Tuesday, April 26, 1988/The Battalion/Page 7 ational art exhibition on display t Langford Architecture Center By Shane Hall Reporter A variety of artwork, including ■ainting, sculpture and photogra- Ihy, can be seen in the gallery of the Irnest Langford Architecture Cen- tei through Saturday. I “Visual Articulations ’88” is a na- |onal art exhibit featuring artists om around the country. This is the icond year “Visual Articulations” s been displayed on the Texas ■&M campus, the gallery director id. Dawn Rasmussen said the idea for is exhibit on campus grew out of a ist exhibit in the gallery that fea red two-dimensional works by exas artists. She said she wanted to [pand that and exhibit works by itional artists as well. (“Plus, with the Texas exhibit, you fiuld only have two-dimensional rks,” Rasmussen explains. “You uldn’t have any collage or sculptu re” “Visual Articulations ’88” features works by artists from California, Or- on, Florida and various regions in :xas, including College Station. The art of College Station is rep- isented by Karen Hillier, a profes- jor in the department of envirorft- lental design. Hillier’s work is a ichrome photograph titled “Sea- 11.” Cibachrome is a color-printing process that emphasizes “intense color saturation,” Hillier said. ■ “It (cibachrome) is made from a IjjOsitive image, a transparency or a | slide, so there’s no inner negative,” Imlliei explained. “Your original is f?\ir slide and it is printed directly onto the cibachrome paper.” ■Hillier said “Seawall” is from a Tody of work she has been working on lor three years. All of the works are in color, with most of them being dbachrome prints, she said. |“A11 of the images have to do with spaces of transition, passageways, Spaces of change,” Hillier said. “And that work (“Seawall”) is just an exam ple of one particular image from j that body of work.” ■Hillier said her interest in cibach- j rorne photography grew out of what i she calls “a natural interest in color.” -City attracts ■dustry to help its recovery Chop-Chop, by Alexia Markarian, is part of the Visual Articulations ’88 exhibition in the Lang- Photo by Jay J aimer ford Architecture Center. The exhibition will continue through Saturday. “I was trained in painting and have taught design here in the col lege of architecture, which included color theory,” she said. “It’s just nat ural that 1 would gravitate toward a color process that would allow in tense color saturation.” “Visual Articulations’88” is a ju ried exhibit, which means the works are evaluated by a single judge called a “juror.” Rasmussen said more than 500 works were sent in for consider ation for exhibition. The juror for the exhibit was Mary Evelynn Sor rell, who is the executive director of the Lawndale Art and Performance Center in Houston. In a written statement explaining how she chose the works to exhibit, Sorrell said she was influenced by the gallery the works would be ex hibited in. “Knowing that this gallery is in the College of Architecture was ex tremely influential,” the statement read. “I have been swayed by this knowledge to show certain works which display an interesting sensibil ity to physical space and seem very conscious of form.” Sorrell also said she was interested in works that indicate social concern. “1 found several good examples of work which offer bitingly humorous looks at our society,” Sorrell’s statement read. Rasmussen said the “Visual Artic ulations” exhibit pi'obably will be on display in the gallery every year. Houstonians create videos to share family memories [CONROE (AP) — City leaders trying to recover from the devasta tion brought on by the ailing oil in dustry have helped attract a ’(Tea in cry and two major can man ufacturers to town, but they are still looking for more. If The buzz word is economic deve- loment in this town 40 miles north of Houston as local officials struggle to overcome the oil patch problems. BThose efforts nave helped create 1,152 new jobs since 1986 and have taught the community the perils of relying on only one industry. 