tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142265062024-03-07T15:15:31.493-06:00jonathan gitelsonArtist,
Baseball enthusiast,
Lover of thingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-63722985890887459232011-06-14T13:01:00.004-05:002011-06-14T13:05:31.302-05:00New Website Draft and a Shout Out to Robert Linkiewicz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggrBCyR6iSbpQTUTgjTaUUJ9JKFrnblLE7kOgj17sJ7T9KvTqiUiCCekjNetDLIk7IUuKFOMfnJr9jXjPECByGrFsQY3u58LGMaAZ4bvwtXllO6jWH9VWoPxJVdzcgPylL_ZquhA/s1600/Linkiewicz_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggrBCyR6iSbpQTUTgjTaUUJ9JKFrnblLE7kOgj17sJ7T9KvTqiUiCCekjNetDLIk7IUuKFOMfnJr9jXjPECByGrFsQY3u58LGMaAZ4bvwtXllO6jWH9VWoPxJVdzcgPylL_ZquhA/s320/Linkiewicz_large.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br />
This post is two things:<br />
1) a "What's UP!" to my man Robert Linkiewicz in the Columbia College 10th floor darkroom<br />
2) a preview of the new version of my website that I've been working on the past two weeks (shout out to my man <a href="http://ianwhitmore.com/">Ian Whitmore</a>)<br />
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Last week I called up Robert asking for lighting advice for my classrooms at Keene State. The two of us go way back and he was always one of my favorite people at Columbia. Robert's a huge music buff (as am I) and we have spent hours upon hours talking about music, parenthood, movies and generally just laughing. When I called him last week, he scolded me for not updating my blog often enough (fair enough). So Robert, this one goes out to you!<br />
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Now, as I mentioned above I have been busy the past two weeks completely re-working my website. I like the old template but upcoming projects have made it so that I needed a re-design (plus it was time).<br />
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A Beta version of my new site can be viewed here:<br />
<a href="http://jonathangitelsonthegit.virb.com/">http://jonathangitelsonthegit.virb.com/</a><br />
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I would appreciate any and all feedback before this goes live, I'm still making some minor tweeks and could use the feedback.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-35762924804952552662011-02-20T08:58:00.000-06:002013-08-06T05:39:47.511-05:00100 mississippi<iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20146858" width="400"></iframe><br />
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A funny thing happened when I became a father back in 2008: I began to find myself constantly counting. It started with my son's bedtime. Each night when I thought he had finally nodded out, I would count to 100 mississippi for insurance, just to make sure it was safe to start my tiptoed retreat out his bedroom door. Being a neurotic individual, I somehow convinced myself that anything short of 100 mississippi would wake him up and prolong our bedtime routine.<br />
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Eventually, I started to become curious about how I could measure other things in my life by counting to 100 mississippi. How far could I walk? How many steps could I climb? How much snow could I displace using my landlord's snowblower?<br />
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This video was made in the midst of one of our many large snowstorms this winter. This is the first film of a series, it will be paired with photographs and diagrams. Here are some of the photographs made that day. They somehow got majorly screwed up but I kind of like the result. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-33269244454751704532010-11-10T08:44:00.003-06:002010-11-10T08:46:55.952-06:00Days 16-20<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3f6a4qSYFH7f92T2Ej0MJE_VVUyXVXgTkuUwnwF2LMGM35TaAWWGFRspA4gYVfe1-opbCUculH8HoUQhk_YixLFqm3EXRqK3eT9XUNFlTSKhhDisakbrpXKFov0i72vL8qY_ESA/s1600/16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3f6a4qSYFH7f92T2Ej0MJE_VVUyXVXgTkuUwnwF2LMGM35TaAWWGFRspA4gYVfe1-opbCUculH8HoUQhk_YixLFqm3EXRqK3eT9XUNFlTSKhhDisakbrpXKFov0i72vL8qY_ESA/s400/16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537932185003805186" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTyR-dlOBdg4vFQUwFF0G6PgY8NLefoPr3mBR6hFegeCOo_wDjsvsNdEIPJoyz4bpA2swcZpcF4_zozqdYpxduEcNkfVPBXmoAUD5ETtQhHt7PSgKLO9SBLAaq6qgpTZqfRo6qA/s1600/17.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJX1XNB3NPIOeZ7AyCIPfPcldcYR1ric4-0reWfaz7guSNq7tZlFU1Xr7C3-AR9MrS6khHurcqQVrtgqq2HbjTH62eYJ-eg-7PCUpVnf-skYLrnC4pTinHn_H0YOBKhAeEwS5rA/s400/sweet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536878659317007122" border="0" /></a><br />It has been a very long time since I've posted here, life has been upside down with a big move and a new job. As the dust is beginning to settle, I'm starting to get back to making art. Number one on my list is to complete my piece "The Sweet Spot," a project that began in Chicago and will be completed in Vermont. It is a result of a fifty day study to determine the ideal place to stand on the Montrose Brown Line platform (in Chicago) to get a seat on the train during the morning commute. This project will be shown next Autumn and so I'm suddenly feeling a lot of pressure (which is good) to nail it out.<br /><br />During the fifty days that I collected my data, I made detailed notes to organize my findings. These will be part of the final piece (probably hung in a grid) and present my findings as well as miscellaneous