"FROM MY IMAGINATION TO YOURS"

April, 2008 - The Middle Of Nowhere Gallery Opens In Fayetteville, Tennessee

"I have opened my first commercial gallery in Fayetteville Tennessee. The gallery is located on the historic Fayetteville Town Square, across from the courthouse. This is a great little town, and the town square is very beautiful. The exhibit was installed on the first week of April. There was a reception on April 5th at the gallery to celebrate the opening. This is an exciting and important milestone for me. I hope to see you there!"

Here is the address of the gallery:

The Middle Of Nowhere Gallery
117 Main Street
Fayetteville, Tennessee 37334

Here is a link to the website of the building I am in:

SEE THE NEW GALLERY BUILDING

  Steven Johannessen

Coming in June, 2008 - "The Middle Of Nowhere" Visual Music Exhibition to Debut at The Bascom - A Center For Visual Arts in Highlands, North Carolina

"Middle Of Nowhere" - The Visual Music and Art of Steven Johannessen - Exhibit June 21 thru July 12, 2008

"Welcome to nowhere... and everywhere. Visual, music, landscapes that do not exist in nature and a variety of other artworks are included in this exhibit. All of these works have sprung from imagination through the expertise of artists who have mastered state-of-the-art drawing and painting tools. Ten years ago these creations could not exist; recent technology has made them possible. Just as a painter works with brush and paint or a sculptor with stone and chisel the artist works with technology to create landscapes, surreal places, colors, shapes, music, and sound effects. It's a sight and sound revolution." (From the 2008 Bascom Course Catalog and Calendar)

"June 28, 2008 I will be giving a lecture and presentation on some of the work I am doing right now. This will be held at the Bascom as well."

"This promises to be a very busy year. Stop by and see my exhibit this summer here in the mountains. Hurricane Creek band will be playing for the "Symphony Under The Stars" with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra on July 5th - I hope to see you there because it's going to be a lot of fun!"

  Steven Johannessen

September 1, 2007 - Feature Article Appears in Legacy Magazine

"The Legacy magazine has published a beautiful article on my visual music and artwork. The article features a two page full color center spread of the art piece titled "Jack's Peak - Early Spring" and others. The article was very complimentary, although they forgot to list my website... oh well. The good thing is that people are starting to get what this is all about!"

READ THE ARTICLE - PDF

"Stay tuned, there is more to come..."

  Steven Johannessen

June 9, 2007 - First Visual Music Showcase and Performance at The Instant Theatre in Highlands, NC

The artwork, music, and visual music of Steven Johannessen was exhibited for the first time to a rapt group of adventurous art lovers at the Instant Theater in highlands, north Carolina on Saturday night. Attendees were treated to a world premiere of two new visual music pieces titled "Jackson Bluffs" and "The Forest And The Mountains", as well as a number of landscapes on canvas. The music played throught the night was composed by Steven, and he provided a brief presentation on his visual music works as well as previewing upcoming works. The Instant theater was the ideal venue for this event. Their staff provided a great setup on the stage and around the room, and the lighting and sound system made everything look and sound great.

"I hope you enjoyed the update."

  Steven Johannessen

May 1, 2007 - Full-Length High Definition Videos And Podcasts Now Available.

"I have just completed several new visual music compositions. These are posted on the Visual Music page. Check out "The Forest And The Mountains" video which incorporates some of the artwork found in my book. All of the visual music compositions are now available in Windows Media, MPEG-4 and PodCast movie file formats. The MPEG-4 movies are hi-def 480P (720x480) in full stereo. They sound and look great so you you won't want to miss them."

"I am preparing several new landscape images for posting this month from my latest exhibit titled "Ryker Island". These dramatic images are reminiscent of many of the northern coastlines and coastal islands of the US and Canada."

"Finally, the Hurricane Creek Band is in mixdown mode after our marathon recording sessions. We are starting to get busy and will be performing most weekends this summer. Of note - we will be providing the warm-up music prior to the Greenville Symphony Orchestra's performance on July 1 "Symphony Under The Stars" event here in Cashiers, North Carolina."

"I hope you enjoyed the update and experience the new videos! There are more to come."

  Steven Johannessen

March 9, 2007 - Giclee Prints Now Available - New Pine Forest Exhibit Posted

"Spring is just around the corner. The forest is coming alive and the birds have returned. I have lots of new stuff on the site this month. Now available are museum-quality giclee prints of my artwork. I have added a new page to the site dedicated to the framed art now available. I am very excited to see these images in a more permanent, non-digital form. They really look great!. Click here for more info."

"Each image is a signed and numbered limited edition giclee. There will only be 100 personally signed copies distributed worldwide. I will personally sign and number each one of these giclees and will include a copy of the groundbreaking visual music DVD "Line Of Sight" with each copy."

