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Jen Bekman - 20×200

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:22:58 +0000

I actually managed to see the “Hey Hot Shot” exhibit this week. Its pretty good, although I did spend more time looking at framing than images (probably due to my upcoming thesis show). If you haven’t visited the 20×200 site for a while, you should take a look and see what’s selling and what isn’t. The photographs are moving quicker than the drawings or printmaking, especially Andrew Hetherington’s (of What’s the Jackanory) print of a cow that apparently nearly sold out in 8 minutes last week.

I like a lot of the work shown on the website and would even considering buying some prints if I had more money (or a real job). Justin’s friend Kate had a show of her Obsessive Consumption at the gallery and has a few prints on the site. Her drawing is only half sold through, but her photograph has only one $2000 print left.

Thinking of my upcoming thesis and my fascination with framing choices and print sizes, I found this next image an interesting example of how print size can be important. I can’t decide if my prints should be 16×20 or 20×30, or even a variety of sizes based on the image. Most images on 20×200 seemed to have sold through the cheaper size first. This one has no $200 13″x20″ left and 56 $20, smaller size remaining. I would certainly rather have this image in 13×20.

And this image had totally sold out from Carlo Van de Roer who also has some nice work on his website here.

Serious Nerd ALERT

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:48:00 +0000

Although it is a kind of interesting new way of working with Video (ignoring phrases like “space time fusion algorithm,” and “novel multi-view stereo technique.”). Kind of like HDR photo’s, but in a moving image. See their website here and the gizmodo post here .

Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene from pro on Vimeo.

“Working” in the Studios

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:25:25 +0000

Ernest Borgnine gives secret to ‘long life’

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:42:10 +0000

I remember watching airwolf as a kid in England and thinking that the actor who played Dominic Santini was old back then in the ’80’s. Well, he’s still kicking and has 3 movies set for release in 2009, including one called Death Keeps Coming! An appearance he made on breakfast television made it onto The Soup this weekend.

And speaking of the soup, here is a video (from their blog) of how they would prefer the Olympics to look. I would agree that all of the running, jumping and swimming around is kind of boring.

And instead of Time magazine having something from the Olympics or the attacks in Georgia as their most popular story, it seems their readers were more interested in spray on contraceptives. It never ceases to amaze me that sex will sell above any other news.

Watch this tonight on PBS at 10pm EST “Documenting the Face of America,” a film about Roy Stryker and the F.S.A. photographers that airs tonight at 8 PM on PBS. Time’s “Looking Around” blogger Richard Lacayo is back from vacation and already keeping us in the know! I appreciate his assessment of Annie Liebovitz’s photography “Most of her pictures strike me as ingenious and all too efficient in the way they wrap up a celebrity into some high pitched version of the familiar package that they are. They tell us what we already know and they tell it to a T.”

Ali G interviews US Olympic President

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:48:39 +0000

And then I couldn’t resist posting this video where he tries to work out what art is.

Cat Power (and Eggleston cameo)

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:57:22 +0000

Intervention - Allison (addicted to Dust-off)

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:19:17 +0000

We are huge fans of the show “Intervention,” and this week was one of the best so far. Allison had an addiction to a version of dust-off. She inhaled up to 10 cans of the stuff a day, which besides the impact on her health, must have cost her around $100 a day. The buzz only lasts a few minutes, so she is huffing the stuff throughout the entire interview process. It is potentially fatal every time, so if you’re scanning a lot of negatives and want a quick buzz, get some coffee!

My favorite interventionist is Jeff Van Vondren. He is always calm and able to reason with the addict, eventually allowing them to feel comfortable enough to give in and go to rehab. Amanda prefers Candy Finnigan, I think its because she appears to be completely involved and emotionally committed to each case she handles. (I’m sure this is a deep rooted comment on who we are as individuals?)

Allison -

She was a pre-med student on her way to She was a pre-med student on her way to becoming a surgeon, but the trauma of being molested as a child and her parents’ brutal divorce haunted Allison. She started to inhale computer dust remover, which is potentially fatal with each breath. Her erratic behavior and absence from classes got Allison dropped from the pre-med program. Allison is currently inhaling up to ten cans of dust remover a day. Can interventionist Jeff help Allison and her family? To learn more about inhalant addiction visit here.

If you are struggling with an addiction, and need help call 1-800-662-HELP

Chinatown Photos

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:42:25 +0000

Baby Parrino enters the blog world

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:42:23 +0000

I first heard of Anthony Parrino when I was just a wee freshman at SUNY Purchase. George Parrino would tell us stories of how his cool son would carry around a copy of the Diamond Sutra in complete awe of its teachings. There was very little scarier than George on a bad day or in a bad mood, so these tales of his son would be a ray of light among harsh critiques and obsessive yelling about poor manners. “No tapping, No drumming, No whining,” “The teacher is always right,” “Beware of the one-liner,” “If you see the buddha, hit him with a stick,” were just a few of Parrino’s motto’s. I will never forget the time he leaned over in the middle of me critiquing someone’s work and whispered “Shut your fucking mouth.” If none of you have ever had a professor be honest, critical and hard assed then I believe you haven’t recieved a decent education. It is because of people like George that I am getting my MFA at Pratt.

I then met Anthony in Burgos on the craziest summer of my undergrad life. We partied hard, studied little Spanish and spent a huge amount of time in the dustiest garage/studio creating assemblages in the mirror of Spain.

Anthony goes by the musical name Elite, and has been involved in some pretty impressive musical accomplishments. None of the music is really my thing, but I must admire a ‘westchester-white-boy’ entering into this world and being successful. Here is his blog that I was just linked to by George
(and inspired this posting).

Marisa ‘the mustache’ Tomei

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:13:16 +0000

Rey came back to the press tent during All Points west, and told me that he had complimented a woman for having such a nice moustache, before he realised it was Marisa Tomei. None of our guys caught a snap of her for the websites, but one has got out on Flickr from malisser and used on all sorts of blogs (gawker etc…). Mike Lawrie also said today that he had wondered about the mustachioed lady walking around VIP. I guess disguising yourself with fake facial hair could actually work, think on Britney Spears!