THIS EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER A GROUP OF ARTISTS RESPONDING AND ASPIRING TO WERNER HERZOG’S SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT BOOK SHARING THE SAME TITLE. WRITTEN IN 1974, AND UNTIL RECENTLY OUT OF PRINT, THE ARTISTS APPROACH AND RE-CONTEXTUALIZE FACETS OF HERZOG’S TRAVELOGUE, AN ARTICULATE TALE OF A 3-WEEK WALK FROM MUNICH TO PARIS. THROUGH 2009 & 2010 THIS EXHIBITION TOURED FROM SEATTLE TO PORTLAND AND CONCLUDED (IN-PART) AT DITCH PROJECTS IN SPRINGFIELD OREGON. THIS SITE SERVES AS AN ARCHIVE OF THE EXHIBITION, IT’S TRAVELS, AND THE ARTISTS INVOLVED. ARTISTS INCLUDE: DAVID BERMAN, JOSEPH BURWELL, DOMINIC DEJOSEPH, BILL DANIEL, ANNA FIDLER, ANNA GRAY + RYAN PAULSEN, ALEXANDRA LAKIN-GORDON, DONALD MORGAN, MELODY OWEN, LINAS PHILLIPS, GREG POND, QUALIA TINKERING INSTITUTE, JAN TUMLIR, LAURA VANDENBURGH, & ANKE WEYER. ((FIND COMPLETE ARTIST BIOS, EXHIBITED WORKS, AS WELL AS THE TEXT OF JAN TUMLIR’S “CROSSING PATHS” WRITTEN, AND PUBLISHED, FOR THE OCCASION OF THIS EXHIBITION)). - JACK RYAN: CURATORTumblr (3.0; @ofwalkinginiceexhibition)http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luzgn20KPW1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gregpond.net/" target="_blank">Greg Pond</a>’s <em>Of Walking Stick.</em></p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13085289564http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13085289564Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:45:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luy9p99aPU1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The exhibition poster is a production still from <a href="http://www.blackshoefilms.com/" target="_blank">Dominic DeJoseph</a>’s elegant film produced for this exhibition.</p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053424496http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053424496Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:00:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyg1fHxfG1r6j8v3o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Portland Installation Document</p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13055878998http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13055878998Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:59:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luy4zcHhVQ1r6j8v3o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><a href="http://www.canadanewyork.com/artist/anke_weyer%20%20" target="_blank">Anke Weyer</a></strong><span> was born in </span><span>Karlsruhe, </span><span>Germany and resides in Brooklyn, NY.<span>  </span>She is represented by Canada, a New York gallery.<span>  </span>She studied at The Cooper Union and at </span><span>Hochschule fuer bildende Kuenste Staedelschule in Frankfurt. She has exhibited in Stockholm, Toronto, London, Copenhagen, at Leo Koenig in NY, at Mary Goodman in Los Angelos and been written about in the New York Times.</span></p></p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13050928129http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13050928129Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:47:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32410793?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span><br/>Filmed and produced for <em>Of Walking In Ice</em> by <a href="http://www.blackshoefilms.com/" target="_blank">Dominic DeJoseph</a>  with sound by <a href="http://www.seaneden.com/" target="_blank">Sean Eden</a>.</span></p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13076475578http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13076475578Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:46:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luy3yhGjmB1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><a href="http://www.dragcity.com/artists/david-berman" target="_blank">David Berman</a></strong> is an artist, writer, poet, and musician based in Nashville who received his MA in creative writing from the University of Virginia.<span>  </span>He is the singer/ songwriter for The Silver Jews and his book of poetry, <em>Actual Air,</em> was published by Open City Books in 1999.<span>  </span><em>Portable February</em>, his collection of drawings and observations was published by Drag City in June.</p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13050257818http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13050257818Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:45:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luz1894dfH1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.blackshoefilms.com/" target="_blank">Dominic J. DeJoseph</a> has directed music videos for indie rock bands, working extensively with R.E.M. throughout their career, and documentaries featuring Wim Wenders and Bono as well as the “Johnny Berlin” series. His independent films and documentaries have screened at the Tribeca FilmFestival, SxSW, SILVERDOCS, and The Robert Flaherty Documentary Seminar,as well as internationally.Dominic’s most recent production is the short sci-fi horror film, “Turn It Off,” and is currently working on a feature-length screenplay about the history of wireless technology. He lives in Brooklyn. </p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13069007926http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13069007926Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:12:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luz0w6pYqQ1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://thistlepress.net/" target="_blank">Melody Owen</a> is a visual artist and curator living in Portland, Oregon. She was recently working at the Gästeatelier Krone Residency in Switzerland. She has also done residencies in Iceland, Paris, Quebec and Eastern Oregon. She is represented by Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland and has also shown work at the Portland Art Museum, PDX Gallery, PICA, Fugitive Art Center in Nashville, Contemporary Arts Center in Massachusetts, London Metropolitan University, and the PDX Film Festival.  <a href="http://thistlepress.net/" target="_blank"><a href="http://thistlepress.net/" target="_blank">http://thistlepress.net/</a></a></span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13068685084http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13068685084Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:04:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luy9bbEjyr1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Qualia Tinkering Institute </span></strong><span>is a consortium of collaborators from the Pacific Northwest. They work between the collisions of art/design/and philosophy in order to alter, engineer</span>, rethink, and scape space.