no, i am not describing myself
i walked up to this dude and was like where did you get this weird aurel jacket and he was like
who
and i was like
WHAT
dinner after fun PERFORMA thingie
Matthew’s piece was unphotographable
this awesome fellow was in it tho
essentially it was this pitch black audio visual composition that was like 40 minutes of loud droning sound and a video through like a wormhole
it was meant to induce a shamanic state of mind
and induce half the audience to leave halfway 🙂
no not really though many of them did.
if you gave yourself up to it and let it work on you the effects were intense
and you were rewarded at the end as the lights went up a bit and there was Cello and Dancer guy and Laura singing opera
this is the terrified face of a lady who does not sing karaoke
we stayed out until 4 something
drinking tequila and acting silly
“we became overserved”
is this donoghue and hurricane?
let’s peer at it through plexiglas
let’s….?
refract it through a series of plexi planes, various textures colors and new materials
let’s vivisect and splay it!
let’s say hi to andrea who worked on this David Altmejd show for Peter Brant polo house place
mirror art is always very popular with vain people
which is to say mirror art is always very popular with art collectors
i like matthew photos better than my photos so i handed him my camera
i like the sorta assyrian relief met museum scale and the megaplinths
did you know that MEGAFAUNA are “K-strategists”
many were wiped out during the Wurm Glaciation
did you know Australia used to have huge MARSUPIAL LIONS
did you know the Steller’s Sea Cow was exterminated by humans within 27 years of its discovery???
did you know there once were MEGASLOTH that were the size of elephants?
(and very slow)
i have seen (and photographed for blog) the largest living rodents, Capybara, when i was in peru
but did you know their ancestors once weighed up to one ton?
ONE TON RAT
did you know that in googling all this i came across the word “odd-toed undulate”
oh and it appears that one 8.2foot “terror birds” once walked around north america
there is also a thing for nightmares later called a MEGASCORPION it was a few feet taller than you are
abyssian gigantism
monotremes as big as sheeps
i am only doing all this silly because it seems like david is into it, no?
i don’t like when the works border on kitsch tho. or maybe that is the wrong word
or maybe it is spelled wrong
why isn’t the Frieze tent like this tent
marilyn minter showing off her ink
engagement and wedding ring!
nature showing off its wonders!
patrik scampering across the road
i love when digital cameras cant process visual info right
and matthew is asleep
why do i find it rewarding that we succeeded in exhausting him?
can we keep him in nyc forever please?? we promise to feed him and walk him
my hair is these colors
i am going to may’s house
how’s the above for same day reportage???
i like really long blog entries
hella tight
oral jackit
i love everything in this post especially: (but not only)
engman’s louboutin blackmetal otk boots (not enough people wearing these, ever)
you talking about megafauna’s and giant animals (which is frightening to think could actually be outside)
& BLAND!!!
It’s telling how, in the Frieze tent shot of your pals chowing down like dutiful clacks, Patrick’s and Matthew’s plates are barely covered with food while the girls’ have mounds and heaps.
loved david altmejd since venice… except i’m always worried i’ll crash into mirrored pieces
i love how un shallow this blog is!
i love it !!! 🙂