space

This is only one meaning of "space" for sure, but I found it entertaining.

Don't let me box your thoughts into a corner. What else does "space" mean?

more videos like this here.

minutes from the last meeting

A big thanks (i'm into literal lately) to Michelle, Jessica, Sean, and Lauren: the only four contributors to return to the meeting, and a big welcome to Sam, Cameron, Hayley and Ender: the newest contributors to join up. I hope the OMD concert and movies were fun for everyone else.

What happened on Wednesday was exciting. We made some changes to and clarified what was currently happening which will hopefully spark some participation into most of you and get this thing rolling in the right direction. Several things were decided:

1) the topic was confusing to a lot of people, so we changed it. Collaborating about collaborating had a confusing infinity hold on most of us and we decided changing the topic would help people out. The topic is now "space"

2) we looked at a lot of formats and existing magazines that helped us get a better feel for the format and materials we're using. I will be calling some presses around and getting ballpark estimates for what we want to/can do. For all you motionographers (moceanographers?), we will find a way to mix moving media into the publication as well, DVDs and websites are going to happen, as well as an iPad version (thanks to our newest members).

3) i am trying to figure out the best way to get a list of skill-sets put together, so we will have ready-access to exactly what resources we have at our disposal. Look for that soon!

4) this was decided prior to the meeting, but we are going to start the every-other-week meeting schedule. That puts our next meeting on the 6th of April. Plan ahead. We can get yogurtland afterwards.

5) think of a great group project you want to do. I'm going to start designing a mural/urban art piece. to paint on something.

The excitement level seems high for almost everyone I talk to, so I'm really excited about what is coming. Let's keep using the blog between meetings so that our physical meetings will be productive and focused. Post anything: thoughts, feelings, ideas, random stuff—just keep posting!

Also, my BFA show is up in the HFAC. Go see it and come to the reception on the 30th at 7:00pm.

Sub-urban Art

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Micah Lexier + Christian Bok

This is one of my favorite collaborative pieces I've seen as of late.

The Exquisite Corpse concept

Julia Rothman is a fave of mine; she headed up this book.
I had no idea, but The Exquisite Corpse game (A piece of paper is folded into three parts. Each participant draws a different section of a body (head, torso, legs), but doesn’t let the other artists see what they have created. The big reveal comes when the piece of paper is unfolded and everyone gets to see the “corpse” they’ve created.) was invented by the Surrealists at the turn of the century...

Seems like this concept is used a lot.

ACCORDION FOLDS are classic.

Voltaire

"Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It is the little pocket pamphlets of thirty sous that are to be feared."

attn: people

1) We're getting a lot of random lurkers looking for traffic to their blogs (I would do anything to rid the internet of SEO) so I think we should make this private, or I'll figure out how to moderate comments or something.

2) The next meeting will be next wednesday, the 23rd of March. I am really sorry about the delay in meetings, but my BFA show is going up this weekend and I've been out of town a lot (I would do anything to rid myself of procrastination) so we've had too long of a hiatus. My fault, but I'll make it up to you.

At that meeting we're going to reflect on ideas mentioned on the blog/facebook, talk about more stuff, plan a big team-building activity, and get things done! More instruction for the meeting to come. Can't Wait!!!!!!