Annie Heckman
with Matthew Dal Santo & Terri L. Russ
Airline to Heaven, Part I began as an animation installation and suite of works on paper. Annie Heckman created writings in tandem with this exhibition, forming a series of short texts exploring afterlife ideologies, dead pets, and strategies for facing the end of life.
These are collected here together with drawings and animation stills from that series. Matthew Dal Santo and Terri L. Russ were both invited to contribute to the book as a sort of salon anthology; rather than writing essays on the work, they created their own primary texts to run parallel to the themes explored in the existing art and texts. The result is a powerful collaboration, serving as a pilot project for the press in establishing dynamic interactions among artists and writers.
Annie Heckman is an artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her work explores mortality and afterlife ideologies through sculptural animation installations and works on paper. Annie earned her BFA in Studio Art at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and her MFA in Studio Art at New York University, with a focus on print and video. She has shown her work at numerous spaces in Chicago, New York City, Notre Dame, Tucson, San Francisco, and Budapest. To learn more about Annie's projects check out her site, or find news related to her art on her blog.
Matthew Dal Santo earned his MA in Writing from DePaul University, Chicago, and his BA in Art and Design from Columbia College. As of late, he is interested in dreams—the shapes they take and the sensibilities that they tend to defy—and in conveying them in a way that is of interest to his audience. He lives in Santa Monica with his girlfriend and their two cats. Some of his work, along with chapters from his in-progress children's novel, can be found at www.bergamatt.blogspot.com. A sample of Matthew's work with Spry Magazine can be found here.
Terri L. Russ earned a PhD at Purdue University in Communication Studies, as well as a JD from DePaul University. A former practicing attorney, she has worked with a number of community organizations involving issues pertaining to girls and women. She is an Assistant Professor in the department of Communication Studies, Dance, and Theatre at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, where she explores expectations for female beauty in her teaching and scholarship.Learn about Terri's upcoming book on our site or at her blog.
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Airline to Heaven, Part I is available online at amazon.com.
US $24.95
ISBN 978-0-9802300-0-0