My new online portfolio through Coroflot.com

I am trying to sort out my portfolio, which I have to admit I have been avoiding for some time now. Through Coroflot I feel I can attain some visibility, and yet can flesh out my work into some cohesive order. There is wide variety of portfolios on this site, and a lot from students just out of school. Hopefully it will give me a fresh approach to format my work.

My Coroflot portfolio

I would appreciate comments.

This World & Near Ones; or what I am doing on a forced Summer Vacation.

Face Book take it or leave it, has been a great resource for antics, parties you woudn’t otherwise know about, or get notified about a funky event happening on Governor’s Island on a beautiful sunny Sunday Afternoon. Which is what this was!

creative time

A Zombie Move Shoot! Awesome!

I had fun taking photos! Met the classic fun crazy guy on his bicycle and was wonderfully distracted from my 2.2 LEED NC exam.

freespirted bicycle

I decided to volunteering at Governor’s Island periodically through out the exhibition this summer, wonders if would look good on my resume.

TheBruceHighQualityFoundation: "Isle of the Dead"
PLOT09:
http://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2009/plot09/

PLOT is a new public art quadrennial, produced and presented by Creative Time. This World & Nearer Ones is the first edition of PLOT, and will be held this summer on Governors Island. 19 artworks by international contemporary artists will be presented. The exhibition is free and open to the public Friday-Sunday.

Featuring work by Edgar Arceneaux, AA Bronson and Peter Hobbs, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Adam Chodzko, Tue Greenfort, Jill Magid, Teresa Margolles, Anthony McCall, Nils Norman, Susan Philipsz, Patti Smith and Jesse Smith, Tercerunquinto, Tris Vonna-Michell, Mark Wallinger, Klaus Weber, Lawrence Weiner, Judi Werthein, Guido van der Werve, and Krzysztof Wodiczko.

Curated by Mark Beasley.
TheBruceHighQualityFoundation

The Day of the Dead on Govoners Island…

Governors island zombies

Originally uploaded by ingridjee

Remake of the ‘Isle of the Dead’

Bruce High Quality Foundation
Creative Time
Governor’s Island, NYC

Movie Premier June 29, 2009
Governor’s Island Theater

Ahhh it seems like I have been given the run around time and time again…..

• Run around with JP Morgan Chase… and literally stealing my money without any explanation. I guess I will have the fortunate opportunity to yell at someone. One thing clear is that Chase is determined to boot me out of their bank as well as any other bank branch I try to join. More on this tomorrow.
• Getting my student loan out of default and trying to get around GC Services and they moronic tactics. Note to self to record every conversation and post it to You Tube. You can’t believe what I hear, especially from Mark Tucker the associate manger at GC Services. I found the Omnibudsman… but hope it is not just a useless exercise.
• Dealing with former tenant issue where the lease holder is a control freak. He comes up with 1000 and 1 excuses. Maybe I should post them too. It is certainly unprofessional and completely unwarranted.
• Think I should post  daily picks of how empty my fridge is…. while the bank steals my money, GC services seizes my money and seeing slow drips of deposit that is due over along period of time.
• A Dumbo resident has thrown himself out of the window leaving a wife and kid.
• People are committing suicide over the debts they owe especially with student loans.

Michael Graves did not read Vitruvious.

- William Mc Donough

Make sure you audio is up pretty high on to receive the full effect.

Nor can I point out has any one read – actually read Olaus Magnus either…

A little on ole Olaus

In Magnus first book, ‘History of Northern People’ written in 1555 there is a introduction and criticism of the Vitruvious’s Ten Books of Architecture. I originally ran across Olaus’s woodcuts on the internet while doing research for a theater production I was producing. Then the only translation of his work was at the Public Library at 42nd street and had to experience the process of getting a book from that archive.

First you have fill out the index on a piece of paper, hand it to a librarian and wait for an hour for someone to send up a book from the archive down stairs. When I finally got the set, I had to spend a small fortune in xeroxes frantically before the Library closed. The interiors of the 42nd street library are incredible and still most of the original furniture is still in use.

