trying to get an angle.

Instant Gratification installation-
01.08.10-Copro Gallery-Bergamont Station

i was glad i helped set up for the exhibit and have the space/time to see each polaroid.
the night of the show-there was a constant line to get in the gallery...i didn't attempt entry-but much appreciation to those that did...


polaroid party this saturday at bergamont station, Copro Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave T5, Santa Monica, CA 90404

claudia and i are started a new project together on sunday. gregg fleishman gave us two large wood panels and is letting us work in his studio. so far-silhouettes of me-
i just want to get some paint on my hands

the new year is approaching...want to live a little less seriously ...let go a bit ...yet still believe...in having it all...

i was killing time in venice -and didn't realize a skate park existed until i saw it for the first time yesterday. i guess it has been a few months since i've been on that side of the beach....

met up with stone ishimaru at the la maison du pain (bread house). i like the water bottles they give you.

i went to go see the grand opening of the gold line extension today ....i used to live right at mariachi plaza and always wished i lived there when the metro line was built.....now i am on the other side of the city watching the construction of the culver city metro station....
i guess that is how it goes...

walked on the 1st street bridge....saw the sunset over the la river

yesterday....

halloween-chasing my shadow on the way home to culver city from silverlake.....

wanderlust. wanderlust. wanderlust.

our population is more than 10 times what it was just a few short tenths of a second ago. the richest 225 humans on earth have more wealth than the poorest 2.5 billion people combined, and the richest 20% of humans on earth account for 86% of consumption and on average make over $25,000 a year. meanwhile, 1.2 billion people make less than $1/day and over half the world makes less than $2/day. humans produce more than enough food to feed everyone in the world, but at least 800 million people are starving.....

-michael wesch

On me dit que nos vies ne valent pas grand chose,
Elles passent en un instant comme fanent les roses.
On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud que de nos chagrins il s'en fait des manteaux pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...

Que tu m'aimais encore,
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore.
Serais ce possible alors ?

On me dit que le destin se moque bien de nous
Qu'il ne nous donne rien et qu'il nous promet tout
Parais qu'le bonheur est à portée de main,
Alors on tend la main et on se retrouve fou
Pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit ...

Que tu m'aimais encore,
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore.
Serais ce possible alors ?

Mais qui est ce qui m'a dit que toujours tu m'aimais?
Je ne me souviens plus c'était tard dans la nuit,
J'entend encore la voix, mais je ne vois plus les traits
"Il vous aime, c'est secret, lui dites pas que j'vous l'ai dit"
Tu vois quelqu'un m'a dit...

Que tu m'aimais encore, me l'a t'on vraiment dit...
Que tu m'aimais encore, serais ce possible alors ?

On me dit que nos vies ne valent pas grand chose,
Elles passent en un instant comme fanent les roses.
On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud que de nos chagrins il s'en fait des manteaux pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...

Que tu m'aimais encore,
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore.
Serais ce possible alors ?

i watched-i'm not there-again,again, again. still love the part in the diner- dialogue taken from this godard film, masculin, feminin.

I just took this image from melodymaker posterous
slightly appropriate....

yesterday...coming out of the lincoln tunnel...heading to jersey

The photo is a long exposure of a transvestite prostitute in the tenderloin of SF-who flashed me "hers" while I was taking the picture.
I didn't know she flashed me until I developed the picture- (I close my eyes when I take long exposures to hold the camera as still as possible).
When I finished taking the picture-she was literally right next to me...so I assumed I had a picture of the wall.

this photo will be at the "i'll show you mine"....night hawk LA event in silverlake Aug. 29th.

i've never seen a full rainbow before. this is just outside my mom's condo in Wisconsin ...today...

so i have been reading this book on Sophie Calle all summer--complete with all the random and crazy projects she created...


one that interested me the most for some reason was a letter by author Paul Auster addressed to Sophie Calle-called, "Personal instructions for SC on how to improve life in New York City"...which include the directive-"cultivate a spot."
Sophie calle chose a phone booth to create an installation....painting the outside of it-adding flowers...magazines...a chair to sit on....

i liked the idea of the project-so i chose a space in culver city...
i told a friend and she was interested...we decided to meet at 6 am...(thinking it would be dark out)

it didn't take long for the space to be cleared out...inviting me to put something new...









the last installation i did was a string of photo cards taken by hellen van meene. the work was cleared off the space before i had a chance to go back and take a picture. i'm not sure i am going to continue this project-although i just got a bunch of pumpkin lights at a garage sale today--

"Corre Corre" by MEDIO MUTANTE. Shot in a garage with two security cameras, one fog machine, one strobe light, a Fairlight CVI and Showtime Video FX....

today....

Saturday Josh had a record release party for the reissue of eleven pond's album from 1986 "bas relief"....at M/R/X in chinatown....


I ended up talking to one of the guys from Gestapo Khazi. He got jumped the night before by 15 guys after trying to break up a fight in san pedro--aww. poor guy.

today.....6th street bridge..

"no method in our madness
just pride about our maner
Antpeople are the warriors
Antmusic is the banner!"

i got a 10-22mm lens last year and haven't shot much with it. still trying to get comfortable with the distortion. the wide angle is pretty amazing though-fitting so much into an image.....

not to be rich,
not to be famous,
not to be mighty,
not even to be happy,
but to be civilized-
that was the dream of his life.


WHEN SHE WAS GOOD, Philip Roth

there are voices of elders
who seem to do no more
than damn us to our childish ways

for in many households
wisdom no longer comes with age

-saul williams

listen to and respect the youth....

Gage Brown (performer/producer/musician)-18 years old

teengirl fantasy at the paradise lounge-SF...july 5, 2009

"making as much as i could, as fast as i could"