I was asked to make a piece for a crossword puzzle-themed group exhibition called, “Cruciverbal.” Each artist is making a visual representation of one of the clues to a crossword puzzle and the audience will have to try to solved the crossword puzzle based on the works in the exhibition. Here is a screenshot of me showing the curator of the show my work-in-progress over skype:
I think it’s going to be a fun show.
“Cruciverbal” is curated by Fiona Kelly, and it opens in Cork City on May 8th. For more info go to: The Cork Contemporary Projects Website
(permalink)Contradictory footwear
These are some shoes I made for a project that was posted on CRAFT last week. They’re based on a combination of the homemade huarache sandals that the Tarahumara wear when they run and the original Nikes that Bill Bowerman made for Steve Prefontaine back when Nike was called Blue Ribbon Sports. Plus they are made from practically all found materials.
I realized when I was making these that the original Nikes were called “Cortez,” like the Spanish conquistador who colonized the indigenous people of what is now Mexico. I think this is quite interesting because the Tarahumara escaped colonization by retreating deep into the canyons of Northern Mexico and became the famous distance runners that they are today because they had to travel so far to keep themselves out of the reach of Spanish conquistadors.
Nike “Cortez” are still very popular in latino culture, check it out:
This song makes me kind of nostalgic for Southern California. I used to see a lot of people wearing Nike “Cortez” shoes when I was growing up.
Happy Valentine’s Day Nerds!
Ok, this is a portrait of Liz Lemon made out of “Nerds” candies (get it?). I made this as a demo for the class I’m currently teaching on art and technology, but I’m not sure if I’m actually gonna use it, so I thought I might as well put it on here just for fun.
I also made a special Valentine’s Day GIF out of it. Maybe you should copy and paste this into an e-mail to send to your 30 Rock-watching valentine:
You’re welcome!
Abandoned Gingerbread House Building Sites
Abandonded Gingerbread House Building Sites is a site-specific project I made for my show, everything is as it seems to be at The Space in Cork City, Ireland. Click here to see more pictures of the exhibition.
When the global economy unravelled last year the Irish countryside was left with a lot of empty, unsold, and unfinished housing estates. This holiday season I thought it would be nice to celebrate these unique landscapes by making them into picturesque gingerbread-house decorations that will rot and eventually be thrown out much like the unfinished housing estates themselves.
Here are some pictures of some actual unfinished housing estates along with some close-ups of my gingerbread handiwork:
Game Boy Tetris vs. The Berlin Wall
It turns out that Game Boy came out the same year that the Berlin Wall came down: 1989. Click the image to watch the mashup.
Halloween Costume Fail
I’ve been thinking about making a skull out of barbies after this famous image of Salvador Dali for a while now. I finally decided that the easiest thing to do would be to stitch the barbies onto a ski mask and wear it as a Halloween costume. This is what happened.