Ralph Gregory

Dearest Sign Painting,

I shall conquer thee yet!

Love with all my heart,

Emily

Sparkle Mag

I got my copy of Sparkle Mag today. It indeed sparkles, and is filled with things both awkward and amazing. What are you waiting for?

Oh, P.S., Did you know I was a contributor?

Wasted Time

Dear Ryan Barone,

Google Analytics has ruined my life.

Thank you very much.

Fondly,
Emily

Douglas Wilson

I don't know much about Douglas Wilson, other than that he has good taste, and also seems to be interested in hand painted signs, letterpress, and vintage design.

His blog is full of gems.

Nina Katchadourian

Nina Katchadourian spoke at the College of St. Rose last night. Be sorry that you missed it.

Katchadourian is an interdisciplinary artist dealing mostly with conceptual and many times humorous subject matter. Her work involves collaborations with nature, exploitations of misunderstandings, organization and appreciation of the disarray that comes from perceived failures in her work. Katchadourian was articulate and personable, slightly resembling Rachel Griffiths, both in looks and mannerisms, and I overheard the terms "cute" and "adorable" more than several times from the people around me.

Some of my favorite pieces of hers included her Mended Spiderwebs, Renovated Mushroom, Artificial Insemination, Animal Crossdressing, and CARPARK, where she organized cars at a college campus by color.

If you live where I live, you may have seen some of her work recently at Mass MoCA (Falls Colors) or a few years ago at the Tang at Skidmore, such as Accent Elimination and Talking Popcorn.

In Talking Popcorn, Katchadourian translated Popcorn popping noises using Morse Code and a computer program. A carnival style popcorn machine with a microphone inside is hard to miss in a gallery. She even had bronzed a few kernels "Talking Popcorn's First Words". You may be saddened to know that Katchadourian received a phone call from a gallery curator, letter her know that Talking Popcorn had, in effect, committed suicide. Luckily (perhaps in a silver lining sense) for Katchadourian, the computer housed within the base of the popcorn machine was not badly damaged by the flame, and she was able to have Talking Popcorn's Last Words.

That's why.....This is why.....

Students at Schenectady High School freaked out on Thursday. That is, those of them who were not otherwise on a field trip, or skipping school (Senior skip day is traditionally the day that Jumping Jack's opens, and according to the students still in school yesterday, it opened that day). The students who were left freaked out to find that rapper Mims would be hanging out in the cafeteria at lunch. Apparently, he went to college with one of the teachers or administrators. I'm sure the day was purposefully picked.

"You've never heard of Mims?!" One students asked me, flabbergasted.
I told her no, because I had never heard his name before. And quite honestly, I don't think he is that hot.

Tang Maohong

If you google Tang Maohong, you probably won't find his website. He is a Chinese artist working out of Shanghai. His work consists of illustrative imagery with a perverse twist. Much of this seems to be incased in circles (for Caroline), which I suppose helps create a distinction from the rectangle of the TV screen, at least in regards to his digital animations. Try to check his stuff out, but if you are for some reason offended, don't blame me. You were warned, and I'm rather fond of it.