Eve Irish

Creating A Forest Where None Exists

2008-05-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

This a clip form a new multi channel video that
I am working on. The finished work will be seen at
Red Saw Gallery in Newark in June. The working
title is Creating a Forest Where None Exists.

Here are a few more clips from the project:

Theory + Practice

2008-03-20T12:30:00.000-07:00

2008-01-19T13:18:00.000-08:00

ennui
|änˈwē|
noun
a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: French, from Latin mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me.’ Compare with annoy .

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

2008-01-19T13:12:00.000-08:00

by Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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tabula rasa

2008-01-14T12:15:00.000-08:00

tabula rasa
|ˈtäbyoŏlə ˈräsə; ˈräzə|
noun ( pl. tabulae rasae |ˈtäbyoŏlē ˈräsē; ˈräzē|)
an absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate : the team did not have complete freedom and a tabula rasa from which to work.
• the human mind, esp. at birth, viewed as having no innate ideas.
ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘scraped tablet,’ denoting a tablet with the writing erased.

tabula rasa #1, 8x10, ink on paper, 2007

tabula rasa #2, 8.5x7, ink on paper, 2007

tabula rasa #3, 5x9, ink on paper, 2007

tabula rasa #4, 4x8, ink on paper, 2007

tabula rasa #5, 6x10, ink on paper, 2007

tabula rasa #6, 9x10, ink on paper, 2007

tabula rasa #7, 8x10, ink on paper, 2007

tabula rasa #8, 6x10, ink on paper, 2007

tabula rasa #10, 6x6, ink on paper, 2007

It Is What It Is

2007-10-28T07:34:00.000-07:00

It Is What It Is
The Man Is The Man
The Creative Class
My Creative Ass
The Wolves At The Door
Can't Get Blood From A Stone
Stone Soup
Stone Cold
Just A Little More Than None
Not Much More Than Nothin'
Here And There
This Is Us
Now Or Never
Not For Nothin'
Game Face
Game Plan
Gunnin' For It
Name Of The Game
For Fucks Sake

What She Saw

2007-10-23T19:13:00.001-07:00

What She Saw
A Photographic Exhibition
Curated by Evonne M. Davis
207 Gallery
634 West 207th Street
New York, N.Y. 10034
November 2-23, 2007
Opening Reception November 2, 2007 7:30-9:30 pm.

Alicia Ackerman, Kathryn Allen Hurni, Manuela Paz and Emma Wilcox are exhibiting photographic explorations of personal space and reflection. While all the images in What She Saw compare public perception with private perception, each artist’s labors end in a different result. Alicia Ackerman’s photographs invoke a very private kind of humor, creating an eerie sense of being caught, found out or discovered. Beauty eroded is a theme in the work of Kathryn Allen Hurni’s manipulated Polaroid self-portraits, as well as the dark side of what is traditionally considered feminine. Closer to visual poetry than photography, Manuela Paz’s images are filled with longing, and questions. Emma Wilcox’s images of delicate pink baby shoes afloat in an ominous sea of black are challenges to ideas of gender identity in early childhood development.

2007-09-09T19:55:00.000-07:00

Pause

www.gallerythe.org
a window gallery

5 Video Artists A Meditation
Curated by Evonne M. Davis

Gianluca Bianchino
Paul Gabel
Jesse Houlding
Beth Krebs
Jenny Hyde

Sept. 27th – Nov. 17th 2007
Opening Reception
September 27th 7 -9 pm

343 Smith Street
Brooklyn NY 11231

www.gallerythe.org is a unique window and internet gallery

For more information please visit:
www.gallerythe.org

Pause is a brought to you as part of an ongoing video project:
Store Front Films.
Sponsored by Gallery Aferro
www.aferro.org

Image credit:
Still from The Impossibility of Remaining,
by Paul Gable

"E" Merge

2007-06-28T19:42:00.000-07:00

"you probly think this song is about you"

2007-06-19T18:05:00.001-07:00

"this little girl breaks furniture this little girl breaks laws"

Film Still

2007-06-19T17:59:00.001-07:00

I used some old family footage in a short film I made recently. This still is my Great Grand Mother Golda Davis,tending her roses.

2007-06-19T17:55:00.001-07:00

Updated cross word, no puzzle. Still in progress.

2007-06-19T17:46:00.000-07:00

Conceptual Approaches:

95 on 95
Take A Day
Drown Your Sorrows
A Pill For That

Abstract Methods:

BIRD
fish
MaN

Figurative Intentions:

Turn
Face
Burn
Run

Driving

2007-06-19T17:37:00.000-07:00

Groove
Accelerate
Caricature

Cock The Pistol
Wet Your Lips
Women Care For The Young

Memory

2007-03-25T19:15:00.000-07:00

This is my mother and I at the Catskill Game Farm. I love you Mom.

