CamRah
CamRah is the collaboration between Cameron Fuller and Sarah Paulsen. Although each of us has our own individual work, together we are able to invent and experiment outside the limitations of our normal practices. When we work together, it allows us the freedom to try unproven tactics. We encourage one another’s exploration and in a sense, we play a bit like children.
The two of us share a fascination with early film tricks, magic lantern shows, traveling revivals, and snake oil peddlers. In addition, we have a deep love for folk art and the handmade. We are excited to share clever new ways to build something from nothing. For both of us it boils down to a desire to discover ways to inspire a feeling of wonder through the transformation of everyday objects.
Our work meshes well together because, whether on a large or small scale, our similar material sensibility allows each of our skills to strengthen and compliment one another. Separately, most of what Cameron builds on his own, is activated solely by the viewer, which tends to make them strangely quiet spaces. On the other hand, Sarah’s work with video and animation has the ability to bring life and motion to the constructions in a way that can transfix the viewer like only the flicker of a moving image can.
CamRah has been working together to create installations and artistic interventions since 2007 when we traveled to Cuzco, Peru to create a mural for a youth center Aldea Yanapay. We have exhibited projects at CAM Saint Louis, Laumeier Sculpture Park, True/False Film Festival, Snowflake Gallery, Open Lot, The Foundry, and La Esquina.
In 2010, CamRah completed a month long residency with the Drawing, Fibers, Painting and Printmaking students of the University of Kentucky, to create a mixed media collaborative installation of costumes, wall drawings, and animations. In 2013 we completed a two month residency at the Cite des Arts, Paris.
The two of us share a fascination with early film tricks, magic lantern shows, traveling revivals, and snake oil peddlers. In addition, we have a deep love for folk art and the handmade. We are excited to share clever new ways to build something from nothing. For both of us it boils down to a desire to discover ways to inspire a feeling of wonder through the transformation of everyday objects.
Our work meshes well together because, whether on a large or small scale, our similar material sensibility allows each of our skills to strengthen and compliment one another. Separately, most of what Cameron builds on his own, is activated solely by the viewer, which tends to make them strangely quiet spaces. On the other hand, Sarah’s work with video and animation has the ability to bring life and motion to the constructions in a way that can transfix the viewer like only the flicker of a moving image can.
CamRah has been working together to create installations and artistic interventions since 2007 when we traveled to Cuzco, Peru to create a mural for a youth center Aldea Yanapay. We have exhibited projects at CAM Saint Louis, Laumeier Sculpture Park, True/False Film Festival, Snowflake Gallery, Open Lot, The Foundry, and La Esquina.
In 2010, CamRah completed a month long residency with the Drawing, Fibers, Painting and Printmaking students of the University of Kentucky, to create a mixed media collaborative installation of costumes, wall drawings, and animations. In 2013 we completed a two month residency at the Cite des Arts, Paris.