doodles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeHyuRerAXL4q8oDErfhYxkXD2pB_rRK0z7ATHNteVOWl5Tj1isPl1W2G6LtnHzt4Ne6Hv37bIQGmDei0Y8pMlw8JYZYtsIl0gJVWmr3amfao4OmHR_dj0TceV2zPYDB8sfqkZQ/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeHyuRerAXL4q8oDErfhYxkXD2pB_rRK0z7ATHNteVOWl5Tj1isPl1W2G6LtnHzt4Ne6Hv37bIQGmDei0Y8pMlw8JYZYtsIl0gJVWmr3amfao4OmHR_dj0TceV2zPYDB8sfqkZQ/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536884685870253490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9E_YwdlgXw2jPdIA47K9NRPiBSwwfife-m_BujU26aPdoCxIS0Te2icXXtojLngNS_bLjDOlJHP4jbtYZsP7uZYPq6o-h1XZ-tUh5MpmntTMZ5tpfbd8BT3L1m8hXMu1JNQaMw/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9E_YwdlgXw2jPdIA47K9NRPiBSwwfife-m_BujU26aPdoCxIS0Te2icXXtojLngNS_bLjDOlJHP4jbtYZsP7uZYPq6o-h1XZ-tUh5MpmntTMZ5tpfbd8BT3L1m8hXMu1JNQaMw/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536885142899085570" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM857Jm4Jgc92_KdFQSY-XAM15WB9JtEEHg-Mpi9K5EAFLgyhCPwnHFJlyZxiUFZBuS3_GSERd56bGrZZJtNfh5fnXnZ0WGni4ypDKXMhBC4CNyQ-Ey-6Sxzq9hu3aSQaE3A1jaw/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM857Jm4Jgc92_KdFQSY-XAM15WB9JtEEHg-Mpi9K5EAFLgyhCPwnHFJlyZxiUFZBuS3_GSERd56bGrZZJtNfh5fnXnZ0WGni4ypDKXMhBC4CNyQ-Ey-6Sxzq9hu3aSQaE3A1jaw/s400/3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536885370884720370" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kz-I7_jOA9nTu3exZ2ih5cc6PT6TYufK6EC8ITk_4wmSDYy2t6GMcKWHSPFWn2fMx46jDb2B1pm-8VwQdSntMhAMvyB6ammS24d8i4VL5qFD0uf_3bt0J_IvXaglKEdqaGwzBQ/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kz-I7_jOA9nTu3exZ2ih5cc6PT6TYufK6EC8ITk_4wmSDYy2t6GMcKWHSPFWn2fMx46jDb2B1pm-8VwQdSntMhAMvyB6ammS24d8i4VL5qFD0uf_3bt0J_IvXaglKEdqaGwzBQ/s400/4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536885532516949298" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAjnRA7navyNTlm8OOXbhofD92wI71uGvC6m3fi4MoFIRPKTwh59gWpbJLhZzKlqIz_s7f4SPID2XuVBpKX89flTpNZILyUjWy1NBKxrK95Nc6xBaJCdz88KaeMB4WS_nfWcVXQ/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAjnRA7navyNTlm8OOXbhofD92wI71uGvC6m3fi4MoFIRPKTwh59gWpbJLhZzKlqIz_s7f4SPID2XuVBpKX89flTpNZILyUjWy1NBKxrK95Nc6xBaJCdz88KaeMB4WS_nfWcVXQ/s400/5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536885696190301714" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-74465763115455366592010-07-03T08:22:00.006-05:002010-07-03T09:04:47.960-05:00Amsterdam Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oq1qLhSa3HPKKHlF_fQ2yZGPgXrzbvtgZqk9QQtVjdfLQwe5eTtxvctao0CivKh3aXeSbb5ufU0stDI4BBxSy6GcUXiYlenslK7u7mFuL1iiqH51tP7Sgj1HeH_GiVLF1z9QMg/s1600/new_horiz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oq1qLhSa3HPKKHlF_fQ2yZGPgXrzbvtgZqk9QQtVjdfLQwe5eTtxvctao0CivKh3aXeSbb5ufU0stDI4BBxSy6GcUXiYlenslK7u7mFuL1iiqH51tP7Sgj1HeH_GiVLF1z9QMg/s400/new_horiz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489670092252800002" border="0" /></a><br />Well it has been a week of pretty intense studio work but I have completed the paint stencil letters for my piece for Amsterdam. We are heading out of town for the weekend but the last task when I get back is to stencil "-Albert Camus" at the bottom of the text block. I have another 8' x 8' print and will be slicing it in half and hanging the two 8' x 4' strips on either side of this piece at an angle to create depth. This is a sketch of what the installation will look like:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4RRvtnZ2lvdqsJJ8X69AtRYS2wR2nyX45OFD3seghA8gTRY9iH_Vz6cxLGjwtBHBOj3oymXYKicZ3c3for6MBzBBNUCFd3FK-BxIRDlKG6317ejNDYhADUuUT6tSiDAvJB-FCA/s1600/amsterdam_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4RRvtnZ2lvdqsJJ8X69AtRYS2wR2nyX45OFD3seghA8gTRY9iH_Vz6cxLGjwtBHBOj3oymXYKicZ3c3for6MBzBBNUCFd3FK-BxIRDlKG6317ejNDYhADUuUT6tSiDAvJB-FCA/s400/amsterdam_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489672508739262386" border="0" /></a><br />More posts on this piece to follow in the coming weeks.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-78831526807179923732010-07-03T07:56:00.010-05:002010-07-03T08:22:12.639-05:00Archie Is The Best Thing Ever!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GqKbTj5iXv1g0wJNQqZEv53pEelrMq0_Jyo1fH8Bm0j11IWUFdBxz0liHs-dhatZ-KYy1mtA9ciP438heoaPVAIfNcSpi4bDeRQTgdNQ3cLjFUCvb68HDqqJzrEpvW0v90aSPQ/s1600/arch_head.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GqKbTj5iXv1g0wJNQqZEv53pEelrMq0_Jyo1fH8Bm0j11IWUFdBxz0liHs-dhatZ-KYy1mtA9ciP438heoaPVAIfNcSpi4bDeRQTgdNQ3cLjFUCvb68HDqqJzrEpvW0v90aSPQ/s400/arch_head.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489663211766670994" border="0" /></a><br />Needless to be said, Archie is the best thing ever! He has recently become obsessed with building blocks and it is so much fun as a father watching his little brain at work. The other night I came out of my office and found his latest city perched atop our living room table:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsiukQxtTTuYamS6g0_a84yvXrlcXZ2kJeWj1sbp9LHI_4wEWWZlUZrHjkltrwWDTosuof9JBHE_q_DBroclBY-10fycDj-hFw8X8_Cfuzginb2tfLY3si9PPkcxkaXdxZRyDtQ/s1600/arch_block.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsiukQxtTTuYamS6g0_a84yvXrlcXZ2kJeWj1sbp9LHI_4wEWWZlUZrHjkltrwWDTosuof9JBHE_q_DBroclBY-10fycDj-hFw8X8_Cfuzginb2tfLY3si9PPkcxkaXdxZRyDtQ/s400/arch_block.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489663763293141650" border="0" /></a><br />I was an avid builder as well when I was a kid, here is a glimpse of my young brain at work:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAjlVOWh4xF4z4OpR9wtzf2mhgQ3tqnppAAQG_4lGWQ1wkd4noY0FmEVuT_Z7pJh_jIDHhGW3v5G3R5WBqP9t68fSCOPi7COkfU-UFtLkBCJmWCujAe80TOK4ZjDE6ZtbCHaVSQ/s1600/blocks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAjlVOWh4xF4z4OpR9wtzf2mhgQ3tqnppAAQG_4lGWQ1wkd4noY0FmEVuT_Z7pJh_jIDHhGW3v5G3R5WBqP9t68fSCOPi7COkfU-UFtLkBCJmWCujAe80TOK4ZjDE6ZtbCHaVSQ/s400/blocks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489664379357800850" border="0" /></a><br />My dream is that as Archie gets older, I'll have an area of my studio partitioned of for his wild creations. Here is a video that Robin created of Archie hard at work:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyNAjfa3AGq-oQRzDlygXaweNP5aIZNAcBTYBJtioXJnQBfYoHz-frnsVcXjqbPbKuJgxepuqweH3w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-36323428912568866802010-06-15T13:51:00.013-05:002010-06-15T20:33:24.123-05:00Gearing Up For Amsterdam!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFItzK6HT2NFQSP8eQU7Xg3lECqnkVbbj2AfcQrZ1H2A23Cs2rgBaZBO5Z3RbOSsqtP87cmLZpDrDRlXt-Kdnpsi_ZX3rsB7zM2kh-nriq_MiyeT-LvAyMWyTA8R3tCoFc5tS6A/s1600/Camus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFItzK6HT2NFQSP8eQU7Xg3lECqnkVbbj2AfcQrZ1H2A23Cs2rgBaZBO5Z3RbOSsqtP87cmLZpDrDRlXt-Kdnpsi_ZX3rsB7zM2kh-nriq_MiyeT-LvAyMWyTA8R3tCoFc5tS6A/s400/Camus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483075145163433650" /></a><br />This August I will be flying to Amsterdam to install a new public artwork. The event is being hosted by <a href="http://www.galerie-inkijk.blogspot.com/">Inkijk Gallery </a> and curated by <a href="http://www.onewallaway.com/jtvr.html">Jan Theun Van Rees</a>. I met Jan Theun a number of years ago when he was in Chicago photographing his "One Wall Away" series. We have stayed friends ever since and I was thrilled when he invited me to participate in this exhibition / public installation.