Savannah Spirit

Yes, you wanna come… If you are in the Berkshires this...

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:07:00 -0400

Yes, you wanna come…
If you are in the Berkshires this summer please check out my photography in the group show BOTANOPHILIA @ Sohn Fine Art (May 11-July 16) and the Berkshire Botanical Gardens (June 8-July 16).
Opening reception at Sohn Fine Art June 9th 4-7pm
Details here

Magical Mystery Tour… Full album

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:28:00 -0400

Magical Mystery Tour…
Full album

Cell Phone Photography Is Changing Our Culture

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:15:44 -0400

Cell Phone Photography Is Changing Our Culture

nevver: Monoscope

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:38:35 -0400

nevver:

Monoscope

nickdrake: 69 Année Erotique - Jane Birkin & Serge...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:38:47 -0400

nickdrake:

69 Année Erotique - Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg

nevver: Frozen Assets, Diego Rivera

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:33:57 -0400

nevver:

Frozen Assets, Diego Rivera

FINCH & ADA: Hump Day Q&A: Savannah Spirit

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:59:00 -0500

FINCH & ADA: Hump Day Q&A: Savannah Spirit:

finchandada:

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1. Who Are You?

Savannah Spirit, a walking sponge amidst NYC. And yes, that is my real name.

2. What do you do?

I’m a photographer and independent curator.

3. When/Where/How did you get your start?

I started taking pictures when I was 8 yrs old while living in…

Saturday Night Fever, 1977, Dance competition scene “More...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:59:00 -0500

Saturday Night Fever, 1977, Dance competition scene
“More Than A Woman” -Bee Gees

Pop Culture at its best (or worst) whichever you prefer. Personally, I think it’s epic.

Images from Feb 16, 2012 with model/actress/writer Syrie...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:39:00 -0500

Images from Feb 16, 2012 with model/actress/writer Syrie Moskowitz

One minute film accompanying these images: http://vimeo.com/37156365

A big thanks to David Cohen for the pick of the week in...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:33 -0500

A big thanks to David Cohen for the pick of the week in artcritcal online magazine. Referring to Mary Ann Strandell’s “Fragonard Room” as PomoRococo. (original post here)

This sumptuous hypertextual collision of the postmodern and the Rococo is Mary Ann Strandell’s contribution to Symbiotaxiplasm, an exhibition curated by Savannah Spirit at SS Projects through February 16. A large ink drawing applied directly to the wall traces in appropriately feathery and ephemeral strokes the period room of the same title at the Frick Collection and forms the backdrop to what the artist identifies as “the hyperspace worlds” of her 3D Lenticular prints. “Together they mash into a symbiotaxiplasm experience pausing on various highs and lows of cultural memes – utopic and distopic – in what was the age of comfort,” she writes in an accompanying statement. Standell’s co-exhibitors are Man Bartlett, Colin Kilian, Anne Arden MacDonald, Bradford Reed and the anonymous author of an olfactorily exquisite scent installation. DAVID COHEN

547 West 27th Street #210, between 10th and 11th avenues, January 19 to February 16, 2012

Symbiotaxiplasm: action as interconnectedness now online at Photo Gallerino

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:46:41 -0500

Symbiotaxiplasm: action as interconnectedness now online at Photo Gallerino

In my dreams I danced with him… Michael...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:21:32 -0500

In my dreams I danced with him…
Michael J
“Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough”
1979

In just a few days! Please join me and the artists for the...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:36:00 -0500

In just a few days! Please join me and the artists for the opening reception of Symbiotaxiplasm: action as interconnectedness on Thursday the 19th from 6-9pm

OPENING RECEPTION JAN 19th, 2012 6-9 pm 547 W...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:55:17 -0500

OPENING RECEPTION
JAN 19th, 2012
6-9 pm
547 W 27th
NYC

Man Bartlett
Colin Kilian
Anne Arden McDonald
Bradford Reed
Mary Ann Strandell

curated by Savannah Spirit

What’s most important right now? The connectedness we have with nature, environment, each other and ourselves. The new century screams out loud for a new type of thinking, a different way of seeing things especially how we relate to one another. In the wake of Facebook and other social media outlets, important facets such as face time and eye contact are lost yet these distractions make it safe to hide behind a cloak of wit, banality and 140 characters max. A deeper sense of self in relation to our circumstances comes with interconnectedness and a desire to feel harmonious while so much chaos and disorder fill us everyday.

There have been many different movements in history which challenged individuals to feel and look beyond what is in front of us while keeping a sense of spiritual connectedness in our lives. Mysticism in religion tells us so. In the current Age of Enlightenment we experience events with a careful eye, a greater awareness of our surroundings and what is happening to ourselves in relation to each other. Transcendentalism and The New Thought Movement rooted in the philosophies and teachings of Immanuel Kant, and forward thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Walt Whitman and William Walker Atkinson called for a revolution in the 19th century. The core beliefs of this movement derive from seeking the truth without the doctrines of traditional religion, only to transcend the individual through their intuition and spiritual path. In 1929, Frigyes Karinthy wrote a short story titled, “Chains” which explained the idea of 6 degrees of separation, rediscovered by Stanley Milgram at Harvard in 1967. Though Milgram was widely criticized for his failure to connect random people for his “Small World Experiment”, now more than ever we have deduced the idea that six degrees of separation is part of our society and culture. Connectedness with all things is part of who we are.

Symbiotaxiplasm draws participants and viewers in by arranging specific interactions with 3 separate pieces by Man Bartlett (interdisciplinary artist), Bradford Reed (composer), plus an aromatic crowd-sourcing experiment to please the nose. The works of Mary Ann Strandell (painter and multi-media artist), Colin Kilian (painter) and Anne Arden McDonald (photographer), represent movement, chaos, order, change and transformation.

Another shot of mine plus snippet of interview in the New England Post!

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:57:00 -0500

Another shot of mine plus snippet of interview in the New England Post!:

In today’s edition (Dec 27, 2011) of The New England post, reporter Ezster Vajda wrote “Looming American Spring?” -an article about Occupy Wall Street.

One of my photographs from OWS taken on Nov 17, 2011 in Union...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:27:09 -0500

One of my photographs from OWS taken on Nov 17, 2011 in Union Square appearing in this week’s The Nation magazine. Go get a copy!

"Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment..."

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:24:58 -0500

“Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself.”

- e.e. cummings

Art Basel Miami Beach on ASMPNY blog Sharpen

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:52:34 -0500

Art Basel Miami Beach on ASMPNY blog Sharpen:

Here are a few shots from the blog, Sharpen, which I am guest editor.
Enjoy!

#Occupy Bat Signal for the 99%

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:30:38 -0500

#Occupy Bat Signal for the 99%

theswingingsixties: The Beatles — Hey Bulldog - studio footage,...

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:06:44 -0500

theswingingsixties:

The Beatles — Hey Bulldog - studio footage, 1968.