Saturday, February 26, 2005

Art: PSLC Week #3

City Hall Art Reception (2/24 w/ Theresa).
70 Austin visual artists have contributed their work for the first annual exhibition. It will be up for a year and then rotated. Organized by Mayor Wynn's wife who is a big arts supporter.
What a great show. Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui's work was haunting. Theresa introduced me to Stella & Brian. Love this city!

Friday, February 25, 2005

Zeitgeist: Green SoCal

So Much Rain, and Southern California Has Never Seen Such Greens by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Articles like this makes reading the NY Times pure pleasure.

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Art / Zeitgeist: Day Jobs and the Creative Class

Great article - Creative Capital? - by Michael Erard. Been thinking a lot about art, artists and how they fit into the fabric of the economy. Great insights.

Books / Poetry: A World Between review in Tx Observer

Came across this book review in The Texas Observer of an anthology my poems were in. A few months ago Peter introduced me to the author of the review - Michael Erard - and he knew my name and mentioned reviewing the book. Glad I came across the review. What an insightful review - he is a very good writer.

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Art / Quotes: The cause is hidden..

The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all. - Ovid
From editor's page of Esopus #3
Human attention has its limits. With barely enough time to focus on our own affairs, we're able to spare only fleeting glances at our larger surroundings. The impressions we form are necessarily shallow - and because of that, easily manipulated.
We may rely on religion or science to deepen them, but art has a unique capacity to inform our perceptions by revealing hidden causes. Rather than telling us "how things are," it offers compelling scraps of evidence that coax us into an active role, encouraging us to work out explanations for ourselves, on our own terms. At its best, it asks questions so effectively that the answers - to the extent that they even exist - can seem insignificant.
Tod Lippy (editor, Esopus Magazine)

Sunday, February 20, 2005

Art: PSLC Week 1 & 2

Week 1: Andy Goldsworthy show at AMOA. Awesome. I had forgotten how much I liked his work. Also watch part of Rivers & Tides - documentary about him.
Week 2: Life Drawings - Beth Campbell, Danica Phelps and Eric Schnell at Jones Arthouse. Curated by Regine Basha.

Tuesday, February 15, 2005


Per call Rs 1, originally uploaded by Shrez.

Kala Ghoda, Bombay. December 2004.

Monday, February 14, 2005

Music: MixCD - Transit

Created this mix cd when I came back from Bombay last month.
Transit: The act of passing over, across, or through; passage.
  1. Sola Sistim - Underworld
  2. Good Day Sunshine- Slowdive
  3. Beautiful Mind - Verve
  4. Hands Away- Interpol
  5. The Pod- Experimental Aircraft
  6. Freedom Fighter - Bowery Electric
  7. The Outernationalist - Thievery Corporation
  8. Black Milk - Massive Attack

Friday, February 11, 2005

Technology: Google Maps

Another very-very neat looking tool from Google. Wow! Bye-bye Mapquest and Yahoo Maps.
Google Maps
Found out about it on the Unofficial Google Blog

m n m
Originally uploaded by Shrez.

DJ and the M&Ms
Takeshitadori, Tokyo (December 2004)

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Art: Another eclectic mag - Cabinet

This one is edited by an Iranian.
(From NY Times Feb 10)
"a journal of art and ideas that is eclectic to the point of eccentricity.
Its contributors, who include artists, scholars and nonacademic intellectuals, roam freely through the arts, sciences and 'culture,' demonstrating what its founding editor, Sina Najafi, calls 'a voracious, omnivorous, polymath and playful relationship to knowledge.' "

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Art: Pinky Swear Lenten Club (PSLC)

This is the third annual PSLC. A group of us on the 4th floor at work decided to give up various things over Lent and we have a white board where we put down how we were doing each week. Okay, I am not christian, but I did not want to be left out of the fun.
This year, my entry on the board is "Support the Arts." I will go to a new show (visual, performing, etc.) each week. And not shows/groups that I have already seen. It will be fun to discover something new in the art scene of Austin. Two definites: Gheghis Khan at Salvage Vanguard Theater and the Andy Goldsworthy exhibit at AMOA.