Cross Word

2007-03-25T19:13:00.000-07:00

Shame Exhibit

2007-03-12T06:01:00.001-07:00

The opening reception for the SHAME exhibit at Red Saw Gallery was a great success. I enjoyed myself as I rarely do. Thank you Mary and Asha for taking the time and having the patience to put together such a challenging and high quality exhibit.

Narrative DNA

2007-03-12T05:56:00.000-07:00

Silenced

2007-03-12T05:52:00.000-07:00

I want _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Adaptive thinking.
Decisive answers.
Truth.
In context.

sometimes you are alone

2007-02-27T11:29:00.000-08:00

sometimes you are just alone
that means with no one
no words exchanged
no looks or eyes looking
sometimes you are alone
to think
or dream
but sometimes you are just alone
with no one

Delueze Poem #10

2007-02-19T16:27:00.000-08:00

attracted
it appears
erotic exultation
it would be pleasant
displaced meaning
opening it on all sides
everything erotic that takes place
erotic games played out

Delueze Poem #9

2007-02-19T16:24:00.000-08:00

a naked body
doesn't want to understand
little sign
undoing, redoing
what do you see
he sees two eyes
hears a voice
vision is a kind of cloud

Delueze Poem #8

2007-02-19T16:20:00.000-08:00

since i am to speak first
for me
it is true object of desire
a very troubling presence of madness
so who is mad?
look how beautiful this is

Delueze Poem #7

2007-02-19T16:17:00.000-08:00

"this emotion......"
did he define it by its causes
in a person
for the rest
of her
life
a rapture
an eruption
a connection
setting adrift
"i-will-not-leave- you-alone"

Delueze Poem #6

2007-02-19T16:15:00.000-08:00

positively determined
role played by
a rather poor
word

Delueze Poem #5

2007-02-19T16:11:00.000-08:00

An Intensive Relation

never isolated from one another
sometimes repulsion
sometimes attraction
it is traversed
by thresholds
(destined)
in other words
extended
intensity
on the body
even in motion it happens

Delueze Poem #4

2007-02-19T16:06:00.000-08:00

lock him up
the despot
beneath it
priests
grow
(through which it escapes)
undoes its self
periphery
temptation
whether to submit oneself
to obey
to be carried off
taken by the two fold temptation
to penetrate and integrate

Delueze Poem #3

2007-02-19T15:57:00.000-08:00

pure state
supple or hard
evades
sticks its tongue
out at him
delirium comes
maneuvered to the end

Delueze Poem #2

2007-02-19T15:54:00.000-08:00

erection of subjects
the more he obeys, the more he commands
one falls back
the more it leaks
in him, in her
(in one hand)
his throat
make it flow
elements in play
fused or stuck together
the very force of desire
erupting

Delueze Poem #1

2007-02-19T15:52:00.000-08:00

each organ is the whole body
mouth - anus
alternating attraction
the upper hand

Title Match

2007-02-08T08:43:00.000-08:00

Some element
of Violence

Immediate Intimate
Exchange

Give and Take
Long Pause

Hesitate
Surrender

three shorts in five letters

2007-02-08T08:40:00.000-08:00

error
waits
poets
hands

error
holds
magic
ideas

error
moves
trees
winds

error ism

2007-02-08T06:52:00.000-08:00

color pencils
chalk
crayons
blue paper
school glue
new shoes
backpack
a kiss

error ism

Oh Romeo

2007-02-08T06:38:00.000-08:00

Because it hurts
the promise to make it better
is a tiny thing

that sleeps
lies dormant

eyes closed
screaming

Nocturnal Pause

2007-01-25T19:39:00.000-08:00

Cloud Study #3

2007-01-25T19:33:00.000-08:00

Coney Island Cyclone

2007-01-25T19:32:00.000-08:00

Shame

2007-01-25T19:29:00.000-08:00

Untitled

2007-01-25T19:15:00.000-08:00

Other Places

2007-01-25T18:23:00.000-08:00

State Parks Project

2007-01-25T18:02:00.000-08:00

Nails

2007-01-25T18:00:00.000-08:00

Recieve

2007-01-25T07:59:00.000-08:00

Ask
Nothing above
Nothing to misplace
Short leash
Shortness of Death

List

2007-01-25T06:09:00.000-08:00

chicken wire
hooker
bubble gum
carburetor
pace maker
magic marker
rubber boots
chop sticks
shot gun
notebook
sewing needle
under pants
table
clock
umbrella
tire iron
shoe horn
thermometer
electromagnet
hair dryer
chest x-ray
belt buckle
keys

