Arabic Snowstorms

The solution I made for Erik Brandt's project to make snow out of Arabic Type

#1 Hipster

who knew SISTER and HIPSTER were so interchangeable..

Hey Mom, look at me now.

Sara F. & I have painstakingly hand crafted "Breakfast" out of felt this year. We are quite proud - and after a close race, we came in second to Vince Leo's look alike in the annual MCAD Costume Contest.

Experimentationings

i momentarily became very distracted tonight when i started turning some old polaroids i have of my buddy Meryl from 2D images into 3D figures.

i think i may be on to something...

Figure 1

Figure 1: A Scientific Documentation of 3 Bipedal Organisms is an installation for our Ideation & Process class. We experimented with the concept of the 'white cube', and explored making the personal impersonal and vice versa. We manipulated our non traditional location to make the space somewhat interactive by creating a web of string from which we could hang objects; hoping that perhaps we could force the viewer to get personal with our objects. Also, since our space envelopes the entire hallway and can be seen from every level of the building through windows, the space becomes unavoidable.

We basically ended up with a collection of collections. By taking our prized possessions and coveted items and exhibiting them in a gallery space with scientific labels, we felt like we were exposing our objects and ourselves in a very impersonal space. At the same time, the clean and sterile environment of the location became personal through the introduction of our objects, and creating a space with which viewers could interact.

The two other parties involved:

Julian Howley & Sara Fowler

YAY. this was alot of fun.

Hope you have a WHALE of a day!

i rescued a whale from the goodwill today for 49 cents. Then, i brought him home to my other whale and they became best friends pretty fast.

oh ethan.

acts of love & affection, acts of torture & abuse

same difference in our household!

B.F.F.F.'s

So I took a break from working on homework earlier and made this postcard for two of my bfff's back in las vegas! they're pretty much two of the best people i know.

dad et moi

i just had a really nice chat with my dad on the phone. it concluded with deciding we would both have a glass of milk before we went to bed, at the same time, half way across the country.

we are the coolest.

Makin' Ugly Look Good

I present you with portraits of Joe Prince! They were taken for my color photo class with a gorgeous medium format camera. Second to last is my favourite.

YAY FOR TYPE!

i am tired.

Sophie Calle

my new fascination.

photographer, writer, performer

SHE'S THE COOLEST FRENCH LADY I KNOW BESIDES MY MOM.

B for Beauty and the Bestiary, for Bat, Bantam, Boar, Bull, for Bug, Badger, Bray, Bellow, Bleat, Bark, for Beastly Birdbrain, for BB.

Eating Through Living

EATING THROUGH LIVING - Jenny Holzer & Peter Nadin

amazing find from the library last night --

i was just perusing the stacks when this little guy caught my eye.

i can hardly find any information about it.

but it has some really interesting observations about people and some insightful truisms.

I could quote a million statements from this book. here's a few --

"I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT BRAINS, TUMORS, AND CAULIFLOWER LOOK ABOUT THE SAME AND I ALWAYS PICTURE THEM ON WHITE PLATES."

"IT CAN BE STARTLING TO SEE SOMEONE'S BREATH, LET ALONE THE BREATHING OF A CROWD. YOU USUALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE EXTEND THAT FAR."

"THERE IS A PLEASURE IN STAYING HOME TO ADJUST EACH PHYSICAL DETAIL SO THAT WHEREVER THE EYE FALLS, THERE IS HARMONY. THEN YOU GO OUTSIDE AND DO THE SAME."

You Don't YoYo?

Five Obstructions:

1. Smaller Scale

2. Beard/ Moustache Zine

3. Only use the phrase, "Wake me up before you go go, don't leave me hanging like a yo yo."

4. Has to be my own imagery - no found photos.

5. Texture