On March 8th, 2012, A DRAB GREY GREEN BRAIDED RUG…
…is the fourth that I have started (but not finished), each for a different floor of the house (and the early beginnings of a new on-going project), this one…
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On March 7th, 2012, ‘LIVING AS FORM’…
…the 2011 show by Creative Time surveying socially engaged art since 1991, arrived this morning in lovely book form from MIT Press – including a couple of pages…
On March 6th, 2012, NEW JERSEY’S KEARNY MARSH…
…is the strange ‘wild’ landscape west of Secaucus – strangled by industry, transit, and general extreme urbanity – that I’m enjoying from the window of a ‘speeding’ NJ…
On March 5th, A COLONY VAN AND CHIP LORD…
…were the highlights of the day at the Princeton Student Colony, where our distinguished visitor of Ant Farm fame – and personal hero (whom I first met in…
On March 4th, 2012, A CLEAR WARM WINTER NIGHT…
…after a hot sunny summer-like 80 degree day spent in shorts gardening is my prelude to a late night red-eye to NYC, and all of the early March…
On March 2nd, 2012, ROOFTOP GARDEN PROGRESS REPORT…
…is so much greener than just 6 weeks ago, when dry dirt ruled over a newly terraced landscape of meager seedlings – but today the wildflowers have taken…
On March 1st, 2012, FIRST KALE OF THE COOL SEASON ROOFTOP CROPS…
…is ready – and though it pains me to remove those pretty leaves in lots of shades of green from the garden – it’s also one of my…
On February 29th, 2012, DAWN, WU, K8 AT THE 2012 WHITNEY BIENNIAL
…are some of the old friends whose work I am especially jazzed to see at the show this year – just opening tonight – like Dawn Kasper‘s studio…
On February 28th, 2012, GREEN SPARKLES AND GREY FELT…
…are two inexplicable piles of fabrics I’ve had sitting around here for years from past projects – and today they become the start of a second braided rug,…
On February 24th, SUCCULENTS ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER…
…were placed as little garden cuttings a few months ago in a 24″ diameter shallow glass disk – one of about fifty which I had designed and made…
On February 23rd, 2012, IN CONVERSATION AT CCA…
…for the Otis College of Art & Design’s Graduate Public Practice convention occupation program called Re/Locating Learning: Public Practices as Art at the College Art Association 100th Annual…
On February 22nd, 2012, WEEKLY FOOD CART VILLAGE OFF FIGUEROA…
…caught me off guard while doing some L.A. re-entry grocery shopping on the other side of the hill in Highland Park, exiting Figueroa Produce – my new favorite…
On February 21st, 2012, 110 NORTH L.A. RE-ENTRY ON AIRPORT BUS…
…is a typical return to town lately, delivering me to Union Station – the highlight of which is the vista of the city and mountains (if you’re lucky)…
On February 20th, 2012, PRINCETON STUDENT COLONY VISITOR CAN ALTAY…
…(who I first met last year while spending some time in his hometown of Istanbul installing Edible Estate #11 at SALT Beyoglu where he actually donated part of…
On February 19th, 2012, THE ABRUZZIAN KITCHEN…
…on display at the the Museum of the People of Abruzzo – and historically found in the farmhouses dotting the local hills – will be of keen interest…
On February 18th, 2012, LEAPINE APICOLTURA BIOLOGICA…
…is the homemade honey operation of Tulio who we visited this morning – a first possible collaborator in our as yet somewhat undefined but clearer by the day…
On February 17th, 2012, PESCARA’S MUSEO DELLA GENTI D’ABRUZZO…
…(the Museum of the People of Abruzzo) which engagingly presents the rich essence of Abruzzian domestic culture, the stories and related materials of how people have survived and…
On February 16th, 2012, BUS FROM ROME TO PESCARA…
…took me from Tiburtina station (after landing at Fiumicino – followed by a quick detour to Piramide where I met with friends and collaborators about the upcoming Roma Mangia…
On February 15th, 2012, ROTTERDAM PORT PONDS FOR TOADS…
…(endangered Natterjack Toads) were created by some sensitive folks from the Port of Rotterdam and the Bureau Stadsnatuur Rotterdam to provide a place for these little creatures to…
On February 14th, 2012, CHICKENS AT THE PORT…
…accommodated in a cute little red wood house next to a half buried tiny car in a fenced-in pen surrounded by a vast post-human industrial landscape was a…