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Six poems about love whispered to the night sky

Performance from the series, Six Poems About Love Whispered to the Night Sky. Images from top:

Le front aux vitres by Paul Eluard (1929) Recited on April 28, 2016 at the childhood home of American writer, Wallace Stegner in Eastend, Saskatchewan.

My Life Summed Up In Three Photographs (Thus Far) by Gregory Scofield (2005) Recited on October 2, 2016 near the Queen Elizabeth Power Plant, Saskatoon.

The Visit by Robert Creeley (1981)Recited on June 17, 2016 at the original summer cabin of English landscape painter and educator, Augustus Kenderdine at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan.

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When the cosmos aligned, if only briefly and largely unnoticed

Troy Gronsdahl, The moment when the cosmos aligned, if only briefly and largely unnoticed Equinox, total solar eclipse & perigee moon, March 20, 2015, 4:45 p.m. local timeTroy Gronsdahl - The moment when the cosmos aligned, if only briefly and largely unnoticed Equinox, total solar eclipse & perigee moon, March 20, 2015, 4:45 p.m. local time Solstice, June 21, 2015, 10:38 a.m. local time

When the cosmos aligned, if only briefly and largely unnoticed.
Equinox, total solar eclipse & perigee moon, March 20, 2015, 4:45 p.m. local time
Solstice, June 21, 2015, 10:38 a.m. local time
cyanotype

Troy Gronsdahl, The moment when the cosmos aligned, if only briefly and largely unnoticedTroy Gronsdahl, The moment when the cosmos aligned, if only briefly and largely unnoticedTroy Gronsdahl, The moment when the cosmos aligned, if only briefly and largely unnoticed

In an ongoing series of cyanotypes, I draw on the historical associations of monochrome painting while playing in its ambiguous zones of interpretive possibility. By exposing paper treated with a cyanotype solution to natural light, these photographic prints are a record of an cosmological event, yet the claim made by the title cannot be verified by the contents of its image.

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Ways of Looking

Troy Gronsdahl, Ways of Looking
Black and white photographs, 2.5 x 3.5 inches
2011-present

An ongoing series of self-portrait photographs taken in a variety of locations, including architectural landmarks, tourist destinations and cultural spaces. The title refers to John Berger’s book, Ways of Seeing.