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Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackeville-West / travel log (June 29, 1927; solar eclipse, UK) volume 1
No full text“Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West / Travel Log, Vol. 1” is a visual biography of an actual event in the life of English modernist 20th century author Adeline Virginia Woolf and her close ally British novelist, poet, and garden designer of Sissinghurst Castle (Kent, England), Victoria Mary ‘Vita’ Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson. In the summer of 1927, they embarked on an enthralling journey from London to Yorkshire, United Kingdom, to view the Total Solar Eclipse on June 29th (Wednesday: the day of the week when the influence of the planet MERCURY is most keenly felt – books, communication, correspondence, diplomacy, gossip, healing, herbalism, history, libraries, mass media, mathematics, mental prowess/ intellect, reading, school/ education, the sciences, students, teachers, travel, visiting, vocal music, wisdom, writing). Virginia Woolf had chronicled this once-in-a-lifetime “23 second” occurrence in her diary. This re-imagined artistic narrative is loosely based on “The Mysterious Universe” by Sir James Jeans, 1st Edition published 1930 (Cambridge University Press); a gripping book that she had avidly read.
I’ve uncovered historical elements that were in the public domain (with no known copyright restrictions) which I’ve re-mixed and re-used, as colorized digital manipulations onto decorative papers, as archival pigments prints. I’ve hand-cut each fragment into collaged puzzle-pieces – and have fashioned an accordion-fold picture book. There was no real rhyme or reason to the composition of the pages – much like the hap-hazard arrangement of the constellations in the enigmatic night sky. Leslie Stephen, Virginia Woolf’s father, was a distinguished man of letters who engaged in the Victorian passion of natural history, including astronomy. Young Virginia, who didn’t receive a formal tutelage, spent much of her early formative years, among his vast archive of knowledge. She would later write, “I owe all the education I ever had to my father’s library.” Virginia Woolf owed a greater self-confidence of her many personal assets to her friend and colleague Vita. The two women bonded over their restrained childhoods and emotionally inattentive parents. Vita convinced Virginia that her ailments had been misdiagnosed and that she should focus on her own diverse pursuits. Stargazing became a crucial aspect of their world. - Rhonda M. UrdangDigital manipulations of historical photographs of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackeville-West, digital manipulations of historical photographs of Yorkshire, UK, archival pigment prints, decorative rice paper, metallic ink, hand-cut found pape
Prairie Repertory Theatre company member Cole Schlaefli
No full textPortrait of Prairie Repertory Theatre company member Cole Schlaefli for the 2018-2019 season
Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'Insane with Power'
No full textActors pose costume for a publicity photo shoot for Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'Insane with Power: A Super Comedy of Heroic Proportions.
Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'The Wizard of Oz'
No full textActors in a scene from Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'The Wizard of Oz.
Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'Insane with Power'
No full textActor posing in costume for a publicity photo shoot for Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'Insane with Power: A Super Comedy of Heroic Proportions.
Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'The Wizard of Oz'
No full textActors in a scene from Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'The Wizard of Oz.
Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'Father of the Bride'
No full textActors in a scene from Prairie Repertory Theater's production of 'Father of the Bride.