Memories: Under the Bridge Arts Fest '08

I was going through some old footage when I came across 18 minutes of weird that I think was collected back in Fall 2008. It's documentation of Martine Kaczynski's Sky-rights installation at the Under The Bridge Arts Festival. Martine invited artists to "rent" real estate on several different scaffolds scattered around Dumbo in Brooklyn and do performances or show art. Tim Mellema and I participated/videotaped parts of the performances, and this is some stuff that Tim caught. One spectator, shown here, was particularly taken by this work (artist unknown--if you know who it is please tell me):

I'm submitting this to weird dude energy.

Jell-o explosions

Kiel and I have come up with yet another nonsensical collaboration, this time for the 2nd Annual Jell-O Mold Competition at the Gowanus Studio Space. This was an event where people devoted a lot of time to creating beautiful culinary creations and displays of Jell-O, and this is what Kiel and I did:

The categories of the competition were creativity, aesthetics, structural/sculptural ingenuity, edibility/culinary appeal, and best use and showcase of Jell-O. I'm sure you'd be surprised to know that we did not place in any of these categories.

useless machinery

So Kiel and I been on vacation, but we have been up to some small things. We were part of this Design Week exhibition called "Useless Machines" at Oak in NoHo. Sight Unseen covered the event, which you can read about here.

This is our collaboration (photo by Jay Q. Chen):

slowly starting to not feel like this anymore

ipods are the new sketchbooks. Or maybe the old ones now that there's an iPad.

I stopped carrying around a sketchbook when I got an iPod Touch because I have the DoodleBuddy app. It makes drawing on the go a million times easier. Here are a few drawings I've done on my iPod.

Tila Tequila, 2010. I did this post-death of Casey Johnson/removal of Casey Johnson's dogs from Tila's custody.

Mariah Carey, 2010.

Brain movements/oh how I love feminism

My sister, Leah, showed me this article today that was written by a gay conservative anti-feminist. Fun times! Not only does it feature the inflammatory remarks of a sophomore at American University that everybody hates, but it has also incurred many a comment from the student body, which are fun to read. Some thoughtful readers also provided educational Youtube videos, like this one.

I wanted to re-share it because it inspired me to pull out some of my old feminist theory texts from school, and it's helped my brain shake off a little of the winter hibernation it has been in. But man I'm glad I didn't go to a politically-charged school like AU. No offense Leah.

My father the hero

Just a bit of family news.

And that's not all. If you want to see an Oscar-worthy (or maybe Steve Jobs-worthy) intro check this video out.

Go Dad.

Celebs in their baby-suits

I made some collages in the dead of winter using trashy magazines and color-aid. Pretty much sums up the last few months. Here's a couple of those.

New blahg

Welcome to my new blog. I'm just going to post stuff that I've been working on here so you know what I've been up to. I'll try to update as often as possible so you know that I'm still alive. I know sometimes it's hard to tell. Not only with me, but with anybody. How do I know you're not dead right now? Just shoot me a quick message so I know you're not dead. Thank you.