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seaside magic

  • 05 Aug 2024/
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seaside magic

A multimedia body of work that combines photography, video, poetry, drawing, music, and design.

Project Date

2022

Category

design · drawing · exhibition · photography · video · writing

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photomap

  • 11 Mar 2021/
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An interactive web project combining the artists’ love of photography and travel

Project Date

2018—19

Category

design · photography

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photomap is an interactive photography project by luke kurtis. bd wanted to find a way to present kurtis’s photos in a dynamic format. Given travel is a big part of the artist’s work, the idea of displaying images on a map seemed like a natural approach.

Visitors are invited to explore the map and travel the world. New photos are added on a regular basis.

The project consists of photography, html, css, & javascript, and makes use of the Flickr and Google Maps APIs. Photography metadata is managed with Adobe Lightroom.


Crayon Portraiture.

  • 13 Oct 2020/
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Crayon Portraiture

A multimedia project exploring how an historical medium can have new resonance for contemporary audiences

Project Date

2015

Category

design · photography · video · writing

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Artist’s Statement

Crayon Portraiture. is a multimedia and interdisciplinary body of work that draws from aspects of my previous INTERSECTION, muse, and Jordan’s Journey projects and, like those projects, incorporates photography, writing, design, appropriation, and video. The layering of humanity and technology is the core focus of the series, drawing upon the crayon portrait medium as an example of how technology and our use of technology has and will continue to evolve. By combining historical and antique imagery with contemporary digital processes, I’m able to shed light on the role of technology in the interpretation of history and probe questions about how technology and humanity interact and overlay upon our everyday lives. Ideas are the basis of my practice. My diverse techniques and methods are evident in this body of work, which is rooted in thought and writing.

—luke kurtis

A delightful synergy of familial and literary influence

Ashley Elizabeth Hudson
Editor of Palaver

Polishing The Gilt Easel in Palaver

An original essay by the artist, titled “Polishing The Gilt Easel,” is the cornerstone of this project. It was first published in Palaver, the digital interdisciplinary journal from University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It appeared in print in a slightly edited form in Georgia Backroads as the fourth in his series of original pieces for the journal. In his essay the artist combines literary analysis of the use of the crayon portrait in William Faulkner’s ”A Rose for Emily” with historical research on the crayon portrait medium itself and personal/genealogical storytelling to reflect upon the significance of photographic images in weaving such narratives.

Note: ”Polishing the Gilt Easel” incorporates elements of the artist’s family genealogy and therefore is published under his given name, Jordan M. Scoggins. The Crayon Portraiture. project as a whole, however, is not genealogy-specific and is under his usual artist name, luke kurtis.

Breathtaking in its simplicity

Michael Harren
Composer & Performer

the woods are watching video documents the artists’s installation art project of the same name. This environmental work uses the artist’s earlier genealogy-rooted work as a counterpoint to engage with his ancestral landscape and explore the connection between humans, technology, and nature. Watch the full series.

You should choose a room with a north light if possible; if that is not available then one with a south light, and the room should be as near the top of the house as possible. Let the light be arranged so as to strike the easel at an angle of 90 degrees, and if it is a side light darken the lower half of the window.
Jerome A. Barhydt
on how an artist should select the ideal studio for crayon portraiture, from his book Crayon Portraiture (1892)
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This series of prints, based upon illustrations from Jerome A. Barhydt’s book Crayon Portraiture (1892), reflect the technical process—the technology—once used to create crayon portraits. Everything from the necessary supplies and tools to the requirements for the artist’s physical studio space are very particular and unique to the antique medium.


baptism suite

  • 23 Sep 2020/
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baptism suite

A video art project constructed around the artist’s southern roots and the associated imagery of old fashioned baptism as practiced by his ancestors

Project Date

2013-2017

Category

design · performance · photography · video · writing

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baptism suite explores the role of history, religion, and family and how those forces have often opposed kurtis’s identity as a queer artist. The core of the project consists of several video works, ideally simultaneously projected in a dark room with surround sound in order to create an immersive and multimedia experience.

speak of the dead (2014/2015)
high definition video, stereo sound, 2 min 47 sec

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baptism i, 1941 / baptism ii, 1941 (2017)
digital photos

baptism (2015/2016)
2 channel high definition video, 5.1 surround sound, 2 min 56 sec

creek (2015/2016)
high definition video, stereo sound, 1 min 17 sec

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swimming hole (2015/2017)
digital print of original text

baptism (2013)
video, silent, 3 min 56 sec

baptism, ii (2013)
video, stereo sound, 1 min 18 sec


the immeasurable fold

  • 05 Aug 2020/
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the immeasurable fold

A series of abstract marker-on-paper drawings later used as the art for the artists’s book and spoken word album, the immeasurable fold.

Project Date

2000

Category

drawing

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abstract(ed)

  • 01 Mar 2019/
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abstract(ed)

A selection of abstract(ed) photography by luke kurtis. This portfolio is automatically generated from his Flickr photostream and updates regularly.

