December 2008

Futuristic Airstream

Saturday 13 December 2008

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This little print is in a show that opened this week at The Galway Arts Centre.

I don’t remember what it’s called.

Digital Age

Tuesday 2 December 2008

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I’m in an exhibition in Arizona that opens this Thursday at the Tempe Public Library.

The theme of the show is, “Digital Age.” I’m gonna have a few pieces in the show including this piece in the picture, which is called, “magic wand.”

The show runs for several months, so everyone who works at the library will probably get pretty sick of it.

One Dollar Toy

Monday 1 December 2008

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This is little portrait of George Washington I just made called, “One Dollar Toy.”

It’s made out of a toy that I got in a dollar store in Vermont.

I gave it to the ellO Gallery for their next show: “Holiday Cram It!”

The opening is this Friday, December 5th.

Happy Holidays.

We partied like it was 1929!

Monday 1 December 2008

Here are some pictures from “The Great Depression Marathon Dancing Revival” that happened last weekend at Buoy Gallery:

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This picture was on the front page of The Portsmouth Herald last Monday. Here’s a link to the article: “Dancers try to go all night at 1930s-style marathon” (Photo: Scott Yates)

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This is the request line that Jeremy from Buoy Gallery created; it went from the dance floor to the “DJ booth.” (Photo: Peter Maksimow)

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This is the dance floor I made with red duct tape. Competitors were not allowed to step outside this line except during designated 5 minute breaks. (Photo: Peter Maksimow)

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A guy named Owen made this colored light system which was hooked up to a homemade controller (we also had a strobe light and a smoke machine to create an authentic dance club atmosphere). (Photo: Peter Maksimow)

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This is a montage of pictures from throughout the night. (Photos: Scott Yates and Peter Maksimow)

All and all I think it was a pretty successful event. We ended up with a three-way tie at 8 am Sunday morning. After 11 hours of consecutive dancing the three winners walked away with $45 each (that’s $35 pure profit after subtracting their $10 entry fees!).

Thanks to Al Mead and Jeremy LeClair for helping me organize it and for letting me use Buoy Gallery as the venue. Thanks to John Henry Weare for bringing his turntables and for DJing tunes for over 12 hours! Thanks to Owen for setting up the lights and tech support. Thanks to Scott Yates from the Portsmouth Herald and Peter Maksimow for taking pictures. Thanks to Ben Lord for thinking this was a good idea and giving me Al’s phone number. And thanks to everyone who participated.

I hope everyone had a good time!