with Alberto Aguilar
“Summer Prompt” is a result of an exchange between Alberto Aguilar and Liz Chilsen, both artists and neighbors who share a backyard fence as well as an interest in happenstance, curiosity, process, and collaborative art making. “Summer Prompt” is a result of this collaboration. During the summer the artists devised a conveyor over their fence which they used to pass along a series of responsive prompts or art lessons. After going on a walk together as a prompt put forth by Alberto they encountered a Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo Biloba) and had a small discussion about it. On another day Liz prompted Alberto, through the back yard conveyor, to create a banner which Honors the marvelous Ginkgo. This is Alberto's response to that prompt which plays on the idea of advertisement urging the viewer to search out the Ginkgo before its leaves turn gold and quickly fall off the tree, marking the end of the summer.
Bio
Alberto Aguilar’s work is dialogic and responsive and results of the idiosyncrasies of daily life. His artist statement at albertoaguilar.org is in the form of a letter, a moment recorded and transcribed.