Day Four
I'm going to come back to this day because I've only got 20 minutes and 37 seconds left on the computer and I'd rather write about day 5.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Day Three
Day Three
The Dia: Beacon
Well. I don't really like minimalist art. I enjoyed a piece by Gerhard Richter, it consisted of giant reflective panels. It was very calming. I turned on my headphones and just sat there for a good amount of time and stared at the things being reflected in the mirror like panels.. windows.. the room.. myself, etc. I am very interested in how people make such grandiose objects/art, like how did this person craft these?
Then I saw Nathan and he told me there was Warhol in the gallery and my jaw hit the floor. I went immediately to that room and almost lost my composure. In fact.. if I hadn't had my dark eye makeup on I probably would have started crying. Andy Warhol is one of my idols. For two reasons. 1 - he represents every shallow desire I have inside myself that I try to hide. He doesn't hide his and I love it. Try as I might to supress the desire to be shallow I find myself wanting to embrace it more and more. 2 - He is truly a multimedia artist. He did it all. Painting, photography, film, etc. And is surrounded by movie stars and high fashion personalities. I made myself a playlist of all the songs I had on my ipod that came out when he was popular.. or close.. which was only about 7 songs and just sat on the gallery bench and absorbed everything I could. Songs included America by Simon and Garfunkle, Here comes my baby by Cat Stevens, Oh Yoko by John Lennon, I'll Stand by You by the Pretenders, Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, and Space Oddity by David Bowie. Not that Andy Warhol would endorse any of those songs.. too bad I didn't have any Velvet Underground.. I think that's the band he was associated with anyway. I also put Soul Asylum's "Misery" on the play list.
I also enjoyed the John Chamberlin piece. So far it is the piece that I feel the strongest connection to. But not in the sense of the craft.. seeing as how I am not a sculptor. It was particularly a quote that I liked - He said he was drawn to scrap metal because "it was free and plentiful" Just as I am drawn to making video stories about human nature and emotion.. I think I like human nature and emotion because they are plentiful, free, and they appeal to me.
The Dia: Beacon
Well. I don't really like minimalist art. I enjoyed a piece by Gerhard Richter, it consisted of giant reflective panels. It was very calming. I turned on my headphones and just sat there for a good amount of time and stared at the things being reflected in the mirror like panels.. windows.. the room.. myself, etc. I am very interested in how people make such grandiose objects/art, like how did this person craft these?
Then I saw Nathan and he told me there was Warhol in the gallery and my jaw hit the floor. I went immediately to that room and almost lost my composure. In fact.. if I hadn't had my dark eye makeup on I probably would have started crying. Andy Warhol is one of my idols. For two reasons. 1 - he represents every shallow desire I have inside myself that I try to hide. He doesn't hide his and I love it. Try as I might to supress the desire to be shallow I find myself wanting to embrace it more and more. 2 - He is truly a multimedia artist. He did it all. Painting, photography, film, etc. And is surrounded by movie stars and high fashion personalities. I made myself a playlist of all the songs I had on my ipod that came out when he was popular.. or close.. which was only about 7 songs and just sat on the gallery bench and absorbed everything I could. Songs included America by Simon and Garfunkle, Here comes my baby by Cat Stevens, Oh Yoko by John Lennon, I'll Stand by You by the Pretenders, Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, and Space Oddity by David Bowie. Not that Andy Warhol would endorse any of those songs.. too bad I didn't have any Velvet Underground.. I think that's the band he was associated with anyway. I also put Soul Asylum's "Misery" on the play list.
I also enjoyed the John Chamberlin piece. So far it is the piece that I feel the strongest connection to. But not in the sense of the craft.. seeing as how I am not a sculptor. It was particularly a quote that I liked - He said he was drawn to scrap metal because "it was free and plentiful" Just as I am drawn to making video stories about human nature and emotion.. I think I like human nature and emotion because they are plentiful, free, and they appeal to me.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Day Two
Man I'm so tired. I've only been here to three days and had very little sleep. Writing blogs right now is so hard because I feel as though I should be catching up on sleep or out seeing ny. Anyway.. on with the blog
Day Two
I just remember that I wanted to talk about these performing artists in the subway. They were a group of four breakdancers and they were so cool I couldn't believe my eyes. I will post a video of them.. or a link to the video and you can see for yourself. Unfortunately I cut it off before the coolest guy came out :(
Alright.. Brooklyn. My favorite place so far. I could really see myself living there.
I'm too tired to talk about the visit to David Kramer's studio so I'm just going to make a note of it and come back to it later.
I wasn't too impressed with the galleries we went to. Not unimpressed.. but not impressed either. Except by one artist whose name I can't seem to find if I wrote it down or not.. let me look.. nope.. too bad. Maybe Nathan has it.
Day Two
I just remember that I wanted to talk about these performing artists in the subway. They were a group of four breakdancers and they were so cool I couldn't believe my eyes. I will post a video of them.. or a link to the video and you can see for yourself. Unfortunately I cut it off before the coolest guy came out :(
Alright.. Brooklyn. My favorite place so far. I could really see myself living there.
I'm too tired to talk about the visit to David Kramer's studio so I'm just going to make a note of it and come back to it later.