Project Date

Ongoing

Category

photography

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abstract abstract abstract 10 Nov 2011 abstract abstract abstract 10 Nov 2011 planet planet planet 21 Oct 2011 underwater underwater underwater 21 Oct 2011 bell bell bell 09 Sep 2011 fisherman's wharf fisherman's wharf fisherman's wharf 11 Dec 2010 fisherman's wharf fisherman's wharf fisherman's wharf 11 Dec 2010 sardines sardines sardines 08 Dec 2010 mosaic mosaic mosaic 14 Dec 2009 spaceship earth spaceship earth spaceship earth 14 Dec 2009 edge of light edge of light edge of light 21 Nov 2009 edge of light edge of light edge of light 21 Nov 2009 edge of light edge of light edge of light 21 Nov 2009 night night night 18 Jun 2009 Marriot Marquis Marriot Marquis Marriot Marquis 18 Jun 2009

flowers

  • 01 Feb 2019/
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flowers

A selection of flower photography by luke kurtis. This portfolio is automatically generated from his Flickr photostream and updates regularly.

Project Date

Ongoing

Category

photography

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flowers flowers flowers 22 Oct 2011 flowers flowers flowers 22 Oct 2011 flower flower flower 17 Oct 2011 flower flower flower 09 Sep 2011 flower flower flower 09 Sep 2011 flower flower flower 09 Sep 2011 flower flower flower 09 Sep 2011 Caney Fork Holcomb land Caney Fork Holcomb land Caney Fork Holcomb land 07 Sep 2011 Caney Fork Holcomb land Caney Fork Holcomb land Caney Fork Holcomb land 07 Sep 2011 landscape landscape landscape 29 Jul 2011 tulips tulips tulips 12 May 2011 iris iris iris 13 May 2010 daisies daisies daisies 13 May 2010 flower flower flower 16 Dec 2009 flower flower flower 16 Dec 2009

landscapes

  • 27 Sep 2018/
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landscapes

A selection of landscape photography by luke kurtis. This portfolio is automatically generated from his Flickr photostream and updates regularly.

Project Date

Ongoing

Category

photography

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church church church 15 Feb 2012 landscape landscape landscape 11 Feb 2012 farm farm farm 08 Jan 2012 garden garden garden 22 Oct 2011 chippokes plantation state park chippokes plantation state park chippokes plantation state park 17 Oct 2011 field field field 17 Oct 2011 cotton field cotton field cotton field 17 Oct 2011 eerie clouds eerie clouds eerie clouds 29 Sep 2011 sunset at woodspring road, arkansas sunset at woodspring road, arkansas sunset at woodspring road, arkansas 09 Sep 2011 landscape landscape landscape 07 Sep 2011 Caney Fork Holcomb land Caney Fork Holcomb land Caney Fork Holcomb land 07 Sep 2011 Caney Fork Holcomb land Caney Fork Holcomb land Caney Fork Holcomb land 07 Sep 2011 William Wright home place William Wright home place William Wright home place 07 Sep 2011 Macedonia Cemetery Macedonia Cemetery Macedonia Cemetery 07 Sep 2011 Fergus Self home place Fergus Self home place Fergus Self home place 07 Sep 2011

journey

  • 13 Oct 2015/
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journey

An experimental video art & performance art project: travel as performance; meditation as art
Project Date

2011—2016

Category

performance · photography · video

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This portfolio showcases a selection of stills and production photos from the journey video art and performance art project. journey has been performed at the following locations:

  • Villanow, Georgia, USA (2011)
  • Skógafoss, Skóga River, Iceland (2013)
  • Palatine Hill, Rome Italy (2014)
  • Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy (2014)
  • New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA (2015)
  • Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France (2015)
  • Schilthorn, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland (2015)
  • Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA (2015)
  • Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia (2016)
  • Bukit Tima Nature Reserve, Singapore (2016)

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The Language of History

  • 12 Oct 2015/
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Over a decade of work by one artist responding to a national tragedy in a very personal way

Project Date

2001-14

Category

exhibition · photography · writing

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The Language of History is a body of work by luke kurtis created in response to the tragedy of 9/11. Spanning the years 2001 to 2014, selected work from this series was curated and presented in an intimate exhibition at the Jefferson Market Library in New York City from 6 Sep to 4 Oct 2014. The exhibition featured photography, writing, artist’s books, and other work by the artist. The artist’s Langauge Tiles were created as a site-specific installation to complement the Tiles for America project which is permanently installed in the library.

A catalog was published by bd-studios.com and features an introduction by artist and Bushwick Art Crit Group founder Christopher Stout.

”kurtis is certainly looking for something additive to the traditional documentary narrative, and through [The Language of History] suggests a careful memorialization and honor to the living, and the dead, and also notably to the human process of grief.”

