new show and a bit of inspiration

First things first, I have another show on Friday at Knee Deep Vintage. Check it out:



Secondly, I went to the MCA today since I didn't have work for once and Tuesdays are free. They had a large body of Bruce Nauman's work. I've always liked him but I didn't know too much about him and I'd never seen such a large collection of his various pieces before. They had quotes from him on the wall and I wrote two down:

"I think the point where language starts to break down as a useful tool for communication is the same edge where poetry or art occurs...if you only deal with what is known, you'll have redundancy; on the other hand, if you only deal with the unknown, you cannot communicate at all. There is always some combination of the two, and it is how they touch each other that makes communication interesting."

"In the end I think that most of my work...[is about] why anybody continues to make art. It's always interested me how one does any work in the studio at all, what it's supposed to be about, how you get things started or make any sense of the process, Even though the work is coming from somewhere inside, you can't put your finger on the source and it never happens twice the same way."

Epic Summer 2K8

I am gradually developing the 16 rolls of film I shot with my Diana in Europe and I haven't gone through the 6 gigs of digital files yet because I'm awaiting a new hard drive, but I will jump right on that next week since I am running out of time. So in two weeks or so I will barrage you with images. In the mean time I've been taking a lot of goofy photos- work hard, play hard. I love summertime.

It's All Relative: A Photography Show

If you are in Chicago June 6 or afterwards you should see this show. The work should be wonderful, there's a lot of talented artists in this exhibit. Also, the opening is the day before I go overseas so you should come since I won't see you in a while!

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Ahhh, an update feels so good.

me, i'm not

I'm loving my current work but I am getting itchy to start my next body of work. Researching it should be the most wonderful/hardest part, which is why I'm anxious. I'd start now but if I get too hard into it I'm going to want to start shooting. Ack.

Anyway, here's some brain candy I've been chewing on... the first is the first song that really sparked it and the second is the most recent one...both have made my eyes well up with tears. Rah.

Tori Amos "Rattlesnakes" (A cover of the Lloyd Cole and the Commotions song)



Interpol "Stella was a Diver and She was Always Down"

$$$$

I'm in dire need of money. If I were to make a limited edition of small books of Precautions of a Modern Bird and/or Packrats and/or Self-Portraits as Roxanne (zine sized or so?) would anyone be interested in buying one? I'd like to know before I print and bind a bunch of books and it'd be nice to know while I still have access to the bindery.

I hope someone buys my photograph tonight, $200 would be great.

work, shows, etc

Here's a couple of new images:





More can be found on my flickr.

I got into two shows, one is a book show at Unity in Chicago (there's no information about it on the website however) from April 6-27. A handmade book of my palladium prints from the series "Tattooed Women" will be shown, as well as a wonderful book by Julia Stotz.

And on April 18 Morpho Gallery's 3rd Annual Juried Show is opening. I have work in it, not sure who else is in it but last year there were some great artists in it.