{"id":466,"date":"2011-07-29T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c3northampton.org\/?p=466"},"modified":"2015-07-28T02:59:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T02:59:16","slug":"an-abbreviated-history-with-burns-maxey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/?p=466","title":{"rendered":"An Abbreviated History with Burns Maxey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Burns Maxey is an inter-media artist based in Easthampton who’s work was recently featured in the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library.\u00c2\u00a0 This body of work, the Easthampton Alphabet<\/em> is an incredible journey through the hilarious, strange, heartfelt, and tragic history of Easthampton’s residents. These works on paper were inspired by sifting through microfiche and finding true stories that happened in Easthampton, MA from 1898 to 2009. The almost full alphabet can be seen here: http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/project01027<\/a><\/p>\n


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This body of work is playful and touching. I found myself close to tears somewhere around the V and certainly laughed out loud throughout my viewing at the Hosmer Gallery.
\nAn abbreviated version of the alphabet can be seen until TOMORROW(!) at White Square Books in Easthampton (a splendid little bookstore:http:\/\/www.whitesquarebooks.com\/<\/a> ) through August.<\/p>\n

The Alphabet is part of a larger body of work entitled Project Elements Easthampton<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 The alphabet is one piece of an installation for Earth<\/em> which featured an audio tour and living installation.<\/p>\n

Following Earth<\/em> is Water<\/em>, an installation of audio, video, and sculpture exploring the dreams, history, and waterways of Easthampton.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Get ready for Air<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Burns’ website and blog can be found here\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/project01027.com\/<\/a>
\nthe almost full alphabet can be seen here: http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/project01027<\/a><\/p>\n

Burns Maxey is currently working on several new projects including Air.<\/p>\n

What are you trying to communicate or explore in your work?<\/strong>
\nMost recently, I have been exploring place through different perspectives of time such as historical, the present, or even the unconscious. This may include many other facets such as mapping, narratives, memory, creatures, and plant-life.<\/p>\n

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\nWhere were you when you created one of your favorite works?<\/strong>
\nStanding in front of a house in Easthampton at 3 a.m. in February while taking a prolonged exposure with nothing else around but silence and televisions flickering through windows. This was the first step to Project Elements Easthampton: Earth and it began to unfold\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe grass chairs, the rotary telephones, the audio stories, the alphabet, and the night photographs\u00e2\u20ac\u201dright then and there.
\nHow do you see your art in relation to cultivating community, and how does community affect the work you make?<\/strong>
\nThe community is a focus in all of my works because my projects have been rooted in the concept of place.\u00c2\u00a0 The relationship has become extremely reciprocal. The community inspires and in turn I create an experience that includes the community.<\/p>\n

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What is your spirit animal?<\/strong>
\nJackalope with swimmer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear<\/p>\n

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\nWhat spaces\u00c2\u00a0in Northampton are you most curious to see inside\u00c2\u00a0of, or to\u00c2\u00a0make work in?<\/strong>
\nShaw\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Motel. There are definitely some stories there.
\nWhat are some strategies you use to sustain your art practice (while living in the Northampton area)?<\/strong>
\nWhile living in Easthampton I keep myself continually interested in my art and subjects by keeping involved with different projects and mediums. When that fails I switch geographies and head to Flywheel for some sounds or to Mobius in Boston for some art that blows my mind.<\/p>\n

What 5 items do you always carry with you?<\/strong>
\nAn assortment of tea bags, keys, mini-sketchbook, juggling balls, phone\/camera, rubber bands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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