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Transcript/ScriptCONNECT: ArtNWords (TV)
HEADLINE: Vintage Meets Pop Art
TEASER: A Californian couple blends art with words from old dictionaries
PUBLISHED AT: 02/20/2023
BYLINE: Genia Dulot
DATELINE: San Diego, California
VIDEOGRAPHER: Genia Dulot
PRODUCER: Genia Dulot, Zdenko Novacki
COURTESIES:
SCRIPT EDITORS: MJ/AK
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __
TRT: 3:00
VID APPROVED BY: MJ/AK
TYPE: VPKGF
EDITOR NOTES: ))
((Eds: This is a self-narrated feature.))
((INTRO))
((Two people who love words, making people laugh and think, are combining their passions: creating unique art pieces using pages from old dictionaries. Genia Dulot brings us the story from San Diego, California.))
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Grant Rosen, Artist)) I am one half of the artist. My other artist is my other half, my better half, which is Micha. I’m from Los Angeles, California originally and Micha is originally from Berlin, Germany.
We are known as a.k.a. [also known as] ARTNWORDZ [Art and Words]. This is one of our most popular pieces. It’s called, “Einstein, the Mathematician.” And Micha, come on over here and she can help me with this one here. My favorite, my love. So, this is a real equation for love. And it actually states on a paper, “I love you and I want a squeeze forever or as close to infinity as I can get.” It’s a quantum theory.
((Micha Kauechenhoff, Artist)) I like paper. I was a mapmaker, so I like paper. Germany, you learn like mapmaking by hand, not AutoCAD [computer aided design] computer. I learned to really dip the feather in the ink and magnifying glass and paint everything.
((Grant Rosen, Artist))
We saw artists on our own writing…
((Micha Kauechenhoff, Artist))
Yes…
((Grant Rosen, Artist))
…in a sense doing our own form. And Micha had the idea to take my designs and her designs and show them in this, sort of, application. And I said, “If we’re going do it, we got to do some of the crazier, more pop art designs.”
((Micha Kauechenhoff, Artist)) Yeah.
((Grant Rosen, Artist)) “We’ve got to come up with like our own language and our own concept that really speaks to people.”
((NATS))
((Micha Kauechenhoff, Artist))
This is from 1937.
((Grant Rosen, Artist)) What we do with that is, when we comb through each of these papers, because nothing is random, we actually pick the words that are at the top of each dictionary page to enhance the central theme of what we are trying to say for the art piece.
We created this piece, you know, in honor of RBG herself, Ruth Bader [Ginsburg]. And she was just super hip and super cool. And so, we wanted to pay tribute to RBG and her personage and all the things that she’s also done for women. When the piece ended up in the gallery in Washington, D.C., unbeknownst to us at first, the son of Ruth Bader Ginsburg saw it in a gallery, and he actually contacted us. And he said, “Do you mind if I could get a print of this to give to my mom?” “Really, like your mom? You mean, the one and only Ruth Bader Ginsburg?” We’re like, “No, no, no, no, no. You need to take that original from the gallery and you need to present it to Mom.” Two weeks goes by, and we come home, and we find a special letter waiting for us that was dispatched from the Supreme Court. “Your artwork of me with a Brooklyn Dodgers cap is hanging in the entrance to my bedroom. It is a gem that lifts my spirits and brings me joy whenever I pass it by. With huge appreciation for your artistry, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” And what’s amazing is also we know that from the date of the letter, she was going through her cancer treatments. ((Grant Rosen, Artist)) We’re creating thoughtful art and cool pop art pieces that have something to say.
((Micha Kauechenhoff, Artist)) It’s funny. It’s political. There’s some political ones.
((Grant Rosen, Artist)) There’s so many avenues that we can go with that. And commission pieces that make
people cry or remember a loved one or mixed media artists that create pop art pieces with a very unique voice…
((Micha Kauechenhoff, Artist)) …on vintage canvases.
((NATS/MUSIC))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)
San Diego, California
Expiration DateFebruary 20, 2023 18:15 EST
Embargo DateFebruary 20, 2023 17:43 EST
BylineGenia Dulot brings us the story from San Diego, California.))
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