The language of Olaus’s work is very simiar to how my mom spoke. … If I find my resources I’ll write a small section of it.

Diggin songs of Paolo Conte… sorta Jazzy Bob Dylanish… sorta. Ok it is now getting too folky – the problems of last.fm.

A few French Assets….

Need I say more….?

All that goes up river… must come down river eventually.

DAC Art Under the Bridge Festival- This weekend

I am please to announce that I have moved to SKIZUM Studios NYC in time for the festival!

SKIZUM Studios NYC Presents:

September 26 – 28, 2008

Please join us for a glass of wine at

OPEN STUDIOS

SKIZUM Studios NYC

135 Plymouth Street : #209

Our Gallery Reception Friday, Sept 26 at 6:00- 8:00 pm

Introducing you to Artists Stephen Shaheen, Eva Lansberry, Scott Bolden’s My America Too Project and George.

Need a tranquil environment for mellowing out? Join artists Stephen Shaheen and Eva Lansberry in the Skizum Studios Art and Design Oasis at 135 Plymouth, # 209… Groove to the subtle music of Dj Skizum while experiencing Steve’s compelling and virtuoso stone sculptures and drawings alongside Eva’s trippy millinery and gossamer felting pieces and Scott Bolden’s edgy My America Too project. Enjoy a glass of wine with the East River just below you and the Manhattan Bridge above; the upriver NY Waterfall and Manhattan skyline across the way complete the scene. We hope to see you there!

Peace…

Please come by

Check out the house blog that I have been collaborating  with Scott Bolden (Skizum Berlin)

Wooster Collect :Gas Signs In Las Angeles

You can purchase your own MATsticker/t-shirt

and oh – Yeah ….

SEE

MY

WORK!!!

Check out the portfolio pages here… but come on over!

D.U.M.B.O. ART UNDER THE BRIDGE FESTIVAL,™

September 26-28, 2008

Please visit us at SKIZUM Studios NYC:

135 Plymouth Street suite#209

For Directions and info Click here

DUMBO ARTS CENTER PRESENTS THE 12TH:

ART UNDER THE BRIDGE FESTIVAL (TM)

sponsored by

Eva Lansberry, Steve Shaheen, MyAmericaToo Project Group Gallery Show:

My most recent experiments and musings with felting will be displayed in our gallery. Please stop by for open party on Friday September 26th after 6:00pm or so. Music and meanderings will progress so come out and have some fun. I hope to tease Jane Catherine Shaw to allow me to re inflate her latest inflatable!!!

Mixed Media : Eva Lansberry

Eva Lansberry graduated from with BArc from Pratt Institute and utilized her degree to explore mixed media, lighting, theater design. Eva comes to NYC from the rich and vibrant land of Chattaroy located in the evergreen state.

She will be presenting mixed media and felted wall hangings, and millinery made to order.

To see Stephen Shaheen and MyAmericaToo project please click here.

Almost like mine while working at H2L2 without so much of the fanfare…… Ha!

This performance sponsored by Oregon DOT, Orgon State taxpayers and film produced by monkeyrobics.

FOOD

Pardon me while I focus on eating a meal, because sometimes I have to save it for tomorrow and try again. I get so frustrated that I just quit, stop the meal because it is still difficult to swallow. No, swallowing is not the problem, chewing is not the problem but esophageal and food getting stuck halfway down. So pardon me while I pause while I wait the interminable wait, eyes water because it is uncomfortable and occasionally pained. Inpatient I just quit, drink some tea and put it all way.

Worst case is probably going on a date where food is involved. It is even more fun when it dishes contain a lot of rice and the company stresses me out. That is when I have to physically go to the restroom and purge like a bulimic till the esophagus stops spasming out. The try to pursue patience an methodically slowly eat my meal till boredom sets in and pass on the rest of the meal.

I suppose I could take the surgical options again to correct my issues with my esophagus. One option is to use the balloon technique and permanently scar and fissure the esophageal tissue and possibly a life time of acid reflux with complications later in life. Or the other option which is more frightening; the complete removal of the esophagus. This would probably be enviable later in life. Getting old will definitely suck.