I wasn't too impressed with the galleries we went to. Not unimpressed.. but not impressed either. Except by one artist whose name I can't seem to find if I wrote it down or not.. let me look.. nope.. too bad. Maybe Nathan has it.
Day One
Day One.
Arrived at the hostel at 10:36 (ish) after a red eye flight, on which I got only an hour and half of sleep. Suck it up I told myself. You are in freaking New York City and it never sleeps, or so I hear. Pulled myself together after a great breakfast and off we went for my first experience on the ny subway. Very efficient mode of transportation. I can't believe the ingeniousness of the schedule and the use of underground space.
Our first stop was Sculpture Center. There were a couple of pieces that I really enjoyed. The plexiglass/lighting installation was amazing. I was also very intrigued by the video piece by Garrett Ricciard and Ross Cisneros "Etheric Project" This was a rear projection video installation that involved a 2d/3d composite and a track built to look like the ramp of a rollercoaster ride.
After that we made a quick stop, or what was a quick stop for most, to a place called the 5 points.. not the original 5 points I don't think, where the entire block was covered in the most amazing graffiti that I've ever seen. 5 story high buildings, fire hydrants, sidewalks... all covered. and this isn't the petty vadalistic tags you see in eugene and portland. These people knew what they were doing. I'll never look at pathetic graffiti in the same light again. While standing outside I was approached by a man in jeans and a leather jacket. He hesitated to talk to me but then after I smiled at him he came over. He told me that he was an artist with a conundrum(sp?) and if I might be interested in helping him solve said conundrum. I said "probably" and he proceeded to tell me that he need to take photographs of his wearable sculptures and his photographer never showed.. so he needed to take them himself and find someone else to wear the suit and that I was small enough to fit in it. I said sure but as I walked past Nathan I motioned that he needed to come with me on this escapade. Like a good friend he did and it ended up that the guy liked him better and asked him to do it. Which I didn't mind because apparently it involved being in your underwear which I would have probably said no to. When I get home I'll post the pictures. Or you can find him online - and see pictures of Nathan - his name is Jason Hackenwerth.
That done we headed to PS1. Which I thought was a good choice for our first day. I really enjoyed the work of Vik Muniz, Senam Okudzeto, Peter Caine, Jonas Mekas (who had video of one of my favorite idols, Martin Scorsese) and Meridith Allen. I'd say my favorite was Vik Muniz who had amazing photographs of all his work (which is mostly collage sculpture of random materials that seem to have absolutely no connection to each other.) I read a great quote from artist Stepfan Eins "coincidence takes place necessarily. If coincidence takes place necessarily then nothing is a coincedence"
Lastly went to dinner, then drinks, then moved locations.. then more drinks.. then home to the hostel
Arrived at the hostel at 10:36 (ish) after a red eye flight, on which I got only an hour and half of sleep. Suck it up I told myself. You are in freaking New York City and it never sleeps, or so I hear. Pulled myself together after a great breakfast and off we went for my first experience on the ny subway. Very efficient mode of transportation. I can't believe the ingeniousness of the schedule and the use of underground space.
Our first stop was Sculpture Center. There were a couple of pieces that I really enjoyed. The plexiglass/lighting installation was amazing. I was also very intrigued by the video piece by Garrett Ricciard and Ross Cisneros "Etheric Project" This was a rear projection video installation that involved a 2d/3d composite and a track built to look like the ramp of a rollercoaster ride.
After that we made a quick stop, or what was a quick stop for most, to a place called the 5 points.. not the original 5 points I don't think, where the entire block was covered in the most amazing graffiti that I've ever seen. 5 story high buildings, fire hydrants, sidewalks... all covered. and this isn't the petty vadalistic tags you see in eugene and portland. These people knew what they were doing. I'll never look at pathetic graffiti in the same light again. While standing outside I was approached by a man in jeans and a leather jacket. He hesitated to talk to me but then after I smiled at him he came over. He told me that he was an artist with a conundrum(sp?) and if I might be interested in helping him solve said conundrum. I said "probably" and he proceeded to tell me that he need to take photographs of his wearable sculptures and his photographer never showed.. so he needed to take them himself and find someone else to wear the suit and that I was small enough to fit in it. I said sure but as I walked past Nathan I motioned that he needed to come with me on this escapade. Like a good friend he did and it ended up that the guy liked him better and asked him to do it. Which I didn't mind because apparently it involved being in your underwear which I would have probably said no to. When I get home I'll post the pictures. Or you can find him online - and see pictures of Nathan - his name is Jason Hackenwerth.
That done we headed to PS1. Which I thought was a good choice for our first day. I really enjoyed the work of Vik Muniz, Senam Okudzeto, Peter Caine, Jonas Mekas (who had video of one of my favorite idols, Martin Scorsese) and Meridith Allen. I'd say my favorite was Vik Muniz who had amazing photographs of all his work (which is mostly collage sculpture of random materials that seem to have absolutely no connection to each other.) I read a great quote from artist Stepfan Eins "coincidence takes place necessarily. If coincidence takes place necessarily then nothing is a coincedence"
Lastly went to dinner, then drinks, then moved locations.. then more drinks.. then home to the hostel
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