IAF Working Group member Deborah Atherton was the first to spot it:

 I’m in New York City, and for anyone here or near here, there’s an amazing art installation that I would consider vibrantly interstitial - fantasy/science fiction/ sculpture/media/historical/just plain wacky and wonderful - called the Telektroscope going on in Brooklyn- and London–for the next two weeks. (Over now, sadly. - ed.) The artist’s concept is that you are looking across  the  sea through a series of mirrors in a trans-Atlantic tunnel. A good friend in London arranged an appointment for my family to wave at her and her husband through this Victorian looking giant telescope that is actually fiber optical - it’s hard to explain, but this is the website.  I love the Victorian sensibility translated into contemporary video installation.
If we had an Interstitial Gold Star, I would definitely nominate the artist. He seems like One of Us.

WG member Lisa Stock went and tried it out!

Just got back from my visit to the Telectroscope here in NYC. I’ve posted all about it and a few pics here.

And makes me wonder what public art idea IAF could create one day…
Just a little seed to plant…

. . . bringing in a total of just under $1000 for the IAF!
In the words of Auction Organizer (and writer and jeweler and fulltime goddess) K. Tempest Bradford:

We had 20 pieces or jewelry sets, all donated by 12 amazing artists. We raised enough money to pay for approximately 18,000 words in Interfictions 2. We also sold a few more copies of the first anthology and raised our Amazon rank for a bit! We’ve also hopefully gotten the word out about the antho and made everyone just that much more famous.

Many thanks to all the jewelers who gave IAF their time and craft to create pieces based on the stories in the first IAF original anthology, Interfictions, and to everyone who bid so generously on them.
And our deepest thanks to Tempest, who not only coordinated all the jewelers and buyers, but created a new, permanent IAF Auctions site. Now that we’ve got it, we might as well use it! Look for more exciting intersections of art and words, and more chances to support IAF . . . .

Any ideas on what you’d like to see auctioned next?

Book reviewer Colleen Mondor has posted a new interview with Interfictions coeditor Delia Sherman, discussing her New York-based fantasy novel Changeling as well as the ideas behind the creation of Interfictions.

I’m signing off as moderator of the Third Interstitial Salon (although all are invited and encouraged to continue the conversation as long as they like!). It’s been a fantastic discussion and a tremendous pleasure for me to listen as these wonderful artists/crafters/thinkers have talked about their process and their inspiration. I think one big idea I’m taking away from this conversation is the power of a passion for exploring the connections between story and the sensory world — it can take you anywhere and everywhere, and seems to be the surest source of an open and generous imagination!

We’ve heard from and heard about an astounding array of craft/artists, and I thought it would be helpful to list them here — please do visit their websites and enjoy their varied and exquisite talents!

SALON/ PARTICIPANTS (* denotes IAF Auction artist)
Jae Leslie Adams — writer/book artist/calligrapher
Deborah Atherton — writer/lyricist/librettist
*K. Tempest Bradford — jeweler/writer/editor/Interfictions author
*Deborah J. Brannon — jeweler/writer/scholar/reviewer
Wendy Ellertson — doll/mask/book-maker/art curator
*Sarah Evans — writer/jeweler
*Elise Mattheson — jeweler
*Kris McDermott — scholar/writer/occasional crafter
*Mia Nutick — reviewer/writer/jeweler
*Rachel Pollack — Interfictions author/artists/tarotist
Jon Singer — ceramicist/inventor/Interfictions author
*Joselle Vanderhooft — jeweler/writer
*Leslie What — Interfictions author/jeweler

ARTISTS MENTIONED:
Virginia Blakelock — bead art/jewelry
Shelley Jackson — body art/hypertext/performance art
Steven & William Ladd — bead art, fashion and fine art installations
Joyce Scott — beaded sculpture
Ruthanne Tudball — ceramicist
Raelinda Woad — storytelling/jewelry/cupcake fairy

The Interstitial Salon is already on its third Discussion Board page, chatting amongst the artists and writers who have contributed to the IAF/Interfictions Jewelry Auction — be sure to join us if you like crafting, jewelry, storytelling, interstitial art, or even just incredibly smart talk about fashion, adornment, and culture.

As Elise Matthesen has just commented, “…I have to run. Back soon. I bet ten more people will have said ten more brilliant things by the time I get back. This is a fun discussion!”
Speaking of which, there are some new and stunning pieces soon to be added — go and bid!

To celebrate the anniversary of Interfictions, we invited jewelers/beaders to create wearable art based on the 19 stories in our first original anthology. Come bid on some amazing pieces by many talented artists, including Elise Matthesen, JoSelle Vanderhooft — and Interfictions authors Leslie What, Rachel Pollack, and K. Tempest Bradford, who have created one-of-a-kind, collectible wearable interpretations of their own work!

New pieces go up every two days and auctions last for 4-7 days. Bid early and often–bids start as low as $10! All proceeds will go to supporting Interstitial Arts projects, including the second Interfictions volume, Interfictions 2, to be published in Fall 2009.

Visit IAFAuctions.com, and subscribe to the RSS feed to be notified when new pieces go live.

Concurrent with the Auction is the Third IAF Online Salon: “Jewelry, Words & Art,” featuring comments by many of the Auction artists, and guests - all are warmly invited to join this moderated discussion.