Awesome Sound Performance

If you're in an area where you can make loud, horrible noise for two minutes, crank your speakers and watch this amazing video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFuPHxJY5XY

Three Page Comic

Hey there, everyone. I had a couple of people ask me to post my three-page comic to the blog. So here it is. Enjoy.

Intermedia Server

Does anyone know the Intermedia Server address? It is not off the main saah server...

Thank youuu!

Can someone let me know thanks a bunnncH!

SPACE SHIP 1!

This week a team of skilled spaceship engineers, spacesuit designers and I will be turning Public Space One's performance room into SPACE SHIP 1!

You are all invited to come to the event or, better yet, come and play during the week--everyone is invited!  Anyone who likes can come by and play, help, or just chitty chat. Please bring any unwanted packaging materials, tubes, boxes, cardboard, neat stuff!

We are hoping actual kids will come on Saturday. If you have or know some, please pass on the info.

Tues: logistical planning
Weds: 3-9ish
Thursday: noon-9ish
Friday: 10 to 5
Saturday: Launch day! The event is from 1-3PM!

Wooden Mirrors

Here's some links to some YouTube videos showing how these wooden mirrors work, just to prove I'm not completely crazy.

This video describes the whole thing in detail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZysu9QcceM

But this is the cooler design in my opinion. It doesn't show it very well, and I can't find a better video, but this design uses wooden dowels cut on an angle that cast the light rather than a flat piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dghosA-zI6k

My beach house's bookshelf

So this past week I was on vacation in Charleston, South Carolina. We rented a beach house on the Isle of Palms, which was fully furnished with everything you could ever need/want.

Here's the bookshelf. Feel free to judge, or not judge.

Procrastination at its best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5hdUaIfk7Q&feature=related

PRESENTS FOR EVERYONE :)

I sent out an e-mail to everyone, if you did not receive it, here it is

Hi class friends!!!!!

I hope final critiques are going well. Again, I am so sorry I can not be there to see everyone else's projects, but I have heard from a classmate Tuesday was really cool.

I have presents for everyone. They will be in a bag marked "Kris's beach presents for Intermedia II class" or something to those lines. I will try and put them in the class room this weekend. If I can not get into the classroom, they will be outside Katie's studio.

I hope everyone is doing great. Finish out the year strong!!!!!

Thanks
-Kris

Random Tidbits

I forgot to mention that on Kyla Medina's website, the thumbnails are blank (because they are animated .GIF files). Click through to watch the whole series.


Also, during Harry's critique, I noticed that on his website the images loaded very slowly. Are you making sure to use 72 ppi? That's the accepted image quality for the web, and it ensures that everything loads as quickly as the website itself. Also, depending on what server you're using, it helps use as little space as possible. If you have any questions ask me or any of the designers, I'm sure they'll know too!

Peter Paisley in 3D!

http://andthisismesmiling.com/portfolio/life-in-3d/


My friend Kyla Medina took a "3D" picture of Peter Paisley and it's on her website. It's pretty cool. This is just a screen capture, but on the website it moves. Check it out!

In Marina Abromovic's new exhibit The Artist is Present at the MoMA, Marina sits at a table.  Viewers sit on the other side and she silently stares and makes them cry.  The MoMA adds an additional level of interactivity by streaming video of the exhibit on the web during museum hours.  COOL

This reminded me a bit of Holly's crit

Sui Jianguo
Dream Stone, 2010
Painted corten steel
700 x 500 x 550 cm
Collection World Expo
Photo: Tony Metaxas

Today's Photos

To whom it may concern,

The photos I took today have been edited and converted into jpegs. They are all ready to go. Unfortunately the Intermedia server won't let me drop them in Katie's public folder. If it can't be resolved within a day or so, I'll just post them to facebook for everybody (unless anyone has any objections). If all else fails, I'll bring them on a jumpdrive to class on tuesday.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

hey guys, sorry i missed you in class today. i've been fighting some end-of-school-wicked-stress illness and decided to finally go to student health today.

in happier news:




if you want to see the shiny aluminum soda bowl again, come to the reception!

