Acquarella at Atelier Alizarin
By Se7en Wirsing
Alizarin Goldflake has created a virtual aquarium for you to play in at Atelier Alizarin. Intricate in detail down to the tiny bubbles and diatoms, this work has a haunting quality. It is stunning in gray tones with a few hints of color. There are several poseballs within the work you may use to swim and flip. Invite your friends and enjoy tumbling about together.
On November 28, 2009, Alizarin hosted an Open Studio to celebrate Acquarella, her newest build. This is what the invitation said about it: “ACQUARELLA, an aquarium on a cosmic scale, is filled with swaying, lacey aquatic plants, schools of neon tetras, animated angelfish and goldfish, drifts of diatoms, and huge green lily pads that bob up and down in the invisible current. Pose balls invite people to swim to the songs of whales, and throughout there are traces of an untold story. Who is hunting whom with those ghostly sonar pings?” Her childhood memories of her aquarium were her inspiration for this work.
When asked what she hopes people will feel or think as they explore Acquarella, she replied, “I hope people feel delight in Acquarella. I hope they marvel at the textures and have a sense that there is a mysterious story behind the art.” She is hoping to gain some insight into what people think as a result of the story contest she is accepting submissions for until December 21, 2009. The winner will be announced December 28 and will receive L$1500. The winning story will be published via an Art & Artists Network! group notice.
In real life, her digital drawings are in many museum and corporate and private collections. You may view them at http://www.marthavista.com. Surprisingly, her awe-inspiring landscapes are not manipulated photographs; they are drawn by hand in Corel Painter using a digitizing tablet and pen. “I am most inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e, especially Kawase Hasui. But I look at everything and learn from it,” she explained, when I asked her who inspires her.
The other floors have plenty of art to check out next time, but for now I would like to spend eternity in the tranquility of Acquarella.
Find Alizarin on the web:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/
http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyK90WywARM
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