My flag for The Autonomous Nation of THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU is flying high at Knockdown Center in Maspeth, Queens. Tomorrow from 3-6PM I’ll be conducting a pop-up performance in the trailer in the parking lot, making lil’ flags for attendees (there’s also one opening and another closing reception in the main building). I need to bike everything over (my route is 4.2 miles), putting everything in my two rear panniers. So I usually do this the night before an event/performance, where I lay out everything I’ll need the following day on my bed, and evaluate it – I go over steps, make sure I have everything (you never have everything – for example where’s my lunch?), and add any additional possibly-maybe items. So here’s this project’s spread – even a 3-hour pop-up performance (with shelter and electricity provided) requires all this stuff!

You can zoom in and around in the image below:

On display are, from the bottom-left going clockwise:

• 4 flag samples
• Black & Decker iron
• wooden cutting board
• parchment paper
• plastic bunting
• CAT!
• 4 bag styles
• signature stickers
• Wikipedia printout on HDPE
• fabric tablecloth
• black trash bag
• flag bases (bonne jars)
• 8-ply plastic sample
• ruler
• dowel rods
• LED lamps (for when the sun goes down)
• Alvin cutting mat (on which is contained:)
• 2 pocket warmers
• USB cable
• Blinkytape
• clear cellotape
• patterned cellotape
• timelapse camera + attachments
• Fisherman’s Friend lonzenges in tin
• scissors
• more LED lamps
• Xacto knife + blades
• 2 USB batteries
• spare camera battery

It all fits!