{"id":7164,"date":"2018-06-21T13:07:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T17:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=7164"},"modified":"2018-06-21T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T17:07:05","slug":"from-collaging-in-a-vacuum-to-collaging-in-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/kolaj-fest-new-orleans\/from-collaging-in-a-vacuum-to-collaging-in-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"From Collaging in a Vacuum to Collaging in Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS<\/p>\n

Daniel Lynds explores collage as an educational process that leads to meditation<\/h2>\n

Daniel Lynds is a Canadian Maritimer who now makes Charlotte, North Carolina his home. He describes himself as “an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, spastic noise maker, and self-proclaimed aesthete” and tells this story about his youth, “As a 5-year-old, I rubbed honey on my neck dangerously close to a wild beehive because, apparently, I needed to pet the bees\u2013this didn\u2019t turn out well.”<\/p>\n

Kolaj Fest New Orleans<\/a> is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, July 12-15, 2018. Visit the website<\/a> to learn more, see an overview of the program, and register to attend.<\/em><\/p>\n

He describes his journey as an artist, “My artistically formative years were spent in Montreal while attaining a BFA in Cinema from Concordia University whilst collaborating on experimental films, art installations, musical performances, and other shenanigans. The learning, thinking, and sharing that happened while I worked in film and sound editing eventually led me to a life in higher education as a teacher, administrator, and now instructional designer. Over the years, collage has been my most prolific and practiced venue for expression and contemplation.”<\/p>\n

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\nAt Kolaj Fest New Orleans, Lynds will lead the workshop, “From Collaging in a Vacuum to Collaging in Classrooms” at our collage making space. He will talk about the whys and wherefores of our collage journey that lead us to Kolaj Fest New Orleans; intentionality and meditation in collage; possible future collage sessions that he will use at his college; where his series “Most Likely to (Have) Been” came from and why it matters; and some practical planning and cutting for projects.<\/p>\n

“My primary artistic interests are telling stories that explore relationships between absurdist, expressionist, mythical, and melodramatic pairings of images\/ideas\/titles. Most of my work uses only a handful of sources while attempting to create intriguing conceptual and spatial contrasts\/commentaries. Every piece attempts to pull viewers in and ask questions about what type of visual ecosystem they are viewing and why\/how these images have come into being.”<\/p>\n

Kolaj Fest New Orleans<\/a> is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, July 12-15, 2018. Visit the website<\/a> to learn more, see an overview of the program, and register to attend.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Originally from the Canadian Maritimes, Daniel Lynds is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, spastic noise maker, and self-proclaimed aesthete. His artistically formative years were spent in Montreal while attaining a BFA in Cinema from Concordia University whilst collaborating on experimental films, art installations, musical performances, and other shenanigans. His primary artistic interests are telling stories that explore relationships between absurdist, expressionist, mythical, and melodramatic pairings of images\/ideas\/titles. He lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina. See more of Lynds’ work on his Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory page<\/a> and at daniellynds.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Images (top to bottom):<\/strong>
\nDoomed to Succeed (re: Icarus and\/or Ashiepattle)<\/em>
\n10\u2033x7\u2033; glue, paper, cardboard; 2012<\/p>\n

innovationpie<\/em>
\n10\u2033x9\u2033; glue, paper, cardboard; 2016<\/p>\n

whenamidew<\/em>
\n11\u2033x8\u2033; glue, paper, cardboard; 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS Daniel Lynds explores collage as an educational process that leads to meditation Daniel Lynds is a Canadian Maritimer who now makes Charlotte, North Carolina his home. He describes himself as “an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, spastic…<\/p>\n

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