JEMAGWGA Gwylene Gallimard & Jean-Marie Maucletjemagwga@gmail.com
Archive for February, 2012
Ten More Years on Penn
“The concept of The Idea Furnace grew out of a recent artist residency at the glass center with Gwylene Gallimard and Jean Marie Mauclet. They had big architectural ideas for their exhibition “Ten More Years on Penn” but had no glass experience. They worked with artists at the glass center and challenged them to create […]
The Future is On the Table #3
“The most intimate and delightful convening I attended all year was The Future Is on the Table,… The remarkable thing about these two artists, is their concept of inclusion. They throw ideas into the air and then collaborate closely with whomever is willing to catch them. This strategy results in arts productions so diverse […]
Olympia
In our “Introduction to 701CCA”, we were projecting how the installation of what, at the time, we had called “Impressions of Olympia” would develop. We had a three-month residency at 701 to produce a work having to do with the social and architectural history of the Olympia Cotton Mills and the operatives’ living quarters called […]
Conversations With Time
The performances of CONVERSATIONS WITH TIME at the 35th Anniversary of Alternate ROOTS in West Baltimore attempted to present the journey of the project, not as documentation but as a rehearsal in real life. They were very inclusive. They meant to be educational but not a ‘how to’ guide. They were close to chaos but […]
I Still Don’t Get It: Why Do They Want to be Rich Without Us?
I Still Don’t Get It: Why Do They Want to be Rich Without Us? This project started as a memorial to a housing complex, which was demolished a few years ago. Four hundred people were forced out. At that time Gwylene fabricated “SHOREVIEW”, described by Neill Bogan as”a monumental remembrance of a destroyed low-income housing complex […]
Gaulart & Maliclet/Fast & French
A LOVE Letter to Fast & French From Longtime Employees Charleston EATER, January 2015 The longtime employees are actually the present owners of Gaulart & Maliclet French Cafe! See the memories of the 25th anniversary! And watch Interview with TODD LESTER in conversation with French duo, Gwylene Gallimard & Jean-Marie Mauclet (a.k.a. JEMAGWGA) who made the […]
My Journey Yours
“MY JOURNEY YOURS” (MJY) is an art program designed by REFUGEE FAMILY SERVICES (RFS of Clarkston, GA) and artists Gwylene Gallimard & Jean-Marie Mauclet with Rebekah Stone. It started in the fall of 2002. The title MY JOURNEY YOURS (MJY), suggests that we all are on a journey, and that the concept of “journey” includes […]
You Comin’
What we often call The Charleston Rhizome of Alternate ROOTS is centered on creating collaborative art works, which strengthen community. Our group is diverse in race, age, income, talent, education, professional occupation … and this is reflected in the activities and projects it initiates. We […]
Charleston/Atlanta/Alaska Challenge
“All the projects I have been part of involve social exploration, collaboration, some feminism and a criticism of the general ‘world of the arts.’ Lately, involving targeted audiences has dictated the process and the product. It is a road, a dream or a necessity, for an artist, to invent new territories, where the status of […]
Please have a seat
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT Five love-benches, built by us, painted in pastel colors. When two people sit, side by side, yet face to face, and start a conversation, they may explore the surface of the bench, left open between them. They will discover then, engraved into the wood, two “head to tail” sentences: one each. […]
Portraits of America
PORTRAITS OF AMERICA is a series of three participatory installations: “Holy City”, “Insurance: Compassion For Sale” and “Fast-Food-Chain-Feeding.” #1 Holy City Wragg Mall, Charleston, SC 1991 (outdoor) – Elisabeth Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC 1994 (indoor) This installation was first commissioned by Spoleto Festival USA, part of “Places with a Past: new site-specific art […]