My First Mission Post.

You know how I loath the hangings onto the mission school...?
....well. Sometimes I see some things that despite them falling into that "school" in the art world....fall into kinda amazingness when I just see them on the street. These are two recent examples. Pardon the crappy phone pictures.

With detachments steady throwing, we the surface broad surveying, we the virgin soil upheaving. Across the wilderness, America, America.

"With detachments steady throwing, we the surface broad surveying, we the virgin soil upheaving. Across the wilderness, America, America." 2010

A video piece I made last year but have had trouble uploading to the web due to length (I think?). Video from my trip across this large land mass from Pittsburgh to San Francisco. Audio as well.

**Update 3/12 - This is now on my Vimeo account with much greater success to the quality.

Alot of this.

I've been doing alot of this lately. This and working. And I suppose a fair amount of drinking. But more working and this. I feel like life is winding down after my whirlwind December/Christmas/New Years/Early January. I've had enough down time to start making my down time productive and enjoyable. I'm finishing a book I've probably been reading since...it's embarassing, so never mind. I'm excited to be done with it and use that fresh space in my guilty reading concious to re-read some of my photo history books. A friend is also loaning me the "Just Kids" Patti Smith book, which I'm sure I'll fly through given it's photo history connection. I also want to hit "Art & Fear" back up. I've been feeling like I could use a go at it again lately. I feel greatly unmotivated to produce work by the insanity of the MFA gallery scene here. It feels like unless you study under the darlings, the darlings will never let you in their galleries. Or, perhaps they might, but how the hell they are ever going to see your work to even think about it...? Why in your MFA crit. of course....! Sorry to end on a seemingly negative note. Here's better. This is a hold over. Borrowing a friends D-90. Will produce newish digi things now-soon.

This is not my photograph.

This is by a guy in the mission who does alot of rad photo work. Times like these are when I wish I had a digital camera, like I did when the Steelers won the superbowl last, and Sharon Needles graced Bloomfield with her presence. Anway. This shot reminded me of Pittsburgh. And oh yeah, if you didn't hear, the Giants won the World Series.


Check out his Flickr album from it:
HERE

Self and Bob, Ocean Beach, 2010

Gobble Gobble

Gone Fishin'

Hi.
Apologies to anyone deeply interested in my shutter adventures.
I ran away from the west for a few weeks and have been spending time re-re-adjusting back into S.F. More photo's to come soon. Gotta get some processing on.

San Francisco Salute, 2010

Coming Soon.

I have a video piece in this upcoming show hosted at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in (duh) Pittsburgh, PA. The piece is a video I made riding the train to San Francisco from Pittsburgh, though mainly documents Chicago to San Fran. The group show is a collaboration between members of Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/Pittsburgh Filmmakers, the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, and the guilds associated through it. There were over 200 or so submissions and juror/curator Eric Shiner whittled it down to 50! It should be an interesting show, though I don't think I'll be able to make it to see it. If you are in the area during, go check it out and let me know.
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edit: I think I might get to see it! I plan on being in Pgh at some point before the closing date.

I'm Nobody's Friend, I'm a Demolition Man.

Adventures

Yesterday I went on an adventure to one of the hills of S.F. that I haven't been to yet. An old roommate was visiting. She, another roommate, and I went on a journey to Bernal Heights. I still don't have a nice digital but for some reason I felt like posting these here rather than anywhere else. It seems like a place I'll revisit with film and a purpose. It also reminded me of the Regent Sq. neighborhood of Pittsburgh.







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Visitors I

Mark at China Beach

Today at work VI

(installing work by Renee Green)
The past four - five weeks have been grueling and fun. I started preparator work at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The organization is a bit off its rocker right now, and the prep crew is reeling from the firing (Laying off, quitting, it's all in who tells the story) of the powerhouse that was the VA dept. It was pretty intense but we ended up pulling off the deinstall/install of two major shows in addition to some smaller galleries. The main show, a solo show of the rarely exhibited in the US, Renee Green, involves roughly 50 video pieces. My fellow A.V. nerds and I had our work quite cut out for us. At the end we were all pulling 13 hour days. I'm glad to say, for the sake of rest, health, etc, that it's over. I'm sorry to say it is, for the paycheck. But I've managed to make some friends, make some contacts, and perhaps even have some more work as a result.

Today at work V

Today at work an octagon was built that was maybe say...6ft across? It was built outside on an empty patio as there was no room in the busy busy wood shop to put such a big thing together. Only after it was built was it realized that the thing wouldn't fit back in the doors. We were told the only doors to the patio could not be opened because they were for emergency's only (..? Um. ) So we had to flip it over a fence and lower it roughly 8ft to the ground and wheel it back around Mission, onto 3rd, at 6:30...(busy corner) to the loading dock.

Study: Light: Color

A Year Ago.

A year ago this weekish I came to San Francisco. Scratch that, a year ago today-ish I came back from San Francisco.

A month ago I moved to San Francisco.

It took a little less than a year.

Simply reflecting. Time to leave the house.
Post office, Art store, Four Barrel Coffee, New Friends Via Pittsburgh, Bruce LaBruce. Hope everyone else has had a year as forward moving.