Monday, March 23, 2009
words of advice from a wwooff veteran
wwooff = world wide organization of organic farms france
....definitely take stuff whose demise or destruction or splattering with cowshit won't break your heart. After months in the same clothes, you'll probably want to throw the clothes away no matter what. Layers are good, waterproof boots might be pretty necessary...you should buy rain work boots here and make sure you get something comfortable and durable. And good warm socks to go with them. Spend the money for the good stuff. His feet were always cold and uncomfortable, and that's no bueno when you're on your feet all day, and are probably pretty cold and uncomfortable anyway. Then I'd have comfortable boots you can wear when it's not raining. Rain gear definitely a good idea. I never got rain pants, but they wouldn't hurt. Rain jacket, obviously. Bandana, baseball/sun cap, beanie: both for sun and wind and cold and keeping your hair out of your face.Sturdy cargo pants, like carharts or something. Sturdy is important; his pants got ripped to shreds, mine were tough and made it almost to the end without any holes but eventually succumbed.
yikes!
....definitely take stuff whose demise or destruction or splattering with cowshit won't break your heart. After months in the same clothes, you'll probably want to throw the clothes away no matter what. Layers are good, waterproof boots might be pretty necessary...you should buy rain work boots here and make sure you get something comfortable and durable. And good warm socks to go with them. Spend the money for the good stuff. His feet were always cold and uncomfortable, and that's no bueno when you're on your feet all day, and are probably pretty cold and uncomfortable anyway. Then I'd have comfortable boots you can wear when it's not raining. Rain gear definitely a good idea. I never got rain pants, but they wouldn't hurt. Rain jacket, obviously. Bandana, baseball/sun cap, beanie: both for sun and wind and cold and keeping your hair out of your face.Sturdy cargo pants, like carharts or something. Sturdy is important; his pants got ripped to shreds, mine were tough and made it almost to the end without any holes but eventually succumbed.
yikes!
dear LA, you should do this
suggested outings for my Los Angeles friends
Seeing Los Angeles: Exploring the InVisible CityVisions and Voices
http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/866419
Monday, March 30, 2009 : 4:00pm
University Park CampusDoheny Memorial LibraryIntellectual Commons, Room 233
Admission is free.
In the vast geography of Southern California, whole communities disappear between freeway exits. As these neighborhoods and histories are rendered invisible, we must ask how many Angelenos actually see the city in which they live. Moderated by photographer Aaron Paley, a long-time producer of Los Angeles festivals, this discussion will offer new ways of looking at a city that few residents ever experience in its entirety. The discussion will also feature writer and Lakewood city official D.J. Waldie, USC professor of American studies and ethnicity George Sanchez and award-winning poet Marisela Norte.
The panelists will address aspects of the city that remain largely unknown even to many longtime residents. Sanchez will address the dramatic transformation of Los Angeles communities resulting from the influx of Latino immigrants. Waldie and Norte, who travel exclusively via public transportation, will describe some of the sights that are only visible from city buses.
Organized by the USC Libraries and the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities. Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano.Photo: Giuliana Maresca
For further information on this event:visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Architecture, Design, Art: Strategies for SurvivalVisions and Voices
http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/867823
Monday, April 6, 2009 : 7:00pm
University Park CampusDavidson Conference CenterEmbassy Room
Admission is free.
An international panel of artists and architects will explore how new methods of contextual engagement rethink top-down and bottom-up cultural hierarchies, facilitating unusual responses to crises within urban and other social territories. The panel will feature San Diego/Tijuana-based architect Teddy Cruz, Slovenia-based artist and architect Marjetica Potrc and New York–based artist Krzysztof Wodiczko.
This event will be presented as part of the series, “Participation and Friction: Rethinking Art and Architecture as Public Culture.” The series features conversations between contemporary artists, architects, social theorists, curators, historians and other cultural producers on how contemporary art and architecture utilize unusual methods of participation and processes of collaboration to navigate the social and political frictions of today’s urban public spheres.
About the Participants:
Teddy Cruz was born in Guatemala City. After earning the Rome Prize in Architecture, he established his practice in San Diego, California. He is internationally recognized for his research on the Tijuana/San Diego border and his work on the relationship between housing, urban policy and social and cultural programs, which he has done in collaboration with community-based organizations such as Casa Familiar. This year he has was selected to represent the U.S. in the Venice Biennial of Architecture. He is an associate professor in public culture and urbanism in the visual arts department at University of California, San Diego.
Marjetica Potrc is an artist and architect based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the Americas, and her on-site installations include Dry Toilet (Caracas, 2003). She has taught at well-known institutions in Europe and North America, including MIT, and has published essays on contemporary urban architecture. She has received numerous grants and awards, most notably the Hugo Boss Prize (2000) and the Vera List Center for Arts and Politics Fellowship at The New School in New York (2007).
Krzysztof Wodiczko is an internationally renowned artist known for large-scale public projections and interactive instruments and vehicles that empower marginalized individuals and communities and give light to societal injustices and imbalances. On public buildings and monuments in 40 cities worldwide, he has executed over 70 projections specific to those sites and communities. He has presented major monographic exhibitions at such museums as the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and the Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Madrid. He has received numerous awards, including the Hiroshima Art Prize, given to artists who are engaged in promoting world peace and prosperity.
