Saturday, November 12, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
V-J Day in Times Square
Please note that this photo was made by Alfred Eisenstaedt, which is why I shouldn't talk after 7PM.
Please note that this photo was made by Alfred Eisenstaedt, which is why I shouldn't talk after 7PM.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Get to the Getty to See these 2 Shows
Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970
Greetings from L.A.: Artists and Publics, 1950–1980
If you don't drive, just comment here and ask if anyone else in the workshop is going. Then get a ride!
Greetings from L.A.: Artists and Publics, 1950–1980
If you don't drive, just comment here and ask if anyone else in the workshop is going. Then get a ride!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
"I'm writing to share a new project I've started at my Visiting Artist-in-Residence position at USF Tampa.
I am creating reproductions of the handmade Occupy Wall Street signs mined from the internet, signs from occupations in cities across the states, re-creating them in terms of scale, content, aesthetic, and wear. The signs are meant to be spirited recreations of the original.
The goal is to create 400 in my stay down here in Tampa that ends mid-December.
I need help!
1. I need cardboard of all shapes, sizes, and colors for my studio, FAH 134...in addition, any extra posterboard, markers, or paints are in need as well
2. Please send me any jpgs of signs you really respond to, I'd love to see what I might not have in my internet searches
3. Labor! I'm interested in students/artists dropping my and making a sign or two or more...it helps to have different hands participate in these recreations. Please email me and my project assistant John (JSHIRK@mail.usf.edu)
and last, if you're far away from me, i'm interested in your ideas/expertise/art-historical references i may consider for thinking about the project, this feedback would be amazing!
We may have a pizza night or two at the studio where we feed helpers in exchange for spending an hour or so in the studio! stay tuned!
attached is an install shot of the first 3 signs my project assistant John Shirk and i made last night in the studio...they take longer than expected, but the labor is joyous!
3 down, 397 to go!
trying harder, jason"
Email from my friend Jason today. There's a number of questions that this project poses, and not a lot of easy answers.
I am creating reproductions of the handmade Occupy Wall Street signs mined from the internet, signs from occupations in cities across the states, re-creating them in terms of scale, content, aesthetic, and wear. The signs are meant to be spirited recreations of the original.
The goal is to create 400 in my stay down here in Tampa that ends mid-December.
I need help!
1. I need cardboard of all shapes, sizes, and colors for my studio, FAH 134...in addition, any extra posterboard, markers, or paints are in need as well
2. Please send me any jpgs of signs you really respond to, I'd love to see what I might not have in my internet searches
3. Labor! I'm interested in students/artists dropping my and making a sign or two or more...it helps to have different hands participate in these recreations. Please email me and my project assistant John (JSHIRK@mail.usf.edu)
and last, if you're far away from me, i'm interested in your ideas/expertise/art-historical references i may consider for thinking about the project, this feedback would be amazing!
We may have a pizza night or two at the studio where we feed helpers in exchange for spending an hour or so in the studio! stay tuned!
attached is an install shot of the first 3 signs my project assistant John Shirk and i made last night in the studio...they take longer than expected, but the labor is joyous!
3 down, 397 to go!
trying harder, jason"
Email from my friend Jason today. There's a number of questions that this project poses, and not a lot of easy answers.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Most Curious Thing
Exposure
The woman behind the camera at Abu Ghraib.
by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris
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And for anyone like me who can never pronounce Abu Ghraib correctly...
Abu Ghraib
Phonetic Pronunciation: ah-BOO-grehb
Exposure
The woman behind the camera at Abu Ghraib.
by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris
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And for anyone like me who can never pronounce Abu Ghraib correctly...
Abu Ghraib
Phonetic Pronunciation: ah-BOO-grehb
Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Here's something important I learned today... the predominant tree here on campus Eucalyptus Globulus, also known as the widow maker, is actually categorized as an invasive species.
This is not related to a discussion I've had personally with someone in the workshop, and it's not from a group discussion in class, but think you all might be interested in the implications of this "study"... Up the Career Ladder, Lipstick In Hand.
You know what? At this point, I just do not give a fuck about the original structure of the workshop. We are going to do something new and, hopefully, more intimate and long lasting. Certainly we are doing something I'm much more invested in. I hope that will be beneficial to all.
I bought a bunch of books at Goodwill today to leave for the next person who comes to the Visiting Artist's Apartment and I'm going to work out how we're going to activate the space as both a comfortable and hospitable space for whoever comes next. And then how to present a cohesive and thoughtfully curated view of your ideas about the space you're currently inhabiting here in Southern California. Some of you are from across the Atlantic Ocean and others are from walking distance to the campus. Suffice it to say, it's going to be great.
You know what? At this point, I just do not give a fuck about the original structure of the workshop. We are going to do something new and, hopefully, more intimate and long lasting. Certainly we are doing something I'm much more invested in. I hope that will be beneficial to all.
