Gallery Exhibit Opening Party: “Sacred Terrain” | Oakland

Submitted by the Event Organizer

“Sacred Terrain” features the black & white photography of Cathy Shine, illuminated by the plasma sculpture of Ed Kirshner. Tonight’s opening party also features improvised music by Cornelius Boots and Freddi Price, and free psychic readings by Virginia.

About the artist’s works:

Cathy Shine’s prints are hand-prepared photographs of forgotten scenes and now historical memories depict life on the Earth’s aesthetic and sacred terrain. All photographs produced in her inventory are hand-processed in a darkroom, hand-spotted and sepia-toned by individual effort. Her images are produced in the traditional concept and not digitally captured or enhanced. Completed photos are burned, dodged and printed on fiber based paper, (now approaching extinction).

Ed Kirshner’s glass and gas plasma sculptures have been exhibited throughout the U.S. as well as in Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Austria, France and Turkey. His work, “Cone of Chaos”, was a Corning Glass selection in 2000 and is included in Corning’s recent book “25 Years of New Glass Review.” His piece, “Java High,” was a recent acquisition of the di Rosa Fine Arts Preserve in Napa, California.

Opening night music:

Cornelius Boots and Freddi Price will be creating structured, improvised textures in response to the artwork utilizing shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), Taimu (bass shakuhachi), clarinet, bass clarinet, electric guitar and drone loops.

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