perhaps a seasonal post around these parts, below are some images and texty bits sent to me by some of my mates as seasonal greetings that just happen to coincide with that holiday that just passed.
Of course the first to arrive was from friend and fellow artist Elaine Arkell, featuring what I can only assume to be a depiction of the inner workings of her own aorta!
Moira Ricci sent me this YouTube card with a link to the video below:
not via the inbox, but real-world artists gifts included the following:
from Jason Eisner
merry christmas or season’s greetings
wesolych swiat lub pozdrowienia okolicznosciowe
and
no i
happy new year
szczesliwego nowego roku
lukasz
also John Pitts in… uh outfit performing… uh a song that needs an outfit.
Even Google made sure to send everyone holiday wishes at their gmail login screen, with pun intended:
and after it all check out this image of a yule goat from Sweden I stumbled upon:
brilliant!
what? you want to see the goat live, right now? IT’S HERE!
I thought I’d share the attachments I received this past weekend in my inbox, for the big C-day holiday. Of course there were lots of messages and wishes, but I was particularly delighted with the jpegs a few people sent my way. And so here they are. (Note: I find it particularly intriguing that nearly half of the attachments I received were from people of Japanese heritage; I wasn’t aware that Japanese people were so into the spirit of Christmas, even in the relatively benign gesture of email attachments!)
Atticus Pitts IS Superman!!
from my mate John Pitts in St. Louis.
I received a bundle of issue #9 of ‘tangent (an independently produced art-zine)‘ in the mail yesterday; opened it up this morning. Haven’t had a chance to read through it yet, just a flick through really. Looks delectable as always. A lot of Travellers Secret Box (TSB) related work in this issue, following (pun intended) the theme of ‘crossed paths’; including a delightful postcard by Daniel Wallis, an inkjet print of a drawing he did about the TSB which people are mailing back to him and he’s documenting on another blog.
What an awesome exchange this art & internet world!
Meanwhile I’ve got a pile (literally, a stack so big it can tip over) of other mail to sort through; also hoping to make it to the post office tomorrow to send out mail including sending Karen, the producer of tangent, a button/badge she ordered from me some time ago. So Karen, if you get your RSS feeds and are reading this, expect that button soon! (as I smack myself, “It’s about time you lazy sod!”)
Today some copies of Tangent, a zine I’ve mentioned ’round these parts before, showed up in the mail. I have three photos printed in this issue (honestly I thought Karen would only publish one! but I sent her three to choose from) as well as a Q&A that I previously blogged about.
In the zine my images were printed black&white, and turned out really well. here the images are in color. below are some descriptions of each image:
1 – fortunoff vs DADA – I’ve been taking photos for a couple of years now of MoMA’s light pole banners. here we see the DADA banner dwarfed by the size of the fortunoff lettering and advertisement.
2 – water tower – part of another series of photos I have been taking for some time now, documenting water towers throughout new york city.
3 – Sunnyside – my favorite photo of these three, and most-relevant to one of my supplied answers in the issue; this shows the Sunnyside gate during the July 2006 Blackout in LIC, Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside (Queens, NY).
I just sent off my answers for a Q&A requested of me by Karen D’Amico, whom I studied with in London. My answers will be published in Karen’s forthcoming issue #8 of her art zine, Tangent, on the theme of ‘metropolis’.
I didn’t know until I read over on Karen’s blog that this issue will be launched at the upcoming 2006 Publish And Be Damned fair in Shoreditch, East London. That makes me feel kind of warm ‘n’ fuzzy inside.
I’m going to re-post Karen’s questions here. But if you want to know what my responses were, you’ll just have to pick yourself up a copy.
when did you first know you wanted to be an artist?
can you remember your first piece of work?
smartest thing you ever did in terms of your art practice?
worst mistake in terms of your art practice?
best / worst bit about being an artist?
any heroes or villains?
you’ve lived and worked in London and now New York. any major differences in terms of contemporary art practice?