Harry's Project #3

Filtering My Life: Half of a U-Haul

http://www.harryday.com

Seven Days of Silence

The objective: Maintain a vow of silence; spend an entire week (Wednesday April 28, 2010 to Wednesday May 5, 2010) without speaking.

So I will be spending a full seven days without speaking while trying to live my life as normally as possible. I will still go to class, grocery shop, eat pizza and hang out with friends (and everything else I do normally), only without speaking. I will carry a small dry-erase board with me for written communication but I will attempt to refrain from using it too much.

Exceptions:

(and yes, these are the ONLY exceptions)

1. Any emergency situation - I don’t think I really need to explain this one but I will speak during an emergency. Fire, car crash, zombie attack and alien invasions are examples of emergencies.

2. Martial Arts - I practice Taekwon Do and Hapkido twice a week. In this setting it would be both extremely disrespectful and irresponsible to completely refrain from speaking. I will however limit my speech to only what is necessary.

3. The Department of Education - I’ve been told by the kind people who processed my FAFSA for next year that there is some sort of an issue with my financial aid application and that I should be expecting a call from the Department of Education. This is no laughing matter, I need financial aid to continue at the university next year. If they call, I will speak on the phone.

4. Extreme Family Business: My family has been informed and has promised not to call my cell phone unless something of real importance comes up. If they do call (and it actually is something serious), I will allow myself to speak.

Record:
I will be keeping record of this project mostly via online blog. I will post at least once a day (probably at night) to recount the general experience of the day, any difficulties I had or any times I had a slip up and accidentally spoke.

The blog can be found here: http://www.neilsbigolvowofsilence.blogspot.com

I will also keep a camcorder with me Thursday and Tuesday (the days I have class) to attempt to tape some interaction with people.

Hi guys!
For the upcoming project, I'll be documenting my work on the blog I created 2 hours ago.
Please follow and feel free to comment.

http://cassandrajreardon.blogspot.com

Project?

EVERYONE/ANYONE

I talked to a few people outside of class about this project that's due next week...and it didn't seem like anyone knew what it was about. Is it completely open ended? I was under the impression that we just needed to push ourselves in a way that we haven't pushed ourselves before. Could someone clear this up for me? Anyone?

I just want sure I am not completely missing something I should touch on. I looked through the blog completely and I still don't know...thanks guys.

Holly V.

Dove Evolution

I stumbled upon this a little while back. Besides being interesting I think it deffinetly relates to mediated reality.

May be of interest to a few of you~

PAINTALLICA

Monday, April 12, 2010 at 7:25pm
End Time:	Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 7:25am
Location:	Walnut Farms, 1517 N. Dubuque Rd., Iowa City, IA (just off North Dodge)

Description

Paintallica keeps the passion bucket full...bring your favorite beverage and your friends and check out the action

MONDAY 7:30 PM april 12th, Dan Attoe lecture, BIOLOGY BUILDING EAST auditorium, Iowa City

TUESDAY Paintallica Panel (time to be determined), 109 River St. (grad painting bld) Paintallica Panel

7pm ish at Walnut Farms it gets cranked up

11pm ish Burlesque Show

7am celebratory breakfast somewhere

Open House Reels

This year Intermedia is hosting a video and an audio reel for Open House.  Selections from each class level will be chosen to screen in the Intermedia Graduate Seminar Room and in the Audio Lab.

To submit audio files for consideration: put an MP3 named YOURLASTNAME_TITLE.mp3 --and--a text file named YOURLASTNAME.DOC [containing your name, your teacher's name, the class you are in and the title of your piece) in Katie McGowan's XSAN drop box [listed in "Users2"].

