we feel fine : book

we feel fine : book
Originally uploaded by Mary Bogdan

Very Very proud and pleased and happy happy to have been chosen to participate in this fabulous book, "we feel fine, an almanac of human emotion" by Jonathan Harris and sep Kamvar of Google fame... exploring the personal feelings of millions, and I am one of those million people... see next photo, showing my page with my image included, from my LOVE [ME] TENDER series...

happy happy

here's the image chosen:

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Steven Jobs and ME :) 0927cc
Originally uploaded by Mary Bogdan

Steven Jobs and ME :)

Finally my Steven Jobs doll arrived in the mail today. I am Happy Happy Happy Happy....

photos taken by Sol Lang, hubby.

ps, we actually have the same wardrobe ;)

humumentary | documentomme 00110

humumentary | documentomme 00110
Originally uploaded by Mary Bogdan

humumentary | documentomme 00110

See the whole series on flickrriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/humumentary

I find the small hairs of the plant roots reflecting the teabag strings very intriguing, one natural one man-made... and how the folds in the coffee filter simulate the veins in the leaves... there's a beautiful harmony here, even in it's diversity... and contradictions...

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Lighting Up Gesù [A & B]

Lighting Up Gesù [A & B]
Originally uploaded by Mary Bogdan

Out of the Shadows, Into the Light

Lighting up Gesù, a concept submitted by Sol Lang and Mary Bogdan of Crayon Design & Communication

How do you light up a 120 year old Baroque church that's also a cultural center for the arts and bring it into the 21st Century as a part of the Quartier Des Spectacles in Montreal?

This was the task that 37 designers, architects and lighting specialists from 4 continents had to tackle and compete to have their proposal accepted. The contest was organized by the Quartier des spectacles Partnership, the Gesù and Design Montréal from the City of Montreal.

Sol Lang and Mary Bogdan were invited to participate in this exciting venture. Under the corporate umbrella of Crayon Design & Communication, their design firm, they submitted the concept shown here.

A spectacular artistic, environmental intervention that would be a permanent sculptural/multi media/multi-usage lighting solution to be established as a central icon of the Quartier Des Spectacles in Montreal.

Sol Lang: "Although not selected as the final concept, we had a wonderful time creating and developing it. The art was in the doing and the realization of the concept, at least on paper. It showed us that design criteria are completely cross-disciplinary when creativity and ingenuity are applied."

Mary Bogdan: "I feel that there is a timelessness when pursuing a creative vision, that goes beyond the ordinary... it is here that we as artists can spread our wings and fly intellectually and visually, as well as spiritually..."

Until March 28th 2009, all the entrants are on exhibit and open to the public (free) in the main hall at Gesù, centre de créativité, 1200 de Bleury, Montréal, Qc.

See in detail: http://crayondesign.net/GesuLighting_301CD.pdf

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gesù, centre de créativité_9701cc
Originally uploaded by Mary Bogdan

Here's a few photos of my EXHIBITION @ GESÙ, which came down a few weeks ago... (photos by Sol Lang)

gesù, centre de créativité | 24 septembre au 24 décembre, 2008 | art sacré 2008

MARY BOGDAN

Re-parenting the Inner Child
• mixed media | digital art | video •

This exhibition is composed of works never shown before in Montréal, and will be accompanied by the presentation of her new book Madonna & Child or Re-parenting my Inner Child, a collection of over 40 of her works published by HeuteKunst.
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Prendre soin de son enfant intérieur
• collages | impressions numériques | vidéo •

Cette exposition, constituée d’oeuvres dévoilées pour la première fois à Montréal, s’accompagne du lancement du livre éponyme de Mary Bogdan, recueil de plus de 40 de ses oeuvres incluant des oeuvres sur papier, en art digital et utilisant des médiums mixtes paru chez HeuteKunst.
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art sacré (http://gesu.net/expositions2.htm)
2008 PARCOURS CONTEMPORAIN : Contraires et complémentaires
24 septembre • 24 décembre 2008

Le Gesù est fier de lancer la 15e édition de son volet ART SACRÉ et vous invite à découvrir une programmation inspirée et inspirante, ce mercredi 24 septembre 2008 à 17h, dans le hall du Gesù au 1200, rue de Bleury. Un extrait de la pièce chorégraphique ÂME, de Benjamin Hatcher, sera présenté à 18h.

Pour sa 15e édition, la série Art Sacré au Gesù sera marquée par le thème de la complémentarité ! Des forces contraires ou complémentaires poussent les artistes et le public à se rencontrer au-delà de frontières culturelles et interdisciplinaires pour vivre le sacré. La programmation interdisciplinaire réalisée en collaboration avec Daniel LeBlond, s.j., artiste peintre jésuite, présente plusieurs primeurs en danse contemporaine, musique, arts visuels en plus des ateliers de danses et méditation. Nous vous proposons un parcours inusité qui jette un pont entre la science, l’architecture et la religion.

Ainsi, en arts visuels, observez comment revisiter l’espace avec l’installation monumentale in situ de l’artiste franco-suisse Martin Müller-Reinhart, dans l’église du Gesù; découvrez comment la science et l’art se complètent avec les oeuvres de Lorraine Pritchard ou encore revisitez de façon contemporaine l’image de la Vierge Marie avec les expositions de Mary Bogdan et du collectif Wagon Art-Itinérant.

Le programme complet est disponible au www.gesu.net
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-24 septembre au 24 décembre 2008
Hall du Gesù, 1200, rue de Bleury; Métro Place-des-Arts
Visite libre du mardi au samedi de 12h à 18h (Jusqu’à 20h les soirs de représentation)
Visite commentée sur demande à info@gesu.net - tel : 514-861-4378

ART SACRÉ 2008 : PARCOURS CONTEMPORAIN : Contraires et complémentaires-
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© 2008 mary bogdan

humumentary | documentomme 0094

humumentary | documentomme 0094
Originally uploaded by Mary Bogdan

humumentary | documentomme 0094

See the whole series on flickrriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/humumentary

I love that these books, are fermenting (or cooking) in this shit/coffee stew that I've created... they are discoloring and fading, disintegrating... It makes me think that my indoctrination (childhood bull-shit) is de-solving in front of me... this book, the slovenian/english dictionary refers to my heritage (my slovenian heritage), which does not fit me anymore. And maybe it never did... I now am thinking about loyalty to country as a great bull-shit! Why do we need it... It only separates us as humans. Actually, the psalms (bible) which is disintegrating right next to this book, is even more bull-shit! than the dictionary... religion has (and still does) divide us from one another... it doesn't really allow us to see that we as humans are all one... it has succeeded in doing the opposite... My religion is better than yours, my country is better than yours, my language is better than yours... WHY? I ask myself today, why do we think like this? This is the indoctrination. Why do we need it?

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humumentary | documentomme 0092

humumentary | documentomme 0092
Originally uploaded by Mary Bogdan

humumentary | documentomme 0092

humumentary = human-document-ary (english)
documentomme = documentaire de l'homme (french)
umanamentario = umana documentario (italian)
humanumental = humanos documental (spanish)
menschentarfilm = menschen dokumentarfilm (german)
mänsklimentär = mänskliga dokumentär (swedish)
človekomentarna = človekovih dokumentarna (slovenian)

See the whole series on flickrriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/humumentary

My four books are achieving other-worldliness... they are becoming something other than what they started out as, and isn't that really like all of us... we are born and work hard at being somebody "important", someone "worthy", and as time goes on, and it becomes empty, it feels empty... we begin our search for something more, something deeper, something spiritual... fragile, transparent... transcendence...

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