Over Coffee

2007-01-25T05:17:00.000-08:00

Cigarettes
Morning Sex

Morning
Whispers

Promises of Forever
I’m Sorry

Shame
As a Chain

Bound to life
Bound to this life

Brought to my Knees
Racing across the sky

The Mirror
The Television

Words lost
Or Never Spoken

Stolen from Breath
Ripped from Breast

Forced to
Foster the Mundane

Just Words

2007-01-24T10:55:00.000-08:00

it's not you
habit
your way
forget
crime
bang
bang bang bang
boom
tickets
tricks
he touch you
fuck
fall down
corner
bed
mouth
moth
justify
justice
one more
enough
pure
white
pendulum
hang man
(all in silver on black)
everybody in
just words
tamper

ad finem

2007-01-08T06:08:00.000-08:00

aether
honteuse
vis viva
aletheuein
existentia
esse
ignoramus et ignoramibus
hacceitas
in menta
in natura
abstracto
summarum
tabular rasa

Victim (Numbers Game)

2007-01-07T19:44:00.000-08:00

I 1

Am 2
Sad 3
Hurt 4
Angry 5
Lonely 6
Hateful 7
Rejected 8
Perverted 9
Vengeful 8
Ashamed 7
Broken 6
Empty 5
Ugly 4
Bad 3
Am 2
I 1

Desiderium

2007-01-07T07:09:00.000-08:00

Wish, longing\regret, grief\want, need
Deep unfulfilled Desire

Empty Room

2007-01-07T06:57:00.000-08:00

Marin Aiftinc

2007-01-06T20:13:00.000-08:00

"Freedom is not something that is given by a government or structure but must be a developing character of the life of the people. It is not a political but an existential reality."

From: Culture, Freedom and Democracy
By: Marin Aiftinc

Free Association

2007-01-06T19:44:00.000-08:00

Compulsory
Impulse Control
Control Freak
Freak of Nature
Natural Selection
Anger Management
Mind Over Matter
As A Matter Of Fact
Fact Or Fiction
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
The Heart of The Matter
Search For Justice
Self Involved
Self Referential
A Priori
A Prick
A Pick
A Stick
Alone In The Park At Night
Alone In My Head All Night
Left Alone In Our Sex
Sexual Dealings
Sexual Feelings
Safety Hazard
Hard Hat
Hit And Run
Run And Hide
Hide And Seek
Seek And Destroy
Boy Toy
Oh Boy
Drive By
Drive In
Long Haul
Long Road
Walt Whitman
Dead White Men
A Culture Of Death
Post Black
Flash Back
Back Wash
Spit
Chin
Chump
Left On The Curb
Regret
Digress
Digest
Dictate
Shame
_______________________________

Teach
Learn
Teach
Tick Tock
Black Clock
Cuckoo Clock
Toss Your Watch
The Night Watch
Lost
Linger
Longing
Strong Urge
Urgent Message
Snap Out Of It
Come Back Kid
Never Return
Night Walking
Sleep Walking
Sleep
Dream
Flee The Scene
Crime Scene
Nickle And Dimed
Dime Store Operation
Cooperation
Determination
Civilization
A Civilized Nation
Civil Engineering
Liberal Views
Local News
Social Studies
Socio Economics
Poor As Shit
Shit House
Home Hype
Home Decorating
Decorous
Dignified
Ditch Digger
Bitch Bigger
Pull The Trigger
Trigger Happy
Happy Ending Style
Hair Pin Trigger
Conform
Control
Contort
Kansas
Kiss My Ass
Ass Hole
Happy Hole
Jury
The Jig Is up
Jive
Jack Aurthor Davis Sr.
Divorce
Dolly Parton
D I VO R C E
Drink Your Self Stupid
Down At The Lake
The Sweet Honey Of Life
Honey Pie
Punk Ass
Puke Your Guts Out
Hurt Your Feelings
Hooker
Whore
Street Walker
Hustler
Humiliation
Hammer
Slammer
Arithmatic
Arthritis
Artist
Leather Wallet
Like A Rock
Lick My Boots
Kiss My Ass
Medicate
Dedicate
Re Invent
Story Sent
Image
Language
Luggage
In The End
Wolves At The Door
Wind At Your Back
Back Against The Wall
A Rock And A Hard Place
Placement
Corn Fields
Corn Rows
Cracker
Cracker Jack
Get Back
Blue Gray Water

Owning Up

2007-01-04T16:46:00.000-08:00

"Everybody is guilty of everything."
One of my co workers said this the other day.
__________________________________________
A long time ago I wrote in a poem:

We are all victim
and perpetrator
in the same swift motion.
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The Red Horse
By Jacques Prevert

In merrygorounds of lies
The red horse of your smile
Goes round
And I stand rooted there
With the sad whip of reality
And I have nothing to say
Your smile is as true
As my home truths.
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"In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is moment of the false."

Guy DeBord
Society of the Spectacle