To submit videos for consideration: put a Quicktime file named YOURLASTNAME_TITLE--and--a text file named YOURLASTNAME.DOC [containing your name, your teacher's name, the class you are in and the title of your piece) in Katie McGowan's XSAN drop box [listed in "Users2"].

**If you don't follow these directions, your entry will not be considered for screening**


Entries are due by Monday April 19 at noon.  No late submissions are accepted. Results will be posted on Weds. April 21.

*Save the date & start brainstorming!*

As mentioned in Emily & Sean's Crit

I recommend checking out Olafur Eliasson

Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival

Where:

Collins Road Theatres
1462 Twixt Town Road
Marion, IA 52302

When:

April 9 - 10, 2010

A schedual of the films to be shown can be found here:


Schedual

Films of Note (as far as I'm aware):

The Drunken Fanboy (My own film, a contender in the student short category)
Legend Has It
Stuart Little 3000
Splatter (Feature length, produced in shot in Iowa with a primarily all-Iowa cast and crew)

Hope to see you there!

steamer

hey lane!

if you happen to get this in time, can sean r and I use your lovely wonderful steamer for like 20 minutes to steam some fabric to make them wonderful for thursday?!

if so and its not too much of a bother... you can call/text sean r at 319 573 1215 and make arrangements.

if not, its not a biggie. justtt wondering, thanks!

- Emily D and Sean R

NEW BANNER

so i got do a little cleaning up but what do you guys think...

Mark Project 1 cuz someone asked

Currently banned in Germany (no joke) here's project 1. Project 2....um...will be up Tuesday

Anyone up for some voyeurism?

National Geographic Exploration of Solitary confinement. I want to volunteer.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/solitary-confinement/

SO.. THIS ONE THEN?

Any more suggestions?

FOR THE SHOW!

URGENT!

I am currently searching for two women (could you be you and a close friend) who would be interested in modeling for my photography piece. The work is commentary on the exploitation of gay sexual interactions, as well as commenting on the lack of intimacy that often occurs due to drinking. Your role as models would involve being totally clothed, one straddling the other on a couch, sitting up. That's it! I can't see this taking more than fifteen minutes. As you may or may not know, the idea is to obscure the photograph so that you look like small plastic dolls, so you may or may not be recognizable. Certain beverages will be in the shot, and if you wanted to drink some of this certain beverage/take home a six pack of beverages in return for modeling that's all fine and swell by me.

I am ALSO looking for four or five dudes who want to participate in the photo shoot by standing/holding/drinking certain beverages. Again, this wouldn't take more than a few minutes as I hope to get set up before everyone gets to location. Everything happens at my apartment above liquor downtown.

If it makes the ladies more comfortable, I am more than willing to shoot the women and men separately to give them privacy. I actually assume that will be the case. Thanks everyone! Please comment/agree to help me w my project!

Peace and Love
Holly V

Questions? I've got answers! Call me at (630) 272 7443

oops missed one

VOTE.. i guess. or suggest an idea..

Highly recommended....

FLYERRRRR!!!!

Sean and I have complettted the Flyer.. well. maybe.. let us know what you think!

Love Sean and Michelle :)

does anyone have a sewing machine?

does anyone have a sewing machine here in Iowa City that Sean R & I can use for our project?

Group Show

Dear all,

Lots of planning....

Today the second half of the class checked in with their project ideas. A few days ago Kris suggested the title, "A Peculiar Affair". Today the group seemed to like it [with the addition of a descriptor--like, "A Peculiar Affair: Intermedia II Spring Show," or something of the sort.

We discussed the need for the flier, title and overall display tactics to accommodate a wide variety of work, from the wildly performative to the quietly cerebral. The work is across the board, so there is a real need for cohesive signage, neatness in the installation, etc.

As some of you know, we will not be going to Special Archives on Tuesday. Please come to the classroom.

*On Tuesday, Sean R and Michelle will discuss the flier ideas.

