And Richard Long’s Autumn Circle Originaly posted on Medium August 20, 2021 Have you had moments with beautiful strangers that remain with you? My moment happened in 1995. The new Mario Botta-designed SFMOMA building had just opened. My friend Rob and I were set to explore it with our photography class. We were young and impetuous, which made us, ever so slightly, very obnoxious museum visitors. We explored all the floors making our way finally […]
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Often when you are deep in the middle of building something you forget to take a moment to celebrate your accomplishments. This is sometimes the case at Flux Foundation. We are so busy building we forget to take a moment to celebrate. In this case I am pausing for a quick moment to celebrate our newest interactive sculpture, Carousel. Carousel has been commissioned by the Abundance Foundation for Making, Thinking, Understanding, a Project Zero Perspectives conference. At Project Zero […]
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In order to write this I have to end my ALS silence. Most of you don’t know my father has ALS. He was diagnosed over a year ago. This disease is all too real for me, my family and my father. The Ice Bucket challenge may be silly or frivolous to you, but to me each bucket of ice water means hope. It means hope for the future battle of ALS. Each bucket also means […]
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I have been taking an online course though Penn State – Creativity, Innovation, and Change – so far its interesting. It was developed from the engineering department. I have been especially interested in how engineers look at “Creativity.” In the course material they included a link to Chris Staley’s video discussing the topic Liking mistakes Liking mistakes – This is a rather beautiful way to look at mistakes. They can tell our story and connect us to […]
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Original post August 7, 2009 in the Burning Man Jornal The Shipyard has been home, storage, or workspace for many Burning Man installations; Kiki Petit’s Eugiera, Nates Smiths first Fire Vortex, Ryon Gesink’s Eye Arch, Jim Mason’s Stockpuppets v2 and ICP, Jake Lyall’s Riot wheel, Borg 2, Liam McNamara’s Clocktower, Neverwas Haul, Lepidodgera by Rachel Norman, Mike Thielvoldt, Lira Filippini, and Jake Haskell. Currently, projects for this year’s Burning Man, FishBug and Gee-Gnome, are busily being completed. Non-Burning Man projects abounded here as well: Girlmark’s Jonny Appleseed processor, Kristie’s Flyer by Liam Mcnamara, Matt Synder, Peter Luka, Shannon O’Hare […]
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As an artist who has been creating work to display at the dust fest for well over a decade, I am fascinated by the process of playa art-making. You might not know this but it is truly a unique process that you will not find replicated in the Artworld (capital A artworld). My Black Rock City artmaking process has been something like this: initial inspiration happens; next, the evolution of the conceptual framework; followed by […]
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