<br /><br />Sometimes as an artist, the hardest thing can be too many choices. When Jan Theun approached me with the concept for the piece, he told me that I could do anything that I wanted so long as it somehow drew a connection between Amsterdam and Chicago. Hmmmmm. I've never been to Amsterdam and had no idea how to proceed. Everytime that I thought about my relationship with Amsterdam, my thoughts would eventually circle back to my undergraduate studies of Albert Camus and his novel, "The Fall."<br /><br />My first copy of the novel had this cover and was borrowed from the bookshelves of my Grandmother's apartment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lyAcKUGp7ch1XzUSmqQZaqE8xPwqUE42xQ7CdSlJ2I0rQxvMfQ19aGWvgp4dQNR6jVOpkA3VdoQhhp-j4pLo_8VZh3UAQozXQS26l394dK4ddlplJZd0yllvms42AxTCZpa7NA/s1600/thefall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lyAcKUGp7ch1XzUSmqQZaqE8xPwqUE42xQ7CdSlJ2I0rQxvMfQ19aGWvgp4dQNR6jVOpkA3VdoQhhp-j4pLo_8VZh3UAQozXQS26l394dK4ddlplJZd0yllvms42AxTCZpa7NA/s400/thefall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483078959566000882" /></a>"The Fall" is one of my favorite novels and was a central part of my undergraduate thesis. The more that I thought about my piece, the more that I decided it should reference "The Fall" and portray the imagery that Camus created in 1956 and that informed my ideas about the city. Step one was to buy a new copy of it because my old one was overly underlined to the point of illegibility.<div><br /></div>Although the majority of the novel takes place in an Amsterdam dive bar, occassionally the main character Clemence leads the reader around the town and to the shores of the Zuider Zee. Upon rereading the book, I decided to focus on the passage that appears at the beginning of this blogpost and to use Lake Michigan as a stand in for the Zuider Zee. I emailed Jan Theun to discuss my plans and he was excited! He told me that he had never read the novel but that he had an old copy of it and it was bookmarked to the exact passage that I was thinking of using. This sealed the deal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYWhAXVQXneE8PCcasUPNoqv6RahfCLfEWq9pi6ASqTFBDkdUB93ApK1TqQZElHYLvoSK8HfrHkHrgAVXcAUNWjwBanlE3fv7c8dz9LOMpXmLZUDEKBPqRNA-Wn178O9f5I3SXw/s1600/DSC_0044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYWhAXVQXneE8PCcasUPNoqv6RahfCLfEWq9pi6ASqTFBDkdUB93ApK1TqQZElHYLvoSK8HfrHkHrgAVXcAUNWjwBanlE3fv7c8dz9LOMpXmLZUDEKBPqRNA-Wn178O9f5I3SXw/s400/DSC_0044.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483168247462834258" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.ericpickersgill.com/">Eric Pickersgill</a> is without a doubt one of the best students that I have ever worked with. We first met when he was in my color darkroom class at Columbia College and he has ta'd and assisted me ever since. Not only is he a great person but he is also really coming into his own as an artist. Eric has been creating large liquid emulsion lightboxes throughout the past year and will be showing them soon at <a href="http://www.lightfactory.org/future-exhibits">The Light Factory</a> in Charlotte.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7jttXZd8YVtYQcANC4EOL6hyVNWAA5Vk3iWCKnlBWTNj21hwwK-Fost0oOl2f2ktzMVL99F8V6AiDkPNsf2gN8f7dKpUc5oAARVqpswTPIcfFPXkoaJzzfsMcbjHxw9x-7VpqA/s1600/DSC_0007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7jttXZd8YVtYQcANC4EOL6hyVNWAA5Vk3iWCKnlBWTNj21hwwK-Fost0oOl2f2ktzMVL99F8V6AiDkPNsf2gN8f7dKpUc5oAARVqpswTPIcfFPXkoaJzzfsMcbjHxw9x-7VpqA/s400/DSC_0007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483169844441268370" /></a><br />For the past couple of years Eric has been working out of an abandoned factory on Chicago's south/west side. He built a gigantic darkroom there and a rig for projecting negatives onto the wall. I had seen his liquid light prints before and decided that this would be the perfect technique for my Lake Michigan image as well. After an initial meeting last thursday night, we met at his darkroom bright and early Saturday morning to get to work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcE2OHbZqoAUySktvm78cd331xnEc95iOlNQ8is7JcX6MmEXdq10hvKTyideQWI9ioIv28SgLpU-itKest1JOy1oioSuggSpTTqN3xF3Ge-CrFYpmyATFclPHSZm48fDI3WWzwQ/s1600/DSC_0046.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcE2OHbZqoAUySktvm78cd331xnEc95iOlNQ8is7JcX6MmEXdq10hvKTyideQWI9ioIv28SgLpU-itKest1JOy1oioSuggSpTTqN3xF3Ge-CrFYpmyATFclPHSZm48fDI3WWzwQ/s400/DSC_0046.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483171214419047602" /></a><br />This is an image of the enlarger tilted on it's side in order to project my image at 8 feet by 8 feet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjHYU38MAN96-YomXkjVd26oiZMMZdd7cG3XePgBJXcnkvkP3CMrBel0fJuErCzGvipaCOhjsXRdx6FN5Z1q7KJc5B3UGg0TaFbuJZP852-WZDlMDO4wlmpOEbaPdc4gc3wqFiA/s1600/DSC_0015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjHYU38MAN96-YomXkjVd26oiZMMZdd7cG3XePgBJXcnkvkP3CMrBel0fJuErCzGvipaCOhjsXRdx6FN5Z1q7KJc5B3UGg0TaFbuJZP852-WZDlMDO4wlmpOEbaPdc4gc3wqFiA/s400/DSC_0015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483171664837490754" /></a><br />Step one was to pin the 8 square feet of fabric up against the back wall of the darkroom. After getting it into place, I sprayed starch on the fabric (this apparently helps the image fix to the fabric) and Eric followed behind with an iron. Once that was finished, Eric applied a bottle of liquid emulsion to the fabric as I guided him with a safe light. Next up, a two hour exposure.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpBxbZl-Wg2KcbXzmOikrkEdMO44WZnuvQ3XpQ3__YS6TUjLiWa6SXumpEAFrK3V3B4mw13CT9FQ3-AjAFp8LpnEge_fW3IdYFDsluBYCPTTAH1N7oRzFHU4UULaC6mnmDpwe4g/s1600/DSC_0048.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpBxbZl-Wg2KcbXzmOikrkEdMO44WZnuvQ3XpQ3__YS6TUjLiWa6SXumpEAFrK3V3B4mw13CT9FQ3-AjAFp8LpnEge_fW3IdYFDsluBYCPTTAH1N7oRzFHU4UULaC6mnmDpwe4g/s400/DSC_0048.