Seeking Medusa-Ria Vanden Eynde [42]

©Ria Vanden Eynde

Seeking Medusa-Ria Vanden Eynde [11]

©Ria Vanden Eynde

Kali Medusa Project

©William Evertson, my photo in projection.

Yesterday I got cornered and verbally harassed by a really crass guy in town. It's not the first time neither. This guy made some very crude remarks about my 'breasts'. I, baffled looked down my dress thinking a button got undone and my scars are on display. Because, after the reconstruction, I'm sensitive to that. But all is clear. So I looked straight at the guy, said 'thx for that' and added in my mind 'for ure rudeness, u moron', gave him my Medusa Gaze, which stops dogs (!) in their tracks when they fiercely run towards me, carefully maneuvered passed him and walked away, still shaky.
I was still thinking over what happened as I angrily trimmed our garden hedge. I realized I actually thought I was off those guys' radar being more mature, with a scar on my neck and both breasts amputated. I must have dropped my guard somewhat. Silly cos in the mirror, I see a radiant woman. In the meanwhile I had also told my seekingkali collaborators about it. Susan Shulman suggested a blog and Bill Evertson made me the above image, thereby creating a project:

The Seeking Kali Medusa Project.

DVD projections from the back of a van.

Pictures of women and the words 'I will not be intimidated'.

An unannounced guerrilla piece.

Bill told me there are a couple of artists that do this type of guerrilla projection. There has f.i. also been some of that going up on Chinese consulates with Ai Weiwei's picture. He explained it's about driving up somewhere and projecting until police show up to get rid of the 'nuisance', rightly remarking that this kind of art-action probably addresses the 'silence' in societies (!) about this kind of harassment well ...

If my Sistahs feel spoken to: Join me in a Guerrilla Projection Raging Against Sexual Harassment. Help us make a Visual Tag to Claim our Right to Walk Freely and Safely in our Cities!
How to participate:
Send us your 15 to 20 seconds video file or jpg of your gaze, no text, no name, no photo manipulation, just your icy stare. For uniformity, standing like I am and cropped the same way. We will add the text ‘I will not be intimidated’ to it and add it to the projection loop. We will accept images&videos throughout the Summer 2011. We plan projections beginning in Fall and will document them online.
Send your images & video files to:

Kali Scroll Sari

The Seeking Kali Sari is making it's debut in Boston next weekend (May 6th) at Mobius in Boston as part of the Wearable Art Runway Show.  The Sari is a unique piece, hand painted by William Evertson of the artist group Seeking Kali using images from the Kali Shadow Theater, a poem by Ria Vanden Eynde and a school of fish which are a signature icon of member Susan Shulman. The sari is inspired by oriental scrolls painted on silk and is designed to be modeled by two people. As the models weave their way down the runway various portions of the theater narrative are exposed to view.

The material for the piece is 20 feet long by 3.5 feet wide.  The photo above shows a section of the piece in progress.
Mobius (est. 1977) is a non-profit, artist-run organization, whose mission is to generate, shape and test experimental art. Mobius is located at 725 Harrison Ave, Boston.
The Runway show is curated by Mobius artists Jane Wang, Allison Safford and James Ellis Coleman.

Kali in Hong Kong

-Seeking Kali poster seen on the streets of Hong Kong-

 

Thanks to Matthew Rose of the Defense D'Afficher project for tipping us off to this picture of the Seeking Equal Rights poster created for free download.  The photo, courtesy of Chelsea Leung, is taken on the streets of Hong Kong. The Defense D'Afficher project promotes posters that are available for free distribution via the internet. We created two submissions for the project in time to celebrate International Women's Day.



We encourage others to download and use the poster wherever a statement is needed concerning the lack of equity - Which includes almost everywhere. Please send your picture to our email:  seekingkali @yahoo.com for publication in the News tab of our blog and in our Facebook group.

This poster as well as our Seeking Peace poster can be downloaded from the right sidebar of this blog as well as from the Defense D'Afficher site.

Seeking Equal Rights is based on art by Ria Vanden Eynde. 
Seeking Peace is based on art by Susan Shulman.

Seeking International Women's Day

-In celebration of International Women's Day and in collaboration with the DEFENSE D'AFFICHE project by Matthew Rose, we are pleased to offer two posters for free download.

The download links are located in the thumbnails of these posters in the right sidebar of this blog.

The Red Kali image in the Seeking Equal Rights poster is courtesy of artist Ria Vanden Eynde.

The Kali Sara Gypsy Goddess in the Seeking Peace poster is courtesy of artist Susan Shulman.

More information about International Women's Day 2011.

The Submission Video for Painting, Collage and Mixed Techniques

A video presentation of the painting, collage and mixed technique artists who submitted to the 2010 Seeking Kali artist call. Links to individual artists can be found on the Seeking Kali blog at seekingkali.blogspot .com. Soundtrack by Ian Evertson.

Ria Vanden Eynde (97)

©Ria Vanden Eynde _ Kali Night

Evertson - Vanden Eynde - Shulman (95)

A Seeking Kali artist book collaboration. Ria Vanden Eynde, Susan Shulman and William Evertson's preparation of the Kali Ray Flip book for exhibition at Omaggio Ray Johnson, Trevsio, Italy during April of 2011. The Italian Un Libro Sulla Morte is curated by Virginia Milici.

Ria Vanden Eynde (48)

©Ria Vanden Eynde_In Kali's Shadow (centerfold of folio)

Ria Vanden Eynde (2)

© Vanden Eynde _ Kali Ma