*You must confirm a name for the show so they can proceed.

*The wall stencil/sign for the show should perhaps use the same typeface as the flier?

*Shane will create a Facebook event when the title is determined

*Josh will need from each of you: your name (as you want it to appear), title of your piece, and medium for the wall text. In addition, if you want additional text, like a statement, this will need to be submitted to him electronically (Josh, please let us know your preferred email), so it can be printed on nice paper, with the same styling as the above. *note, the statement I am asking for need not hang on the wall, but is intended for class-use. It may be too long for wall text!

*All space and pedestal requests must be submitted to Cassie BY MONDAY NIGHT.

*Remember to speak to Jared in checkout to reserve the equipment you need--in advance! Ideally you'd talk to him directly, otherwise:

*If you haven't clarified with me what you are doing, please do so ASAP!

Other items to discuss Tuesday:

*Food

*Set-up/tear-down

I'm excited and hope you are too. I think the show is going to be great!

Name/ Theme

I don't remember who was supposed to start this one, but here's an idea.

Balloons came up a lot the last time we met. I have a thing for old school circus posters. What if our show incorporated a Circus/Freak Show theme (more freak show). This wouldn't affect the theme of any individual projects, only the way we package them for the audience. Each project would then become a spectacle of it's own luring the individual into a world of mediated reality, causing oohs and ahhs, and slight discomfort.

I think some of you may have been in the "bad carnival"at open house last semester, and one of you is in a circus of your own. Maybe you'd have more in put... or maybe you are tired of the theme?

Space Allocation!

The dimensions of the porch gallery:

South Wall (back) 15'-10"
East and West 17'-5"
North Wall approx. 7'-6"
Door Way width, approx. 7'-11"

Things to think about as you request space:

Please tell me as much as you can about your project, when you can.
Will it be mounted on the wall?
Will you need pedestals?
Does anything hang (200lb, dead weight max.)
Performance... where and when?
Video... monitors or projection?
Sculpture? How much space do you want to have around your object?
How do you imagine you piece will interact with other objects around it?

And finally, your preference(s) for location. Think of at least two options.

I need these email dresses as well:
Mark
Sean C
Lane
Holly

Hope you all had a great spring break!

Thank you!
Cassie
cassandra-reardon@uiowa.edu

Group Show

No one initiated the needed conversations about the upcoming group show.

The following are timely issues:

*You need to choose a name so the flier designers can get to work

*Discuss space planning

Marina Abramović @ MoMA

[recommended reading: the full article in the current, March 8, 2010 issue of The New Yorker. Abstract below.]

Profiles
Walking Through Walls
Marina Abramović’s performance art.
by Judith Thurman

ABSTRACT: PROFILE of performance artist Marina Abramović.

