motionless. At the fortress were only white creatures: white hares, white doves, and even the goldfish in the crystal pond are white. And then the Incredible: the peacocks are white, they are albinos, like snow, their eyes light red. A peacock spreads its white wheel, and other peacocks sit screeching in the trees, but only now and then do they mingle their shrieking voices with the shrieking rain.
- Herzog
Of Walking In Ice
December 2, 2009- January 2, 2010 at SOIL
and March 2010 at White Box
This exhibition of artists’ works assembled by Jack Ryan and Fugitive Projects becomes a compendium
responding to Werner Herzog’s small but significant book sharing the same title. Written in 1974, and
until recently out of print, the artists draw from their expertise to reflect and visually contextualize
facets of Herzog’s travelogue, an articulate tale of a 3-week walk from Munich to Paris. Featured artists are from New York, Los Angeles, Germany, Oregon, and Tennessee.
Featured Artists:
David Berman, Joseph Burwell, Dominic DeJoseph, Anna Fidler, Alexandra Lakin-Gordon, Donald
Morgan, Melody Owen, Greg Pond, Jack Ryan, Steven Thompson, Laura Vanderburgh, and Anke
Weyer.
Curator : Jack Ryan
Artist Links:
David Berman- www.dragcity.com/artists/david-berman
Joseph Burwell - www.lmcc.net/art/residencies/workspace/2008/burwell/index.html
Dominic DeJoseph – www.blackshoefilms.com
Anna Fidler - www.annafidler.com
Alexandra Lakin-Gordon -
http://www.alexandralakin.com/
Donald Morgan- http://www.rocksboxfineart.com/node/17
Melody Owen - www.thistlepress.net
Greg Pond - www.gregpond.blogspot.com
Jack Ryan - www.volcanophile.com
Steven Thompson - www.rovetv.net/st-index.html
Laura Vandenburgh -
http://www.jamesharrisgallery.com/Artists/Laura%20Vandenburgh/vandenburgh.htm
Anke Weyer - http://www.canadanewyork.com/artist/anke_weyer