05 October 2021

Fall 21 News: Paintings, Videos, Dance!

Motion Pictures: New Paintings by Peter Sparling at 22 North Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI Oct. 1- Nov. 7 
Link to video tour of exhibit: https://vimeo.com/622716319

The Motion Pictures Project: A residency at Riverside Arts Center in nearby Ypsilanti, MI during August provided me the space to videotape eight terrific dancers improvising to the sme set of prompts. Theuir dancing is the inspiration for a new set of paintings. See videos for examples of their dancing and the rsulting paintings:
Yal Rivlin:: https://vimeo.com/583334645
Yali Rivlin: https://vimeo.com/582716349
Shaina & Bryan Baira: https://vimeo.com/581171271
Shaina & Bryan Baira: https://vimeo.com/579179580

New screendances push me to new places, challenge the aging body to express with a new determination. I've enjoyed improvising to the wonderful, complex music of friend Bill Bolcom... as well as to the music of other great "B" composers Bach, Beethoven, Boulez and Bassett!
The Structure of Matter: https://vimeo.com/578813449   
The F**king Bach Chaconne: https://vimeo.com/567853460  password: Kremer
Likewise: https://vimeo.com/567951732
Mercy:  https://vimeo.com/526879789
Studies for a New Space: https://vimeo.com/564606033
Let Evening Come: https://vimeo.com/563955932
Conversation (for Bill): https://vimeo.com/562963905 
A cappella: https://vimeo.com/543345968
Mikey Can't Sleep:  https://vimeo.com/558539844

Six Piano Pieces: https://vimeo.com/546144106

Mercy: https://vimeo.com/526879789
Men on Mars: https://vimeo.com/515953789   password: Jezero