The Invasion has Begun

The vinyl specialist, Gibbs Connors and Moore student Monika Kuder attaching a few creations to the wall.


The initial unveiling of some of the massive insects to grace the walls.
Robert putting finishing touches on the finished product. Now imagine a whole room of these- ceilings and floors included!

Though mere mortals like me could never hope to achieve such greatness (at least not while I'm still in high school), Gibbs Connors and his crack team are masters at what they do. The vinyl cut outs act much like stencils, and after the initial shape is cut out, there is still positive space that needs to be cut from the piece.

When asked how long she thought it would take to cut out the details for a seemingly never-ending bug, Monika Kuder, a curatorial student at Moore, replied "oh, about a half an hour." This installation, a continuation of artist Regina Silveira's Mundus Admirabalis, which was first shown in Brazil, is in good
hands here in Philadelphia.

The First Day

It's pretty empty right now, but look at all the potential that room has!
The Goldie Paley Gallery is the ideal platform for the invasion of insects that have crawled directly from the mind of artist Regina Silveira.


These are the vinyl insect stickers that will cover this gallery in just a few weeks. They don't look intimidating as of yet, but adhering these vinyl stickers to the walls may prove to be a daunting task.


Betsabee Romero's tire print banners will cascade from the tops of these windows- eventually. Right now they just let in really nice afternoon light.


The panels for Paul Morrison's pastoral mural are all set and ready to go. Only a little while longer before these bad boys will be on display for all to see on the side of Moore Galleries on 20th St.


The highly informative diagram of how the panels will be put together.


Just a small portion of the windows that will act as the canvas for Gunilla Klingberg's logo based, vividly orange, vinyl sticker.


Both Kiah-Monique Oguagha, a student at Moore, and Preston Scott, an installer at the galleries are hard at work preparing the front window for Virgil Marti's dream-like wallpaper exhibit.

Introduction

My name is Sakile Shaw. I'm a highschool student interning at the Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design. From a young age I've been interested in artistic expression (I was raised by artists, I didn't even stand a chance.) Lately I've become more interested in the printed image; how to manipulate it, how it can change a surface, how a surface can change it. Of course,when this internship came up, I jumped at the chance since Moore is one of the venues presenting The Graphic Unconscious, the core exhibition of Philagrafika, Philadelphia's international festival celebrating print in contemporary art. Watching the installations for Philagrafika slowly build themselves out of just ideas is proving to be an awesome experience.
With this blog, you too can follow along on this odyssey of artsy and printastic adventure.