Watermill Center to Host Two Open Studios on Saturday

Visitors of the Watermill Center will have two open studios at the center located at 39 Watermill Towd Road in Water Mill, to choose from, on Saturday, March 7.

The first open studio with artist Geoffrey Farmer will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Over the past three years, Farmer has been developing a self-organizing, generative montage system that combines tagged sounds and images to create a non-looping film.

Collecting images from various sources, discarded clipping libraries, as well as creating a sound library from field recordings, sound archives and sound libraries.

Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell, combines and organizes this material into different taxonomies, juxtapositions and sequences using different organizing principles.

During his residency at Watermill, Farmer will work with a programmer, film maker and sound engineer to further develop and expand this project.

Make a reservation here for Farmer’s open studio.

The open studeio with photographer Mary Ellen Bartley will also take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Bartley will make a set of photographs using books from The Watermill Center Study Library as subjects.

The photographs will be used to create a book of books, whose format and edition are yet to be determined.

The books that Robert Wilson has left bookmarks and handwritten notes in are of particular interest, as they illustrate the way books can be used as inspirational sources and create layers of connection between artists, ideas, and places separated by time and geography.

Rather than use the library for research, Bartley will interact with volumes that catch her eye and follow the connections that arise in studying them through her camera.

Guests can see Bartley’s work in site during her open studio. Click here to make a reservation.

Photo 1: Geoffrey Farmer

Photo 2: A Road Divided (2011) by Mary Ellen Bartley

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