implicit art

Ah, Johannesburg. I can’t believe I’m actually back here. It feels oddly like I belong way more than any other place I’ve ever been. And admittedly, that’s a new feeling. When people in NYC asked me about living in Jozi, I often replied, "it’s completely exhilarating and utterly exhausting." I don’t think I’d have to explain to any South African (especially those in the public service: teaching, arts, etc) what that means. But actually, I feel relaxed to be back in my space again. Part of this may be that it’s familiar, another thing may be that now I have so many fab guest bloggers that I don’t need to stress about posting as much as I used to (still always looking for anybody who wants to post text / write!). Bronwyn should totally send me her bio and a photo, tho, too.

Unpacking, recovering from jet-lag, catching up on personal admin, and I hope to be out and about, writing about shows again, etc, by week’s end. In the meanwhile, I’ve got a few projects in the works: new money-making venture - to support myself a bit more; a young adult fiction novel I’ve started working on; a few proposals for art; upcoming chapter in book on cyberculture; thinking on whether or not to organize a solo and/or begin looking for group exhibitions, in 06. I was thinking it’d be really nice to do the piece I had intended for The Kebbles somewhere, but who has the kind of money to get the equipment they had offered me? Maybe do a solo Compressionism show, or some experimental prints with Richard Kilpert… Thoughts, guys? And where do you think I should show? I’m open.

I’ve missed you.

A great new site recently featured in the New York Times: The website allows anyone to collectively draw a single picture-each person can draw one line about an inch long. After that you can vote on the opacity of other lines that already exist in the drawings. A new drawing is posted on a weekly basis and some pretty surprising images emerge considering the amount of people that create the work and the length of the line. Collective consciousness. Its a lot of fun.
Other than that I’m working on a new project now that my show is done: The noble planting of street trees in Manhattan. More on this later maybe.