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483174230602563474" /></a><br />The development of the fabric was far and away one of the most extreme things that I've ever done in a darkroom (no snarky comments please). Eric had built eight foot troughs to house the chemicals and a two person pulley system for agitating the print.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlo3-T0S8CG5ej6hiuHmVrRoPdcW4T4T97FO02y_X6eUZD9Cu89cSG7YdEzno0-nY2e7mn9xNdqZmZc2u3rV0AITSS5kSHU7e7EX6XsX3vXz8PmPxAwfcuyxT6xRZNEua-VE44g/s1600/DSC_0055.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlo3-T0S8CG5ej6hiuHmVrRoPdcW4T4T97FO02y_X6eUZD9Cu89cSG7YdEzno0-nY2e7mn9xNdqZmZc2u3rV0AITSS5kSHU7e7EX6XsX3vXz8PmPxAwfcuyxT6xRZNEua-VE44g/s400/DSC_0055.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483175180303485842" /></a><br />Two hours later, we had a properly processed print (the above is a detail). Here is Eric looking like the tough SOB that he is (twelve hours and one print later):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvDTBrUu5RbMNb2Bl5TyG-SpCWb6PUpwAG9p1TlU7C5dmA6RQ6unhK_n4chgTBZI8VkI_Z4J9_mdGXrLFEwdVMyR2tr0hyphenhyphen0ffVTMvHQ7w5wnwP0K8bqCpVfGCVivAZiUt2_4jVg/s1600/DSC_0059.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvDTBrUu5RbMNb2Bl5TyG-SpCWb6PUpwAG9p1TlU7C5dmA6RQ6unhK_n4chgTBZI8VkI_Z4J9_mdGXrLFEwdVMyR2tr0hyphenhyphen0ffVTMvHQ7w5wnwP0K8bqCpVfGCVivAZiUt2_4jVg/s400/DSC_0059.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483175687896399042" /></a><br />Next up, hand stencil the text in the studio.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-34501163162971046182010-05-28T20:24:00.002-05:002010-05-28T20:27:58.422-05:00Something I Made Today<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AzdVZ-sw1ZgvU6XLYxW1jXkDnNZuwZljLk516UNjcNo0L-BFzRDgbym9ATGACflwZEcHANmD370H6pOp2Fy_zEqnxumMZwGMGFenHdNdAcfmvnjeHk4soDGDO7rcViIvKlbH_g/s1600/trajectory.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AzdVZ-sw1ZgvU6XLYxW1jXkDnNZuwZljLk516UNjcNo0L-BFzRDgbym9ATGACflwZEcHANmD370H6pOp2Fy_zEqnxumMZwGMGFenHdNdAcfmvnjeHk4soDGDO7rcViIvKlbH_g/s400/trajectory.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476497196486808802" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-75201493961217198922010-05-25T15:52:00.004-05:002010-05-25T16:25:01.940-05:00Exciting News and Exhibitions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMA3Mk3CeFvotba-JXNaBSQX20w8Uo6m08-h7RnvLFeqVIxm8wSWw6IPFKPYspmOGpFt57IoKnjj5ySEV-FQG8JbGZLWWnYaaxxjjy5252BbZmjTgvt78hMAx0HOYva7n_yghFA/s1600/dicky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMA3Mk3CeFvotba-JXNaBSQX20w8Uo6m08-h7RnvLFeqVIxm8wSWw6IPFKPYspmOGpFt57IoKnjj5ySEV-FQG8JbGZLWWnYaaxxjjy5252BbZmjTgvt78hMAx0HOYva7n_yghFA/s400/dicky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475314498381336418" /></a> This summer is turning out to be incredibly hectic but exciting as well. This Spring I accepted an assistant professor position at Keene State College in New Hampshire and the family and I are starting to plan for our move to Brattleboro Vermont at the end of July. There are a lot of loose ends to tie up here but also some exciting new:<br /><br />1. I just learned that I was named an award winner for the <a href="http://www.magentafoundation.org/books/flash-forward-2010/winners.php">Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2010 competition</a>. I will be published in their catalogue and will hopefully be exhibiting my work at the <a href="http://www.flashforwardfestival.com/sites/flashforwardfestival.com/splash.html">Magenta Foundation Festival</a> in Toronto in October. My work was selected by Andy Adams of <a href="http://www.flakphoto.com/">Flak Photo</a>, Amanda Maddox from the <a href="http://www.corcoran.org/index.php">Corcoran Gallery of Art</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0500286418?tag=virtualphilos-21&camp=1406&creative=6394&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0500286418&adid=1PACAQK20KDH0Z9Z037D&">Susan Bright</a>.<br /><br />2. I will be presenting my piece, <a href="http://www.thegit.net/thegit.net/videos/staring_contest.html">"Staring Contest"</a> at the<a href="http://www.conduitgallery.com/"> Conduit Gallery</a> in Dallas this August. The show is entitled, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-PROGRAM/118898181462557?ref=ts">"The Program"</a> and is being curated by Charles Dee Mitchell. I'm excited to be sharing the same space as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Askevold">David Askevold</a>, <a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/matthew_day_jackson.htm">Matthew Day Jackson</a>, <a href="http://www.lukelab.com/">Luke Murphy</a>, <a href="http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/5/">Jason Rhoades</a>, <a href="http://www.erinshirreff.com/">Erin Shirreff</a> and <a href="http://www.billviola.com/">Bill Viola</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-16442231118669469782010-04-16T20:48:00.006-05:002010-04-16T20:55:25.674-05:00Hot Off The Press!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCavjiBmqIMlKzqO2WIDRqvvwWaUVOUMELw-jE0x5Iel3uUM4G-HmHiOoaaFmLp6ceoVPkspF3XesoQ4DKVv-AjTtYtUYofZ-9tnQe0js3nDjymIW4c_GRLPPORA_AAOIEdDDew/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCavjiBmqIMlKzqO2WIDRqvvwWaUVOUMELw-jE0x5Iel3uUM4G-HmHiOoaaFmLp6ceoVPkspF3XesoQ4DKVv-AjTtYtUYofZ-9tnQe0js3nDjymIW4c_GRLPPORA_AAOIEdDDew/s400/5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460918132918651122" /></a>Today was a big day for this project, I finally picked up the finished books from <a href="http://www.loveleafpress.com/">Loveleaf</a>. Last night I had a nightmare that I picked them up and was really bummed out but fortunately, the opposite was true and they look AMAZING!!!!!