writing

so ive been writing a lot this summer. gonna make some art soon. but i figured id put words on paper first to give me ideas.
here you go, these are some short monologue-ish things. some poetry, some not. whatever you get the idea:
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I stay on my toes
Game face on
Smack you when you touch me
Smile always
Pretend to like you
Count my money
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Baby
I grate away my expectations of decency on the abrasiveness of your attitude towards the idea of commitment. Yet I continue to call you baby and pretend you didn’t say it because I’m disgustingly shallow and in love with your body that is covered in tattoos, secretly hoping that your mind could be just as beautiful if I just kept thinking it could be.
I allow myself to be something for you to do and I love it because for those few minutes I think if I keep doing it long enough I can convince you to change, baby.
I was hanging my hopes for courtesy and consideration of me on your ten-inch dick. It was honest. When you get soft, baby, those hopes fall off and go crashing to the floor.
I pick them up and save them for next time.
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suggestions/comments welcome.

i love you all and miss you.
N

ps- post some fucking art up here, jeez!

Con Tacos?

i found this is on the NYtimes. a slideshow about a town in Pennsylvania before the upcoming primary. i'm suprised that he feels comfortable demonstrating his ignorance in a nationally syndicated newspaper. frighteningly typical of ... anyway ... what a dick.

this was the caption.

[...] But Peter Contacos, 42, the fourth generation of his family to own and operate [the diner] Coney Island Lunch, said he would not vote for Senator Barack Obama "because his name is Barack Hussein Obama -- case closed."

but let's take a look at this gentleman's name. he is first named after a cock. second, his surname translates as a dishonest mexican lunch food. we should elect him.

Masturbate for Peace

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Please, behold the glory....

Matmos:





ANDREW GOODMAN: what was the name of that weird/awesome found sound band that you always brought up in Steven Janis' class? You brought in the album you had once.......i cant remember the name of it and now i need it.

Its really shitty that i hated that class, because now im obsessed with sound art and Musique Concrete. and glittering assholes, and strippers, and media based crazed shit. still.

Actual Maybe Art

These photographs are ones that i may actually do something with as opposed to the cell phone stripper photos, which are sorta boring now that ive had a chance to really study them.
These are just 2 shots from many. Im actually using the male nude a lot more in my work now. The glitter was needed for some reason that i wasnt sure of when i was doing it. Im attracted to the cheapness. Im shooting another model soon and im still not entirely sure why im doing it. The one thing i can come up with is this:
I find it interesting to switch the roles and "objectify" a man.
Enjoy kids. Once again, comments welcome (and needed).

for Mark and Andrew.......

please, wash your hands after, boys. Apparently, ill be seeing you in a few months. After this, im going to post more art that im actually going to use probably.


and yes, these are photographed with a cell phone.

Stripper Glory.....or not?

This is probably going to be my next piece, except that its going to be a sculptural/glitter interpretation. Im starting to do work about female sexuality (surprise surprise), but emphasize the superficial ownership of it......still using the cell phone. theyre easier to hide in the clubs. both of them were shot by the waitresses, for me.
anyway, im still not 100% sure about what i think, all i know is that its soooooo not as black and white as i made it out to be. feel free to comment.

Istanbul

First semester was about travel for some reason. Here are a few morsels.

Experiment Z24

As most of you know, at the beginning of November, I was at a workshop sponsored by the Association of Independent Art Schools (AIAS) in Zurich, Switzerland, where we intervened in the daily life of the city for 24 hours straight under the auspices of the elusive and much-feared urban research team, "forschungsgruppe-f." Here are some photos, but there's a heckuva lot more to see at the following link...including a rather embarrassing video of me flopping backwards onto a specially made flopping device in the main train station. Also check out the newspaper, which has some texts that I wrote (but I can't claim credit for the urban mayonnaise text).

More documentation here

Mayor's Christmas Parade

Hey everybody!

Now that I'm living in Hampden I get to participate more in local cultural events. This Sunday I got to see the Mayor's Christmas Parade (on account of it taking place right outside my door). I ended up borrowing one of my roommates' camera and took a few pics.

Enjoy!

FOMS overwhelming...

I know its been a while and I just wanted to let all of you know that while I may have forgotten about the blog, I haven't forgotten about all of you. That being said, here's a little something for yall:

Halloween 2007.

Sorry for not linking directly to the image, but my Flickr kung-fu isn't so hot. Luckily Danielle (the girl who took the picture) is a current MADA student and so there are some cool pics of the "new guys" to be seen as well.

Enjoy!

ps - yes that really really is me

Shameless self promotion

OK fellows. Here is the bit on Norway that was left out of Sicko. I'm sure you've all seen it by now... Actually More is pretty accurate in this segment.

Love you Bitches

this is my new grad school peoples. The curly haired one on the right is a continued version of my Maria.
Miss you all.

update and stuff

which one of you kids can get me access to that lighting studio/green screen room thingie that was by our studios in the brown center? i have to drive to baltimore to do a photo shoot (which you are all welcome to stand for as well) in a few weeks and i need some space to shoot this shit.
please please please.

also, megan, when i do come up there, i have a bunch of Mats artwork that sergio suggested i give you back in june.

also, i love you charlie and mark for having that show. congrats.

also, virginia sucks, as you could have immagined.

i miss you all.

Nia

Charlie and Mark in Korea

Well here it is -- documentation of the Gallery 175 show in the Insa-Dong neighborhood of Seoul -- still ongoing for anyone who's really motivated. A million thanks to Charlie for facilitating this, which was an amazing experience on multiple levels.

Sickos

Yo Sickos! I just finished watching the latest Michael More effort and wow. You guys are really screwed aren't you... More covers the national health services in Canada, England and France to show how it could be done. Apparently More also travelled to Norway, but the takes were removed because, More claims, Americans wouldn't believe they were true. They will however be included on the DVD as bonus material. Actually, from what was told about the French system I think the Norwegians have fair competition. Especially the bit about the government paid nanny that came home to people to cook dinner and wash clothes. Anyway, I suspect that there were mainly story reasons for France being chosen over Norway. That and the fact that Americans have never heard of Norway :-)

Thanks to Michael & Feodora -
Italian Non-Place:



And for Sergio:

copter is lame

oh no ... and here we are, nearing the 1 year anniversary of the copter phenomenon. it's copter reincarnated, with out the smoke, with worse graphics, without the noise, with some floppy animation.

http://onemorelevel.com/games3/double-wires.swf

Spotted:

Can you believe it?!
Ex-MADA folks (and wannabes) hanging out.