Just finished this crazy new piece, i’m about to wrap it up and take it down to Bridgeport for the Version Fest 2010 fundraiser.

The party is taking place on Sat 3rd April @ the Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan, Chicago, IL

Art works will be offered for silent auction.
Art works and services can also be won via raffle.

Many of the works may be purchased at “Buy it Now” prices!
And raffle tickets are priced one for $5 and three for $10

Winners will be announced at 11am. You can wait for the results or be text messaged after raffle tickets have been drawn.

The work is fantastic. Don’t miss this opportunity to get something awesome while helping fund the greatest little art festival in ORD.

WORKS BY:

Lora Fosberg
Anna Shteynshleyger
Tom Torluemke
Tyson Reeder
Cody Hudson
Aron Gent
Stephen Eichhorn
Juan Chavez
Mathew Hoffman
Dayton Castleman
Jeff Zimmerman
Jordan Martins
Peter Skvara
Seripop
Le Dernier Cri
Gunsho
Chris Roberson
Emily Clayton
Rod Hunting
Chad Kouri
Se Young
Nathan Baker
Scott Cowan
Caitlin Arnold
Ian Whitmore
Scott Fortino
Nick Wylie
Tom Burtonwood
Nate Lee
Zachary Abubeker
Aaron Delehanty
+ others

Services:
A Pocket Guide to Hell Tour by Paul Durica
A Chicago Pedway Tour by Hui-Min Tsen
NFO XPO Booth for Version
Reuben Kincaid Project Window Installation for one month
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A Set of Bridgeport WPA posters

ALSO PART OF THE EVENING:

Performances by: MR 666 and Deep Earth.

The Hornswagglers will be slinging their specialty drinks.

$10 Admission please. (you will also get two raffle tickets)

Pattern Recognition, pastel on paper, 14.5 x 16.5 inches, 2009

This is the second drawing in the new series.

Permutation, pastel on paper, 2009

First drawing in new series of work (95% finished).

Permutations (unfolding pyramid), pen and colored pencil on overlay paper, 2001

This is a pseudo-isometric drawing from 2001 showing a pyramid form emerging from a cube. this piece went on to be developed as a 2 foot square sculpture in card board that has been lost :( . I plan to remake the sculpture asap. It was a complicated piece with a lot of math to get the angles right but i loved it because of how something so complex could “transform” into a simple cube. each section unfolded to reveal the pyramid. for me i was interested in the idea the that something could unravel infinitely to base materials and still reassemble itself to an original memory driven form.

this piece was drawn on “disney” overlay paper purchased at MGM studios back in the late 80′s. you can see the cut outs at the bottom of the page to attach to a light table. there is also a little disney icon that unfortunately did not fit on the scanner bed, i will photos separately.

p.s. posting has been light of late. first we were on vacation, then we had to get caught up post vacation. now i realize that getting caught up is perhaps a misnomer but i do need to get back on the wagon as there’s a lot more stuff to upload. part of the problem is that i’ve started “making” things again, as the animations that have gone up attest to, but they are but one facet of a four ring circus, i’m also working on drawing again, which really is a first for me in the last decade, and i’m working on some new wooden constructions. the fourth ring is WHAT IT IS, our project space, we have an opening next week featuring Andrew Rigsby’s video work so there’s that all to do too!!!

but i’m also concerned about both the look / feel of the site which i need ot stamp with my creative persepctive and the organization of the site and this archive which is admittedly a little scatter shot a little to random but i’m stil lnot really clear if i want to post thing chronologially as that’s too mcuh of a calendar, so i need ot come up with a way of slotting the disparate posts into sections that work. !!!

This sequence is missing a section from the end, where the cube will re-form from a spinning plane– will post this l8tr

Permutations I, time line, sketchbook page. June 2009

Working on a new project, Permutations, an animated sequence showing several variations on a unfolding cube. Sketchbook page sequence below shows a range of possible final unfolded outcomes, currently i’m working on the “master” drawings for the first full sequence. hope to have these complete by middle of week in draft format. really excited about this direction, eventually the final animation will have an audio component too.

Sketchbook sequence. June 2009

Animation sequence below shows first 7 or 8 frames from the upcoming Permutations piece….. can’t wait to get all this done and start playing with these “Containers” and adding some content!

Permutations, opening sequence, June 2009

Studio, Hospitalfield House, 1998

Studio, Hospitalfield House, 1998

Unfinished construction (most likely destroyed), Dirt and paint on panel with wooden elements, 1998