ArtSpace #22: William Bredbeck
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Appropriately enough, the first ArtSpace post from yesterday’s artist was the inspiration for today’s piece.
Task for the week: Use a past ArtSpace post as inspiration for a new one
Artist: William Bredbeck
Inspiration: Adam Mayer’s “things we left behind” from September 26th
“Things we left behind”
How does living in Ditmas Park feed/inspire/affect your work?
Despite having lived in New York for the better part of twenty years, I am not a very urban person, so the proximity to Prospect Park is necessary for my happiness. Even though the park has its issues, I love it very much, especially at night, in the snow, or in a storm, when you can pretend you are a million miles away. For similar reasons, I love our “Green Stain” dripping down from the park on Google Maps. I live by the Parade Grounds, and I love the positive energy, the vibrancy of the community, and the feeling that we are all working together to energize the area. All of this helps create the dynamic world that the characters in my work inhabit.
Tell us about the past ArtSpace piece you chose for inspiration – which one, why you chose it, etc. – and how it influenced today’s work.
There were so many great things we created to choose from, but there was just something about Adam Mayer’s imagery in this poem which made me want to step out of my comfort zone and interpret it. Maybe it was thinking back on the excitement of Irene. Or maybe I am just a person who sees things left around and tries to imagine what the stories behind them are.
About William
William has climbed mountains and made oil paintings in Alaska, worked as the lead animator of a show on Nickelodeon, as a crewman on a three-masted schooner, and as a bike messenger in Manhattan. He also plays the saw and the accordion. He currently lives in Caton Park, Flatbush with his lovely daughter and wonderful wife and is the Senior Art Director at Arkadium, a game development company.
If you’d like to contact William, he can be reached at:
More info on ArtSpace:
ArtSpace #23: Mary Bakija (!) tomorrow.
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Noah Apple
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http://ditmasparkblog.com/ Mary
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http://www.facebook.com/emmaassin Emma Assin
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