THREE ARTISTS COLLABORATE

Two Atlanta artists Carlton Mackey and Julia Wallace team up with renowned Bahamian artist Lillian Blades to present artist interpretations of her latest installation -Eye Sea Reflections. Closing reception and artist talk held at Hammonds House Art Gallery in the West End, Atlanta, Georgia.

Hammonds House Museum and Resource Center of African American Art is a fine arts venue whose mission is to preserve, exhibit, and increase public awareness about the contributions that visual artists of African descent have made to world culture. Photography by Kari Mackey




www.lillianblades.com
www.jroxmedia.com
www.visionphilms.com
www.hammondshouse.org

Eye Sea Reflections -an artistic interpretation

"It is often said that our eyes are the windows to the soul. In our interactions with others, our eyes connect and we look for and transmit levels of sincerity, trust, acceptance and respect with personality and emotions. It is a universal language that we all can interpret.
On a personal level, introspection occurs when our eyes peer into our own eyes in the mirror."


An artistic interpretation of the work of Bahamian artist Lillian Blades by Atlanta Artist Carlton Mackey.
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Blades commissioned Mackey for this artistic interpretation in 2009.
Her work has been commissioned for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
and The East Atlanta Library and is in the collection of the Birmingham
Museum of Art and the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.

www.lillianblades.com
www.visionphilms.com

...to be continued

American Reflections

This is a very cool piece of art. My friend Dane Jefferson did it. It resonates so well with what VISION Philms is all about.

...and by the way, I'm using this image on my youtube channel.

Don't tell Dane.

at it again...Free Speech Art Cafe

I'm so grateful for all of the support I received in putting on this event. I'm really grateful to work in an environment where you can bring your whole self to the table. I do at times feel as if I have a dichotomous existence. Work Work vs. Art Work. This one of those times when again it all came together. Thanks to the Emory University Center for Ethics Staff, all the students who came...the house was packed, the artists, Rei Wang for the "Protest" design flyer and Zamir for being the emcee and for the "Censorship" flyer design. Congrats to the Artist who competed and to Omotola for taking home the 1st place prize. Photos from the evening to come.
Speak and Live Freely
-carlton

Express Yourself

the powers that be gave me another opportunity to make an attempt at organizing and hosting an event. several months ago, i had the distinct pleasure of forging a friendship with a couple that continues to inspire and uplift my spirit. dan and dena keplinger are artists and fighting spirits. you should know them and their work. you too will be uplifted. www.kinggimp.com
thanks for everything guys and congratulations.

warhol inspired

kari mackey
by
carlton mackey

kinda blue

it's raining outside.



kari mackey
by
carlton mackey

Music, Crazy Faces, Sustainability

Music is at the heart of a lot of my work. Clearly the philms I create wouldn't be anything without the music that drives them...that gives them their soul.
It's a case of chicken or egg though. Sometimes the music precedes the 'vision' for the philm. It's when I close my eyes to the music and start making those crazy faces that I know it is about to happen. It is the moment of conception and it won't stop kicking around in my head until I give birth to it. But sometimes it is the other way around. I wake up in the middle of the night or I stand under the hot water in the shower (and by the way, the shower is sacred space...most of my major ideas come in the shower) and I see a philm in its entirety. After shooting it, I spend hours sometime combing through my archives trying to find the song that will wed the material.


But that's not the point of this post.


The main point is that recently I've been creating art from photos that I would normally delete. The process is: I upload some new photos or I'm combing through my archives and I see photos that for all intents and purposes are simply taking up hard drive space. I mark them, and on those evenings when I'm feeling the creative bug I climb into my internal cave, turn on some music, start making those faces, and let the music drive. I usually have no idea how I'm going to manipulate the photo to turn it into something salvageable. My head just starts moving and I start clicking my mouse.

I really see it as part of a larger way of living that is about redefining, refining, and re-finding meaning for things that seem to have lost their meaning/value. It's (part of the reason) why I buy my clothes from thrift stores. It's (part of the reason) why our house if full of furniture we found on the side of the road. And if you read further, you'll see that that it is (part of the reason) why VISION Philms was created.

Exploring Possibilities

....so that is what I said was among my interests.  We'll see how far it takes me.  

There was a time when I used to "blog".  It was well before "blogging" was a real word.  I created http://www.mytruevision.com back in 1999.  Back then it was  actually not a site exclusively for photography as it is now.  It was much more about sharing thoughts, rants, and words (as well as photography) that people wouldn't otherwise take the time to listen to in person.  There is something about this web format, though, that intrigues people.

...and for better or for worse, I am (as of today Oct. 10) willing to see where it takes me.

This post is the official launch of a new endeavor.

VISIONPhilms

VISIONPhilms is an imprint of VISION Photography.

It is about pushing my own creative boundaries.

It is about using different parts of my brain.

It is about asking you to use different parts of yours.

It is about appreciating those artist of old

by never calling anything I do new.

It is about Photography.

It is about Film.

It is about Music.

It is about Exploring Possibilities.

Come Join Me.