—Christopher Stout, Artist & Founder of Bushwick Art Crit Group

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INTERSECTION

  • 11 Oct 2015/
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bd’s first museum exhibition and several related works explore the artist’s rural southern roots and how that past intersects with his present day creative practice

Project Date

2013-14

Category

exhibition · photography · writing

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INTERSECTION is a poetic interpretation of the artist’s roots in the rural south focusing on landscape, nature, and architecture. The photos were taken mostly in northwest Georgia in Chattooga, Walker, and Whitfield Counties. Early works from the series and the related Jordan’s Journey project were first displayed in 2012 at the Summerville Library in Chattooga County. Work from these projects has also been on view at local events in LaFayette and Villanow, GA and has been shown in galleries and alternative spaces in Chattanooga, TN; Dalton, GA; Portland, OR; Raleigh, NC; Richmond, BC (Canada); and New York City. Articles and photographs from the project have also been published in Georgia Backroads, a journal devoted to the artist’s home state. INTERSECTION is the artist’s first museum show and largest solo show to date. The show was funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign. It opened at Massillon Museum in March 2014.

An exhibition catalog was published by bd-studios.com. Several other publications were part of the overall INTERSECTION project, including the INTERSECTION zine, The Mountain zine, the singing postcard set, and the We Are One People multiple.

INTERSECTION installation view

”His landscapes are presented very unconventional and unusual. I like to be surprised. I see that in his work. He composes in such a way that it looks fresh, not like something you’ve seen 1,000 times before.”
—Bradley Wilson, former gallery director, Creative Arts Guild (Dalton, GA)
 
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”The images [in INTERSECTION] function like metaphorical mile markers on a road trip to bridge what was once an emotional and psychological chasm between the rural then of kurtis’s southern life and the now of his creative life in New York.”
—Tom Wachunas, ARTWACH
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Having backed the INTERSECTION exhibition with a successful Kickstarter, I made a series of short behind-the-scenes videos to share with my backers. These videos documented the process of putting together the exhibition. Watch the full series.

 


INTERSECTION zine

  • 10 Oct 2015/
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INTERSECTION-logo zine

Project Date

2013-2014

Category

design · writing

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INTERSECTION is an artist zine by luke kurtis. It contains work from his archives as well as recent work created specifically for the zine. Publication began in February 2013 with copies distributed to a small group of friends. The zine was first available to the public in November 2013 as part of the artist’s Kickstarter campaign in support of his debut solo museum exhibition, also titled INTERSECTION. A full set of all twelve issues, housed in a custom stamped envelope, is available from the bd Library.

“It’s interesting to find an artist that is also a decent writer.”

Lichen Craig
host of Fireside
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INTERSECTION no. 2 (inside):interseciton-no-2-rendering-inside

”which parts are me? and which did i imagine?”
(INTERSECTION no. 1, Feb 2013)
”he’s such a creative young boy”
(INTERSECTION no. 2, Mar 2013)
”the materials feel delicate yet grounded”
(INTERSECTION no. 3, Apr 2013)
”all is sacred; all is art”
(INTERSECTION no. 4, Jun 2013)
”don’t blink”
(INTERSECTION no. 5, Jul 2013)
”the gay cousin”
(INTERSECTION no. 6, Aug 2013)

INTERSECTION no. 4 (left), no. 7 (top right), no. 8 (bottom right):

interseciton-rendering-grouping
”what’s that on your arms?”
(INTERSECTION no. 7, Sep 2013)
”psoriasis is much more than skin deep”
(INTERSECTION no. 8, Oct 2013)
”hey, wait a minute… i’m writing… poetry!”
(INTERSECTION no. 9, Nov 2013)
”photography is a lie”
(INTERSECTION no. 10, Jan 2014)
”it has all happened before and will happen again”
(INTERSECTION no. 11, Feb 2014)
”bigotry, stereotyping, and xenophbia”
(INTERSECTION no. 12, Mar 2014)

Iceland

  • 09 Oct 2015/
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Iceland

More than just travel photography, these works consider travel itself as art as well as a platform for multimedia exploration

Project Date

2013-2014

Category

performance · photography · video · writing

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Travel is an important component of my artistic practice, and perhaps never more so than when I first visited Iceland. This portfolio represents some of the work I produced from my travels in Iceland and includes photography, video, and a written article.

I created the “Invocation” (2014) video art piece as a music video for composer Michael Harren’s “Invocation” single. I put this together exclusively from footage I shot while in Iceland. The video features my journey medition walk performance piece.

 

My “Less is More” essay with original photographs appeared in the print edition of Iceland Review (Vol 52, April-May 2014: 40-44).

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Attending the annual lighting of Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower was one of the highlights of my trip that I wrote about in the “Less is More” article.

I published this documentary video “Icelandic Video Art” in Iceland Review Online (8 Jan 2014).

 

People who haven’t visited Iceland tend to think it’s nothing but… ice. But that’s far from the truth. There are many varieties of flowers and plant life to discover in Iceland.

photo by luke kurtis

Also, one of my photos was selected by National Geographic senior editor Kurt Mutchler for the online annex of an exhibition titled “The Art of Travel Photography” at PhotoPlace Gallery (Middlebury, VT). The photo, taken at Reynisfjara Beach in Iceland, was also published in the exhibition catalog.

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Iceland is a must-visit country–espeically for us photographers. There’s no shortage of breathtaking views to enjoy.

photo by luke kurtis

luke kurtis in Iceland


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