What? More stuff for Friday the 13th? :: Lauren Barcelon Solo Show @ Maniac Gallery

My old buddy, Lauren Barcelon, is opening her solo show "For Catatonic Eternity" at the Maniac Gallery in Oakland tonight. I've always enjoyed her artwork and can only expect great things from her in the future. For more info: Maniac Gallery

Here's a great write up on the show:

FOR CATATONIC ETERNITY: New Work by Lauren Barcelon

OPENING FRIDAY 2.13.09, 7-10 PM

MANIAC proudly presents the first solo exhibition of Los Angeles-based artist Lauren Barcelon, For Catatonic Eternity, a site-specific installation filling the gallery with soft-sculptures of over one-hundred diamond cut replicas. Working with geometrics, the sequencing of mental distortions and compulsions, Barcelon's decadently fantastical interpretation of material, modes and ideas behind the model of the multiple make For Catatonic Eternity a full-scale installation where details are repeated so meticulously, all suddenly become one, or conversely, each become imperfected by nature when viewed as a whole.

Crossing the threshold of performance and immersive sculptural installation, Barcelon's work is locked in with her performance (or act of creation), which has included hot-ironing plastic bags, hiding reality T.V. stars in ink-blot nature drawings, and researching diamond geometries for material replication. Barcelon, who has not exhibited in the Bay Area since leaving for Los Angeles in 2006, has typically worked with inorganic, human-made materials dualising formations found in nature to both a social and utilitarian suggestive.

In For Catatonic Eternity Barcelon creates a survey of still documentation and the aftermath of her own private expression pertaining to ideas of replication, multiplication and obsession, this time professing ever-specific patterns of crystal formations, and the geometrics of diamonds through bulk fabric found in Los Angeles' Fashion District. Along side Barcelon's new sculptures on view are C-Print documentation of her distinct process as captured in diorama model stills.

Barcelon has exhibited through out California including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland since receiving her BFA in Sculpture from University of California at Davis in 2003.

Other Friday the 13th News: Gavin Castleton's HOME

That's right ladies and gents. Gavin Castleton's long awaited HOME is now available on Itunes. Enjoy the zombie love!

For more info: Gavin Castleton Home Page

Happy Friday the 13th!

Well in case you're as superstitious as I am, and might have run across some bad luck, check out this website, F My Life, and comiserate with strangers over the internet.

By the way this is unfortunately very funny.

I believe it's a hoax.

Parents and Children

Guess what, parents? According to NPR, it's the first time in 50 years that our generation, "the kids" aren't doing as well as you when you were our age. Financially anyway. So, really it doesn't matter if they're doctors or artists, we're all poor. ALL POOR! (Re-thinking those arguments about career choices now...)

But here's the good news! We're going to be visiting more often now! It will probably be wise to stock up on paper goods and assorted groceries in bulk because it would be helpful to get a few rolls of papertowels and some laundry detergent. We'll happily eat anything you make! Really! Food is good because what we have in our kitchen's is not food. It used to be food. Now, it is just moldy or a box of cereal. Oh boy a laundry machine! That'll be helpful! No need to keeping that box of quarters.

Thank you parents. It'll be over soon.

I Love Keith Haring!

Keith Haring Documentary from ovicone on Vimeo.

Who Is You? #15

Because of you, it's been very difficult to maintain productivity.





You = Rainbow and Headache. Tie.

Quicksilver Movie Trailer

This movie was entertaining.

Quotes from some of the men in the office...

On that magician, Chris Angel

"I don't know but he's definitely gay. He's definitely putting from the driving range."

"Bobbing for baby arms."


After an alcohol-related hospitalization,

"When I start drinking ... more frequently ... I would like to go have drinks with you and your lady friends."

PJ and the gun show

PJ encouraged me to draw and gave me a pencil. He is also the tallest animator I know (at 6'7") You can see some of his work on his website and on the cartoon, Invader Zim.

Neutra's Sten-Frenke Residence

For only $5.9 mil, you can have this as your wonderful home. More info here: 126 Maybery Road

Happy Groundhog Day!

So Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow again (the 98th out of 113 times in history) We're looking forward to more winter and more of this really strange American tradition. I don't think that groundhog sees much of anything.

100s attend Global Warming Protest

Yeah yeah..ok so GAV CAZ sent that to me

So that photography thing . . .

Recently, photography has been quite the topic of discussion. From Lorenzo's portrait parties, to Ryan Rogers' photoshop wizardry to even ideas of supplementing our empty pockets by selling stock photos to istock.com, to so and so's "oh my god what the hell is she wearing?" picture on Facebook, photography has been in the air.

After all, it is quite an accessible art form. The actual motions simply involve pointing and shooting. However, there is something within a photographer that is unique though- their scaling gradients of observation. The eye to see the most extraordinary to the minute. Successful photographers have enough vision of an image to capture something that isn't materialized- like relationships, emotions, personalities and time.

In its ability to capture moments, photography has the ability to stop time. Is that photograph, then, a fetish, an object defined by its irrational reverence, obsessive devotion? As a viewer, we take part in this interaction in order to form ideas. In such an emotional exchange, then yes, photography is a fetish. After all it is something loved (emotionally engaging) for a moment or a lifetime.

Since we are a generation that has been characterized by internet social networks photos, I wonder that in this time in my mid-twenties, when we are striving for accomplishment and yet feeling like our opportunities are shrinking, why we're so obsessed with capturing these fleeting moments of glamour, fun and depth, when we ourselves are the bottomless all you can eat source of all of those things.

It just feels good.

Eyebrow Dance

Happy Birthday, Popsey!

It's my funny father's 52nd today! May the walls of my parents house rock with love and loud guitar! (My dad plays the guitar...just FYI)

Nervous Apple

Skittles Commercial - Thai and Filipino Guy

Thanks, Lorenzo

Alpine Ninja

Tarantula Story - 1 page inbetween the middle and end