Photographing Singapore: Momentum Artist Kurt Nagy

To contact us Click HERE

Author: Cierra Linander (OVAC Intern)
Kurt Nagy. Oklahoma City

Kurt Nagy, BNE was here, 11”x14” photograph

Before catching up with Momentum Tulsa artist Kurt Nagy, I pontificatedthe meaning of his work, BNE Was Here.As it turns out, BNE is a well-known street artist who advocates clean waterand positive social change globally.
The image itself is inviting and intriguing to say the least. Set insome nondescript Asian neighborhood a white traffic arrow directs the focustoward the foreground and pushes the viewer out of the space. The eye is then drawnback into the scene via the narrow alleyway, creating a perpetual movementwithin the scene that allows the viewer to enter and re-enter the streetcontinuously.
Cierra Linander: Where is “Here”?Kurt Nagy: It the photo is of an alley in Singapore. The city offeredmuch architecture and culture to capture.
CL: I see the famous “BNE Was Here” Sticker on various window units, whatinspired you to promote BNE? Are you otherwise involved with the BNE Water Foundation?Nagy: It was coincidental. The shot is visually stimulating and he thought the sticker’s phrase made for agreat title.
CL: What photographic process was used to capture this image?Nagy: Traditional black and white darkroom photography. The image isprinted on fiber paper.

Oklahoma City native Kurt Nagy studied Photographic Arts at theUniversity of Central Oklahoma, specializing in traditional darkroom andalternative processes.
Momentum Tulsa opens October 13, 8-midnight with a ticketed event full of music and performances.  Curated by Raechell Smith from H & R Block Art Space at the Kansas City Art Institute and emerging curator Laura Reese, the exhibition continues at Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 E Brady with free gallery hours through October 25, 2012.