Kasia Turajczyk » video http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com My Ramblings About Art Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:43:43 +0000 en hourly 1 Kasia Kasia My ramblings about art No No The process of creating an acrylics painting on canvas http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/the-process-of-creating-an-acrylics-painting-on-canvas/ http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/the-process-of-creating-an-acrylics-painting-on-canvas/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 14:51:43 +0000 Kasia http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/?p=640 Last year during the process of painting my Magnolia acrylics paintings I have been recorded myself. I made a short video document from the fragments I recorded. Every single artist has an own unique style of painting. Some love to paint when they are naked, some needs alcohol in their blood, while others prefer a good quality joint. I prefer listening to music and talking to myself. Dependent of the sort of art I create sometimes I sit, sometimes stay up, sometimes I run or walk around the work I create. Large abstract paintings or collages often lie on the floor or on the grass in the garden and I run as a crazy bull around them. From time to time I lie on the floor or kneel down.

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]]> Last year during the process of painting my Magnolia acrylics paintings I have been recorded myself. I made a short video document from the fragments I recorded. Every single artist has an own unique style of painting. Some love to paint when they are naked, some needs alcohol in their blood, while others prefer a good quality joint. I prefer listening to music and talking to myself. Dependent of the sort of art I create sometimes I sit, sometimes stay up, sometimes I run or walk around the work I create. Large abstract paintings or collages often lie on the floor or on the grass in the garden and I run as a crazy bull around them. From time to time I lie on the floor or kneel down.

Here in this short video I am just sitting in the chair in my summer studio, the canvas is in the easel and I behave very normal and conventional.   Sometimes I am normal.

]]> http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/the-process-of-creating-an-acrylics-painting-on-canvas/feed/ 0 Science, video and the Boltzmann Paradox http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/science-video-and-the-boltzmann-paradox/ http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/science-video-and-the-boltzmann-paradox/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 11:20:17 +0000 Kasia http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/?p=622 On May, 11th 2011 I was invited by Tiverton Art Society to give a talk about art, video and the Boltzmann Paradox.  The society has more than 200 members and is a very active one.  Tiverton is an ancient borough and market town in the county of Devon, and the major town in the Mid Devon. It was a real pleasure to be there and to talk to the audience about quantum physics, my own art and art in general, and to present some of my videos. I even read one of my poems, the one about a physicist of course, the Nobel prize winner Niels Bohr.

I had some concerns before the talk, associated with my accent and random blockages of my memory; especially as I am tired (actually I am in a state of chronic fatigue related to my ME condition). I also wanted to talk about quantum physics, thermodynamics and the Boltzmann Paradox in a language in which I still struggle to express myself in the way I want to. When I talk in English I switch my brain into think-in-English mode, which is the way to master a foreign language.  But still too often I am sucked in by antimatter, which tries to destroy my brain, confuse my memory and makes it impossible to have an intellectual, sophisticated chat.  I find myself missing words, idioms, sayings, humorous expressions, knowledge of complicated grammatical structures. It is a matter of exercises, persistency and strong will, I know that. I am too old and I am lazy, I guess. J) However, I think everything came out successfully. The audience reaction was lively, and I thought they showed a real enthusiasm. I was talking about myself, my art, my videos, and physics and Boltzmann Creatures of course. I brought two big abstract paintings and a few new ones from the “Peter Pan” series. I was myself, spontaneous and a ‘little crazy’ as usual.
The Brits in general are very nice and polite people. Think about it for a moment; all the foreigners using and murdering their beautiful language and then the Brits listening and smiling and trying to understand the others. It is quite an achievement. They have my full admiration for their patience and calm. Definitely the majority of the audience preferred watching art videos and videos about my art than listening to my talk about quantum physics. (Maybe they were bored with my accent and my English!?) I wanted to talk more about thermodynamics and entropy but it was unanimously decided to watch all three videos about the Boltzmann Creatures, Betelgeuse and Mintaka instead of being educated about the laws of physics. Well, the perception of art proceeds in a completely different way than the understanding of the laws of physics. You have to force and to strain your grey cells to understand what quantum physics is all about. On the other hand it is surprising, to me at least, that we don’t try to understand the laws of physics more. As if the world we live in wasn’t extremely complicated. Just think about it for a second. Everything that surrounds us is related to one or another law of physics.
My talk was recorded. From the long video I chose the most interesting and amusing parts, from my point of view of course.  Here is a short video part 1:

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]]> On May, 11th 2011 I was invited by Tiverton Art Society to give a talk about art, video and the Boltzmann Paradox.  The society has more than 200 members and is a very active one.  Tiverton is an ancient borough and market town in the county of Devon, and the major town in the Mid Devon. It was a real pleasure to be there and to talk to the audience about quantum physics, my own art and art in general, and to present some of my videos. I even read one of my poems, the one about a physicist of course, the Nobel prize winner Niels Bohr.