<br /><br />Here are some shots of them at the bindery earlier today. This is us burnishing the covers to give them a worn and one of a kind aesthetic:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CD3vfGV5CtAwDtPatOHo99GUdlozw9z5201ev0zE4cmHUnh9vflVHkfh6e5RugQfy8ZiTgzCLfoDR9XiIjd3fL8Yi5UHDtgskCmTrt5d5CrQ6r5RRfkYHDpp0ZHUFHu_noo4tw/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CD3vfGV5CtAwDtPatOHo99GUdlozw9z5201ev0zE4cmHUnh9vflVHkfh6e5RugQfy8ZiTgzCLfoDR9XiIjd3fL8Yi5UHDtgskCmTrt5d5CrQ6r5RRfkYHDpp0ZHUFHu_noo4tw/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460918305707145746" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRN22BNn8qVlEfz6BoUeXzUW3lYOA-HnJI37B_NyVFREPFV0GvFNbEYb5Tcua4Zr7CAL0A53-cOuBu-QtubaaW6Wf1pabKeSJ1HMaePDEEgBg0FRDBU4EFmEbicJXo6T0lKGbxbg/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRN22BNn8qVlEfz6BoUeXzUW3lYOA-HnJI37B_NyVFREPFV0GvFNbEYb5Tcua4Zr7CAL0A53-cOuBu-QtubaaW6Wf1pabKeSJ1HMaePDEEgBg0FRDBU4EFmEbicJXo6T0lKGbxbg/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460918473889254994" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AJGt-58yLly1tFOT_1WNpcRm_IBOrXBhsZlr2D5pGgo5UywRe4_Hzw7lQDINPAQVq3ByZsnehry9xUVP_UaW8BwAMueuxqgzPeS2nsofAXKVBs4enzlG5noVCNrfiajDNWC2TA/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AJGt-58yLly1tFOT_1WNpcRm_IBOrXBhsZlr2D5pGgo5UywRe4_Hzw7lQDINPAQVq3ByZsnehry9xUVP_UaW8BwAMueuxqgzPeS2nsofAXKVBs4enzlG5noVCNrfiajDNWC2TA/s400/3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460918587758811074" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuT3ZP6xKaU34xjPFvPvAzYtbvDlNUJ8d8Uc7m8WKglk9IHXD9L7g0ksbdYKDqF77fjP0arWLKe0aySJ-3qQ1VG_suddg1AH_E65-il0moIgRKZ-iDB6iAc-udhH9nfhKdyOkKw/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuT3ZP6xKaU34xjPFvPvAzYtbvDlNUJ8d8Uc7m8WKglk9IHXD9L7g0ksbdYKDqF77fjP0arWLKe0aySJ-3qQ1VG_suddg1AH_E65-il0moIgRKZ-iDB6iAc-udhH9nfhKdyOkKw/s400/4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460918691347442530" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-116986074348187722010-04-03T10:36:00.003-05:002010-04-03T10:52:09.437-05:00Ode To Alec SothAlec and I became friends a number of years ago and have hung out in Chicago, Minneapolis, Miami and spots in between. It's not often that you find someone who is both extremely successful in their field and also incredibly sweet and down to Earth. I've really enjoyed our friendship and over the years and I have made him a few keepsakes along the way. The first was a baseball card that I created for him a few years back when he came to give a lecture at Columbia College. He had told me that he was jealous of the baseball cards that I had created in my piece <a href="http://www.thegit.net/thegit.net/posters/htmls/Quitter.htm">"The Quitter"</a> and he wrote to tell me that he wanted a baseball card dedicated to himself as well. Ask and ye shall receive, I granted Alec his wish:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTe1fHtVAGKKCPYLFwUp4SsQFRuSOYlT41gFZa8rBBlInavpUjzQE_YQXV3KwuIOW469G_zGzyVFPmboHGz9eqS7LwnfT0b0e5Iz9aesiDVo82Z6T1l5In8P8FU71fS_lYZbfxg/s1600/sothbb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTe1fHtVAGKKCPYLFwUp4SsQFRuSOYlT41gFZa8rBBlInavpUjzQE_YQXV3KwuIOW469G_zGzyVFPmboHGz9eqS7LwnfT0b0e5Iz9aesiDVo82Z6T1l5In8P8FU71fS_lYZbfxg/s400/sothbb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455937473385356002" /></a><br />Well last night I headed out to my favorite German bar with the family to indulge in some beer and wurst. Resi's Bierstube is the best beer garden in Chicago and I had recently met Alec there for drinks along with Brian Ulrich and Matt Siber. So I got to thinking about Alec and turned to my wife and said, "I wonder how old Sothdog Millionaire is doing?" Robin was like, "did you just make up that name for him?" and I was like, "Yeah." After dinner with my stomach full of beer and beef, I sat down to create the following poster, my newest ode to Mr. Alec Soth:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeoShDFXvT_q_6QLAudTEFUzWTGPX28dxkAHGTzTjYQnd4LQ3OW9qvPo2onj5n3pUij0njr3n5GxTZupEIPcAn8mrC2QIZUNakmjGVdaQPVbuZm0XquyhYaOWPP5Rs65IXxcaWA/s1600/Soth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeoShDFXvT_q_6QLAudTEFUzWTGPX28dxkAHGTzTjYQnd4LQ3OW9qvPo2onj5n3pUij0njr3n5GxTZupEIPcAn8mrC2QIZUNakmjGVdaQPVbuZm0XquyhYaOWPP5Rs65IXxcaWA/s400/Soth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455935818835833010" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-21827560107211782722010-03-28T11:05:00.003-05:002010-03-28T11:14:49.589-05:00Help Support My Book, Get An Inexpensive Print!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWwwHnnNL31e2HaPLU6y0GJCirxRjXJg8mCw64Pcje7BoX-g6zgI69qx55pYhXymkgbyMeEy2EUuEPfCunnNjS8TRmk7xJM1Gn5af7DQURnOfAzr2pRQd6CQBMdkdNI54pTgZ6g/s1600/book3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWwwHnnNL31e2HaPLU6y0GJCirxRjXJg8mCw64Pcje7BoX-g6zgI69qx55pYhXymkgbyMeEy2EUuEPfCunnNjS8TRmk7xJM1Gn5af7DQURnOfAzr2pRQd6CQBMdkdNI54pTgZ6g/s400/book3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453718730834084162" /></a>I've recently embarked upon a new book project via the website <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com">http://www.kickstarter.com</a><br /><br />My project for kickstarter consists of publishing five copies of my artist's book <a href="http://www.thegit.net/thegit.net/books/ScavengerHunt/htmls/scavenger1.html">"Scavenger Hunt"</a> for the <a href="http://www.fotobuch-tage.de/en/11/home.html">"Hamburger Fotobuchtage Festival"</a> that will be held in Germany this June. My books will be presented by <a href="http://www.artbooksheidelberg.com/html/en/recent_publications.html">"Kehrer Art Books of Heidelberg"</a>. I've self published books in the past but never as one of a kind art objects. My goal is to create a full edition of 50 books and I have found a great local bindery called <a href="http://www.loveleafpress.com/">"Love Leaf Press"</a> who are going to help me out. Each book is going to cost me roughly $250 to make but they are going to look really really good!<br /><br />You can view my page at kickstarter.com by visiting:<br /><a href="http://kck.st/9n9Z6y">http://kck.st/9n9Z6y</a><br /><br />Essentially, I am looking for backers to help me finance this project. <br />Individuals who donate $25 towards the project will receive a signed 8" x 10" page from the book (page of your choice), individuals who donate $50 will receive a signed two page spread from the book (spread of your choice) and if you are feeling insanely generous, individuals who donate $450 will receive a signed one of a kind copy of the book (again, finished edition of 50). The way that kickstarter works is that in order for me to receive the money and for you to receive your print, I need to meet my minimum goal of $1200 (however there is not a maximum cap) by June 17th. If you know anyone who might be interested in participating, please pass this along.