Annnnd, here we go THESIS

Thesis Two with two capital 'T's.

SOURCES OF INSPIRATION.

The boat installations of Swoon




The installation works of Monica Canilao





The video performances and set design of Mika Rottenberg





The... well... everything of Improv Everywhere



The performances of Miranda July




The electronic opera, Tomorrow in a Year, created in collaboration by the brother-sister band The Knife





Cites :

Krapp's Last Tape (1958) - Samuel Beckett

Notes On Directing: 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director's Chair - Frank Hauser and Russel Reich

Improv Everywhere - Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere - Charlie Todd, Alex Scordelis

Synecdoche, New York - (2008) Written and Directed by Charlie Kaufman

Music of Roger Sellers -- local San Marcos experimental musician who uses layering of ambient audio with rhodes, banjo, vibes, loop pedal, and other instruments

WNYC's Radiolab Shorts podcast episode - "Moments," "The Ring & I," and "Memory and Forgetting"

Pie of the day

So, I had this performance of getting assassinated by pie...






Performance in late August 2010 at the Introducing... Hot Grease Art Collective opening at 210 Studios, San Marcos TX

the youtube.

Lovely film stills were captured by the one and only Eric Morales

Music playing during performance :
"Wild Honey Pie" The Beatles
"Country Pie (Dylan cover)" Beck
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" The Four Tops
"Honey Pie" The Beatles
"Sweet Potato Pie" Domino
"Cherry Pie" Warrant
"American Pie" Don McLean
"Where's My Apple Pie?" Joan Baez
"I Like Pie I Like Cake" Lee Morse

Thanks to my two lovely actors, Alison Gregory and Zach Schulte-- the super talented pie assassins who couldn't have been more fun to collaborate with. This performance was the most fun I've had while making art, pretty much ever. Kudos to all who got sticky

Let them eat cake.

these are stills from my "Let them eat cake." performance piece. it started from a dream i had before waking about me making a mountain of cakes... then it went into a sculpture assignment loosely based on the story of jacob's ladder. i basically set up some bossa nova tunes and served an audience slices of cake, only the top tier of cake was super delicious chocolate with coconut frosting and flowers on top.. the middle tier was plain jane vanilla icing on yellow cake, and the bottom was disgusting soy-sauce-pickle-juice-salty-cayenne-peppery brown and red frosted masterpiece, which i served most of the audience a slice of. only a few got the middle cake, and i think one person and myself got to eat on the delicious top tiered cake. i love that the cake tipped over and made a huge mess. plus i love the murder shots at the end-- i feel like i killed something.

look ma, my thumbs are dipping into more pies (and cakes, really)

pictures shot by miss lovely Brit Barton

flora/ fauna

springtime begins to unfurl,


currently looking at // inspiration:






lets just say ive got some work to do.

de-frag

i dream of these colors
ive dreamt of that space

if photos could speak

inspired by photographer, gareth mcconnell:



unmade beds






dishes in the sink



dogs on the sofa




thank you, gareth mcconnell, for getting me back to my photographs.