A new space.
Alluvial is a collective project space in Rinconada, NM. Focusing on one day engagements with the occasional week-long event. Alluvial strives to provide a fertile substrate that supports both local programming and short term artist residencies.
Daniel stephensen
Saturday Oct 1, 2022 3pm-6pm
2219 NM 68 Embudo, NM 87531 — Free
Still image from the film “Out There”, image copyright Daniel Stephensen
“What really matters is then to compose oneself, to be in that impervious need — that’s it — here it is, here it is...”
Barracks—Littleglobe TV. By Hank Rogerson, Anaid Garcia and Daniel Stephensen with Gabriel Wood
Former Australian Dan Stephensen: PhD in poetry and science fiction studies (translating early works of Cuban science fiction is a slow passion); sometime filmmaker for himself and LittleglobeTV in Santa Fe; unlearned carver of things; and in his day job a marketer and author community manager, a unique and enjoyable combination.
I have this aphoristic remark from poet Paul Celan kicking around in my head: “Give in when outnumbered, but as prisoner speak in an un-understandable language” — and I used to think that the point was to go on speaking no matter what, but now I really think I had it upside-down, or inside-out: there is an absolutely impervious need to compose oneself in some language, Celan is saying.
Still image from the film “Out There”, image copyright Daniel Stephensen
I see that what I’ve made is a kind of art, but it doesn’t really matter. What really matters is the language, or languages, that are coming into the world now — and no metaphors here: stone language, wood language, light language. What really matters is then to compose oneself, to be in that impervious need — that’s it — here it is, here it is...
—Daniel Stephensen
Exhibition program reel (copyright Daniel Stephensen)
Photo credit Jennifer Goyette
Photo credit Jennifer Goyette
Photo credit Jennifer Goyette
Photo credit Jennifer Goyette
Photo credit Jennifer Goyette
Photo credit Erin Kathleen Cherry
Past Alluvial engagements :
Pandemic and Political Paintings
Beginners Crochet Workshop
House of Needs
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The why
Making art can be a solitary endeavor, especially for stone sculptors. The aim is a forum for expression, a tabula rasa, a free space. Alluvial favors fostering paths for artistic inclusion and vision, the artist being integral to the curation and production of each event.
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Projects
Alluvial is: exhibitions, residencies, workshops, screenings, skillshares, and a project work space. Beyond our curatorial efforts, Alluvial may be available for your ideas and best intentions.
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Collective
For our inaugural 2022-2023 season we are: Brian Barreto, Schuyler Blanchard, Alma De Luna, Ray McClellan, and Sam Sieger.