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-37476377310018795672010-03-28T11:00:00.002-05:002010-03-28T11:01:17.784-05:00Young Git In The Magic Factory<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZntRjyuTbDWqd_b9qHIFMPnlsMp3gN0UNMfLRICKMdvwor7Si_zuNu0mqeo1RSAxjgjT8n3CSeIP3_wobMvHLjUY9jsD23rrZg0lbeBtEULwsDqTozoTI78NUq14YIOz9lCfjdg/s1600/jonathan-and-blocks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZntRjyuTbDWqd_b9qHIFMPnlsMp3gN0UNMfLRICKMdvwor7Si_zuNu0mqeo1RSAxjgjT8n3CSeIP3_wobMvHLjUY9jsD23rrZg0lbeBtEULwsDqTozoTI78NUq14YIOz9lCfjdg/s400/jonathan-and-blocks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453715427760797874" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-54049619957471659722010-03-04T13:47:00.001-06:002010-03-04T13:49:48.889-06:001960's IHop Commercial<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lt_OS54FFFE&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lt_OS54FFFE&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I dream that one day I'll be able to make a video piece as awesome as this!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-78366878151777796482010-03-04T13:23:00.001-06:002010-03-04T13:24:48.558-06:00What I Dream Of Singing The Next Time I Go Out To Sing Karaoke<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oavMtUWDBTM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oavMtUWDBTM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-21359798638368715272010-01-21T10:25:00.005-06:002010-01-21T10:48:35.238-06:00The Sweet Spot (in progress)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHWW7rUX49UZSSUXsZ6sd1oJrItdTJXrFzjU7Rn0YSgILfxNVYnQdIrLKHq0lXn_y3gyG7dYeauq0lyhKdk_eG4agQgSEc7hbTtg1J3jcXKC6JO3BWTL9fwU85WT9jVXoVfQE_A/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHWW7rUX49UZSSUXsZ6sd1oJrItdTJXrFzjU7Rn0YSgILfxNVYnQdIrLKHq0lXn_y3gyG7dYeauq0lyhKdk_eG4agQgSEc7hbTtg1J3jcXKC6JO3BWTL9fwU85WT9jVXoVfQE_A/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429230137241957106" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluQvFhNSALWnLWC-AqXpb6nKUn2U-nMiWr7FTm9ppJSyx6vsDR1Rv6qbD-vvmSUs1WQOyQhKgkGvnQTkaVySRdfdg1dlKbU6M6BclzqHkx1JygPZPaK0_hyu2L1nVQOvj16lKpQ/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluQvFhNSALWnLWC-AqXpb6nKUn2U-nMiWr7FTm9ppJSyx6vsDR1Rv6qbD-vvmSUs1WQOyQhKgkGvnQTkaVySRdfdg1dlKbU6M6BclzqHkx1JygPZPaK0_hyu2L1nVQOvj16lKpQ/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429230232199250546" /></a>This past month I've been enjoying the winter break from teaching and spending each of my days in the studio (bliss!) I've been working on a piece for my new series entitled, "The Sweet Spot." <br /><br />"The Sweet Spot" is a piece about finding the spots on the train platform where the train doors have the highest probability of stopping. I charted my morning commute for fifty days in the Spring of 2009 and have been busy trying to visually articulate my data.<br /><br />The finished series will have a series of charts, notes photographs and video. The piece I've been working on this break is perhaps the most daunting, a 100 inch wide reconstruction of the data collected in my field notes.<br /><br />For me, this piece has been a real tug and pull. Although I work more quickly with Photoshop than I do with my hands, I wanted this piece to be hand drawn. It has been exciting and nerve racking, I've never worked this way before. In Photoshop if you screw up, you can just copy and paste and the problem is solved. When using oil based paint markers, changing your mind can be a lot more difficult and labor intensive.<br /><br />As with any piece in progress, I've had about a million moments where I was convinced that what I've been making is crap. At the moment, I'm seeing a faint light at the end of the tunnel. <br /><br />One of the hardest things about holing up in your studio is that there isn't any external feedback. I'm getting to the point where I am ready to show people the work in progress. <br /><br />This autumn I have been invited to Amsterdam to create an installation piece inside of an abandoned storefront in an underground train station (<a href="http://johannahoite.com/wp-content/gallery/2009-metro-project/IMG_4103.PS01ADJ.ZOOMEDadj2.PS02.jpg">here is a previous installation shot of the space</a>). I'm thinking about incorporating some of this piece for that exhibition. <br /><br />So, that's where I've been spending my days. Back to work, more posts to follow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-739566485661466872009-11-04T17:47:00.006-06:002009-11-04T17:53:07.318-06:00Can't Wait To See This Movie!<object width="450" height="235"><param name="movie" value="http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/13259"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/13259" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="450" height="235" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-39395383677938217202009-10-20T21:25:00.009-05:002009-10-20T21:50:04.327-05:00Two Chicago Events This Weekend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RHn-Qo_-Iv9Ni_T3dk0DKsTBZmxaguCPTi62ClOxJPNdfXrnVW1CvE999FWhIqCkdhCwtJbbjYCS9rNnoGA7-t2P3zHZFRxX7ZpjAWIzYWrPiDmzFkMX4frzWDj5pZPSdsUsTQ/s1600-h/arch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RHn-Qo_-Iv9Ni_T3dk0DKsTBZmxaguCPTi62ClOxJPNdfXrnVW1CvE999FWhIqCkdhCwtJbbjYCS9rNnoGA7-t2P3zHZFRxX7ZpjAWIzYWrPiDmzFkMX4frzWDj5pZPSdsUsTQ/s400/arch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394876548552506946" /></a>It's been a great Autumn so far: Hanging out with my main man Arch, watching football, mourning the Red Sox and still hating the Yankees. I've also been making new work! <br /><br />I have two events coming up this weekend, come by if you're able:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMahvlGVtKdDtGN5ivP6acSGCTYr2Doobq-VwXUAxOGYqmHi6CIGw8Y6afvlFswE42HoRvUVJlJwXjXn8N9hDCEIN-OxoTg147tkbSJvrqBCPFcIRs45oCsJXWOvNA3XfHTNYIw/s1600-h/harold.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMahvlGVtKdDtGN5ivP6acSGCTYr2Doobq-VwXUAxOGYqmHi6CIGw8Y6afvlFswE42HoRvUVJlJwXjXn8N9hDCEIN-OxoTg147tkbSJvrqBCPFcIRs45oCsJXWOvNA3XfHTNYIw/s400/harold.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394874193075928818" /></a><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;"> 1.