
Two pictures of deck chairs at my mother’s house. I like them, and the pads, better deconstructed.
Beth, Sarah, and I found a place today! The house we found was very affordable and literally a fucking mansion. I’m not even kidding, it’s got huge white pillars out front and a back yard big enough hundreds of people. This is right in the middle of savannah, one block off the bike lane and 6 blocks from Kroger.
It’s got two bathrooms, three huge bedrooms, a living room, storage areas, kitchen, back and front porch, and my favorite feature: A giant hallway. The hallway is excessively wide, and has huge ceilings and wonderful white walls. I bet you know what I thought as soon as I saw it:
Finally, we have a gallery.
It’s 100% perfect for house shows. It goes right from the front door – framed nicely by two pillars on the stone porch – to the kitchen, with space enough to hang quite a big show. Streamlined viewing and straight to the refreshments. It’s perfect. So we’re on the lookout for local people interested in doing house shows starting in May.
I’ll probably get people to play in the backyard eventually, though that will have to be earlier than desoto shows so as to be nice to then neighbors. I’ll have pictures of the space asap, and I’m starting to look for people for a group show to start it off with a kick. It’s not a swanky venue, but the viewing and light is perfect. It’s the kind of place you go with some friends to have a beer and look at some art. These will be dirty do it yourself shows, no commission, no fees, just if you’ve got good work, we’d love to have it up and organize an opening. The kind of shows I miss from noho and new york, and I hear are getting super popular in chicago.
Email me if you’re interested.
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posted by Een at 11:25 am
I’m almost done editing a series of three video installation pieces for my experimental film class. I got the idea while watching my roommate play monster rancher, of all things. It’s nothing to do with this picture.
I’ve also been steadily updating my list of blogs I read, so you should check in with that periodically. I can’t believe I’ve forgotten to add Baby Sinead [nsfw] to that list for so long, for example.
My friend Pear from my psych class sent me a link to this, an advertisement/interactive media creation by Nokia. It’s a great example of well done advertising/corporate work pulling from the avant garde and underground subculture. It’s directly linked to the stop motion that has become very popular on youtube and other video sharing types and anyone with a little connection to videogaming will recognize the classic Breakout and Snake designs. |
posted by Een at 11:16 pm
whatisntart.net
I’m constantly discussing the nature of art in classrooms, at lectures, in galleries, coffee shops, the internet and so on. In my own blog, the topic comes up fairly often. I’ve posted my own perspective, but I feel the debate ends up being too one sided in a personal blog. I often link people to various sources around the net, refer them to books, artists, documentaries. What I realized was I couldn’t find one place that collected the opinions and content in an easily searchable and clean manner.
The domain name whatisntart.net was available, so I decided the easiest way of presenting the information was as a wordpress blog that people could discuss and submit content to, both original essays as well as found information, quotes and excerpts. As a starting point, I’ve supplied the blog with ten backdated posts from various sources, and a few people from varied backgrounds are working on original content to be posted soon.
So this is an open invitation to participate, share words you’ve found challenging or inspiring, or submit your own thoughts for consideration. Submissions will be moderated through email (details on the front page of the site), but discussion in comments is unrestricted. Some original content will be in interview format, but these people will generally be contacted directly. You can write an academic essay or you can write something personal, something funny. There are no specific guidelines.
Since this is a non-profit project, with no advertising, mainly intended for educational use and public debate, you will not be able to be paid for your words, but credit and a link (either to your website, or email, etc) will be supplied.
The design of the blog is currently a work in progress (though it will remain minimalist) and feedback is whole-heartedly appreciated. Feel free to repost this information in whole or in part. |
posted by Een at 10:22 am