Inspirations for INTIMATE FRICTIONS:::

Missing you.

It's been sometime since I've posted. More to update later.

In the mean while- I have been asked to take part in the Gestures Show at the Mattress Factory.

More to come soon. I am working with a collection of folks.

check them out!

Nina Marie Barbuto - maker who energizes an architecture which needles and challenges self definition. http://ninamariebarbuto.blogspot.com/

Dee Briggs - artist who works with fearless lyricism in raw material. http://www.deebriggsstudio.com/about/dee-briggs/

Nick Durrant - interactive designer who thrives on strategic thinking. http://www.plotsite.net/

Jeremy Ficca - architect and educator devising news ways to construct forms of elegance. http://www.cmu-dfab.com/

Pablo Garcia - artist, architect of the conceptual investigation, seeing no media as too new or old to be passed through a prism. http://www.pointprojects.com/

Jenn Gooch - artist who bears clear witness to the world we recognize but dare not know. http://www.jennifergooch.com/

Ling He - specialist in a world of architectural fiction and fantasy.

Matt Huber - architect-thinker and writer who will refine all definitions and leap to new conclusions.

Nick Liadis - architect of sound, theorist searching for a tectonics of music.

Transformazium - creative collective rooted in Braddock with revolutionary practice. http://transformazium.org/

Gill Wildman - activist skillfully capturing the imagination and generating fresh forms of engagement. http://www.plotsite.net/

Spike Wolff - artist, architect, educator who continually provokes new readings of our reality.

writing on the walls.

This installation project by
slovakian artist roman ondák is a living infographic. By plotting of visitors’ heights, the mean
will become increasingly apparent over the four months at the temporary stedelijk.
I am in love with the layering and personal interaction. This reminds me of the playroom we had in the basement of the house I grew up in where when my friends came over we would document our heights and our names amongst other self-expression graffiti. It's something so simple that every age can understand yet the implied aspects are phenomenal. I am curious to know if there is a stop animation or other documentation for this piece to then become a piece on its own.

I also wanted to bring up mr. Mel Bochner's work in relation to this. Though one could see it as artistic antics, I feel his work as a precedent is really powerful and playful.