July’s Artist-in-ATHICA is Benjamin Rouse. Rouse is a self-taught artist based in Athens whose work typically focuses on photography, but his residence with ATHICA has revolved around a 3-D printmaking project called “Search for Symmetry.” For the project, Rouse created his own paper and embossed it by affixing small metal spheres to wooden surfaces. The finished pieces are monochromatic and highly textured, representing the ideas of nuance and meditation. Rouse finds that the embossing process captures a specific moment with pressure just as photography captures a specific moment with light. Aside from using his residency to evolve his creative processes, Rouse has also taken it as an opportunity to share his craft with his community, offering paper-making tutorials and demonstrating his embossing techniques with visitors during his studio hours and by appointment.
WHO: Benjamin Rouse
WHEN: Saturday, July 27, 6 p.m.
WHERE: ATHICA
HOW MUCH: Donations accepted
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