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chronicles the adventures of Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed and Jennifer Akkermans through their experience as participants in Trap/Door Artist Run Centre's Gushul Residency in the Crowsnest Pass. It was active only for the month of September 2011, the month the artists were in residence at the Gushul.About the Residency
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- Ephemeral Home (The Last Post)
- I found the Pass Herald article!
- Arts Days in Lethbridge
- Latifa’s Last Post
- Finally Home!
- Wedge Mountain
- The artist at work.
- White House. Er, I mean….
- Title Time
- Open House Clarification
- A few days left….
- Open House Today!
- Excuse me while I gush a while…
- It’s so beautiful I could cry
- Still working….
- Open Houses!
- Working, working, working.
- Reformulating.
- Sweet Panning in 5.1
- Walking, walking, walking….
- A Shift.
- About MP3s
- CREEPY update!
- You Can’t Get Away That Easily!
- An Interesting Outing….
- Lenticulars….
- Star Falls/ Latifa’s First Interview!
- Some details of Latifa’s Drawing….
- Thoughts and decisions
- Stereograms and depth maps…
- Collaboration….!
- A Couple of Studio Shots…
- Reaching out for Human Interaction…
- Posters!
- My First SIRD
- AbSIRD!
- I made one!
- The Cos/ SIRDs
- PHOTOs
- Hiking Adventures
- Strange Dreams and Unearthly Delights
- Big Shoes
- Stereoscopic vs. Anaglyphic
- Re: Lundbreck Falls
- Visitors/ Lundbreck Falls/ Working in the Studio
- Bellevue Mine Part II
- Bellevue Mine and Burmis Tree
- The View From Our Front Window….
- Greetings from Latifa
- Day One – Jen
- Welcome!
Category Archives: Our Studio
Reformulating.
So I know that I’ve been a little quiet lately…. due to a couple of things. 1) Brad came to visit yesterday- Hi Brad! and 2) We’ve been reformulating a little bit. Brad also brought me a bunch of tools, … Continue reading
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A Shift.
Today we’ve been working a bit. Latifa says she’s been playng with her sound program, and so feels like she’s getting somewhere with that, which is great. I’ve been feeling stuck with the 3D stuff, but we went for coffee … Continue reading
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Some details of Latifa’s Drawing….
Latifa has been working on this drawing for a while now…. these are just some detail shots of the work in progress. It seems to be influenced by our experience here in the Crowsnest Pass.
Big Shoes
I’m realizing there’s big shoes to fill, in participating in the Gushul Residency. And also an interesting tie to some of my role models/some other fibre artists. Today we went out for coffee/lunch with Kristin Ivey, who did the Residency in … Continue reading
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Stereoscopic vs. Anaglyphic
So, if you’ve been “perceptive,” you may have noticed that Latifa and I are working with a theme of “Perception.” We’ve been doing a lot of research on Stereoscopic and Anaglyphic images. For example, stereoscopic images are when each … Continue reading
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Re: Lundbreck Falls
haha, it is funny to watch myself running back and forth. Yeah, it was a really beautiful day. The weather was amazing. Do you not agree that September is the new August? It was great to have my family up. … Continue reading
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Visitors/ Lundbreck Falls/ Working in the Studio
So yesterday my mother stopped by as she was going through town, and took us out for lunch. Today, Latifa’s family came to visit. We went for lunch with them, and then went to Lundbreck Falls. I enjoyed meeting her … Continue reading
The View From Our Front Window….
The Gushul Studio has amazing windows…. and an unusual view.