NEWS DIPLOMACY THROUGH ARTS ALLIANCES Discussion, Art workshop and Exhibition Opening remarks: Stephanie Burk: U.S. Embassy Vienna Panelists: Ambassador Dr. Emil Brix: Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, cultural policy (Video) Dr. Monika Mokre: Institute for Culture Studies and History of Theatre, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Video) Dr. Martina Könighofer: moving cultures, vidc (Video) Leslie Fry: visual artist- USA (Video) Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten: visual artist - Austria Date: Thursday, October 1st 2009 Time: 18.00 h (discussion) and 20.00 h (workshop) Venue: Amerika Haus; Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 2, A - 1010 Vienna See the video, Uniting States, by Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten and Leslie Fry. From the exhibition, Steps to Hope, at Windspiel Galerie, Vienna in October 2009. Links for the one-minute video, Lists and Dreams .mac: http://homepage.mac.com/lsfry/iMovieTheater36.html A two-part sculpture about daily life made for facing walls in the artist's living room. It's made out of to-do lists, lottery tickets, and written-down dreams. We try to give shape to our lives, which are often opposing elements of what we have to do (our lists) and what we dream of. In this sculpture, the two become one. Links for the video "99 1/2 Won't Do" .mac: http://homepage.mac.com/lsfry/iMovieTheater33.html Link for the six-minute video, "Wild Life Sculpture Search" MobileMe: http://gallery.me.com/lsfry#100056&bgcolor=black&view=grid The 44 page, full color book, Wild Life: A Public Art Project, is available at Lulu.com (http://www.lulu.com/content/1246085). Here is an excerpt from one of the book's essays, “Leslie Fry's Wild Life,” by Dr. Nick Capasso, Curator, DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park: “Wild Life thus acts as a vehicle for a multi-sensory awareness of place and nature. Through artifice, nature is found. The placement [of the sculptures] also intensifies their liminality. They live at the edge - of the wilderness, and of our perception, as if seen in the corner of the eye. Such slippage in and out of awareness is a profound metaphor for the dream world - the mental land where myths are born.” One year in 2 minutes -- see the sculptures of Pomerleau Park change over 4 seasons: You Tube link On March 2, 2007, I was interviewed by JoEllen Schilke about the "Wild Life" public art project at Boca Ciega Park in Seminole, Florida. Go to the link below to listen to this 17 minute segment of "Art in Your Ear" on WMNF. http://lesliefry.com/media/leslie-wmnfArtEar.MP3 ARTICLES WILDART St. Petersburg Times, April 2, 2007 Sculptor: Art sparks thought St. Petersburg Times, January, 2007 Air conditioner cover / By Leslie Fry Dwell, September, 2006 Body Works For Winooski sculptor Leslie Fry, home is where the art is Seven Days, May 2, 2006 Leslie Fry: More than she appears to be The Times Argus Cast Off, Piled Up & Made Again Catalog essay for Cast-Offs: Girls, Riddles, Fate Leslie Fry Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Sculpture Magazine