Archive for December 2011
12.10.11 Recent media viewing: Helvetica, Allan McCollum, Paul Chan
A grand re-watching is in place: I just realized I have re-seen or re-heard three media pieces that I’ve seen before. Only now it seems like brand new.
“Helvetica” documentary
Allan McCollum video segment on PBS’s Art21 documentary series
Paul Chan’s talk “The Spirit of Recession” at the New School, New York, April 2008. (I actually saw this one in person so it’s nice to re-hear it via podcast).
12.10.11 Printeresting visit to Electric Works
My friend and fellow artist Anthony Ryan took RL Tillman of Printeresting on an SF visit of printmaking spots. On the way they stopped by Electric Works and took a gander at an edition, “Future Shock Nesting Boxes” that I worked on with them way back in 2005 (!)… It’s inspiring me to come up with another print piece. Printmaking (or the creation of multiples and paper-based works) are so wonderfully satisfying to make and I’m longing to make things more distributable…
Link to Printeresting article here.
Image courtesy of printeresting.org