1 Conroe was left reeling when Sky- top Brewster and two other major rig manufactuers closed. Almost overnight, more than 1,500 jobs dis- ppeared. I In addition, there were many Conroe residents who lost their Houston jobs and moved. "We quickly saw what could hap pen because of our dependence on oil,” Ken Rice of the Conroe Cham ber of Commerce said. Kfiecause of Houston’s once sky rocketing energy industry, Conroe’s population climbed in the early 1980s. City leaders followed through by spending about $35 million raised through grants and revenue bonds along with a $7 million 1984 bond is sue to improve services. HOUSTON (AP) — Sally Slaton Webb and Dan Blust know how to turn yesterday into tomorrow. It’s done with several thousand dollars worth of equipment and someone’s grandparents, maybe yours. Webb is a grandmother herself, although she likes to say she married rather young. Blust is a family man, age 29. Combining her professional experience interviewing on camera and his knowledge of photography and editing, they created Envision It, a business that captures family nostalgia on videotape. The team goes beyond covering weddings and parties, although such events are included. What really ex cites Webb and Blust is a grandpa rent recalling stories of early days. Webb asks questions to nudge mem ories while Blust does the camera work. Later he edits in family pho tos, even snippets of old home mov ies, and finally wraps the biography in tender music, a touch that often brings out the hankies. In a finished videotape, there’s Grandpa staring out from his baby finery; now he is on one knee, pos ing with the baseball team. Then comes the wedding photo, the par enthood scenes and the first grand child, in color and motion. Finally we see him giving Grandma’s shoul der a squeeze at his sentimental re tirement party. It’s the photograph album of the future: You don’t just look, you watch, hear it and feel it. The business was Webb’s idea. At the time, Webb’s job was con ducting a daily talk show, Midday, at the University of Texas Health Sci ence Center at Houston. Blust, a col league, was intrigued by her idea and offered his technical advice. He’s still with UTHSCH, where he has worked on such shows as the Dr. “Red” Duke health reports and the “Charles Ericsson, MD, Health Tips” in Modern Maturity programs for PBS. So Webb outlined her plan: The work could be done with a home vi deo camera, no? No, said Blust. They would need a three-chip Sony professional cam era, S-VHS editing equipment and Lowell light kit. And while she was out shopping, she might as well pick up a proper setting — something that looks like a grandparent’s own living room. Webb found an Irish pine dresser, a Pennsylvania wood mantel dated 1880, a Pembroke table, an armoire, an antique screen and a couple of vintage chairs. All that, centered by a comfortable wing chair and side ta bles, creates a cozy settle-down cor ner that encourages relaxation and memories. Apparently, the camera is soon forgotten and the subjects are all too pleased to talk about themselves. “Dan and 1 have an advantage,” said Webb. “We are outside the families — there’s no risk that we’ve heard these stories before.” Sometimes the elderly client spins a yarn or sings an obscure little ditty that even the fam ily has never heard. A 91-year-old man described his first airplane ride: the take-off from a bumpy field and the unexpected and unappreciated loop-the-loop ac robatics that his pilot felt compelled to execute. Is all this expensive? Length and mix determine the cost. At the low est range are the video collages, with 48 family photos tapes in sequence and set to music for $150. A video history is $400 an hour, with $10 for each added photo. Other combina tions, including coverage of events, can be arranged. Once the videotape is done, it can be copied repeatedly for only $20 each, so that all the aunts, uncles and cousins can claim their own share of 1988 family nostalgia. DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS TICKET DISMISSAL - INSURANCE DISCOUNT April 29, (6-10 p.m.) April 30, (8:30-12:30 p.m.) May 4, (6-10 p.m.) May 5, (6-10 p.m.) — _ _ _ . _ _ . PLUS 345-1631 PREMEDICAL/PREDENTAL SOCIETY MEETING TIME: 8:00 p.m. DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 26 PLACE: 209HECC PROGRAM: SPEAKERS FROM TEXAS COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND OFFICER ELECTIONS 1702 Kyle South 764-9044 expires June 1st not valid with other offer 2.50 ADMISSION I -denotes dolbystereo 1. Any Show Before 3 PM I ' Any 2. Tuesday - All Seats 3. 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