Survey

Here's a link to the survey my Systems group developed for our research.
If you live in Pgh, please take this survey.

Malpas Street

Another Dublin/Malpas Street photo.

Hamnett Place

Some images from our visit to Hamnett Place.

Carnegie in Dublin

Seems like Andrew Carnegie had more influence than I can fathom. I couldn't escape the name even while in Dublin...found it on a Public Library in Rathmines, just south of my place.

Looks like the school year at Carnegie Mellon will be good with art-related classes and a public policy final project. Currently I have Aesthetics, Multi-Media, and Restoration Wilkinsburg Systems Synthesis to keep me busy. Already finished a book, met the Systems client, defined group roles (I'm Manager of Design), and did a tour of our area of focus- Hamnett Place, located just east of my apartment.

Sally Gall

Aperture's current issue, the first one not to have a photograph on the cover, contains a great preview of Sally Gall's current work in progress Crawl.


The images reminded me of working on the Gestural Series, during an independent study with Julie Jones and Joel Whitaker in 2005. Both projects play with perspective and focus, showing views of nature from within nature. An image of mine:


Many of Gall's beautiful new images include hidden insects, my favorite one being Lyre from 2007, which has a spiderweb spun between two towering buds.

Melinda Simon gave me Gall's book The Water's Edge in 2006 as a gift, thinking I would be encouraged by a "lyrical visionary." I was encouraged, and it was visionary to put us together, since our work has had parallels beyond one project. How exciting to have affinities with another photographer, especially one as impressive and successful as Gall! I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of Crawl.

Benglis

During my internship, I assisted IMMA with the monograph that will accompany the touring exhibition of Lynda Benglis's work. They are working closely with Lynda and her galleries to create the fully-illustrated publication, due out in November. More about the project can be read here.

While furthering my Benglis research at home, I found an intriguing exhibition up now at Cheim & Read, which includes Benglis's Female Sensibility video from 1973 and work by Marlene Dumas, Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, Kara Walker, and many more. The Female Gaze: Women Look at Women looks to be a great collection of female voices and perspectives. Showcasing this female work together heightens the sexuality in each piece and also stimulates conversation between the pieces. This show feels like a smaller version of elles@centrepompidou in Paris that impressed me enough to want to write about it later.

Food Making

The four days in between me returning to the states and us beginning the school year, Pat and I made a lot of good food. It began with gorgonzola cheeseburgers. Pizza crusts for a red pepper, artichoke, feta cheese topping (dinner) and a green & red grape, ricotta cheese, walnut topping (breakfast). A few days later we used the pasta maker for some simple fettucini, then combined everything in the fridge for a delicious soup, eventually made loaves of whole wheat bread, and even Gnocchi! This type of cooking has worked well with our low budget.
It feels good to be back.

the horizon

Sugimoto-like horizons in Western Ireland.

Ireland

This is my fifth week out of the country and I've been very busy exploring Europe and working at the musuem. Most of my updates will be in the European Summer blog, but yesterday I actually took my first 'picture' here:

Backyard

Wow, taken and posted in the same day.

To New York

From January 3, 2009

Another Regent Square

From Fall/Winter 2008

Regent Square

From Fall/Winter 2008

my light outside

From a sunny day in Fall/Winter 2008.

Dublin

This summer I will be interning with the Exhibitions Department of the Irish Museum of Modern Art for ten weeks. There will be three show installations to oversee, a retrospective to organize, traveling exhibits to negotiate, in-house publications to participate in, and financial management to learn about. Can't wait for my summer of traveling, working, and art-ing in Europe!

Vik Muniz, Portrait of Alice Liddell, after Lewis Carroll, 2004, Chromogenic print, mounted on aluminium, wooden frame and acrylic fabric, 253.5 x 184.5 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Purchase 2004. Photo: Luis Asín

Some Edits

After months of having no time for anything but school, I've done some editing to my blog. I finally added a page for the Fleet Series...


More to come...

Artist Reception

The reception went well; it was very exciting. Thanks for attending the show and supporting me!

Shower Scene

Summer Sun

Source

Entry

Destination

no time to upload

This is where I spend my life. I only have time for studying economics, analyzing statistics in minitab, writing lay off communication plans, and reading about discrimination laws.

I might have new images to post soon. I'm still taking some, there's just no time to upload them!