Flotsam, Jetsam, Ligan

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Wish You Were Here.

Back in November, as I was preparing to move to Missoula, MT, I was making a photographic "postcard" each day for a close friend who had recently lost a loved one. She was—and continues to be—in my thoughts daily, and at the time I wanted to find at least some small way to reach out to her from far away, draw her close, and share moments from my life. Many of the images were created from the profound sense of displacement I was feeling, experiencing and expecting as I moved from Chicago, where I had lived for two and half years, to a place I had never visited and knew no one. The project lasted about 24 days. Here they are in chronological order:

Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Missing Middle

In the history of the US there are times when our political middle seems to disappear. Where are our Moderates now? Personally, I think a Missing Middle is to our country's tremendous detriment‒especially when the challenges we face are so large and multifaceted. We need the all wisdom of all our wisest and moderates help us to parse that out. Below is my design protest for compromise, moderation, and middle ground:

Litmus test for moderation: Describe how one policy "the other side" holds can work and how you might agree with it. Repeat.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Portal

A quick note about (and plug for) a project I've been contributing to recently. It's called The Portal from HERE to THERE, an architectural, spiritual and communal art project headed by my close friend, Amber Nelson. The Portal is a beautiful expression of Amber's love for Fito, her resilience in the face of senseless violence and tragedy, and her innate passion for life & ineluctable need to make it meaningful. And it's going to Burning Man 2011, we hope. Keep your fingers crossed that its construction gets grant funding from the Burning Man organization. To find out more about it, volunteer, or or contribute funding, click the image link below and get in contact with Amber. (UPDATE: Portal postponed, perhaps BM 2012, perhaps elsewhere)

Sunday, August 8, 2010

LiveWire Trailer Release + Fundraiser Art Show

LiveWire production company had a get together on August 6th at Mr. Elegant Gallery to mark the release of three trailers (which I DP'ed) for the world premier of Emily Dendinger's play, "Hideous Progeny." I showed several photographic works at the get together that I've posted, along with the trailers, below:

Triptych one:

Merry Go Round

2010

dye-based print

14.4" x 13"

The Fifth of July

2008

dye-based print

14.5" x 13"

Stuff

2009

dye-based print

14.4" x 13"

Triptych two:

_Art

2010

dye-based print

14.3" x 13"

Untitled

2010

dye-based print

14.7" x 13"

Spring...

2010

dye-based print

14.4" x 13"

Two images I put up for auction:

Skyline

2009

dye-based print

16.3" x 13"

Untitled

2006

dye-based print

19" x 13"

Also, I curated almost all of the art in the rest of the show--including works by Cheri Lee Charlton, Christopher Bell, Jana Kinsman, Jose Casillas, Milan Bobysud, & Ned Gawron. Here's a quick panorama of the space + turnout:

Friday, July 30, 2010

Ensemblage, a gallery + stage of the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, July 23rd - 25th, 2010

Below are photos + videos of Ensemblage, a gallery I curated and agonized-over for the 2010 Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival in Logan Square, Chicago [earlier posts labeled "Ensemblage at MAAF" record some of the process of curating, organizing, and marketing the show and detail all the artists included]. Ensemblage was up for three days of art, music, dance, theatre, painting, film, spoken word, and generally raucous fun. Epic win.

The visual art as installed:

Left side: