Kubrick – IT IN Place

Arch

alex — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:03:25 +0000

I recall reading someone’s speculation on the orgin of arches in architecture. They seemed to think it arouse in a Kubrckian manner from a confrontation with death. Specifically, they thought it grew from men seeing ribs and jaw bones on the battlefield. While I suppose there is a certain poetic lovliness to this idea, it occurred to me that the same discovery could be more easily traced back to coming upon a fallen tree as much as a fallen man. Something tells me lean tos predate stone arches. I was thinking about arches because of the Geodesic dome IN UU’s collage… and also the arch of the girl’s back as she put her ass in the air. The other thing that sort of fell into my head was how Buckminster Fuller always went back to stacking as the origin of all his work. As if perhaps it all really came from an engineering question that came up when trying to move stacks of cans, or more likely ammunition in the most efficient manner. I thought a nice monument to him would be to stack a pile of geodisc domes under the arch of a tree…. but in real life it should be huge and maybe bucky balls not domes…. or microscopic nanocarbon would be fun too: visible only by scanning elctron microscope installed in the gallery.

Trouble in Purgatory

alex — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:50:35 +0000

Well I’m back on the couch and or pulling vampire all nighters at the studio. This year is like last year and like the decade before that. They say the definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting different results… Guess I know some crazy people… but joy joy the cog has arisen Christ/Phoenix-like from the blood and ashes. Viva La Cog!

Crowds in Motion Stay in Motion

alex — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:16:33 +0000

I was thinking about scale as I tried to deinstall the large crowd drawings to put safely away in Storage and then the wind from the new ceiling fans moved the huge sheets of paper like they were napkins on the bar. We’ve been doing a bit of spring cleaning at 17 Frost in prep for the last show of the season: Ricaro Deoliveira. Tonight is the opening. Swing by for a drink and some art and video…see the new walls and bar and fans and floors etc.

As all these repairs took place, I had to hide the Frost mini studio and work at home where I’ve been finishing a few movie themed poster drawings to ship to my friend in Portland. I had a funny coincidance yesterday while taking a long walk to Williamsburgh. The Replacements song Portland came up on my ipod just as I was thinking about the city of Portland. I sang to myself, “It’s too late to turn back, here we go. Portland oh no…” when I noticed I was looking at a sign for the Portland Cafe and Then I looked up at the street sign: Portland Avenue. I’ve walked it many times, never noticed it’s name. It was an uncanny moment. Everything’s coming up Portland green. Must be all the rain.

Space Trip to Portland

alex — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:21:11 +0000

Reggie Watts on The Sound of Young America from Jesse Thorn on Vimeo.

Finishing up this Space Trip “movie poster” to send out to Portland. Reggie Watts performed out there recently. He is quite amazing on Video. I still haven’t seen him live.

alex — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:53:51 +0000

Stayed late after rehearsal to work on some paintings. Not done, but I thought it might be nice to save these stages. Happy Birthday To Me and my Pops wherever he is (Sylvia says he’s playing cloud fetch with Bailey which is a very nice image).

Humbert Humbert

alex — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:35:47 +0000

I think I’ve finished this (maybe the first?) version of the Kubrick Lolita poster for Jauques’ SUpEr Trash Show. There could be others or even other movies, but strangely this fucked up raw thing actually took over a month to get finished. The head is painted in one of the Little Prince covers.

CinemITIN

alex — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:23:41 +0000

A few ideas for an e-vite for a screening and talk I’ll be doing for the Frost Bite show at 17 Frost Street on Sunday, Feb. 22, 3:00 pm. Not sure which one I’m going to run with, or I may switch it up. Opinions appreciated. Thanx.

Lolitapuss Rex

alex — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:01:59 +0000

Back at work at 17 Frost trying to get back at neglected projects like HUB and the Lolita movie poster for the upcoming Supertrash show and just to paint and draw and make something instead of installing stuff. I feel much more relaxed in the space now having got over the first hurdle of the opening. Now I want to change things around and make something truly fantastic! I also want to explore the “stage” quality of the room and the little sound stage/ face installation, but the show is UP and open for a visit by appointment (and when we do some upcoming events). So if you find yourself in New York (or Bburg) give me a holler at: 718-755- 9317 and I’ll show you around.

Further Forward

alex — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:50:07 +0000

Humpty Dumpty

alex — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:19:34 +0000

Fridge Doors going up to form The Endless Last Supper… two left to finish in the puzzle… Something like Stone Hendge and I hung a large crowd and lost my balance on the irregular floor and had a great fall. It was like something out of a silent movie, or a cartoon. It felt like I hung in the air for a minute… disbelieving in gravity. Video Coming