February 2012
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WatchMy love-video to Wassaic.
Best in full screen with sound.
xoxo till next time, Man
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On Leaving Wassaic
So in the beginning of December I started a three month residency at The Wassaic Project. Bittersweetly, Wednesday night I’ll be back in New York City.
I’ve made the most of my time here. In the beginning I allowed myself to not do anything, which is basically impossible for a man of my temperament. As such, gratefully that didn’t last long. I now have a notebook full of ideas...
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On "RENT PIECE"
So, as I alluded to the other day, I was recently commissioned to create a piece whereby the funds from it were implicitly intended to pay my rent. It was inspired by a part of the last Hennessy Youngman video where he talks about the different types of performance pieces the new performance artists can make. Mine was the “sit in your studio making new work while listening to music and...
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“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then...”
– John Cage. via
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On Silent Auctions, Rent Pieces, $...
I’m at the laundromat near Wassaic. There is WiFi, so I figured what better time to draft some letters.
Over the weekend, from Friday to Saturday, for 24-hours I presented a silent auction for a collage. I was curious to test the model, and happy that it sold. I had 268 visitors to the auction page during that 24-hour period. Which isn’t bad considering it was the weekend and I gave...
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Single lot silent auction →
Ends at 2pm EST.
File under: Experimental business models for artists.
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NIGGA PURVIEW: DID YOUTUBE KILL PERFORMANCE ART? →
Obviously a little to this one, but just came across it as part of research for the upcoming #ArtsTech panel I’m moderating. The takeaway for me is this: “It’s about conducting actions with very little resources at your disposal, reaching out into the abyss and somehow finding a community, however anonymous the on-line audience might be.”
Uhm, word. And hello, you. :)
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“…I’m really into absurdity; I’m not a sentimental person at all. For me,...”
– Tom Friedman (via ARTINFO)
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