<a href="http://www.haroldarts.org/">"The Harold Arts Residency Exhibition"</a> will be opening this Friday at <a href="http://www.heavengallery.com/">Heaven Gallery</a> (1550 N Milwaukee Ave - 7pm to 11pm)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I spent a week this past July at The Harold Arts Residency in Ohio and created the piece, <a href="http://"><a href="http://www.thegit.net/thegit.net/posters/htmls/brady.htm">"Out Of This World."</a> </a>I will be exhibiting both the poster as well as the video.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqawLdwvmPSXEzuRTjP4FjFvqZCFdg88RQYqaz4VE66xxQau7yrQV2xdeKk_TcNJTwiR4n7SwvDU9q6lFoqjH1zL5r_jCq7J8HfuSSSrzgj7s1ydWFkzawZGGJrAKU9hZCqE1vA/s1600-h/studio.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqawLdwvmPSXEzuRTjP4FjFvqZCFdg88RQYqaz4VE66xxQau7yrQV2xdeKk_TcNJTwiR4n7SwvDU9q6lFoqjH1zL5r_jCq7J8HfuSSSrzgj7s1ydWFkzawZGGJrAKU9hZCqE1vA/s400/studio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394875439649163538" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2.<a href="http://annieheckman.com/blog/?tag=west-carroll-open-studios">"West Carroll Open Studios,"</a> this coming Sunday (3200 W. Carroll Ave - 12pm to 7pm)</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">As a part of Chicago Artist's Month, I will be opening my studio to the public along with the other artists who have studios at 3200 W. Carroll Ave. It should be a fun day to see a ton of work in progress, artists will include me, Andrew Ayer, Jared Dreyer, <a href="http://www.annieheckman.com/">Annie Heckman</a>, Arielle Marq, Anton Mackey, <a href="http://www.harold-mendez.com/">Harold Mendez</a>, Mike Olson, <a href="http://www.jenniferscottartist.com/">Jennifer Scott</a> and many many more.<br /> <br />I'm in studio 8 on the 2nd floor.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-8498851827386894072009-10-15T07:23:00.004-05:002009-10-15T14:11:55.373-05:00R.I.P. Sweet Captain Lou<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kRI2_TySOtA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kRI2_TySOtA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Growing up in the 1980's, the World Wrestling Federation was a big part of my life. Sleeping over at my friend Tommy's house to watch Wrestlemania 1, going to the County Center in White Plains to watch matches, buying every wrestling doll that there was, etc etc. <br /><br />Captain Lou Albano had a special place in my heart: not only was he a central character in the 1980's wrestling scene and a hilarious personality, but he also lived in Mount Kisco NY (as did I). I remember seeing him a number of times at the Mt. Kisco movie theater and being awed by his presence. Here he is in Cyndi Lauper's video, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!" . . . classic Captain Lou (as Cyndi's dad). <br /><br /><embed id=VideoPlayback src=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-734395318935877333&hl=en&fs=true style=width:400px;height:326px allowFullScreen=true allowScriptAccess=always type=application/x-shockwave-flash> </embed><br /><br />Rest In Peace Captain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-24416265079312603252009-10-11T13:42:00.003-05:002009-10-11T13:53:18.686-05:00Buy Great Photographs And Support A Great Cause!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqV-8X_bLc7ghXeBJHupeCT1X4l3amuNZwEqAol5UQGzWkS6UIUBkIkxllmMFV8hv9ep1TuvpOyhEof9TA_S_ihNy7PRtTeZFnVsDk2ukQmtU15R1BhZ67UIc3mA4Fx2yw8t97w/s1600-h/git10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqV-8X_bLc7ghXeBJHupeCT1X4l3amuNZwEqAol5UQGzWkS6UIUBkIkxllmMFV8hv9ep1TuvpOyhEof9TA_S_ihNy7PRtTeZFnVsDk2ukQmtU15R1BhZ67UIc3mA4Fx2yw8t97w/s400/git10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391415519865405794" /></a><br />During my senior year at Marlboro College, I used to volunteer a few nights a week at The Insight Photography Project. Insight was started by my former photography teacher, <a href="http://www.jwillis.net/">John Willis</a>. John and I have remained friends over the years and each year I donate a print to the Insight Benefit Auction:<br /><a href="http://www.auction.insight-photography.org/"><br />http://www.auction.insight-photography.org/</a><br /><br />This year's auction is especially impressive!<br />If anyone out there wants to buy me an early holiday present, I'll take this print by Danny Lyon:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnFHFRI87bttTdr5eWSJhZRgqs3tfWq8OwJcxfHnJIOPaS3ZfuwzpytPRrJd4w-K68bl8f8D6oNzsr_56-GUf_zfajSCCjNvD_N_MrUC8nx4kKJQ2VJ9LdAzlJ_LP4_6JrIu1vw/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnFHFRI87bttTdr5eWSJhZRgqs3tfWq8OwJcxfHnJIOPaS3ZfuwzpytPRrJd4w-K68bl8f8D6oNzsr_56-GUf_zfajSCCjNvD_N_MrUC8nx4kKJQ2VJ9LdAzlJ_LP4_6JrIu1vw/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391417242635929506" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-20386917031769968432009-09-27T12:06:00.003-05:002009-09-27T12:56:37.639-05:00Vagina Panther and Golden City Riot<object width="600" height="425"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6526621&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6526621&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br />I'm a lucky dude to know so many people who make really great music. I first met John and June a few years back through our mutual friend <a href="http://www.notifbutwhen.com">Brian</a>. Brian and John are old friends from Ohio and have been playing together for years. Anyhow, over some beers they started telling us about their new band called <a href="http://www.vaginapanther.com/">"Vagina Panther."</a> Seriously, have you ever heard of a better band name???<br /><br />John and I met up again at Brian's wedding in Arkansas and picked up right where we left off. He gave me a copy of their new album (amazing!) and invited me to direct a video for them. After watching how incredible the video above is, color me too intimidated.<br /><br />The second band that I have had playing lately in my house is my friend Eric's band, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Golden-City-Riot/106112509426">Golden City Riot</a>. Eric is one of my best friends (going back to first grade) and on my recent trip to Seattle, we spent many an inebriated moment working on a band icon for a set of stickers that he is producing. