The Moment
Our First Tondo Collection
“The Moment”
Single Edition - Metal print, 48" Round, $3,500. Custom sizes available. Email to inquire.
From Grace:
During Folsom Weekend 2024, a rigger I had worked with before reached out to collaborate with me again, along with his partner, an aerial performer, self-tier, and aspiring rigger herself.
A rare occasion I simply couldn't turn down!
It was late by the time we arrived at our studio after the drive and dinner, yet everyone was excited, and the atmosphere was relaxed and playful.
Who doesn’t love attention—especially when two people are fussing over you?
I thoroughly enjoyed the entire photoshoot. From planning and discussing to executing the ties, and finally, when Lieven showed me the photos he had processed!
I screamed!
This gotta be ROUND!
It looked like I was floating in the air! Which, in a way, I was - tied and pulled in multiple directions!
It takes a lot to look relaxed when you’re tied in the air, just like it takes a lot of hard work to make something look simple in life.
In art, in life, as one.
“Hang“
Single Edition - Metal print, 48" Round, $3,500. Custom sizes available. Email to inquire.
From Lieven:
After their Folsom Fair performance, we whisked our guests off to a well-earned dinner. And then to our shoot!
It was the first to have two riggers working together! Aerializa and Falinger are a great team, talking through the suspension like chess players - always thinking a few moves ahead.
The scene had a mellow, playful energy, and it shows in the photos. Grace looks peaceful, expertly suspended. Aerializa (yes, an aerialist) climbed all over the rig without a second thought. And at one point grabbed hold of Grace and dangled off her!
And Falinger had brought a rock along on his trip to SF, just for use in shibari. That’s dedication!
It’s natural to want to adjust lighting as you shoot. But suspensions are over quickly, and never seem to happen quite how and where I predicted. In the end, I tweaked one thing on the fly: the color projected on the backdrop. Blue contrasted well.
It was Grace’s idea to use a round crop for some of the photos. I was super skeptical.
“Throw away parts of the image? Never!”
It became a running theme for us, spotting round art online and at galleries. I have to admit, it grew on me! I can’t give a flowery artistic explanation for why, but it suits the image and the moment. That round presentation is now one of my favorite images of the year.