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Downtown Denver, March 2026
This is fairly high profile for wee Eric, a one minute movie projected every 10 minutes or so in downtown Denver for a month or so, part of “Ireland in Motion” a collection of movies curated by Rian Kerrane for Denver Theater District. If it’s still March 2026 when you read this, go have a look, at night. The other ones are even better, might be your opinion, who knows. It’s at 16th and Arapahoe, on the Fischer-Daniels Building (the “Clocktower”). The attention means I’d better get some things posted on this neglected website, so it’s had an impact already, at least for me.
Here’s the official description:
Late Gasp for Stan and Harry
Film was pretty central for me for a decade or so from about 1987. Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith shaped me more than just about anyone, shaped my sense of what Art could be, at its most vivid, agile, and contemplative. A way of encountering the world, feeling around for hidden forms. Film itself, as distinct from movies, and the visionary ambitions of my young mind have both become antiques, and so here, 16mm film is used as a stencil for pigment, these tall knotty frames painted smaller than a playing card. It is still not quite yet film’s last gasp.
What is this “Eric Waldemar Pre-Death Memorial?”
I’m fine, don’t worry.
It’s difficult going through people’s things after they die. There’s a lot that you can see was personally significant, but you have no idea why. Things need to be thrown out, and the person for whom that object was magical or weighted with meaning is gone. I’m starting though my own things, thousands of paintings, prints, movies, songs, notebooks, and a lot needs to get tossed, to save someone who loved me some of the agony of culling the crap from what remains of my artwork and thoughts.
For the moment, past is the same as present: I do have recent work I want to share, but I don’t want to make a portfolio site and promote my current “brand” right now, as I did with some energy at one time. There was a huge site at this web address at one time that promoted my exhibitions and my clever thoughts on many topics. It was a lot of work. I abandoned it, seeing that for me, continuous self-broadcasting interfered with growth. I’m not strategizing for mouse clicks and likes. (Obviously, in this dusty corner of the web.) That said, I do want to share some images, sounds and relics with friends and anyone who’s actually interested in this kind of thing.
I’ve been trying to restart the site for years, but having big ideas and a tendency to complication has made forward motion well-nigh impossible. For the moment, I’m going with neutral template defaults, aspiring to post whatever comes to hand, hopefully having something new all the time, so that constant novelty maintains some interest for friends who have their phone in their hand and need something to click on.
The image is a monotype made in the last few weeks, which seemed to set the right grave and reckless tone.
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