Gurs Zyklus On The Boards

Trimpin continues to harvest originality in immense quantities and new frontiers of discipline with Gurs Zyklus, recently finishing it's run at On The Boards, Seattle. Gurs Zyklus narrates the experiences of an eight-year-old Trimpin's discovery of a sequestered Jewish cemetery on the borders of Germany and France. Performative intervening in an installation of sound-sculpture, new media and live mark-making and more attempt to define Gur Zyklus, though those acquainted with the creative means of Herr Trimpin are comfortable eschewing discipline descriptions. As a small example from Gurs Zyklus, trees which surrounded the cemetery are asked to provide an archival record of the place by means of algorythmic interpretation of their bark. Of the three vocalists which provide theatrical breadth to Gurs Zyklus, Lucia Neare, was familiar as a soloist for a Paul Kuniholm Pauper-directed Fremont Arts Council Solstice Pageant. A sold-out run of Gurs Zyklus was viewed by influential members of the Seattle art community such as Anne Foulke, Pam McClusky, Robert Wade, Brendan Kiley, Bethany Jean Clement and Nancy Guppy.

Herr Trimpin lectured on his art and process at Form/Space Atelier in October of 2007, and has remained a confidante of the gallery and it's curator. He most recently consulted on the creation of Paul Kuniholm Pauper's Cardboard Commandments 2010, advising for engineering of the coin-op mechanism of the Tenth Northwest Biennial-selected artwork created by Paul Kuniholm Pauper.