ha ha, i forgot to laugh

This would be funny if it wasn't real.

And this is just plain stupid.

from Rush Limpbaugh's closet.

Art and Science - Kissing Cousins

Working with emerging local artist is my thing. If you like the work of Bhakti Baxter, then visit the Fredric Snitzer Gallery to see first-hand our recent collaboration, INFLORESCENCE, before it goes to a collector. This is the third of four 'Bhakstars' . They are a captivating and therapeutic blend of art(vision) and science(plastic).

for the love of logs

Shopping for logs today was a bit like walking in a celluloid grave-yard.
The place looked so rich in the golden morning sun I thought of diane arbus cacabre, of peter beard's elepant bones...



and then i saw this odd ready-made tree-crotch and lightened up.

quiet storm preparedmess

Is it hurricane season again already?
This article in todays New York Times is sure to pacify those who prefer a sunny picture of the FEMA solution to disaster releaf. But beneath the cottage charm is a plot to prepare for less happy days. plans that are missguided, expensive and out of the public concern.



" GULFPORT, Miss. — After the federal government announced in February that it would no longer use travel trailers to house the victims of future disasters, there was an initial sense of relief along the hurricane-scarred Gulf Coast.
The flimsy little white boxes are unpleasant to live in and tainted with toxic formaldehyde fumes. And they cost the federal government billions of dollars.
But that relief quickly turned to exasperation when it became clear that the government did not have an immediate backup plan. Without the trailers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has no reliable way to rush immediate shelter to thousands of victims of an earthquake, or a wildfire, or another catastrophic.... FEMA is considering several new ideas...."


An search for 'fema internment camps' gets plenty of out-there results:

"There over 600 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty. These camps are to be operated by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) should Martial Law need to be implemented in the United States....."



"Makeshift internment camps for non-Mexican detainees. These camps, like the one pictured here in Raymondville, Texas, are Kevlar tents erected on cement slabs."

This camp is in TX but there is probably one near you, ready for occupancy.

starcube gallactica

Is it second-saturday again?

UPDATE:
"woah, we all got artzitudanized last night, it was good for all persuasions."
DASH had their annual Seniors Showcase across from BooksnBooks in the Design Disrict.
There are probably 70 galleries is Wynwood (no sight of parkingauthority, yeih)

Arshamized and Folded

People might think that most young artist types are not morning people, they stay up late to get all creative. It's probably so but Daniel Arsham gets up early and goes to work as professionally as a banker. When we work together, he is my motivational guru and ball buster. Too heads are better than one when pulling ideas out of the ether of serious art.


Drapes and Folds are classic treatment of shape in space where light is captured in an instance.


When things come together it's Mission Accomplished...
this old chair has been Arshamized for your comfort n amusement.


Dance is universoul expression of the body . Old Movie Houses are temples to film and popcorn. Their marquees are the hook that brings you in. For the stage set we made for the Merce Cunningham company performance at the Carnaval (arsht) Center, Arsham sliced n diced architecture into forced prespectives for the dancers.

Euclidian Spaced Balls Times 3

If one is good... three is better.

These wall sculptures were made for Bhakti Baxter hand-crafted in american marble (aka styrofoam) chewing gum and spit. The geometrics have been around since the golden greeks but the claming hypnotic effect is still amazingly creamy. who doesn't like round things.

playdo and artsitotle

Standing tall high above the courtyard at Design and Architecture Senior High school are the modern day versions of Plato and Aristotle made in the like-ness of the kids. The Kids sculptures at DASH in the Design District were made for R & R Studio in 2003. They are hand-crafted from a single block of american marble (aka styrofoam) chewing gum and spit and have survived tropical storms katrina and wilma. Schools like DASH and New World provide the knowlegde and support needed to ensure the next generation of artists. Some motivated kids commute for hours to attend magnet schools, to get the education needed in today's creative industries.

anonymouse looser wins, kinda

The Sun Post has the low-down-kill-joy on a mural by Serge Toussaint in Little Haiti.
As if things arn't F'ed-up enough already, it appears that the spoiler is good ol' FDOT fuddi-duddies (same chumps that are about to make i95 traffic slug like mollasses to install 'lexus lanes' for the haves n havemores):

".... an anonymous caller who said, “if the Obama painting was to remain, then he should be allowed to paint a picture of his candidate.”

If anonymous is an obamapublican, you know who you are, go ahead and paint, i would love to see Serge do a portrait of SaintJohnMcSame/Reagen, it may not be flattering .
Anonymity my arsh, any number of jerks can be anonymous but is there really any such privacy today. It takes real pride to sign your work as artist like Serge will find ever clever ways to deal with the systematic-bullpucky from officials and still come out a-head.