…director William L. Fox visited today to discuss their archive, which is intriguing to me given the degree to which everything I make will eventually disappear, and then to consider what will be left, and how will it be cared for and shared with the public: books, articles, videos, photographs, drawings, letters, notes, etc…(more on ..
Archives : June-2010
…this morning, at last, after spending 8 hours in the Atlanta airport waiting (a) 2 hours for a lighting storm to end, and then (b) 3 hours for pilots, and finally (c) 3 hours for a flight crew to arrive from ..
…was established in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin and friends, which is where I am today for a meeting, and their museum features Jefferson’s Garden across the street….a beautiful formal lawn…
…opened this afternoon – highlights included running and dancing a round in a circle on the “Dancing Platform” with a bunch of kids I didn’t know (and the occasional adventurous adult), a sophisticated picnic with tamales, linens and teacups by the Mildred’s Lane folks who came by caravan from rural Pennsylvania to be there, and ..
…seems to be an elaborate and highly staged event every night – lead by the “gastronomic choreographers” Monique and Athena – tonight taking the form of a gorgeous picnic, and last night night supplemented by a crown of wisteria and grape vines for each diner before an evening of sound installations and performances throughout the ..
…by Mark Dion, and originally commissioned by the Public Art Fund for New York City’s Madison Square Park, is now permanently installed at Mildred’s Lane as a guest cabin which is where I slept last night – with occasional thoughts of the local wildlife out my door, especially the bears I had heard stories of ..
…is the blissful rural Pennsylvania domestic experiment – the vision of J Morgan Puett and Mark Dion – where we have arrived this evening to a gracious community meal at a long table beneath the facade of the majestic/rustic main house overlooking the meadow leading down to the Delaware River Valley – more thoughts as ..
…the great radical ecologically minded architect and artist of SITE has been a hero of mine since I first picked up his books as an architecture obsessed youth at my local public library, and this evening I was actually able to meet and hang out with him as we both participated in the conversation at ..
…is usually how I go from LA to NYC, as I am today, often just for a night and making the most of my first day with back to back meetings from early morning landing until night and then..
…is not for rent! Some nice friends will be moving in this summer, and staying for the year, while I am on a Rome Prize Fellowsh..
…published by Printed Matter will be available next week at their NYC store, and at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT as a companion to the show “Something for Everyone.” (see the pd..
…opened a few days ago on a rooftop overlooking the construction site of London’s Olympic Park… Bistrotheque‘s Studio East Dining, 16 JUNE – 4 JULY 2010, London’s most amazing rooftop dining experience; Bistrotheque opens a 3 week temporary dining room, and pavilion designed by Carmody Groarke, perched 35m atop Westfield Stratford City’s 1.9 million sq ..
…is a New York artist that I have been a fan of for a while, having first become aware of his work through friends that were in grad school with him, and who brought me to a few of his “performances” (more like chaotically staged collective activities that happen to have people around who want ..
…are fascinating (as reported in today’s New York TImes), and though I have to admit I am not a huge cat fan, and tend more towards the dog end of the spectrum, these elaborate outdoor constructions almost make me want a cat. (w..
…the public art project consisting of 21 commisioned billboards positioned throughout the city of LA by artists (including Kenneth Anger, Michael Asher, Jennifer Bornstein, Eileen Cowin, Christina Fernandez, Ken Gonzales-Day, Renée Green, Kira Lynn Harris, John Knight, David Lamelas, Brandon Lattu, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Kori Newkirk, Yvonne Rainer, Martha Rosler with Josh Neufeld, Allan Sekula, ..
…is off at the printers and will be available at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum for the exhibition opening on June 27th, with a reception from 2:30-5:30, and if you want to visit from New York, check out the shuttle schedule from Metro North. (download pdf for entire poster..
…why do I watch you? Help. Front row seats for the decline of Western “civilization,” but then I also see some Madame Bo..
…has a show titled “H. Y. S. T. et al.” opening at Susanne Vielmetter in Los Angeles this Saturday! (artis..
…anywhere…but happens to be approa..
…involves big burly public works guys wearing florescent costumes wading through a foot of wet concrete, feels like watching the performance of an elaborate public da..
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