September 2007
The Archives
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just thinking, other people's work
tea for life
This is seriously yesterday’s news (April 2007′s news to be exact). I just read in Ode Magazine (a magazine geared towards new age retirees that I happen to like) about a public installation in London last spring. I found it delightful and thought-provoking, and thought I’d share in case anyone else missed it, too. Channel [...]
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music, my work, video
the great disguise
I just finished editing a video I took of my brother’s band, Daniel Wright’s World Collective, performing back in June. This is one of my favorite songs, check it out: Daniel Wright’s World Collective on myspace *Sorry if you’re subscribe and getting this twice, I had a little coding issue.
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events, other people's work
conflux / sarah cullen
Conflux included another project that, like Theft and Rescue, exceeded my expectations. Sarah Cullen (of Toronto?) brought a unique mapping project, and probably the project that most resonated with my current conception of psychogeography. The project is called The City as Written by the City. Sarah created wooden boxes with handles that a person could [...]
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events, other people's work
conflux / ronald’s crisis
On Sunday evening, I attended a talk on “Top Secret Steve Lambert Project,” which, it turns out, was top secret for good reason. I first met Steve Lambert on the green pastures of CUNY-Staten Island University, where he was the professor for a class called something like “Writing in Advertising” but actually teaching how to [...]
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events, other people's work, photos
conflux / photo highlights
Upside-down-bicycle-shadows chalk street mural by unknown artist: Layers of Location by Tamara Gubernat: The Locksmithing Institute of Conflux by Lucas Murgida:
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events, other people's work
conflux / theft and rescue
This weekend I attended Conflux, the psychogeography conference held in Williamsburg every year. From the site: //Conflux is the annual New York festival for contemporary psychogeography, the investigation of everyday urban life through emerging artistic, technological and social practice. At Conflux, visual and sound artists, writers, urban adventurers and the public gather for four days [...]
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ima mfa, just thinking
theater of youtube
I was reading the Situationists International Anthology for a class. Guy Debord talks about how most films are only worthy of detournment, or basically being rearranged to create new meaning. I was just thinking about all the footage out there these days, how so much is recorded and put on the web. I was also [...]
