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.

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.

Coast To Coast.

These tags are in a bathroom at work.
These tags are also all over in Pittsburgh (though as I haven't seen them in awhile, they could be different styles/artists).
Right path?

Today at work III

Today at work II

Actually, this was Saturday.

I am working on an installation of glass work by Italian artist Maria Grazia Rosin. Her work is being installed in the Forum gallery. It consists of hanging chandeliers that resemble either sea creatures or space floaty alien things. Depending on whether you're a glass half empty or half full type of person. There is also a projection and speakers assigned to specific sculptures, their soundtrack I haven't heard yet, despite the fact that that is mostly what I'm working on. It's been fun.

Eat Your Sharon Lockhart Out. (Today at Work I)

The other day at work I:

I've been working alot lately.

I worked something like 60 hours this past week for the Carnegie International. It has been exciting, interesting, fun, tiring, informative, frightening, enlightening, challenging, fast paced, slow paced, hyper-speed, but I would say above all fun. I think the show is going over really well with most people I have spoken with.
On my end it seems to be going pretty well. It seems getting everything turned on is going to take longer than expected, but should be easier on week days when the offices are open. The 16mm film loopers have been for the most part not to much trouble, although one of them is currently sitting with it's film out because it wound itself to tightly and the film started jumping frame last night about 15 minutes before the members gala was over. It was one of those things you know is coming, but you really can't do anything until it happens.
I've gotten to meet some of the artists who were in town this weekend/past week and been able to work with a few of them, drink with them, dance...etc. It's been fun. No Wolfgang though, pitty. We could have been lovely dancing partners. Now I have to be off to Home Depot to buy some "dry" lubricant and some other supplies for these projectors. I'll take a receipt please.