Tonight I discovered my new favorite instrument. I called my landline with my cell phone, and plugged a Marantz PMD201 cassette recorder into the phone jack. Hovering the cell phone above the recorder yielded some magnificent theremin-type noises, and it is kind of mind boggling to think you are using your house & a cell [...]
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Packed!
August 21, 2010 – 5:15 am
NASA has been busy packing up their new AstroRobonaut. I too, have been busy: Off to Boise!
Property of D I O S P E X
August 16, 2010 – 9:39 pm
In this age of the ‘experience economy,’ I don’t think I have ever seen a crate that matched the art inside of it. So, I spent some time with those stencils (previous post) today, and hit both sides of the crate. On the upper left is “This side up, Liquid!” on the right; Fragile! (say [...]
The Crate: Part 1
August 8, 2010 – 8:29 pm
On Friday I started working on the crate for bionic hydroponics:
Re-Seeded
August 1, 2010 – 2:08 pm
I re-seeded the Bionic Hydroponics a few days ago. In the past I had simply rolled something that looked like a joint out of grass seed and cheese cloth, so that the grass seed wouldn’t get washed down the tube. In preparation for the Triennial, I am experimenting with a hydroponic growing medium called “Sure [...]
BAM!
July 21, 2010 – 10:51 pm
I received notification today that my bionic hydroponics were accepted for the 2010 Idaho Triennial..! This year’s triennial was adjudicated by Beth Sellars, who is the curator for Seattle’s Suyama Space, and also manages the City of Seattle’s art collection. The 2007 triennial had over 1,300 entries from 249 artists living in the state of [...]
SPACE?
July 16, 2010 – 5:13 pm
There were two ideas for next months show at the SAP. The first was a show in response to the oil spill. We scrapped that idea last night, and decided to do an ‘off-the-bench’ show highlighting whatever it is our members have been working on recently. I was particularly excited about my idea for the [...]