urban ritual
certainty eventually leads to fanaticism
About
urban ritual is about my thoughts and ideas as an artist. I have divided my atelier into two houses. urban exotic focuses on my flatwork: my photographs, prints, and handbound books. urban temple is my jewelry. I wanted to streamline my life happenings and my work progress as tracie thornton the artist. to me they are one in the same. urban ritual is the way for me to keep it straight.
the idea behind my work is to make sense of my life and everyday experiences. every second doesn't need to be scrutinized but experiences need to be sorted and catalogued. sounds complicated but it's not. my work is my cataloguing system. it's my therapy. every piece that i do brings me closer to becoming the person and artist i am supposed to be.
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+film+
grosse pointe blank, imitation of life, the darjeeling limited, iron man, the usual suspects, resevoir dogs, freedom writers, atonement, waitress, p.s. i love you, being john malkovich, tsotsi, hotel rwanda, chicago, elizabeth [all three movies], purple rose of cairo, sliding doors, amadeus, revolver, the nines
+sound+
m.i.a., ben watts, alice russell, king britt, coldcut, boards of canada, gotan project, mark ronson, seek, virtue, stephane pompougnac, jeff buckley, thievery corporation, anything om, bjork, john lee hooker, alice smith, jazzanova, imani uzuri, brand new heavies, si se, ben harper, batsauce, cocteau twins, beck, brazilian girls, miguel migs, groove armada, lykke li, surpreme beings of leisure, estelle, wax poetic, ananda project, seek, zero 7, incognito, eric roberson, massive attack, wax poetic, quantic, dj shadow, bebel gilberto, hed kandi, 4 hero, tosca, jem, tycho, the roots, daft punk, sergio mendes, mark de clive lowe, bjork, incognito, marvin gaye, al green, ficherspooner, john legend, janelle monae, nicodemus
+box+
lost, ugly betty, anything on hgtv, the housewives, heroes, what not to wear, what not to wear, 30 rock, glee, modern family
+word+
create and be recognized, middlesex, the spiritualist, the glass hammer, misfortune, rain village, the confessions of max tivoli, as meat loves salt, lamb, dry, me talk pretty one day, the art of seduction, the fourth hand, neverwhere, american gods, blink
+interests+
jewelry design, printmaking, bookbinding, book design, photography, sketchbooks, journaling, words, names, comic books, people who are always sure of themselves
+amazing names+
dallas, paloma rose, jameison, hudson, eschira, gilead, grame [spelled this way], kallos, pablo, lyra, vega, indira, sierra, prime, nolta, nova
+extraordinary words+
discombobulated, tart, adorn, dream, bloody, myth, fledgling, God, haven, extraordinary, fire, andalusia, kathmandu
