CONTRAPUNTAL 1

The beginning of a new project:

"Contrapuntal I" 23" x 30"; pen and ink on 100% Cotton French Paper by Anja Marais © 2011

great completion seems incomplete;
yet its usefulness is never exhausted.
great fullness seems to be empty;
yet its usefulness is never used up.
great straightness seems to be bent.
great skill seems to be clumsy.
great surplus seems to stammer.
activity overcomes cold;
tranquility overcomes heat.

Text in drawing from Tao Ching: (The Robert G Henricks translation, Chapter 45, Text A)

Currently work is on display at Harrison Gallery on White street

Raison d’ etre Circular – # 003

RAISON D’ ETRE circular | the goal of life and art are one | by ANJA MARAIS

“Art shows man his raison d’etre {purpose of existence}” – Auguste Rodin

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20 Days Left. The halfway mark for our Crowd Funding.

Dear friends,

Thank you so much for all the donations coming in supporting the stop animation “Shift”

When we started our crowd funding we have received 10% in just over 10 days.
Now with 20 days left we are very close to our halfway mark in funds needed.

Shift is a stop animation short, filmed in the Florida Keys and animated with paper sculptures, made from over 10,000 photos.

It is about searching for identity and the transformation of loss.

Please consider becoming part of our team by making a donation.
You can read how we will use the funds, watch our trailer and donate at:

http://www.indiegogo.com/SHIFT-1

Please feel free to share this link with friends that might be interested.

Thank you once again for your time.
Fond  Regards
Anja and Juan Carlos

(Please note in the image that the list of sponsors are not official or completed or in any specific order.)

Trailer for Shift

If you enjoy the trailer for our stop animation “Shift” please help us by supporting this project. You can learn more how by visiting our fundraiser page.

You can also read more on my previous post.

 

Stop Animation “SHIFT” a trailer and a fundraiser.

Dear friends

I hope you had a wonderful new year. 2011 was a year I completely devoted to a very special art project called, “Shift”. This project is a collaboration between myself as a sculptor and Miami film maker Juan Carlos Zaldivar. Together we created an animated short film. We have been selected for the Miami International Film Festival in March and it will also coincide with an exhibition of the sculptures used in making of this Animated short that was shot in the Florida Keys. We are in the final stretch of completing the film and we launched a small fundraiser on IndieGoGo to be able to make this possible. You can follow the link on this facebook event to see our trailer of the short film.

Thank you so much for your support whether it is with a donation or emotional.
All the best
Anja Marais

http://www.indiegogo.com/SHIFT-1

Make a Donation:

http://www.indiegogo.com/SHIFT-1