Blaffer Gallery - Jessica Stockholder- Kissing the Wall

Blaffer Gallery image map with a hot spot link to Blaffer Gallery on the left, Jessica Stockholder hot spot link to schedule of events on the right

Jessica Stockholder Audio Tour In September 2004, Jessica Stockholder gave a tour of the Jessica Stockholder Exhibition at the Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston. Below are several audio excerpts from the tour that give insight into Jessica's artwork and her creative process. Click on the headphones below to hear Jessica.
	"Particularly the ones that plug in. They are plugging into electricity, which is in the walls already and electricity is something that is happening. It is not static. I talked a little bit about this last night in relation to the installation work too. In both cases I'm interested in the fact that my work is participating in a static construct. It is part and parcel of painting and composition and painting and color and picture making, all of which are static."
	"For me, having the light on the wall and a piece in front...and the first one had the light on the piece that pointed at the wall and put colored light on the wall...Charges the space between the object and the wall. So there is not so much emphasis on the preciousness of the object. The Object rather creates a kind of event in the gallery. It is kind of performing in the gallery and causing an event...and particularly the ones that plug in."
	"I don't go shopping for myself for clothes or groceries and my art at the same time. It is a very different frame of mind [laughter and then audience question] So if you go shopping at HD shopping for the house? I rarely buy anything for the studio. If I get distracted by shopping for my home when I'm trying to shop for the studio, it is a bad thing. It is like going to have something to eat in the kitchen if you are trying to write."
In December 2004, Dr Bernard Robin interviewed Terrie Sultan and Katherine Veneman from the Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston. Below are several audio excerpts from the interviews that give insight into the Jessica Stockholder website and the Rice University Art Gallery installation process.
	Terrie on bringing the website alive. Terrie on the how the website allows the viewer to see the creative process in action.
	Terrie and Dr Robin on future ideas.
	Katherine on the Jessica Stockholder website revealing the creative process. Katherine on the Jessica Stockholder website as a resource for students.