Pat Kelly's "Here, There."

My first experience with Pat Kelly's works came from having been in his Intro to Digital class when he first transferred to St. Mary's a few semesters ago. He had a love for gadgetry and new technology: I remember he took us out for a walk that started in Monty and made a circle around the campus, all the while gathering gps inputs into this device that we later sent to a website for an output. The resulting line drawing showed information that recorded our speeds, directions and locations (to name a few).

I was familiar with the works he had done in his previous college - i.e., the individual frames of river footage that he then placed along the walls to make a mosaic; his works with snow as "blank sheets of paper"; the flipbooks he so loved for their intimacy and interaction.

I was very much interested in his polar panoramas. The concept was new and interesting to me since photography is such a big part of my life. I had never considered creating a globe-like picture, and I was also piqued by the technique with which Pat accomplished the feat. I think what I love best about his work is his excitement in learning new tools with which to create art. He doesn't just stay with one media, and even pioneers new technology and resources.