I bought a bunch of books at Goodwill today to leave for the next person who comes to the Visiting Artist's Apartment and I'm going to work out how we're going to activate the space as both a comfortable and hospitable space for whoever comes next. And then how to present a cohesive and thoughtfully curated view of your ideas about the space you're currently inhabiting here in Southern California. Some of you are from across the Atlantic Ocean and others are from walking distance to the campus. Suffice it to say, it's going to be great.
Hi Workshop Participants!
1. Could you guys please start finding and saving art magazines that might be laying around campus, or saving them from recycling, or keeping ones that you yourself might toss? Because they need to all go into the Visiting Artists Apartment. Date makes no difference whatsoever.
2. Also! If you see any postcards from around here, gas station or convenience store ones, grab one or two that are compelling. The postcards don't have to be visually appealing or ironic, just something that you are instinctively drawn to... good, bad or no idea why you want it.
3. I will write up a long thing tomorrow about our last class, but I'm kind of beat and not that articulate right now, sorry for the delay.
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Check it out! Here's the mockup for my next book! Straight from the Calarts mail room right to my guest suite. Great, but two full days of work I hadn't planned on.
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4. Because of the format change of the workshop, I'm going to write up something more formal about how this blog will be used during or remaining time here. I kind of see it as ongoing long past the last class, if you guys are into it.
5. The workshop is happening at the end of the day when many of you are exhausted and ready to make your escape from a windowless room with fluorescent lights. I want to figure out a few other ways of discussion so that when everyone is fading at 7:30, we can have a different outlet for discussing ideas.
6. Notice how these points are become disjointed the closer 10PM comes? That's because I'm now sound asleep.
1. Could you guys please start finding and saving art magazines that might be laying around campus, or saving them from recycling, or keeping ones that you yourself might toss? Because they need to all go into the Visiting Artists Apartment. Date makes no difference whatsoever.
2. Also! If you see any postcards from around here, gas station or convenience store ones, grab one or two that are compelling. The postcards don't have to be visually appealing or ironic, just something that you are instinctively drawn to... good, bad or no idea why you want it.
3. I will write up a long thing tomorrow about our last class, but I'm kind of beat and not that articulate right now, sorry for the delay.
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Check it out! Here's the mockup for my next book! Straight from the Calarts mail room right to my guest suite. Great, but two full days of work I hadn't planned on.
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4. Because of the format change of the workshop, I'm going to write up something more formal about how this blog will be used during or remaining time here. I kind of see it as ongoing long past the last class, if you guys are into it.
5. The workshop is happening at the end of the day when many of you are exhausted and ready to make your escape from a windowless room with fluorescent lights. I want to figure out a few other ways of discussion so that when everyone is fading at 7:30, we can have a different outlet for discussing ideas.
6. Notice how these points are become disjointed the closer 10PM comes? That's because I'm now sound asleep.
"Nestled near Niagara Falls is Nightmares Fear Factory, a haunted house that has been running for over 30 years. In addition to actors wearing Halloween costumes, the haunted house has a huge, huge, huge amount of animated props. One of those props is a car that explodes out of the darkness and accelerates quickly toward you. Right when the car should run you over, it stops, and a photo is taken of your reaction."
From http://www.frightcatalog.com/blog
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Hello Workshop Participants,
1. Thanks for staying late.
2. I probably should have made it clear that when I put things up here as links, it doesn't necessarily mean I "like" it or agree with it. It solely means I think it's of interest to someone in the workshop in relation to the discussions I've had with you guys, both collectively and individually. Actually, I should have probably put forth that I'm going to put some crazy shit here. I have complete confidence that some of the more "problematic" links will be insightful, even if you take issue with the content. For some, especially if you take issue with the content. So get ready.
3. An email tomorrow. Good night, my friends!
1. Thanks for staying late.
2. I probably should have made it clear that when I put things up here as links, it doesn't necessarily mean I "like" it or agree with it. It solely means I think it's of interest to someone in the workshop in relation to the discussions I've had with you guys, both collectively and individually. Actually, I should have probably put forth that I'm going to put some crazy shit here. I have complete confidence that some of the more "problematic" links will be insightful, even if you take issue with the content. For some, especially if you take issue with the content. So get ready.
3. An email tomorrow. Good night, my friends!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
1992 Los Angeles Riots/ Uprising
Apr 29, 1992:
Riots erupt in Los Angeles
1965 LA Riots/Uprising
The Watts Riot
Watts Riots, 40 Years Later: LA Times, August 11, 2005
Apr 29, 1992:
Riots erupt in Los Angeles
1965 LA Riots/Uprising
The Watts Riot
Watts Riots, 40 Years Later: LA Times, August 11, 2005
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut
The full title-
"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a Fourth-Generation German-American Now Living in Easy Circumstances on Cape Cod [and Smoking Too Much], Who, as an American Infantry Scout Hors de Combat, as a Prisoner of War, Witnessed the Fire Bombing of Dresden, Germany, ‘The Florence of the Elbe,’ a Long Time Ago, and Survived to Tell the Tale. This Is a Novel Somewhat in the Telegraphic Schizophrenic Manner of Tales of the Planet Tralfamadore, Where the Flying Saucers Come From. Peace."
