This was an art exhibit in Portland in which some of my books and such were displayed (thanks, Grandma, for the Nixon era Presidential Poster!). A personal experience of the boundary (or lack thereof) between art and life, 'twas. Perhaps an alternate title could be "My Shelflife"! The project is explained by the text in the last photograph. It ran from March 1-7th at the Field Work gallery (www.fieldworkspace.org). There also exist some
set up photos and
other information. Here is
an in progress link, which also includes my box o' stuff as well as someone else's "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein. Kirsten's blue birthday mug makes a guest appearance (i snuck it into the display for the photograph), and i had to wait to publish this until now 'cause it wasn't her birthday yet and thus i still hadn't given it to her!
Recently i sat in on a German philosophy course in which the professor outlined how existence (la exsitencia, Existenz, etc.) comes from the Greek "Ekstatika" (ουσ. ύπαρξη? Sorry, not sure if that's right - "it's all Greek to me!" :o), but anyway, it basically means "to see oneself outside of one's own body". Nice! I used this concept recently in my German class by taking photographs of students and then displaying them immediately as a slide show with the projector. A sort of out of body experience, and it was a success i think. Hopefully i'll have more chances like this to do art-type things in the near future!
1 comment:
Cool! Did Kirsten see the exhibit (and hence her mug) before her birthday? How many other people exhibited?
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