Featured Artist article at Transpositions

Jim Watkins just wrote a beautiful article about my work for the Transpositions blog. I am moved and deeply grateful. You can see the article by following this link: http://www.transpositions.co.uk/2013/05/featured-artist-david-hooker/

The Sweep Project is LAUNCHED!

After almost two years of research and development, The Sweep Project is now officially launched! Just in case you’ve only heard me talk about it 2 or 3 times, The Sweep Project is a series of site-specific performance artworks that highlight the history of the Underground Railroad in Will County, Illinois, and challenges people to consider both their relationship to that history and their role in building a more just and equitable society today. 

Please visit my campaign in Kickstarter, as I try to raise both awareness of the project and some funds to make it happen. Through the campaign you can support the project financially and get artwork as rewards. You can also support the campaign just by sharing the link with your friends. If nothing else, you can see my attempt at creating a stop-action video. Check it out by following this link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/607418844/the-sweep-project

an example of an artwork you can receive for supporting the fund raising campaign: a 10″x22″ cyanotype featuring an Underground Railroad location in Will County. 

 

Article about 46:Deus Noster Refugium

Lovely blog post by Ginger Geyer about the piece I made at Laity Loadge. It will be there in the Cody Center through the summer. Thanks, Ginger!

http://www.laitylodge.org/texas-christian-retreat-center/davd-j-p-hooker-46-deus-noster-refugium

Cyanotypes for The Sweep Project

I started working on a few cyanotypes of The Sweep Project. I’ll be using them as premiums for a Kickstarter campaign (coming soon). 

For the pieces I’m combining images I’ve taken of some of the Underground Railroad “stops” with some debris I’ve collected from the sites. In particular, I’ve been collecting cigarette butts and seeds: cigarette butts because they contain tobacco and cotton, seeds as a metaphor for hope. 

Here’s a few pieces in process:

And here’s a few finished pieces.

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These are all 5×7. They will be “entry level” premiums. The cool thing about them is that they will all be unique works. More to come!

“It Was Totally Bootstrap”: Art Entrepreneur Jen Bekman Looks Back on 5 Years of 20×200 | Artinfo

“It Was Totally Bootstrap”: Art Entrepreneur Jen Bekman Looks Back on 5 Years of 20×200 | Artinfo.

Corpus Installed

Corpus is now complete and installed in the Bible and Theology Department at Wheaton College. The dedication for it and all the other artwork there will happen on April 22nd, but you can go see it anytime. Very happy with the installation, especially how Corpus works with Greg Halvorsen Schreck’s Via Dolorosa and Joel Sheesley’s nativity painting!

LivingSocial’s Sumo + Sushi – YouTube

LivingSocial’s Sumo + Sushi – YouTube.

…I really have mixed feelings about this.