The full title-
"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a Fourth-Generation German-American Now Living in Easy Circumstances on Cape Cod [and Smoking Too Much], Who, as an American Infantry Scout Hors de Combat, as a Prisoner of War, Witnessed the Fire Bombing of Dresden, Germany, ‘The Florence of the Elbe,’ a Long Time Ago, and Survived to Tell the Tale. This Is a Novel Somewhat in the Telegraphic Schizophrenic Manner of Tales of the Planet Tralfamadore, Where the Flying Saucers Come From. Peace."
Jason Lazarus
Recordings ("Big Storm" January 30, 1967, Mom)
The 'Recordings' series features found snapshots with writing on the back. Thse images are collected, archived, and curated into dimensions-variable installations.
Recordings ("Big Storm" January 30, 1967, Mom)
The 'Recordings' series features found snapshots with writing on the back. Thse images are collected, archived, and curated into dimensions-variable installations.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Studio Visits
Monday
2:30 Scott Oshima Mezzanine 6
Tuesday
10 Heather O'Brien BB5 - #12.
10:30 Roslyn Cohen BB5 #2.
11 Eve-Lauryn LaFountain BB5-7
11:30 Joni Noe BB5-5
12:00 Christopher Hahn Mezzanine #17
12:30 Lily Gottlieb C104-C
3:00 Johann Mun c106
4:00 Jess Castillo Mezzanine 5
4:30 Katrin Winkler BB5- 18
After 6, time tbd, Leah Case
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2:30 Scott Oshima Mezzanine 6
Tuesday
10 Heather O'Brien BB5 - #12.
10:30 Roslyn Cohen BB5 #2.
11 Eve-Lauryn LaFountain BB5-7
11:30 Joni Noe BB5-5
12:00 Christopher Hahn Mezzanine #17
12:30 Lily Gottlieb C104-C
3:00 Johann Mun c106
4:00 Jess Castillo Mezzanine 5
4:30 Katrin Winkler BB5- 18
After 6, time tbd, Leah Case
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Santa Clarita, CA, Whole Foods
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Text by Alison Feldish
Some more generally intense experiences usually consisted of the expression of extreme wealth disparity - mostly middle-aged ladies coming in almost DAILY to spend $50+ on fresh cut flowers. One more eccentric, affluent older gentleman frequently made a point of acknowledging that the $30/lb gourmet cheese he was buying was for his cat.
Then there were more specific instances. Like the confrontation I once had with a woman who insisted on putting her empty shopping basket on my checkout counter. When I kindly asked her to pivot her hips ninety degrees and drop it into the retrieval pile with a huge sign on it exclaiming that baskets are to be returned there, she refused to do it and explained it was because she "doesn't work here." I couldn't help but laugh at her outright. She filed a complaint against me which I inevitably was written up for.
But my opinions on Whole Foods outside of working there are mixed for many major reasons. One being that they do not necessarily always sell the most healthy foods and, in fact, specifically do not label their brand a "health food" store. This doesn't change the public's perception of it, however, which could most aptly be marked by the instance in which a lady traveling through my checkout line told me very proudly that, "I shop here because I don't have to think." LITERALLY.
That being said, the average food choices at Whole Foods are of higher, more nutrient-dense quality than the majority of the options in more general grocery stores. Which brings me to my second point: food not laced with poison or refined sugar is a right. You shouldn't have to seek out food that specifically isn't killing you because food that kills you should be illegal. But it's not. It's "conventional." So because of this fucked up system, to buy food that doesn't kill you is a luxury. And the prices at Whole Foods are outrageous. Partly because of a basic supply/demand model being on the low-end - the wealthiest people being the smallest group of people - but also partly because there is so little of organic food grown. Organic cropland still only makes up roughly .07% of all U.S. cropland.
However where Whole Foods is a GOOD thing is that because they participate in a basic large-scale corporate system, bringing health (somewhat) food to the masses, they are now forcing other competitive stores to up their standards. Grocery stores in the middle of nowhere even now usually have the smallest "organic section" in them. Which theoretically means that that .07% could be significantly raised if it became clear that the U.S. consumer population actually wanted more healthy foods. Which would then drive down costs OR just even them out a little more. That being said, whether these competitive stores, or even Whole Foods Market for that matter, would actually provide healthy options or just submit to the general "greenwashing" trend that is going on right now is a whole other conversation about the sick, fucked up world of marketing.
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