"The Pine Forest exhibit on the "New Stuff" page is the latest addition to the MiddleOfNowhere website. This collection of scenes that are much like where I live in the mountains. The trees are very tall and lush here and the sunsets are absolutely beautiful."

"Finally, the Hurricane Creek Band is back in the recording studio. We have recorded twenty-one songs and are in the process of mixing the tunes now. I will keep you posted as we progress. This music will be available on this site as soon as we finish."

"I hope you enjoy this month's new art! There is more to come."

  Steven Johannessen

January 15, 2007 - Line Of Sight Book Released - Jackson Bluffs Exhibit Posted

"Hello from the mountains! New this month is the release of my new book "Line Of Sight". The book contains many of my favorite digital landscape creations. These images are from animations I am working on currently in my studio here in the mountains. At some point soon you will be able to see these images in my visual music compositions."

"The first run of this book is a signed and numbered limited edition publication. There will only be 1000 signed copies distributed worldwide. I will personally sign and number each one of these first edition books and will include a copy of the groundbreaking visual music DVD "Line Of Sight" with each copy."

"The Jackson Bluffs exhibit on the "New Stuff" page is the newest addition to the MiddleOfNowhere website. This collection of early morning still images reminds me of some of the places in Texas I have been. The Jackson Bluffs area here has a beautiful river that flows through it. Check out the QuickTime movies as well. I have provided a full and lower resolution version of this movie. I hope you enjoy looking at the new stuff!"

"Finally, two new pages have been added to the site. The first is called "Clients" where you will find a list of some of the artists and companies I have had the pleasure of working with over the years. The second is the "Equipment List" that identifies all of the equipment in my studio that is used in creating this new art form."

  Steven Johannessen

December 8, 2006 - New Artwork Posted To Website

" Hello everyone. I have just added twelve new art pieces to the MiddleOfNowhere. Check them out on the "New Stuff" page. These are landscapes created over a three week period in November 2006. I hope you enjoy them!"

  Steven Johannessen

December 4, 2006 - New Areas Added To MiddleOfNowhere Site

"Welcome back to the Middle Of Nowhere website. Things here have been very busy lately. I am currently working on two DVD's for local clients and playing gigs with the band. The band will be recording a new demo soon that will contain cover tunes and originals. The demo will be posted on this site. I am also working on completion of my latest visual music video titled "Morpheus 45". You can see a preview on the "New Stuff" page."

"I have just added several new areas to the site I think you will enjoy. First, I have added the "New Stuff" page. This is where new videos, music and art will first appear. Next, I added the "Photos" page containing artist and studio photos. I also have added the "Studio" page showing the space where I create, work, and play. In the Video area I have added "Video Projects" and "Just For Fun" - check them both out."

" Until next time..."

  Steven Johannessen

October 10, 2006 - MiddleOfNowhere.com Web Site Launched

"Hello, and welcome! This website is created to show you the exciting work in visual music I am currently doing as well as providing music and video examples for downloading. Most importantly, I built this site so you can experience this art form for yourself and so I can share a little bit about who I am. This site is a labor of love, an ongoing project, and my legacy. I hope you enjoy going through all of the galleries here and bookmark this site!"

"What you will see and hear here is called "visual music", a new art form created in a way which, until recently, was nearly impossible for one person to accomplish. This is because ten years ago the tools did not exist that would allow the artist to creatively, efficiently and intuitively accomplish all of the tasks and components required of this art form, and, produce the finished product and distribute it on the web."

View The Art Galleries  |  See The Videos  |  Hear The Music  |  Tour The Studio

"The artist can now create, compose and code visual art all at once. All of these visual and sonic events elememts can now be created from this amazing digital tool box at our disposal. It is the ever-increasing personal computer power coupled with the amazing software tools available today that enables, drives and redefines this new art form as we move forward. The interface is an integral component of the total experience, and HTML code is the framework that makes this possible. Now, the web is both the canvas and the medium. The ability to freely create, broadcast and distribute one's art via the web is key to this paradigm shift."

"We are all now participating in the emergence of a totally new distribution paradigm that emerged in the mid-ninties, one that bypasses the traditional way in which information and art have been been disseminated. A true "one-to-many" relationship can now exist between the artist and the intended audience."

"I know there are others out there like me who are starting out as musicians, or graphic artists, or sound engineers. I also know that there are not many of us (yet) who posess all of the skills required to pull this off. It is my hope that this emerging art form will become recognized as representing this new path of artistic expression, and the artists of today who are involved in creating and producing this art will form a community to share this expertise and techniques between themselves as well as aspiring newcomers. In some ways, I feel like the guy who plants a stake in the ground on some vast, open plain in the middle of nowhere, and two hundred years later it becomes a major metropolis. This art form will surely grow and transform as new tools become available."

"It is an exciting time to be alive, to witness and to participate in this transformation of medium. This is what you are about to experience at the MiddleOfNowhere. I hope you have as much looking at the galleries as I had making them. Welcome to my domain!"

  Steven Johannessen

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