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in threes
i read an article about myself.
i conducted an interview that was published.
i contributed a small sum to a large debt.
not broken
here are some things that have happened: (numbered but not in order)
1. i am on page 117 of this book (thanks to david horvitz)
2. i am selling these clothes (thanks to cuffs)
3. i am on the back cover & inside of this magazine (thanks to sarah maren photography & kate miller events)
4. i am in this online magazine (thanks to van der neer)
5. i found this photobooth (thanks to shady lady)
6. the show i did promo for got some good coverage (thanks to sn&r, midtown monthly, submerge, and of course keith telfeyan himself!)
7. since i’m listing awesome things and i never mentioned this when it happened: i am at second 32 & minute 1:50 of this video (thanks to saman keshavarz)
8. and of course, this site is working again (thanks to sam keshavarz)
it’s been a good few weeks, despite the frustrating site-outage!
me/other people
ps found out some of my documentation (don’t know what yet!) will be included in this book. it’s based off david horvitz‘s 2009 idea mailing list and it’s sure to be fab. if they run out at the first link, buy it at the second. but buy it! and then, maybe, follow his instruction.
de-pro-fes-siona-lize
a black & white photocopy of this image has been sent to brooklyn. in exchange, i will receive this poster.
“Maybe you can say that speed is inherent in digital technologies. Or, maybe it isn’t speed, it is an immediacy. I feel I am in constant demand of creating content, of always working and needing to make. I had thought that these two ideas, speed and the constant need to update or the constant demand for new content, were intertwined. But maybe they aren’t. Yes, the former is true: there is immediacy in the technology. But is this factor responsible for the demand for constant production? Does it come from the shortening of our attention spans as a result of this technology, and the need for always something new? Or are its origins economic?
I want to slow down at a thousand miles an hour. In the immediacy of this technology, I want the intensity of a moment.
When life and work blend together – when we are always on, always working, always under deadline, always waking up and writing emails, always in a state of fragmented distraction – when the professionalization that comes from work permeates into our life – our attitudes, our ways of expression, our feelings, our thoughts, our actions, our friendships, our entire subjectivities – that is a problem.”
-ed steck
the trouble with river cities, or, what to do when there’s just one door
another musical curation by michael francis, this time with one (fitting) photo and sixteen lovely songs that create a serene back drop for a summer evening. it’s called “the trouble with river cities” and you can download it here.
smile of smiles
despite what may be said about yoko ono or conceptual art, i adore them both. conceptual art tends to be brushed aside because it is non-physical and, often, unattainable. but, that’s the point. it is the idea that matters. it is the feeling you get from thinking about the idea that matters. and then, whatever you can accomplish from the idea–whether it is tangible as the thing described or not–matters.
so, before i say “matters” again, may i introduce to you the smiling face film by yoko ono. the concept is simple: create a film containing the smiling face of every person on the planet. originally dreamed in 1967, this thought is now more obtainable thanks to the internet. contribute your smiling face to the flickr pool and make this conception a reality.
also:
SMILE PIECE by Yoko Ono
Send a smile to your friend so he/she can smile, too.
Think of a way to do it.
You could send a photo that says ‘smile’,
or a picture, a story, or a piece of pie,
but specify that it’s a smile you’re passing on.
Ask him/her to do the same:
to pass on the ‘smile’ in his/her own way.