I had some concerns before the talk, associated with my accent and random blockages of my memory; especially as I am tired (actually I am in a state of chronic fatigue related to my ME condition). I also wanted to talk about quantum physics, thermodynamics and the Boltzmann Paradox in a language in which I still struggle to express myself in the way I want to. When I talk in English I switch my brain into think-in-English mode, which is the way to master a foreign language.  But still too often I am sucked in by antimatter, which tries to destroy my brain, confuse my memory and makes it impossible to have an intellectual, sophisticated chat.  I find myself missing words, idioms, sayings, humorous expressions, knowledge of complicated grammatical structures. It is a matter of exercises, persistency and strong will, I know that. I am too old and I am lazy, I guess. J) However, I think everything came out successfully. The audience reaction was lively, and I thought they showed a real enthusiasm. I was talking about myself, my art, my videos, and physics and Boltzmann Creatures of course. I brought two big abstract paintings and a few new ones from the “Peter Pan” series. I was myself, spontaneous and a ‘little crazy’ as usual.
The Brits in general are very nice and polite people. Think about it for a moment; all the foreigners using and murdering their beautiful language and then the Brits listening and smiling and trying to understand the others. It is quite an achievement. They have my full admiration for their patience and calm. Definitely the majority of the audience preferred watching art videos and videos about my art than listening to my talk about quantum physics. (Maybe they were bored with my accent and my English!?) I wanted to talk more about thermodynamics and entropy but it was unanimously decided to watch all three videos about the Boltzmann Creatures, Betelgeuse and Mintaka instead of being educated about the laws of physics. Well, the perception of art proceeds in a completely different way than the understanding of the laws of physics. You have to force and to strain your grey cells to understand what quantum physics is all about. On the other hand it is surprising, to me at least, that we don’t try to understand the laws of physics more. As if the world we live in wasn’t extremely complicated. Just think about it for a second. Everything that surrounds us is related to one or another law of physics.
My talk was recorded. From the long video I chose the most interesting and amusing parts, from my point of view of course.  Here is a short video part 1:

]]> http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/science-video-and-the-boltzmann-paradox/feed/ 1 Kasia in the Countryside http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/kasia-in-the-countryside/ http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/kasia-in-the-countryside/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 11:12:13 +0000 Kasia http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/?p=625 I created a video/slideshow to present my art from the last two years. Paintings, collages, installations, small sculptures all created in Devon, in Dunchideock. And of course lots of nature, black swans, trees, a cat and nice music. 8-)

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]]> http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2011/05/kasia-in-the-countryside/feed/ 0 The Sensation of Walking by Kasia B. Turajczyk http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2010/01/walking-kasiaturajczyk/ http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2010/01/walking-kasiaturajczyk/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:06:16 +0000 Kasia http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/?p=342

The Sensation of Walking

I learned to walk and I have walked
And I still walk…
Do I actually understand
How fortunate I am?
I can walk!
I can walk without help
And I walk using my own two legs
No prostheses, no walking stick
No artificial supports at all
Just my intention and my legs
My brain and my legs.
Usually I don’t think
About this fact, I don’t feel
This truth in such a way every day.
But it just so happens
That I am thinking about it now.
It seems so natural – walking.
Except in those moments when I see
David with his two prosthetic legs
And when I visit Ela
Her legs haven't moved for 15 years.
Then I feel how lucky I am.
I know I am independent
No diabetes and no MS
No accidents, no wars,
No natural disasters
I walk, I run, I jump, and
I trample on my left foot with my right foot
I move my body without begging for help
I can run away,
I can walk out whenever I wish.
Just a black swan phenomenon and
The unpredictability of luck.
It is the sensation
Of my fortunate perfection.
I am walking.
These are my feet.

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The Sensation of Walking

I learned to walk and I have walked
And I still walk…
Do I actually understand
How fortunate I am?
I can walk!
I can walk without help
And I walk using my own two legs
No prostheses, no walking stick
No artificial supports at all
Just my intention and my legs
My brain and my legs.
Usually I don’t think
About this fact, I don’t feel
This truth in such a way every day.
But it just so happens
That I am thinking about it now.
It seems so natural – walking.
Except in those moments when I see
David with his two prosthetic legs
And when I visit Ela
Her legs haven't moved for 15 years.
Then I feel how lucky I am.
I know I am independent
No diabetes and no MS
No accidents, no wars,
No natural disasters
I walk, I run, I jump, and
I trample on my left foot with my right foot
I move my body without begging for help
I can run away,
I can walk out whenever I wish.
Just a black swan phenomenon and
The unpredictability of luck.
It is the sensation
Of my fortunate perfection.
I am walking.
These are my feet.

by Kasia B. Turajczyk

Dunchideock, January 2010

]]> http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2010/01/walking-kasiaturajczyk/feed/ 1 Preparation for my solo exhibtion at Galeria Forum, Lodz, Poland – 2009 http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2010/01/solo-exhibition/ http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/2010/01/solo-exhibition/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:52:44 +0000 Kasia http://blog.kasiaturajczyk.com/?p=339 Preparation for my solo exhibtion at Galeria Forum, Lodz, discount generic cialis Poland – September/ October – 2009
The name of my exhibition is "From Fruit till Fantasy"
In this video you will see my partner, my friends (at home with them), the gallery manager, the technical man of the gallery and pupils from one of the high school of Lodz (they were invited by the gallery manager to see my art).
The video was taken by Jim, the photos by me.

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]]> Preparation for my solo exhibtion at Galeria Forum, Lodz, discount generic cialis Poland – September/ October – 2009
The name of my exhibition is "From Fruit till Fantasy"
In this video you will see my partner, my friends (at home with them), the gallery manager, the technical man of the gallery and pupils from one of the high school of Lodz (they were invited by the gallery manager to see my art).
The video was taken by Jim, the photos by me.

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