Thursday, April 25, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Salad Days Revisited
Some pics from Alex and Lisa's wedding last week. Haven't seen some of these kids in over 13 years.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Future West songs
Alright, here's a couple new songs from our demo. We finally got some stuff mixed enough to put up, so its time to get some of this out there. Its on Bandcamp and Reverbnation. Facebook and more coming soon.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Mark Menjivar at/in/on window
The current exhibition at window got me thinking. Mark Menjivar's work is about luck. Luck and interaction, really. The site-specific installation was the launching point for my access to his work. Only later, upon leaving the exhibition with both a chance to reflect and the time to learn more about his project through the online, aptly named Luck Archive, was I able to digest this work.
What struck me and stuck with me most from Mark's work, both in general and in relation to this project, is that the subject is secondary to the action that follows or is created by the particular subject matter. What I mean to say is that the interaction and collaboration Mark, and by extension his audience, has with people submitting their objects and stories of luck are the real exchanges, the real raison d'etre of Mark's work, and that is the exciting thing for me. Sure, there's something for exploring luck, but luck itself is not the thing, really its the foil that gets people to share, to connect about something that can be personal and real. Luck is the trivial subject. The sharing of stories is the significant. That fact is exciting for me. I believe that much too often artists, and photographers specifically, are isolated in the creation and collaboration of their work. While its true that a photographer may 'collaborate' with a subject in the creation of an image, often the interaction is brief and only extends as far as the subject lending their likeness to a light sensitive surface. The exchange is often unbalanced. Its exciting to think about collaboration as being something more, both for the photographer and the audience.
What struck me and stuck with me most from Mark's work, both in general and in relation to this project, is that the subject is secondary to the action that follows or is created by the particular subject matter. What I mean to say is that the interaction and collaboration Mark, and by extension his audience, has with people submitting their objects and stories of luck are the real exchanges, the real raison d'etre of Mark's work, and that is the exciting thing for me. Sure, there's something for exploring luck, but luck itself is not the thing, really its the foil that gets people to share, to connect about something that can be personal and real. Luck is the trivial subject. The sharing of stories is the significant. That fact is exciting for me. I believe that much too often artists, and photographers specifically, are isolated in the creation and collaboration of their work. While its true that a photographer may 'collaborate' with a subject in the creation of an image, often the interaction is brief and only extends as far as the subject lending their likeness to a light sensitive surface. The exchange is often unbalanced. Its exciting to think about collaboration as being something more, both for the photographer and the audience.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
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