Debora Alanna: "Time Traveller" - Oktozine

DEBORA ALANNA

“The Time Traveler”By Debora Alanna

Work made within the Polka Dot OktopuZzee Kollective

May - July 2015

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Time Traveler

FIN“THE TIME TRAVELER” BY DEBORA ALANNA

Images within this zine combine drawing, painterly treatments, collage and digital rendering.

All images are by Debora Alanna. All words are written by Debora Alanna.

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Background to the creation of the zine: Time Traveler…

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“The Time Traveler” by Debora Alanna

The title of this zine comes from the title image, and the final image

“The Time Traveler” composite of collage and later formatted with text.

Time traveling in this zine refers to an amalgamation...

Memory, consideration of and respect for the past addresses

future possibilities colouring the resolve to develop, produce work in the

presence and impact of delight akin to travelling.

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“Biography of the Sun” by Debora Alanna

“Biography of the Sun” began as a collage of images that were subsequently painted.

Text cut from a magazine was added and became the title of this work.

A digitally rematserd image was rendered black & white for the zine.

This work is about the octopus influence for the artist, how the sun radiates as ideas represented by octo-tenacles capricious and overlapping.

These influences are powerful and generate a release of bias allowing the past to mingle with the new. Its allure and innate presence are a story.


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“Conversation” by Debora Alanna

Beginning as a watercolour painting, collage material was added to the work.

The image was recoloured digitally and later rendered black & white to marry the painting to cut out images.

“Conversation” utilises octopus imagery to demonstrate lighthearted banter between the sexes.


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“Mizmaze” by Debora Alanna

“Mizmaze” originated as a ball-point pen drawing on paper that was digitally remasterd for the zine.

This work is about the intricacies of existence and resolve to live generously as an octopus matrix.


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“The world’s last mysteries” by Debora Alanna

A painted collage that was rendered black & white for the zine,

“The world’s last mysteries” is a description of a

woman’s interest and salute to her relations with men.


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“There is no table between us” by Debora Alanna

A photo of a chalk drawing by a stranger was digitally manipulated and remasterd into an “There is no table between us”.

This work shows how the attention of one to another is obvious and yet precarious. This caricature of human relations playswith a cartoon octopus perspective.


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“Octavio Paz” by Debora Alanna

Named after the poet, “Octavio Paz” in recognition and reference to his writing,

“Labyrinth” began as a collaged image with paint treatment subsequently remastered / digitally rendered black & white for the zine.

Working with the labyrinth concept , this image is about the

buoyancy of present time, place, the

silence produced through emotional space where suspended belief in connectivity is a maze that holds humanity.


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“Okto-beatz”by Debora Alanna

With a firm reference to beat poets, this work was initially a pen on paper drawing. A digital drawing was superimposed on the original, and digitally remastered.

This work is about surviving and thriving in spite of life challenges.


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“Insatiable” by Debora Alanna

Word art was superimposed on this black and white pen drawing.

The image was repeated with different words to form a diptych within the zine.

This two paged inclusion is about the movement and depths constituting attributes of physicality.

“Insatiable” describes our corporeal , emotional and intellectual selves as we relate to octopuses.


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“We have no chaperone here”by Debora Alanna

Black and white in the zine, this image is mirrored with another of the same, upside down on the same page.

Brought together with the text of the title and overlayed dots, it was rendered black & white.

This work is about self-consciousness within burgeoning relationships.

Time is a texture and a gesture where figures are wary and become the background and foreground.


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Thank you for your interest in Debora Alanna’s “Time Traveler” zine.

This work is available for purchase. See more… >>>


Influence of the Polka Dot OktopuZzee Kollective.

Meeting weekly with her colleagues, Debora

Alanna became inspired by the sensibilities of

collaborative thinking - sharing thoughts and

developing new work practices.


From May – September 2015Debora Alanna worked within agroup of artists called Polka Dot OktopuZzee (Y) Art Kollective

that includedPj Kelly, Roy Green & Debora Alanna – artists from Esquimalt &Victoria BC.

Photo of Debora Alanna by

Pj Kelly


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[OktoPuZzee (Y)Art Kollective members 2015

Roy Green, Pj Kelly, Debora Alanna]

“Paint-In” - July 2015 (TD / Greater Victoria Art Gallery’s annual artist showcase )

“Artscape” UVic radio interview - August 2015 Host: Katie Sage

3rd Annual “Play On Words” (POW) – August 2015 Greater Victoria Public Library

“Sketchbook Harvest” - September 2015 Ministry of Casual Living – Odeon Alley

… Lotz, loadz - a whirl and whimzy of spiritz… … conversationz & anticz, interpretive dancez… … feasts / feats of art and life… … convolution, countrapuntal quirkiness resulting in drawingz & collagez & paintingz, poetry & performance, bookz & zines, sculpture – … collaboration… … an Polka Dot OktoPuZzee(Y) whee of a time!


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SOME MORE WORKS BY DEBORA ALANNA

CREATED IN THE [POLKA DOT OKTOPUZZEE (Y)

KOLLECTIVE] NOT INCLUDED IN THE

“TIME TRAVELER” ZINE…


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Some works created by Debora Alanna in Polka Dot OktoPuZzee (Y) Kollective not

included in the zine, “Time Traveler”

Everyone wants to be OktoPuZzee #1 – collage, mixed media, paint, digital rendering

Everyone wants to be OktoPuZzee aka Michael Jackson #2 – collage, mixed media, paint, digital rendering


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“Loose lips sink ships” – collage, paint, digital renderings

“Oceans of experience” – acrylic on paper


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“Octopus sunbathing on sidewalk” – digital drawing on photograph

“Octopus sees everything” – drawing: pen on paper with text


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Some works created by Debora Alanna in Polka Dot OktoPuZzee (Y) Kollective not included in the

zine, “Time Traveler”

“Vexed ” pen on paper “The path is clear” – pen on paper


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Some works created by Debora Alanna in Polka Dot OktoPuZzee (Y) Kollective not included in the

zine, “Time Traveler”

“Swimming upstream” – collage, mixed media, digital rendering

“Okto terrain” - watercolour, digital rendering

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Debora Alanna

See more of Debora Alanna’s work at:deboraalanna.com

Questions? embellish4art (at) gmail (dot) com


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