Pushing Rocks

Archives of Early Work
Aviva Rahmani Aviva Rahmani

Archives of Early Work

When this post is complete, it will help people understand some of what has brought me to my present convictions about what my trigger point theory as aesthetic activism might be, and how it has become

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The Blued Trees Symphony update
Aviva Rahmani Aviva Rahmani

The Blued Trees Symphony update

From April 2016 until late November 2016, I juggled dealing with surgery, chemotherapy and adjusting to long term medications, while moving The Blued Trees Symphony project forward.

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How to make a coda
Aviva Rahmani Aviva Rahmani

How to make a coda

The Coda for The Blued Trees Symphony has been a work in progress since October 1, 2016. It follows the third movement of the Symphony, which was about the legal framework of the project, and began the first of the year, January 1, 2016. an excerpt from that movement was recently performed at White Box Gallery.

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On Defiance, Uncertainty, and Empathy
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On Defiance, Uncertainty, and Empathy

Shortly after my last post on this site, I began chemotherapy for breast cancer. I am now halfway through that grueling treatment protocol. Meanwhile, Blued Trees was awarded a 2016 Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in the category of Architecture/ Environmental Structures/ Design, and a wonderful new article was published in the Village Voice  on Blued Trees , by Audrea Lim

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New Press on "Blued Trees Symphony"
Aviva Rahmani Aviva Rahmani

New Press on "Blued Trees Symphony"

There is some amazing new press on the Blued Trees Symphony:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/g-roger-denson/earth-day-ecoart-confront_b_9721354.html

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