August 26, 2004
EVIDENCE
Folks,
thanks to seth and chris the classroom blog is in full swing
6 classes are participating this semester in the blog which follows the proposed next step of the creative capital application
i am truly excited and hopoeful
but we need more involvement i think
please check out evidence
also, how's everything finishing up
the carolina posse arrives in just 9 days
i'm on pins and needles
August 24, 2004
A Few of the 24 x 18's
Chris, here are a few of the 24 x 18 size canvases that I have been working on.
Everyday Complete
Well, here is a preview of the drawing. I have been working on. It is 10'6" and is on its way to GR. It folds up nicely, just like a newspaper.
August 17, 2004
Coming Together
Here is a quick update.
The newspaper piece "everyday" is complete and hung on my studio wall. I will take images of it tomorrow and get them posted. Also Chris, I have twenty-two of the 24x18 paintings completed and will post images as well.
As I mentioned before the drawing project "never finished" will also be available for the exhibition.
Adam, you mentioned also the possibility of some larger paintings for the show. I have 2 to 3 36x48 inch-ish paintings available to send. Or I have 3 52x68in paintings in Chicago, but no way to transport them.
That is the quick update from my neck of the woods. I am excited to see what everyone has in store. I am anxious to see you all.
About the Saturday activity, I am open to suggestions. I thought Alan's idea might be a good way of interacting and incorporating the audience.
August 16, 2004
healed! (and an update)
a friend of mine sent this image yesterday - he said that they are photographs of auras before and after a healing! i don't know where they came from.
Also, just to let y'all know, my piece for the show is probably now going to deal solely with sound. I had been working on a piece about death and photography, but I just don't think I can get it together - it requires the cooperation of Grand Rapids county offices, and I have had little to no luck in getting it.
SO, the sound work for the ceiling I had thought of doing as a kind of complement to the rest will probably be my sole piece - I'm looking to create a lot of the piece when I get there. It will involve a combination of live and pre-recorded components, basically along the lines of what I posted a while back about haunting the rafters. The sounds will be less about ambience or atmosphere than about percussion - knocks and whirring, flutters and brushes. Hoping to populate the whole ceiling with little things - of course looking to not infringe or impede upon anybody else's work up there.
August 13, 2004
August 12, 2004
choices
i always ask for stamp choices at the post office
today, buying stamps for the show announcement,
i got these black & red wilma rudolph stamps
they look quite good with the card
August 11, 2004
approach
from jered...
"Any ideas for the meeting?
Amount of work for the show?
1. I will have 22 paintings that are 24" x 18" for the project Chris and I
are working on.
2. I also have the 10' x 10' newspaper drawing "Everyday" that is nearly
completed. I will post new images of it this week along with the paintings
in progress.
3. I also have the drawing project "never finished" which you saw at the
Wendy cooper gallery. That can expand anywher from a few feet of wall space
to possibly twenty feet by 8 feet.
4. I other considerations. Do we need or want more work? Let me know and I
can let you know what is available."
from alan...
talking on the phone about the workshop, "meeting"
harmon suggests the participants pick a story from the newspaper which speaks to them spiritually
then after a discussion perhaps something gets made from the picks
this speaks to jered's newspaper project
it also opens up the everyday experience as resource
does something need to be made
is there another way to document this meeting
how can we all bring something different to this meeting
also...
it seems like the textbook project is becoming integrated into the classroom this fall for barbara, chris, seth, and myself. i am really excited about the discussion.
i will rock the visual culture with evidence.
i have just returned from california, and michigan is cool and wet
i am in town for the long haul now
collecting cardboard
getting ready for classes
please let me know if there is anything you need in the next few weeks
after next week the gallery is empty until the opening
any more specifics on work you are bringing
ps on the closing night of the show
the gallery will accomodate the rock show by devandra banhart and scout niblet
i am excited for this show in the show
anyways see you in a few weeks folks
pps i love this carpet. the center is a fragment.
ppps there is some really interesting stuff in the current issue of cabinet about doubles.
August 10, 2004
end of language
i'm interested in the secondary shapes that surround the text.
isfahan
the interesting thing about this mosque is that the interior courtyard space has taken precedence over the exterior facade, which really ceases to exist. it is like a building turned inside-out, and is only seen from the inside. the building has grown in every direction and blends seamlessly with the surrounding city streets and buildings. empty space gives significant presence to a building that is otherwise imperceptible and seemingly nonexistant.
isfahan music room vaults
jered this is what i was talking about (ie. storage space)
