Art Event #8 - Coachella

I went to Day #2 of Coachella.
I worked from 1pm-2pm, handing out Metallica flyers (for Warner Bros - a side job I have).
Then I got to experience the art/design, music, and sculptures of the event for the rest of the day.


Bands that I saw perform, 3pm-9:30pm:
- Minus the Bear
- Cold War Kids
- Devotchka
- MGMT
- Kate Nash
- Hot Chip
- Death Cab for Cutie
- M.I.A
- Mark Ronson (plus special guests)
- Portishead

some of the pages from my finished book!

Book Title thoughts

I've finally had the time to finish editing all 80 photos I'm using for my artist book of transformation. Every single picture is a picture of water, in some form or another, and it's functioning in nature.

I need to think of a book title!

I looked through some song titles to get inspired. Here are the ones I'm thinking about (some are way better than others, but I like to brainstorm):

The Script Called for Rain
Filtered
U-tope
Distractions
Crystalline Green
Under Water
The Tourist
Terra
Adrift
Recycled Water
Flooded


My top choices are:
Recycled Water
Filtered
The Tourist
Flooded

With maybe a subheading:
...the script called for rain.

Some of the many (lesser known) waterways that I'm trying to cover in my book:


Brook
Bog
Wetland
Creek
Inlet
Delta / Tributary
Alluvial Fan (in a riverbed)
Cesspool
Drought
Evaporation
Frost
Filtered Water
Levees
Rills
Reclaimed Water
Spring
Thermal Spring
Water Vapor
Perennial Stream
Effluent
Aquaculture
Brine
Catchment / river basin
Flood
Flood Fringe
Floodway
Headwaters
Lentic (lake area?)
Weir
Saltwater Wedge

edited photos for my book

some book page ideas

Art Event #7 - Stand Up for Kids art show

Date: February 8, 2008
Location: The Airport Lounge in San Diego, CA
Time: 8pm-11pm

Brief description:
Five painters featured a handful of their newest art at this event. All of the art was for sale, with proceeds benefitting Stand Up for Kids (a charity organization). The night was filled with photobooth activities and live hip-hop music. The Airport Lounge had an outdoor area where the attention was centered around a large live mural painting (featuring 4 different artists).

Photos from the event:

Art Event #6 - Tecolote Guitar Works

Date: February 12, 2008
Location: Tecolote Guitar Works store in San Diego, CA
Time: 12pm

Brief description:
Showcasing over 30 sculptural and graphic artists, Tecolote Guitar Works has ukelele-sized Mexican guitars on display for a few months. Each guitar is unique and decorated from its original form. I was one of the artists featured in the display with a mosaic-covered guitar that is reminiscent of the ocean floor, clear salty water, and sandy shore with the use of colored glass tiles.

My guitar is the second-to-last on this wall:

Classwork - InDesign photo-transformation

Oliver Herring

Oliver Herring
video

What I like about his work:
I really like how Herring uses vivid, bright colors in his work. This particular photograph session was creative because dye was sprayed over the face, and left a colorful mark on the individual.

The photograph session:

Websites

Reza Abedini

-uses a lot of white space

-places macro images of household items

-writes simple poetry in farsi

-from Iran

Saed Meshki

-created beautiful books with vintage/degraded frames and images

-fragmented words

-handwritten, scanned words

Arturo Herrera

Arturo Herrera
video

What I like about Herrera:
I like how said that we perceive things through "memory, emotion, and desire."

What I like about his work:
I like that he doesn't stick to the usual composition of black-and-white photography. His pictures look like graphite drawings.

What surprised me about his work:
His work is very ambiguous, and I would find it difficult to keep a consistent style, when his film developing takes place under different temperature and chemical circumstances.

Art Event #5 - Le Papagayo art show

Date: February 6, 2008
Location: Le Papagayo in Leucadia, CA
Time: 6pm-10pm

Brief description:
A wide array of sculptures, painted artwork, mixed-media pieces, and video artwork was featured on the walls and an outdoor area of Le Papagayo restaurant. All of the artists featured in this art show are from the North County region of San Diego. Live music was provided by a local DJ artist.


The outside area:



Some of the featured pieces:



People inside the event:






(all photos were taken by me)