This collaborative project is inspired by the way internet memes start with a simple image (or video, or some other visual unit) that is then remixed by a lot of people who are spread out geographically. The project tries to capture this diffuse, spread out authorship. The twist here, though, is that the “remixes” are based on an analog image printed from a woodcut — probably the oldest method of producing multiples. The original image, entitled “Calm Waters”, was part of a print exchange between Platetone Printshop from Nashville, TN and Red Delicious Press from Denver, CO. The image is 13×20″, printed on 15×22″ sheets.
Calm Waters2012. Woodcut, unlimited edition. 13×20″
In the first phase of this project, I created several new versions of this image from the extras from the edition. In the next phase, several other artists have been invited to create new works based on this image. Below you can find some of these remixes, organized in 2D, 3D, and video categories.
2D
Adam Welch - On a Mirrored Ocean Two Ships Meet, Crash, Sink as One
2015. Cut paper, ink, athletic tape, glue.
Margot Myers - Untitled #1
2016. Marbled paper, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Margot Myers - Untitled #2
2016. Marbled paper, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Margot Myers - Untitled #3
2016. Marbled paper, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Alexis Dwyer - Under the Sea
2015. Acrylic, collage on wood panel.
Kris Schaedig - Space Plankton
2015. Ink, pastel, acrylic on paper.
Kris Schaedig - 3:00 pm, Wednesday
2015. Ink on woodblock monoprint.
Johanna Paas - Echo
2015. Silkscreen, toner wash, acrylic, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Asa Wentzel-Fisher - Leviathan
2014. Collage on woodblock monoprint.
K.A. Letts - Separation of the Four Winds
2015. Acrylic, collage on paper.
Susan Winicour - Untitled
2013. Acrylic on woodblock monoprint.
Judith Caroline Feist - Untitled
2015. Relief monoprints, collage, thread on woodblock monoprint.
Judith Caroline Feist - Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out ... Sometimes
2015. Relief monoprints, collage, thread on woodblock monoprint.
Kathy Svec - If I had a ship, I'd Sail Away
2015. Collage, pencils on paper.
Sage Dawson - Figures
2013. Acrylic on woodblock monoprint.
Catherine Reinhart - Bachelor's Puzzle
2015. Collage and ink on woodblock monoprint.
Catherine Reinhart - The Economic Unfolding of the Dimensions of Space
2015. Collage and ink on woodblock monoprint.
Catherine Reinhart - Ecclesiastical
2015. Collage and ink on woodblock monoprint.
Sabine Schlunk - One, Two, Zen (Part 1)
2013. Acrylic on woodblock monoprint.
Sabine Schlunk - One, Two, Zen (Part 2)
2013. Acrylic on woodblock monoprint.
Sabine Schlunk - One, Two, Zen (Part 3)
2013. Acrylic on woodblock monoprint.
Rachel Buse - Untitled
2015. Graphite on folded woodblock monoprint.
Marcia Cushmore - Untitled
2015. Ink on woodblock monoprint.
Cathy Benda - Untitled
2015. Collage on woodblock monoprint.
Francesca Baldarelli - Untitled #4
2015. Collage, acrylic, pastel, ink on paper.
Francesca Baldarelli - Untitled #1
2015. Collage, acrylic, thread on paper.
Francesca Baldarelli - Untitled #2
2015. Collage, acrylic, thread on paper.
Francesca Baldarelli - Untitled #3
2015. Collage, acrylic, pastel, ink on paper.
Mike Lyon - Cutout Rotation #1
2013. Cut paper, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Mike Lyon - Cutout Rotation #2
2013. Cut paper, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Mike Lyon - Cutout Rotation #3
2013. Cut paper, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Mike Lyon - Cutout Rotation #4
2013. Cut paper, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Mike Lyon - Cutout Rotation #5
2013. Cut paper, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Kristin Roach - Untitled
2014. Encaustic on woodblock monoprint
Susan Heggestad - Untitled
2015. Ink, collage, thread on paper.
Jack Summers - Untitled
2015. Collage and ink on woodblock monoprint.
Cat Rocketship - Untitled
2014. Acrylic on woodblock monoprint. Diptych.
Guy Kyar - Flooding in Texas
2013. Collage on paper.
Guy Kyar - The Lines Are Down
2013. Collage on paper.
Hazel Belvo - Ma-ni-do-Gee-zhi-qance (Spirit Little Cedar Tree)
2015. India ink on woodblock monoprint.
Hazel Belvo - Old Zinfandel Wine after Calm Water
2015. India ink on woodblock monoprint.
Janice Andrews - Untitled
2015. Acrylic on woodblock monoprint.
Kelly Nelson - School Theatre I
2015. Cut woodblock monoprint.
Coco & Sandra Looft - Untitled
2015. Pastel and crayons on woodblock monoprint.
Coco Looft - Untitled
2015. Crayons on woodblock monoprint.
Kelly Nelson - School Theatre II
2015. Cut woodblock monoprint.
Kathy Kyar - Sea Circus
2014. Pastel on woodblock monoprint.
Ruby McCullough - Who's Afraid of Ruby Red Hat?
2014. Cloth/paper/medal collaged onto woodblock monoprint.
Esther Berryhill - Untitled
2014. Thread and cloth on woodblock monoprint.
Jennifer Mitchard - Untitled
2014. Watercolor on woodblock monoprint.
2014. Wine on torn woodblock monoprint.
Irineo Medina - No Way Out
2015. Woodblock monoprint.
Lain York - Untitled
2013. Masking tape on woodblock monoprint.
Joe Lacina - Untitled
2014. Ink marker and acrylic on woodblock monoprint.
Heather Jo Davis - Untitled
2012. Thread on woodblock monoprint.
Heather Jo Davis - Thread
2014. Folded woodblock monoprint.
Valerie van Horn - Pieces of Me, Pieces of You
2014. Ink, pastel on woodblock monoprint.
Kim Flagor - Women of the Sea
2014. Pastel, collage on woodblock monoprint.
Sharon Wilcox - Time Travel #1
2013. Linocut and woodblock. Edition: 4
Sharon Wilcox - Time Travel #2
2013. Linocut and woodblock. Edition: 4
Tiberiu Chelcea - Cascading Waves
2012. Gouache and ink on woodblock monoprint.
Elaine Morris - Untitled
2012. Collage/assemblage on woodblock monoprint.
Elaine Morris - Poem (Rewrite)
2014. Ink, markers on paper.
Elaine Morris - Untitled #2
2015. Ink, markers on digital print.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Loud Waves
2013. Watercolor and gouache on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Dead Lines
2012. Gouache and ink on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Double Cascade
2012. Gouache and ink on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Cascading Waves
2012. Ink on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Untitled (Ninety-Six Lines of Uneven Thickness)
2014. Ink on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Happy Waves
2012. Gouache on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Loading...
2012. Gouache on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Sunrise on the Lake
2012. Ink on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Untitled (Sand)
2012. Gouache and ink on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Untitled (Waves)
2012. Gouache on woodblock monoprint.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Waves after Waves #5
2013. Cuto wodblock monoprint collaged on paper.
Tiberiu Chelcea - Waves after Waves #8
2013. Cuto wodblock monoprint collaged on paper. 3D
Video