The New Gallery - Thom Andriola - Houston, Texas Contemporary Fine Art

	Fotofest 2006 March 18-April 15, 2006 Susanne York - Rotation Suzanne Banning - Pele, Goddess of the Volcano Susanne York responded to FotoFest’s 2004 Earth theme with explorations of Water. With Rotation, she revisits this theme by exploring two seemingly dichotomous forces, stillness and movement. To achieve this, she has created a living installation designed for meditation in the form of a traditional Japanese teahouse eight cubic feet in size. Its walls, constructed of photographs, are printed on watercolor paper in order to create the illusion of a fabric background rather than simply mounting the works on brocade. York strives to represent the elements of life and by using low shutter speeds to capture movement, she illustrates that even though the Earth is in constant rotation, we are oblivious to its spin. The artist states: “Rotation is not meant to be just an exhibit of photographs, it is meant to be an experience. An experience of Earth: Rotation. Rotation that continues as we experience stillness.” Like the themes she chooses, York continues to evolve and surprise her audience with an innovative look at the world we inhabit. Suzanne Banning took on the theme of Artists Responding to Violence, which is a separate but connected theme to the Earth. Banning fused her usual style of photography with this thought-provoking theme and created Pele, as an all-consuming, violent, explosive, yet fascinating, magnetic, and beautiful goddess of volcano. Captivated by Pele’s legend and by the powerful nature of volcano while visiting the Big Island of Hawaii, she chose to embody these impressions and qualities into her self-portraits. Banning continually strives to capture the volatility of existence, the fluidity of being. The very moment passing by is a fluid matter, and as everything else, is in constant flux. The constant unrest, the eternal fate of mobility inspires Banning to capture these moments with her camera. Everything, even self-portraits are never the same in the frame of time, regardless of the shutter speed. Every passing minute is a history, even tomorrow.

Fotofest 2006
March 18-April 15, 2006

Susanne York - Rotation

Suzanne Banning - Pele, Goddess of the Volcano

Susanne York responded to FotoFest’s 2004 Earth theme with explorations of Water. With Rotation, she revisits this theme by exploring two seemingly dichotomous forces, stillness and movement. To achieve this, she has created a living installation designed for meditation in the form of a traditional Japanese teahouse eight cubic feet in size. Its walls, constructed of photographs, are printed on watercolor paper in order to create the illusion of a fabric background rather than simply mounting the works on brocade. York strives to represent the elements of life and by using low shutter speeds to capture movement, she illustrates that even though the Earth is in constant rotation, we are oblivious to its spin.

The artist states: “Rotation is not meant to be just an exhibit of photographs, it is meant to be an experience. An experience of Earth: Rotation. Rotation that continues as we experience stillness.”

Like the themes she chooses, York continues to evolve and surprise her audience with an innovative look at the world we inhabit. Suzanne Banning took on the theme of Artists Responding to Violence, which is a separate but connected theme to the Earth. Banning fused her usual style of photography with this thought-provoking theme and created Pele, as an all-consuming, violent, explosive, yet fascinating, magnetic, and beautiful goddess of volcano. Captivated by Pele’s legend and by the powerful nature of volcano while visiting the Big Island of Hawaii, she chose to embody these impressions and qualities into her self-portraits.

Banning continually strives to capture the volatility of existence, the fluidity of being. The very moment passing by is a fluid matter, and as everything else, is in constant flux. The constant unrest, the eternal fate of mobility inspires Banning to capture these moments with her camera. Everything, even self-portraits are never the same in the frame of time, regardless of the shutter speed. Every passing minute is a history, even tomorrow.