The first event in the series, “Art and Architecture in the Public Sphere of Cities,” will be held on Monday, February 2, at 7 p.m. For more information, click here.
Map of Davidson Conference Center: http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/?id=8
Parking: $8.00 per day. Please use parking structure located at Gates 3 and 4. Click here for parking lot map: http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/.
Organized by Joshua Decter, Director, Master of Public Art Studies Program, Roski School of Fine Arts, http://roski.usc.edu/pas/.
Image: New Orleans: Shotgun House with Rainwater-Harvesting Tank by Marjetica Potrc; Photo by Eli Ping Weinberg
For further information on this event:visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Seeing Los Angeles: Exploring the InVisible CityVisions and Voices
http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/866419
Monday, March 30, 2009 : 4:00pm
University Park CampusDoheny Memorial LibraryIntellectual Commons, Room 233
Admission is free.
In the vast geography of Southern California, whole communities disappear between freeway exits. As these neighborhoods and histories are rendered invisible, we must ask how many Angelenos actually see the city in which they live. Moderated by photographer Aaron Paley, a long-time producer of Los Angeles festivals, this discussion will offer new ways of looking at a city that few residents ever experience in its entirety. The discussion will also feature writer and Lakewood city official D.J. Waldie, USC professor of American studies and ethnicity George Sanchez and award-winning poet Marisela Norte.
The panelists will address aspects of the city that remain largely unknown even to many longtime residents. Sanchez will address the dramatic transformation of Los Angeles communities resulting from the influx of Latino immigrants. Waldie and Norte, who travel exclusively via public transportation, will describe some of the sights that are only visible from city buses.
Organized by the USC Libraries and the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities. Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano.Photo: Giuliana Maresca
For further information on this event:visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Architecture, Design, Art: Strategies for SurvivalVisions and Voices
http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/867823
Monday, April 6, 2009 : 7:00pm
University Park CampusDavidson Conference CenterEmbassy Room
Admission is free.
An international panel of artists and architects will explore how new methods of contextual engagement rethink top-down and bottom-up cultural hierarchies, facilitating unusual responses to crises within urban and other social territories. The panel will feature San Diego/Tijuana-based architect Teddy Cruz, Slovenia-based artist and architect Marjetica Potrc and New York–based artist Krzysztof Wodiczko.
This event will be presented as part of the series, “Participation and Friction: Rethinking Art and Architecture as Public Culture.” The series features conversations between contemporary artists, architects, social theorists, curators, historians and other cultural producers on how contemporary art and architecture utilize unusual methods of participation and processes of collaboration to navigate the social and political frictions of today’s urban public spheres.
About the Participants:
Teddy Cruz was born in Guatemala City. After earning the Rome Prize in Architecture, he established his practice in San Diego, California. He is internationally recognized for his research on the Tijuana/San Diego border and his work on the relationship between housing, urban policy and social and cultural programs, which he has done in collaboration with community-based organizations such as Casa Familiar. This year he has was selected to represent the U.S. in the Venice Biennial of Architecture. He is an associate professor in public culture and urbanism in the visual arts department at University of California, San Diego.
Marjetica Potrc is an artist and architect based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the Americas, and her on-site installations include Dry Toilet (Caracas, 2003). She has taught at well-known institutions in Europe and North America, including MIT, and has published essays on contemporary urban architecture. She has received numerous grants and awards, most notably the Hugo Boss Prize (2000) and the Vera List Center for Arts and Politics Fellowship at The New School in New York (2007).
Krzysztof Wodiczko is an internationally renowned artist known for large-scale public projections and interactive instruments and vehicles that empower marginalized individuals and communities and give light to societal injustices and imbalances. On public buildings and monuments in 40 cities worldwide, he has executed over 70 projections specific to those sites and communities. He has presented major monographic exhibitions at such museums as the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and the Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Madrid. He has received numerous awards, including the Hiroshima Art Prize, given to artists who are engaged in promoting world peace and prosperity.
The first event in the series, “Art and Architecture in the Public Sphere of Cities,” will be held on Monday, February 2, at 7 p.m. For more information, click here.
Map of Davidson Conference Center: http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/?id=8
Parking: $8.00 per day. Please use parking structure located at Gates 3 and 4. Click here for parking lot map: http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/.
Organized by Joshua Decter, Director, Master of Public Art Studies Program, Roski School of Fine Arts, http://roski.usc.edu/pas/.
Image: New Orleans: Shotgun House with Rainwater-Harvesting Tank by Marjetica Potrc; Photo by Eli Ping Weinberg
For further information on this event:visionsandvoices@usc.edu
life in limbo
losing sleep
watching infomercials on non-cable tv.
who wants to go in on this with me?
i should get some commission
Saturday, March 7, 2009
today is a dreday #1 - welcome
if you're feeling a little withdrawal from yours truly,
make it a dreday and log in to check out mes aventures.
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