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDtwcF0ce9aO_pPc7nWVXFarKy-rxdagEulo1FXT4-DpupOaGCMKwTWwiYIsd5d25LPnyKzRSxzvn97g9ObAd-IuxW2akFxKAhMf2sK8UyvJbU_hu0Z8MWWUAZZ5ew_FA2TGqQg/s1600-h/GCR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDtwcF0ce9aO_pPc7nWVXFarKy-rxdagEulo1FXT4-DpupOaGCMKwTWwiYIsd5d25LPnyKzRSxzvn97g9ObAd-IuxW2akFxKAhMf2sK8UyvJbU_hu0Z8MWWUAZZ5ew_FA2TGqQg/s400/GCR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386207003269191474" /></a><br />Golden City Riot plays out a lot in Seattle, catch them if you know what's good for you. If these two bands ever played a joint gig, I think my head might explode from the pleasure of it all!!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-78709372579442016452009-09-27T11:51:00.004-05:002009-09-27T12:59:30.899-05:00False Proof at Kirkland Arts Center<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KHgMcpymmF8lx9YMAPEJEdz3gwJFlyrJU_wgcR6wcma764GCcj2543TXFGm4cIDAL7F1ftXEatcfuaE_9R0N85fhKTEH_TmnZ2BOzA4OQVnpVbt51SQmPjTkaqOp-9oKZQ8LqQ/s1600-h/Brady_Poster_email.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KHgMcpymmF8lx9YMAPEJEdz3gwJFlyrJU_wgcR6wcma764GCcj2543TXFGm4cIDAL7F1ftXEatcfuaE_9R0N85fhKTEH_TmnZ2BOzA4OQVnpVbt51SQmPjTkaqOp-9oKZQ8LqQ/s400/Brady_Poster_email.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386191488132926770" /></a><br />Well, Autumn is upon us and it's been off to a hectic start. Two weeks ago I was out in Seattle for the opening of the exhibition "False Proof" at the Kirkland Arts Center. The show was curated by <a href="http://cablegriffith.blogspot.com/">Cable Griffith</a> and was one of the best shows I have seen in awhile. My favorite piece in the show by far was <a href="http://www.eugeneparnell.com/blog/">Eugene Parnell's</a> life-sized taxidermed Big Foot. Eugene's Big Foot is the first thing that you see when you walk in the gallery. He is standing on a pile of leaves, digging through a hiker's backpack and eating a powdered donut (observe the white powder on his lips).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4MXKKy9wtmmzijixda9xEj0h1tWfbWGA9AiDzSHZldLObs70gWJ0YG9z0Vf1o-1lFfgJ7l9sb8D-WfwOYQb0oDBVFqRLZjj6SHsV7PspjeWMc_gRkLAet0ZoXoBROC4ctX82gA/s1600-h/bigfoot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4MXKKy9wtmmzijixda9xEj0h1tWfbWGA9AiDzSHZldLObs70gWJ0YG9z0Vf1o-1lFfgJ7l9sb8D-WfwOYQb0oDBVFqRLZjj6SHsV7PspjeWMc_gRkLAet0ZoXoBROC4ctX82gA/s400/bigfoot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386194071320962786" /></a><br />The entire show is amazing and I recommend checking it out before it comes down in early October.<br /><br />Here is a writeup from <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/where-am-i-whats-going-on/Content?oid=2300822">The Stranger</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Not knowing has two sides: Not knowing is the greatest, not knowing is the worst. In the slight but refreshing group show False Proof at Kirkland Arts Center, not knowing—remaining in a state of possibility, running a continual loop of faith and disbelief—is mostly just great. Nola Avienne paints tiny alchemical symbols drawn from medieval sources using her own blood. She's committed to the mysteries. They stand for themselves, which is why you can't understand them. Eugene Parnell's life(?)-size, big-eyed Taxidermied Bigfoot gobbling the powdered doughnut of a hiker whose clothes and backpack lie at the creature's feet in the gallery is labeled as made of the following materials: "taxidermied bigfoot." Drew Christie's elaborate "historic" display of "evidence" about the Elliott Bay Sea Beast—a toothy Loch Ness Monster—collected and compiled by one Albrecht "Aesop" Ribbentrop is sometimes too cute but mostly irrepressibly endearing in its refusal to try to be convincing. You can hear the sound of the beast (it roars and gargles at the same time), see drawings and photographs of it, even look at instruments made in its honor by sailors just moments before they were eaten by it. Hanging in the middle of the room is the beast's skeleton: a happily false thing made out of barely disguised wood, glue, and newspaper. "I shall be vindicated," Ribbentrop's writings declare. Done.<br /><br />A trophy twirling around on its head, defying gravity, would be more intriguing were it not happening in video—a medium in which disbelief is a given. That work is by Zack Bent. Jana Brevick's devices for problem solving are not served well here; you need to know that Brevick creates jewelry to fully understand these devices as talismans rather than too-sweet mini-sculptures. (My favorite, because it so clearly doubles as a necklace, is her Optimizer, a choker with a black box machine for a pendant. What's going on in there, who knows?)<br /><br />In a video and diagram based on the Brady Bunch episode "Out of This World," in which Greg fools Peter and Bobby with a fake UFO (until the authorities are called and Greg is exposed), Chicago artist Jonathan Gitelson debunks the realness of the fake UFO by attempting to restage the hoax himself according to Bobby's on-show instructions. Fail. Gitelson's illustrated how-to diagram leaves intact the secret of how to. It hardly matters whether there is life on other planets when there is the magic of TV, which is not diminished in the slightest by not being magic at all.<br /><br />Samantha Scherer's photorealistic velvety black watercolor and gouache paintings are on thick paper that curls up at the edges like it's entrapping its only subjects, little white faces peering out from the bottom of the paper's black universe as if they were almost entirely cropped out, à la "reality" video stills or photographs. (Blair Witch style.) Scherer's employing the clichés of horror-vérité but making them work again, much like in an older series where she appropriated the parade of corpses on Law & Order and made them feel individual again in her tiny drawings. Something in her handcrafted and yet utterly mediated approach demonstrates a recognizable struggle: Familiarity and unfamiliarity can be indistinguishable. Which is the worst.<br />-Jen Graves</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14226506.post-27178327030758041342009-08-20T12:40:00.000-05:002009-08-20T12:41:25.232-05:00Hilarious<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nYlZiWK2Iy8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nYlZiWK2Iy8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0