Fall 2018 Contributors

NUNUM

Blending Flash Fiction & Art

Contributors

Volume 1, Issue 3, Fall 2018

Alexis Avlamis

By tapping into a stream of consciousness, Alexis

Re-Imagining Gulliver's Travels by Alexis Avlamis

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creates dreamlike mindscapes aiming at a Cosmic Unity, where nature and the artifice co-exist symbiotically. Avlamis is a laureate of the International Emerging Artist Award (Drawing and Illustration category), which saw his works exhibited in Dubai and Brussels, respectively. See more of Alexis's work online or on Instagram

Russell Helms

Holiday Resolve words by Russell Helms

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Catherine Skinner

The Marking Code series pursues a deeper investigation of the symbolic number 108, sacred to Eastern religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Eliminating figuration, these encaustic paintings are structured through a variety of counting systems – from primitive tally marks and

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Binary IV by Catherine Skinner

Binary 108 by Catherine Skinner

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I Ching notations to binary coding, all encompassing the 108 count and encoding of “one hundred eight”. Counting and measuring have been our way to order the disorder around us, from drawing in the sand to codes delivering instant information. Employing oil stick and encaustic wax on panel, the work explores numerological systems from around our world, alongside present-day computer codes. These encryptions are developed into complex patterns, yielding abstractions evocative of ancient textiles, wall graffiti, and partially erased blackboards. Using a wide array of gestures – from delicate tracery to incising with a stick, there are single strokes of large antique sumi-brushes to finger marks dragging paints across the surface. Each piece becomes its own offering to the basic elements of our natural systems, a modern mandala with new possibilities.