david fodel

Home; Away from Home is a time-based visual exploration of movement, pattern, trajectory, transition and migration. Video imagery based on simulation and mimicry of natural patterns of organic movement, such as flocking, schooling and migration are layered with simple marks reminiscent of flight patterns and topographical surveys. These lines on paper could be directions home, or routes yet to be explored; trajectories that navigate through layers of emotion and memory; connections made and missed; always already arriving, and constantly coming home.

Portions of the piece are realized using modified versions of Andy Polaine's 2000 Particles, a piece of open source code written in Processing, that utilizes the Traer Physics library, created by Jeffrey Traer.

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November 2008 - February 2009

DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT | GALLERIES OF DENVER
Terminal East | Sixth Level

http://www.co-lab.info/noplacelikehome

NO PLACE LIKE HOME an art exhibition exploring memories of transition, comfort, farewells and returns

Featured Artists: David Fodel Brigid McAuliffe Allie Pohl Sarah Soriano

NO PLACE LIKE HOME is a multi-faceted art installation that explores memories of transition, migration, journey, comfort, farewells and returns. Four individual artists intertwine their experiences, thoughts, concerns, and reflections about traveling to and from home. Layers of imagery, maps, movement, and playful objects illustrate the transition from one home to the next, the illusion of home, and various notions of what home is, was, or will be. Each artist explores these notions in unique ways with individual attention to media, materials, and their own specific approach to the theme. A cohesive whole emerges from these disparate elements in much the same way that our memories of home blur, soften, expand and remix themselves over time.

This exhibition is the result of a collaborative project between Denver International Airport and the graduate Installation Art course in Electronic Media Arts Design, led by Professor Laleh Mehran at the University of Denver, School of Art and Art History.