ARTifacting

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I am so excited, though. I have been noticing the artistic potential of artifacting for some time. I sort of love when things are all strange and gray at the beginning of a video and people and things come creeping out of it. Having zero tools with which to investigate the idea further, I have been waiting patiently for someone else to figure out how the manipulate it. Done! And it's pretty cool-lookin' too. Amazing that even though technology feels like it gets further away from natural rhythms, it, in fact, still warps like the fabric of the mind.

if your computer is not a dinosaur like my powerbook, and can play HD, watch it thusly.

other examples found by master eades:
David OReilly
Kanye West

"Sketchbook": February 15th + 16th

neither of these items are in the sketchbook. but, the second one is a little something "in progress".

Sketchbook: February 8th

Sketchbook: life

Sketchbook: february 6 +7

Stop the Gene Wilder Remakes: t-shirts online!

wireandtwine.com

Check them out! (and buy some, 'cause mama's rent check gonna bounce)

Sketchbook: February Begins...

Sketchbook: January 30th

Sketchbook

So, I've been inspired to share some highlights from my sketchbook; partially because i enjoy this site so much, partially because I've been sketching a lot and partially because life is short.
My sketching, like my crosswords, are mostly done in pen and are a stream of consciousness as i have no idea what I am going to drawing or even what i am drawing until well into the piece.

I've decided to start from the beginning of my most recent book which coincided with my moving to chicago. There are posts below that bring us up to date.

Please feel free to comment or ask questions.

Now presenting: Scrapings From the Inside of My Skull

Enjoy xx

........................January 26th 2009.........................

Sketchbook: previously

January 24th 2009................January 14th 2009

January 5th 2009.................December 3rd 2008

Sketchbook: backstory

November 30th 2008...............November 21st 2008

November teenth 2008.............October 18th 2008

Sketchbook: the beginning

October 16 2008..............October 14th 2008

October 4th 2008........September 30 and October 1st 2008
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More Than...

Inspired on Christmas night. Made the next day.
NSFW due to copious f-bombs.

Backstage: Chicago

...you heard

Employment from Zea on Vimeo.

My Own Personal Economic Crisis

I would love to share my many artsy-fartsy skills with you in exchange for some green.

Fine Art for the Walls

Illustration for your company, book, publication, website, record album, holiday cards

Animation for your music video, promo video, public service announcement

Direction for your awesome internet video for your band or whathaveyou


Check out the patchwork quilt of work below and my portfolio and try me.




Thanxoxo

News

Barack Obama has a flickr account

and so do I

because f*ck planes

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Hello Chicago

fig. 1............................................................fig. 2


fig. 3..............................................................fig. 4


fig. 1 - a little halloween zealotry spotted while pounding pavement, looking for digs.

fig. 2 - hot dogs and hamburgers

fig. 3 - local freezy treat man. seen in the background is the organic bakery I go to EVERYDAY.

fig. 4 - sugar skulls. numnum.


Already bored with apartment hunting. Realtor here I come.

yes

...or no...

Tour: Canada

I am seeing great swaths of canada.
...from the inside of locker rooms and tour bus bunks.

There is much rock, much liner-ing of eyes and flatiron-ing of hair. I sew little squares of mirror back on to a pair of chaps the get rocked off each night. I eat catering with a variety of quality levels. I have seen many zambonis (zambonii?)

This too shall pass.

ta ta for now, Yoo Nork

I have been taking in quite a bit of culture this past week or so. I've seen The Birdmann, French Depressive Comedy, Pants, Fuerza Bruta, Absinthe. (I'll post links soon)
I took part in a clown parade, a pie fight and a performed at clown cabaret. (Video of performance on the way)

I do have gripes about the perpetual game of chicken with cars and people and noise and general dirtiness, but it must also be said that new york is a hell of a town. _Until we meet again. (smoooch)

The "Alone in your Bedroom" Aesthetic

Combined with discussions raised by that Adbusters article on the acultural plague of "hipsters" on the planet, I wondered more, upon seeing this video, about the depths of Irony vs. Sincerity and Appropriation and Rehash. I can't get a read on this guy. His eyes seem dead. Is he presenting something heartfelt? Has the irony become rampant on so many levels there is complete detachment? Does he want people to laugh? (I am not railing against him, I am asking honestly.) Perhaps abstraction has reached a whole new level; gathering ingredients from sources so far flung that any of their original intention or sensation is drained and combining them in a way that adds no new perspective save some vague impression of melty anachronism. The only clear impression I get is a vision of him in his bedroom by himself making-pretend-rockstar. With such democratization of the "art making" and publishing processes, the overwhelming crush of media, people alone in their rooms communicating virtually (as we do), maybe that small sliver of humanity is enough for people these days. The cat can dance. I think he is to be commended for playing the zealot even if I'm not feeling much authentic zeal. Presenting Francis and the Lights:


(It is also possible that this guy IS, in fact, an 'alone in your bedroom' sort of guy who is taking great leaps to bring those things out in front of others. [I feel that way about Eugene Hutz. The first time I saw him, he was wearing a red michael jackson zipper jacket and meaning it. {"This guy's not ironic. He's eastern european."} He ended up being one of the most incredible showmen alive today] It's possible that look in his eye is just nerves in front of the camera. It's possible this dude is incredible. I can't tell yet.)

You see, the thing about being alone in your bedroom is you've got no gauge, no collaborative chemistry, no critique. In the old days, they would call that "masturbatory". It's also similar to how historically the lead singer going solo is almost always less successful than when they were in the band (the police, talking heads, rollingstones...) I think most people's "genius" needs to be tempered. This new advent of technology makes it quite easy to get around people not showing up to rehearsal or the bother of finding other folks who have common tastes and dreams.
My! but we have novelty, though. numa numa.


the thing about this blog post is, left unchecked by outside forces, I'm libel to ramble on about this shit furevz.

September 11th, ...and 16th and also 5th

Live Performance - September 11th

Williamsburg Brooklyn

Films Screens with Live Music - September 16th

Joe's Pub Manhattan

Live Clown Parade and Pie Fight - September 5th

Union Sq to Williamsburg

details to your right

come see!