I've been busy working working working as of late. I'm knee deep in a slew of projects that are all being executed by hand and not on the computer, so I haven't had as much to contribute to the blog over the last few weeks, but if you'd like to take a peek at what I'm up to, click the PROCEED tab at the top where I'm documenting my life beyond what funny business I do on a computer.

Two of the best things I've seen in a while I've been a very big fan of this photo series ever since I first saw it published but didn't know until now that it was a part of a film. The video below is very fascinating and I think brings even more credit to the concept of the work.

Richard Mosse: The Impossible Image from Frieze on Vimeo.

a mixtape of some things that I've been listening to lately-

http://tape.ly/floating-room

i tried to make a summer mixtape, but then Philip Glass
ended up on the first track and everything fell apart after that.

:)

new things are happening

Whatever happened to the 8-bit genre? 

 I think it's time for a revival. 

Case and Point- one of my all-time favorites... 

Kplecraft- Okesuchi

I'm trying to raise a little bit of cash for a new project that I'm starting. 

Your investment will be worth every penny. 

(and if you didn't arrive here through my site, mosey on over and look at my work- fealsreal.com)

"September 15, 2008, will go down in the annals of history. It was the day on which Damien Hirst was able to sell works at Sotheby's London, specially produced for the auction, for a total of 111 million British pounds, but also the day on which one of the key players in New York financial world, the Lehman Brothers Bank, had to declare bankruptcy.

The correlation makes clear how much art and finance have transposed themselves from the real world into an artificial sphere without rules and commitments, largely determined by greed. And there is a punch line: the works that Damien Hirst produced for the London auction – in particular the dissected bodies of animals in glass boxes, and the butterflies affixed to rose-colored discs – have to be traced back directly to Paul Thek. One can presume that Thek would have declined such a belated honor."

- from "Paul Thek: Artist's Artist"

very interesting

I've been spending the last few days editing photos from ages ago.
I'm planning to have them all added by the end of the week, so check back soon.

If you've never seen Koyannisqatsi or Powaqqatsi, I can't recommend these films enough.
They only become more relevant as more nations develop into and beyond industrial societies,
and the cinematography and score are also absolutely mesmerizing.

 

 

screenshots from the first tests of my newest photo series

I'm happy with the results, but plan to make a lot of changes to the masks that I'm using to create the "windows." ✌

I can't wait to scan the film from my latest photo project. Above are the raw samples from an initial test of my new "photo-prints." They are designed to be produced the same way that I used silk screens to print patterns at The Fabric Workshop. ✌

I'm going to be crawling out of my non-posting hibernation soon. I've spent the last 3 months completing a three-month residency with The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia where I produced two repeat patterns on fabric. Pictured above are some photographs of my three-color pattern titled "Y is for Spring." I'm going to be returning to South Carolina soon where I'll be continuing the natural dying, sewing, and printing projects that I started here in Philly. I also have many rolls of film taken over the last year that I still need to scan and a new photo project that I started while here in Philly that is tied to my patterns. So, keep coming back, because I'll be adding lots of exciting new work. ✌