The Bernheim Sessions an intro
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Bernheim Forest stat box
Kentucky's Official Arboretum
Privately owned and maintained
by the I.W. Bernheim Foundation.
Location: Bullitt County, KY
25 miles south of Louisville
Arboretum: 250 acres
Research Forest: 14000 acres
Paved Roads: 16 miles
Hiking Trails: 30 miles
Founder: Isaac Wolfe Bernheim,
bourbon mogul, philanthropist
Established: 1929
www.bernheim.org
Bernheim Forest hosted my third
writing residency in 2005.
Prior to my arrival in September, I
didn't consider any sort of visual arts
project for my first visit to the
Bluegrass State.
Two months later, however, I was
invited to install three such projects in
ten Louisville galleries.
All on the same night.
Bernheim Projects [a partial list]:
wires: art, literature, nature and
technology merge in the Kentucky
hills, invade Louisville's Market
Street galleries.
collaborations: digital video +
sound recordings with Bernheim
Artist-in-Residence, Hideki Kanno.
ky photos: Jesus, Jim Beam, and
poodles wrapped in plastic.
Ausherman
at Bernheim