Last August, Abramović invited the writer to observe a five-day retreat that she held at her home in the Hudson Valley. The retreat was an intensive workshop in hygiene and movement that Abramović calls “Cleaning the House.” The participants were thirty-two of the thirty-nine mostly young men and women whom she had chosen to participate in a full-scale retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, “Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present.” They will be reënacting five of the approximately ninety pieces she has created since 1969, including three that were originally performed with the German artist Ulay (Frank Uwe Laysiepen), her former lover and collaborator. Abramović’s career, now in its fifth decade of self-reinvention, falls into three periods: before, with, and after Ulay. Abramović and Ulay made art symbiotically for twelve nomadic years, from 1976 to 1988. “It is very important to understand how much Marina invests in her artistic career, it being her life,” Ulay wrote. Describes their last performance together, in which they walked toward each other along thousands of miles of the Great Wall of China. After three months, they met in the middle and said goodbye. “The Artist Is Present” will be the longest durational work ever mounted in a museum. Members of the audience may participate by sitting in an empty chair directly opposite Abramović’s. She is hoping for an “emotional connection with anyone who wants to look at me for however long.” Describes an Abramović performance in 1974 in which the audience intervened to save her life after she lost consciousness inside a burning star. Tells about Abramović’s childhood in Yugoslavia. Her parents held high positions in Marshal Tito’s government. Mentions two recent books: “When Marina Abramović Dies” (M.I.T.; $27.95) by James Westcott and “Art, Love, Friendship: Marina Abramović and Ulay, Together and Apart”; (McPherson; $27) by Thomas McEvilley. Describes the effect that the self-immolation of the Vietnamese Monk Thich Quang Duc had on Abramović and other performance artists. Most of Abramović’s peers among the pioneers of what might be called “ordealism,” to distinguish it from tamer or more cerebral forms of performance art, have long since retired from their harrowing vocation, and some died young. Abramović has been a prominent target for the purists. Even Ulay recently remarked, “I don’t believe in these performance ‘revivals.’” Vito Acconci told the writer, “Marina now seems to want to make performance teachable and repeatable, but then I don’t understand what separates it from theatre.” (In keeping with his principles, however, he lets things go. He gave Abramović permission to reperform a version of “Seedbed,” his masturbation epic, as part of a show at the Guggenheim five years ago.) Writer attends Abramović’s sixty-third birthday dinner. Other guests included David Blaine, Laurie Anderson, and Antony Hegarty.

from

http://thedailywh.at/

Week 10

During week 10 (the week after break) we will not be holding regular class. Instead I have split the class in half in order to have some consultation time. You are expected to be in class on the scheduled day. The day you are not scheduled is a studio day. Please come prepared with a pitch or a prototype for your project.

March 23: Allen, Neil!

Arnold, Mark

Campbell, Jessica

Corbut, Sean

Day, Harrison

Dunlay, Emily

Durey, Michelle

Futtner, Patrick March 25:

Kaufman, Kristine

Krantz, Alexandra

O'Shaughnessy, Shane

Reardon, Cassandra

Robinson, Sean

Schmidt, Lane

Spain, Joshua

Vargo, Holly

 

omg, let's make these!!!!

http://www.jellio.com/store/candelier.html








check out http://www.jellio.com/store.html


and see all of Jellio's neat products

hahah oomg i need to wooorrrrk theeeere. neat. sweet treats!

BS GALLERY Opening this Friday Night!

Lindsay Warren -MFA SHOW - closing reception tomorrow!

Lindsay Warren - Printmaking
Closing reception at the Market-Dubuque Exhibition Space

Please join us for live Bluegrass music and tasty snacks 5 -8 pm, Friday March 5th

Market-Dubuque Exhibition Space
122 E Market Street, Iowa City

See you there!

Group Show info

After our. rather unruly, discussion of the group show yesterday, I thought I should review the following:

*You are scheduled to install on Friday April 2. All projects must be installed between noon on April 2 and 5PM on April 3.

*We will host a public reception on Thursday April 8 from 5-7PM. All are expected to attend to be present throughout the reception.

[This day is also Emily's 22nd Bday -and-the day of the Black Keys concert]

*The work must be taken down between 7:15PM Thursday April 8 and 11:30AM Friday April 9--this is not negotiable as others will be using the space that day! 

Considerations to discuss: flier design and distribution, food for the event, wall tags for the work, repairing the walls/cleanup, a sign for the entrance, how to accommodate performances, space allocation, etc. **Please add comments to this post with other concerns about the show.

Let's make this great. Go TEAM! hehe.

Project 2: Mediated Reality

"A basic tenet of postmodernism is that our understanding of the world is based first and foremost on mediated images." - Eleanor Heartney in Postmodernism

For this project, create an artwork that exposes either a particular or a general class of media manipulation in our culture. Your artwork should somehow demonstrate the fallacy of an idea that is being fed to us. Your definition of media and media manipulation can be broadly defined. The manipulation may be subtle, and in fact exposing subtle yet insidious manipulations are probably the strongest subject for this project. Bring to light something that we take for granted, something that has become second nature to us. These can be cultural norms, conventions of our time, generational differences, etc.

