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Tarantino's WATER LAB studio coming to Borland Project Space

Tarantino photographed a projection of dye in a pool of water. Credit: Ann Tarantino / Penn StateCreative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- WATER LAB, a pop-up artist’s studio and creative laboratory, will unfold in the Borland Project Space over the course of five weeks, from Feb. 2 through March 6. During this time, Ann Tarantino will undertake research and studio work in support of a new, cross-disciplinary course proposal called “Seeing Water.” In the course of regularly scheduled “lab hours” (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday), Tarantino will craft the nascent structure of the course while exploring the role and representation of water in visual traditions from across the globe. She will use water as both medium and subject while developing a body of two- and three-dimensional drawings created within the space. Making visible the relationship between practice-based and traditional research methods, this project explores how water might emerge as a shape-shifting contemporary medium and muse.

Tarantino makes drawings on paper, on the wall and in space, using media from ink and paper to laser-cut vinyl. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions across the country and internationally, including recent solo exhibitions in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Tokyo. In December 2012, she created a new, site-specific commission for AMOA-Arthouse in Austin, Texas, and in June 2013, she will create another new piece commissioned by Mixed Greens, New York City. She earned an master of fine arts degree in drawing and painting from Penn State and an honors bachelor of arts degree in visual arts and American civilization from Brown University. Her work is represented by Curator's Office in Washington, D.C. In the fall, Tarantino’s installation, "Shine a Light," illuminated the marshes at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center in State College.

 

Tarantino photographed a projection of dye in a pool of water. Credit: Ann Tarantino / Penn StateCreative Commons

Last Updated January 30, 2015

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