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Visions of Penang
At my art opening at the beautiful ChinaHouse in Penang, up now until 28th January: 1: Artworks destroyed (by a dripping air conditioner) 3: Reporters spoken to 2: Appointments made with other reporters 1: Photo for society pages (ugh) 150+: People …
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Imaginary Landscapes of Betel-Nut Island
A virtual exhibition of the best artwork from my Artists Residency at Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penang) Imaginary Landscapes of Betel-Nut Island from Elizabeth Briel on Vimeo. You can find out more about how I made these pieces here. Music by …
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Layouts and Landscapes
After weeks of testing out materials, exposure times, and half-baked ideas, I'm in the final stretch of my residency here at USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia). Now I'm working on large-scale art that's building on what came before (currently on exhibition …
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Mid-Residency Exhibition
Artists have a dirty little secret: Every masterpiece you encounter in a museum was built on top of many failures. And you never see these other works. All that we see is what made the cut. If an artist is …
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Testing…
Wherever I live, I pick up potential printing materials and test them. I can guess what something will look like, but every potential printing object is a wild card. You never know quite how it will look, once sandwiched between …
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Offline Books
Cyanotype Illustration from my travel book – a search for handmade paper in Southeast Asia. This is the sacred book of a Red Dao shaman in Vietnam. The last few months have been a time of transition, both personal and physical. …
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Urban Blues
Cyanotype print of Hong Kong scaffolding on 100% cotton paper, 11 x 14 inches, illustration from H is for Hong Kong (2008) Hong Kong is fragmented by language and geography: Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, English and Cantonese carve up …
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Delectable Travels
Hand tinted Cyanotype Illustration from H is for Hong Kong, 2008 While some of the most interesting people I know are eating their way around the world, I’ve never given food much airtime here. Yet one of the most immediate …
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Negative Days
Light bounces off a transparent negative held up to a dark background, the ink reflects light and shows up positive. It is from negatives like this I make my Cyanotype prints. The original photo was of a papermaker from a …
The Lost Staircase
Lost Print: A retro staircase spirals up the side of a mansion in Cambodia Cyanotype Print on 100% cotton French paper, A3 size including borders, #1/20 Edition Varie, 2006 One afternoon I rode on the back of a motorbike up …
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