Ideas that come to mind are: notions of family, becoming an adult, material wealth, etc. For this project, try to stay away from the obvious areas of advertising and political spin – the intrinsic reality-bending of these two areas has already been worked over pretty well, hence it is extremely easy to fall into tired and cliched treatments. However, I am not going so far as to say that these areas are off-limits, just be careful to take a unique approach. As an alternative, you may want to search for some not-so-obvious manipulation to bring to light. You may find it more personally relevant to look at areas where you have been the target of some sort of manipulation. Particularly pay attention to implied cultural assumptions.

In your exposure of the manipulation, a deeper and longer lasting meaning for the viewer is usually created if you allow the viewer to come up with the "proper" interpretation rather than to hit them over the head with a message.Your artwork .

As usual, the project may be executed in any medium and may be object-oriented or otherwise, but you must bring your work to a professional level of finish and install it in the gallery space during the allotted time. Also, you must turn in a 250-word artist statement with the piece for critique.

Follow up

As we discussed Holly's work yesterday, I was reminded of this beautiful piece.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres
"Untitled" (Lovers - Paris), 1993
Light bulbs, extension cords, porcelain light sockets

soooo?

It was great to see so many of you at "Time Machine" last night! What did you think?

Secrets Revealed

Welcome to Shana's World, circa 2007... http://strangetea.deviantart.com/ ... there are a few more else where... here's some of the cream...

See you in class, gang! ah-hyuck!

Crit Schedule

Feb 23

Josh

Mark

Shane

Jessica

Feb 25

Lane

Alex

Harry

Michelle

March 2

Kris

Cassie

Holly

Neil

March 4

Emily

Sean R

Sean C

Patrick

**As always, when you miss class you are responsible to contact me re: any changes or additions to the schedule. Also, please remember you will lose points if the work is not ready to critique before we begin.

Must see!!

reminder

When you miss class,  please remember to write me to be sure to keep up on things you missed, scheduling, etc.

I have begun a blogsite of panels found in Silver Age Batman comics... if not panels then recropping.. also creating digital collages called Mabnat... this is all helped with a library of scanned comics, which I am at liberty to share... it's an endless supply of forgotten stories, images, words... they may come in handy... I'll bring the topic up in class soon.

further investigation: http://rvxen.tumblr.com

check out the site i'm following as well... theirs have given me the format to do such a blog...

Magick Music Box

my housemate found this... press the squares... press spacebar... make music...

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

a good 45 minutes will pass you by...

http://jancko.blogspot.com/search/label/arturo%27s%20transmutation

Jancko has taken it upon himself to breath new life into copious fried chicken wrappers his friend sheds.

keybox codes

Access Codes, Intermedia Only:
Media Lab 1709: 13590
Sound Lab 1705: 12450

perimeter

http://joshuaspainportfolio.blogspot.com/2010/02/perimeter.html

Simulacrum Shimulacrum

Hey Everyone, I wanted to place a somewhat more explained version of my thoughts on Simulacrum. Read if you are interested. Post thoughts if you like. Print it out and draw pretty pictures on it and scan it then re-post it if you wish.

I have discussed simulacrum with members of the Intermedia department in the past and have read Baudrillard’s writings before in trying to get a sense of what they are. In speaking With Mr. Neucollins about simulated realities over a few weeks time, he explained his understanding of Baudrillard’s simulacrum intertwined with post-post modern evolution. I agreed with his interpretation that the final stage, the simulacrum, can and does exist self sufficient of any other reality and is defined by the truths that exist within it. The simulacrum is a concept philosophers have sought to define, or at least explain since the beginnings of philosophy itself. Plato and Nietzsche both spoke of separate realities: one true to human senses and another true to only itself. Plato applied the concept to imagery and art, and Nietzsche applied it to conversation and reason. Baudrillard was revolutionary in his interpretation of the simulated world by trying to define steps in the evolution to the simulacrum. Wikipedia actually provides links to the above philosopher’s writings in the second paragraph of this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacrum

What stands out in my mind as a missing element to this evolution is that the path is linear and it ends with the creation of a freestanding entity. This places a simulacrum in the timeline of its creation, but ignores its place in the cycle of all creation. There are many parallels that can be drawn to further illustrate this interpretation of the simulacrum here are two of the most compelling.