</p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053252863http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053252863Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:09:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyg5zLldF1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Portland Installation Document: Berman, Burwell, Vandenburgh (floor drawing).</p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13055925629http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13055925629Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:37:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luycmpXBee1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Exhibition opening, Seattle.</p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054617196http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054617196Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:20:49 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luycceC9Rw1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seattle Installation Documentation: Melody Owen<em>, </em><span>Alexandra Lakin, Donald Morgan.</span></p> <!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment-->http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054506487http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054506487Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:14:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyc9rc2Zn1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seattle’s<a href="http://soilart.org/archives/2009-12/of-walking-in-ice.htm" target="_blank"> SOIL</a> Gallery.</p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054477626http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054477626Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:13:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luybmdQqc51r6j8v3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seattle Installation Documentation: Greg Pond’s <em>Of Walking Stick </em>(Sound, electronics, wood).</p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054222872http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054222872Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:59:01 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyb7nwrCT1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Portland Installation Documentation from The White Stage Building. L to R: exhibition tabloid (floor), Anna Fidler (<em><span>Swamp Band), </span></em><span>Alexandra Lakin (</span><em><span>Man Catches Woman, </span></em><em><span>Private Home)</span></em><span>, Greg Pond (<em>Of Walking Stick</em>).</span></p> <!--StartFragment--> <p><span><span> <br/></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment-->http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054060458http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13054060458Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:50:10 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyan5QJsw1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seattle Installation Documentation.</p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053827620http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053827620Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:37:52 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyahdpRJG1r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><strong><span>Joseph Burwell</span></strong><span> was born in Iceland and raised in southwestern Virginia.  He received his MFA in sculpture from Tulane University in New Orleans.  After moving to New York in 2000 he participated in residencies at The Cooper Union, PS 122, and at The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Program.  He has shown in New York at Exit Art, Spencer Brownstone, and has an upcoming solo show at Miyako Yoshinaga Arts Prospects. He lives and works in Brooklyn.</span><!--EndFragment-->   </span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053760580http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053760580Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:34:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luy9x6R5S21r6j8v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seattle Installation Documentation: David Berman (<em><span>Herzog I and Herzog II), </span></em>Joseph Burwell<em><span> (The Frozen Pedestrian).</span></em></p> <!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment-->http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053520869http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13053520869Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:22:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luy7wqIndw1r6j8v3o1_r2_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><strong>Linas Phillips</strong> graduated from NYU’s experimental theatre wing with a BA in acting. He worked with special needs children during the day while performing in theatre and comedy venues at night before moving onto film.<br/></span><span>His first feature film </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMtO7EGPYY" target="_blank"><span>WALKING TO WERNER</span></a><span> is a personal documentary about Linas 1200 mile walk from Seattle to Los Angeles.  It’s an homage to Werner Herzog and a portrait of an artist struggling to follow a dream.  It won the Special Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival and landed Linas a spot in Filmmaker Magazine’s 2006 list of 25 New Faces to Watch in independent film.<br/></span><span>His second film </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCv9KUYbLCs" target="_blank"><span>GREAT SPEECHES FROM A DYING WORLD</span></a><span> is a documentary about 12 homeless people living on the streets of Seattle and features each character performing a famous speech from history.<br/></span>His third film, a narrative, entitled BASS ACKWARDS,  will premiere at the Sundance  Film Festival in 2010. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMtO7EGPYY" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMtO7EGPYY%C2%A0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMtO7EGPYY </a></a></p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13052586110http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13052586110Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:38:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv4nx4DNYW1r6j8v3o1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><!--StartFragment--><strong><a href="http://www.alexandralakin.com/" target="_blank">Alexandra Lakin</a></strong><span> lives & works in Los Angeles, CA and received an MFA from Alfred University in Electronic Integrated Art. Recent exhibitions include screenings at Portland Art Museum in Oregon, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, and a three person drawing show at Roos Arts in NYS.</span><!--EndFragment--> </p>http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13213597755http://ofwalkinginiceexhibition.tumblr.com/post/13213597755Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:10:00 -0500