The United States and Its Neighbors

I have spent most of the day digging through some of the enormous amounts of "stuff" here, it is just like shopping at a really old, dusty thrift store. I am contiunally surprised to find toys and books that I have long since forgotten about. No concrete thoughts about what I am going to do yet, I am still finding my way in the space and in the programme but I am collecting books that have been used for educational purposes, (many of which I had as a child) for source material, I am thinking. Whatever I ultimately decide on it will incorporate images in some capacity. Stay tuned for more from elswhere.

I have been listening to:
Ornette Coleman "Shape of Jazz to Come"
Rise Against "Revolutions Per Minute"

mia

culpa for the hiatus! I have been traveling and helping my father start his studio school (which is a whole summer worth of Blogs that I could not get to as I was entertaining, however I will, get to the Highlights intermitantly as the memories bubble back up to consiousness). But enough about me...This is my first evening as a Resident Artist at the Elsewhere Artists' Collaborative and it has been interesting getting to know the infrastrucure of the program. There seems to be a performative element to this program that many of the people here seem to really enjoy and it makes me a bit nervous, the whole performing business and all. It seems very much like reality TV in some ways but I am not exaclty certain how I can articulate this point just yet so this theme of my relation to acting and performing here at Elsewhere, specifically as seen through a "reality TV" lens, I will revisit. I did however, and I am very excited about this, find several textbooks that I had in grade school and am cooking up something very tasty for my project. I will certainly keep you posted but it is late, I have been traveling and have just absorbed an heroic amount of information so I depart but I will see you very soon.

mia

culpa for the hiatus! I have been traveling and helping my father start his studio school (which is a whole summer worth of Blogs that I could not get to as I was entertaining, however I will, get to the Highlights intermitantly as the memories bubble back up to consiousness). But enough about me...This is my first evening as a Resident Artist at the Elsewhere Artists' Collaborative and it has been interesting getting to know the infrastrucure of the program. There seems to be a performative element to this program that many of the people here seem to really enjoy and it makes me a bit nervous, the whole performing business and all. It seems very much like reality TV in some ways but I am not exaclty certain how I can articulate this point just yet so this theme of my relation to acting and performing here at Elsewhere, specifically as seen through a "reality TV" lens, I will revisit. I did however, and I am very excited about this, find several textbooks that I had in grade school and am cooking up something very tasty for my project. I will certainly keep you posted but it is late, I have been traveling and have just absorbed an heroic amount of information so I depart but I will see you very soon.