Dreams

Perhaps the first simulated reality that humanity comprehends.1 The mind takes a reflection of the world around the body in the form of sensory inputs 2 the nervous system distorts this information into signals the brain can read 3.this information is stored in the brain independent from the sensed world outside the body. 4 when asleep the brain tries to make sense of the information organizing it into patterns that it can use. We often interpret this organization as dreams. This organization is necessary for the mind to function correctly and the images and activities though not linked to the outside world are used as information that governs the person’s activities in the outside world. We all carry a simulacrum within us that is used to interpret information. This is not a perfect analogy, as inputs to the body’s senses during sleep can affect dreams, but it illustrates the cyclical nature of this simulacrum.

Dollhouse

Children often play to start to understand complex human interaction. Dolls often are used to mimic behaviors that they have seen at first, but as more of the children’s personality seeps into the play the dolls become an extension of the child’s creativity. The doll characters evolve to not mimic but to interact with other dolls in a simulacrum. This simulated social interaction is often basis for the child’s social interactions in later development.

With these interpretations of simulacrum in use in everyday life, it is difficult to envision simulacrum as destinations, and easier to see them as necessary tools for understanding. I agree with Baudrillard’s order of steps to the simulacrum. His observations may have been derived from paradigm shifts in media, but his steps to the simulacrum are accurate in a linear fashion. The issue I have with stopping the timeline at the creation of simulacrum is that most of the existence of phenomena is after their creation.

Michael Swaine: "Mending for the People"

Seattle

Famous Seattle Gum Wall and some graffiti

Everything Nicholas Felton Did With Other People in 2009

Everything Nicholas Felton Did With Other People in 2009

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All hail another amazing mosaic by artist Jason Mecier, who gathered up armfuls of trash and created Lady Gaga's likeness -- right down the hair bow made of hair -- out of a dismembered Kermit doll, Hello Kitty scraps, poker chips (get it?!), broken sunglasses, playing cards, spare pens and pencils, straws, and lots of other crap that may be taking up space in the bottom of your purse.

The result is a visual wonder (and a tribute to recycling!) that pays tribute to Lady Gaga and makes a valid argument for hoarding.

Check out Jason Mecier's Mariah made of makeup, his Michael Jason made of pills (gulp!), and his awesome mosaic of Pink.

http://www.jasonmecier.com/title.html

HOT lunch

http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/

A public school teacher is in the process of chronicling her self-appointed task of eating public school lunch for one school year.

Tehching Hsieh

A Caged Man Breaks Out at Last

By DEBORAH SONTAG for NYT

Published: March 1, 2009

 

Tehching Hsieh’s performance art in the 1970s and ’80s, the stuff of legend, is getting new appreciation from mainstream museums.

Marisa Olson | Visiting artist at Intermedia later this term!

Marisa Olson: Whew! Age

Link
to Facebook event page for upcoming performance at P.S. 122 in New
York.

excerpt from invitation: "Marisa
Olson is an admitted internet junky and a serious bookworm. This
performance is both a product and a trace of her research into fluke
epistemologies, the vernacular of digital visual culture, and the
intersecting histories of science and superstition, new ageism and
DIY/homebrew computing culture."

Marisa will be visiting Intermedia\SAAH\U Iowa\Iowa in early April.

Kris's Mosaic and Stained Glass

Some of my works I showed Thursday (1/28/10)