Monday, July 27, 2009

This guy's gotten me a few times...



Here's the scenario.  It's between midnight and six in the morning.  I'm either coming to or going from the studio.  I prefer to use the southwest access which takes me past the back side of the UMFA.  Every now and then I sense a presence in the window.  He's good for a sudden jolt of adrenaline every single time.  Generally speaking, I'm not a jumpy person but museum man seems to have my number.  In my defense... why is this dark silhouette staring holes through me at a time of day when the chickens are still snoozing?  It doesn't help that the scale is way off either.  He's got to be ten feet tall or better.

 

Thursday, July 9, 2009

SEEING ACTIVITY



this "seeing activity" is a two photo reminder of the general anxiety I think we're all feeling while trying to learn auto-cad.

what is the name of the command that can help with this............... viewport(s) with an s?............


MY URBAN ARTIFACT






...a quick entry to document my artifact and record some of the ideas/concepts behind it.

-inaccessible access (once again)
-in order to understand the artifact you must "explore" it and find your way in
-step one must be completed before step two, and step two before step 3
-leftover elements may be shifted slightly in order to form useful configurations

Here are a couple of reminders that maybe concrete isn't the way to go.....






another trip to the "Chinese" site

...upon further investigation we discovered that our chosen sight is not a "Chinese" sight but in fact part of  "Old Greek Town".  The Gateway district was home to many different ethnic communities as well as a red light district that thrived for nearly a century and was illegal but "generally accepted as a necessary evil" until the early 1970's.

For more info. on the warehouse district you can download some great audio files here:
 

Here are a few more photos that interested me and affected my artifact:







...some things that jumped out at me about the sight:

-inaccessible access points
-strange access heights
-garage doors right on the sidewalk?