Archive for the ‘ General Wanderings ’ Category

A new home for an old friend…

Today we sold the pixelated guitar that we created as part of our MFA thesis exhibition. The guitar has quite a storied history in its own right, and was given to us by my aunt in 2008. It played a major role in our debut EP, Ironing is the New Boring. When it died in 2009, we decided to paint it as a tribute.

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This is fun…

Create your own beat box – it’s fun!

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Artists to watch

HM-coverHillerbrand + Magsamen

Cool collaborative couple based in TX.

AND….

An excellent resource for performance art, among other things:

UBU WEB

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Shift of Focus

We’ve been in Kansas City for nearly two months now. The Organic Art Factory itself is taking off in new directions. Most recently, we completed two commissioned paintings for the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, and have begun work on a series of paintings entitled, The Air with Variations.

Cherries in Spring, 2010

Cherries in Spring, 2010

Teaching is going well at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

We’ve also been writing a column as Lilika Ruby entitled Art & Sex for the online magazines, The Faster Times, and Ovi Magazine.

Stay tuned for details about an upcoming show…

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Let’s talk to everyone

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In the June issue of WIRED, Clive Thompson asserts that,

“Automatic-translation software has long been treated as a joke because of how hilariously it mangles phrases. But in the past few years, something has shifted: The technology is now surprisingly mature.”

Read the full article here.

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Saying farewell

MovingOutBittersweet, it is. Leaving Chicago.

Lots of good friends, and good times, and good laughs.

But then there were the winters, the hangovers, and the joblessness.

So that’s that.

As a farewell, we decided to stack all our stuff up in the windows of Fishbowl.

Enjoy.

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It reminds me of Beau & Lily…

sheepwagonAn article by Ivan Moreno in the Associated Press (Denver):

“Colorado artists want to give a futuristic makeover to the rustic sheep wagons used by immigrant workers across the West.

Immigrants from Peru, Chile, Mexico and Nepal who come to the U.S. sometimes live in worn-out one-room trailers in desolate landscapes, including in Wyoming, California, and Utah. The working conditions caught the attention of Colorado lawmakers this year, but no legislation materialized…”

Read the full article here.

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Why I love Fluxus

Shigeko KubotaThere are so many reasons. Here is one, quoted from the blog Metro Times:

“Fluxus artists were irresistible art flirts and menaces. They refused tickets to snobs, patronized critics and dared the public to find a point to art. They pushed the boundaries of what is considered art and, as Fluxus artist Nam June Paik wrote, turned you and me into the same clowns as Goethe and Beethoven. In short — they leveled the playing field.”

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Farmer’s Dream: Sunset to Sunrise

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We find ourselves in Salina, KS tonight.

Sunset to sunrise.

In silence with implements of the pioneers.

Join us at The Warehouse.

8:30 pm to 6:15 am

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