Sunday, April 25, 2010

so far everything has been pretty hectic, trying to get all our supplies for classes, and trying to keep up with the work for our photography class especially. it all seems a little bit administrative up to now, since we have pretty much one big project for each class this quarter instead of like 5 small ones for each class. we've been doing technical assignments and working out our ideas for our projects. i'm most excited about the photo project at this point. i'm sure the new media interactive video sculpture will end up appearing to be the most impressive to others, and perhaps the video art piece will as well, but i think i'm feeling the strongest connection to the photo piece. i'm doing some research on santiago sierra, as i was already feeling very influenced by his work as well as eleanor antin's work. anyhow i'm thinking about the piece as being largely performative in a save the world kind of way.

we got a really nice tax return, our biggest ever (thanks obama). of course its pretty much all gone now. we decided to buy art supplies, some new clothes (mine were getting quite worn), and tickets to bonnaroo and lollapalooza. also, we booked a hotel in chicago for lollapalooza, arriving an extra day early before the fest starts to explore the city a bit. i think this is going to be a great summer. i can't wait to roam the blue-noise streets of chicago, wander the late night shakedown buzz after dark lights of bonnaroo, get lost hiking in the labyrinth of glen helen in yellow springs, and especially feel the chill night air in columbus on a late night walk and the warm yellow flower breakfast walks through the victorian village... oh yes.

we're going to be up late tonight. amber is doing a stop motion / flash movie for our video class tomorrow, and i'm chilling on the couch in her studio beside her. ive got my video pretty resolved, although i'm a little worried parts of it may make people have motion sickness. it's kind of okay if it has that effect, so long as it isn't so dominant that it is distracting. i have to lay down the audio for it, also.

hmmm.... we were talking about how we used to always romanticize staying up all night making art, and how when someone else sort of requires you to do it it can be a little less fun. perhaps it is also less fun when you still have somewhere to be early in the morning, per someone else's requirement. a little sleeping in after a long crazy nights artistry was always a good feeling. but really its all okay because its kind of one of those things where even when you are tired and stressed and it sucks, its still really awesome in its own way. much better than working some silly job somewhere or doing nothing at all. i am kind of excited for when we get out of school and we can completely sort of self govern ourselves as artists. still, i'm enjoying what i've got while ive got it and really trying to get the most out of this experience, because after all it has been very positive and enlightening time for both of us. i feel like we are not the same people at all that we were even a year ago, let alone a few years ago. we've done a lot of growing.

anyways, i'm gonna stop all of this typing and see if i can help amber wrap up her video for the night. i'm tired! i'll bet she is too!

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