Not knowing where to start…
One month ago tonight:
this photo taken by Stephanie Bonham :
And this was the end — 
Sean actually got some good documentation with his fancy camera and made a mini-documentary about it. You can watch it on vimeo. Thanks, Sean!
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- GENERIC PERFORMANCE – CO-LAB – 5/6&5/7 2011
Demand + Supply
“Beginning with an Assignment (DEMAND) to create a list of Materials (SUPPLIES), Hopper and Jones engage in a closed-economy art experiment, wherein the elements themselves are also used as tools without any additional means.
ASSIGNMENT:
1) Create a list of mutually agreed-upon supplies limited to 20 different elements with specified quantities.
2) Gather all supplies on list individually.
3) Install supplies at Co-Lab on specific sides of room, working independently except for at the meeting point (somewhere in the middle).”
the Cadillac of worms, she says
Because there is so much going on right now that I am befuddled, I am giving you a non-sequitor title, c/o my dear friend Laura Cyan Anderson.
Art shows! Co-Lab this Saturday; Cheer Up Charlies (East 6th @ Waller) all June; Thunderbird (Koenig) in July: these are all collaborations with Chad Hopper.
At CUC you will find a small installation of a whole bunch of stuff all under the heart-shaped letters which spell out “DNA ERA”. We worked hard in there on a hot day without A.C., so go look at it. It’s kind of like going to the zoo, only it’s a bread factory. In it I express my love for nets, lamps and physics.
The Co-Lab show is an experiment in rules (and the flip-side of that, freedom). It is well explained on the Project blog (link above), so read that if you want to know more. Or, just show up to Co-Lab on Saturday eve if you can.
Finally, July’s coffeeshop show will probably just be a bunch of framed art/collages. I have a surplus of old stuff, but plenty of material to make new ones, too- ahem- art collectors! Take note. Art is important to have in your house. It helps loosen the brain in those odd moments between mundane bits of life, etcetera.
So, enough with words, here are some pictures:
More “Turning Points” pictures
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- this was on the door — it helped us stay warm-
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- Kevin Cox’s seashells + lightsticks + magic thread (etc.): an offering to Neptune.
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- frosted glass arrangement by Jesus Benavente
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- Scott Webel working on his snowflakes
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- Here there was an altar with special candles, but a black cat came in and knocked it over!
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- comfy
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- Sean G. arranged these frames within frames; I haven’t stretched my brain quite widely enough to say what it has to do with the 8th house. Any comments anyone?
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- A rusty pipe (very appropriate for the 8th house), adorned with symbol-covered tape by Miguel R., Deana S., and Chris G.
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- Money and career tools on the 10th house stair/stoop.
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- Photo by Chad Hopper.
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- Blurry picture of Chris H.’s piece.
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- This little porcelain guy and the lady were found in the junk museum, broke apart. Chris also found the pickaxe, and placed the figures on opposite sides of it.
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- Jan and Jonathan’s collaborative offering, a magical alternator.
Co-Lab/Turning Points: Gallery photos Vol. 1
MORE PHOTOS coming soon. Here is batch one:
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- Almost but never complete list of contributors to the show / community members in and around the temporary temple.
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- Sunday, Dec. 28th, partial installation view.
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- close-up interior of tent and campfire, a Sean/Amanda collaboration
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- front wide and side detail of tent
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- back of tent interior: a collage + painted reflection of the collage (AJ)
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- Sean’s 11th house Community Cohesion piece [the arrows]
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- View from the (11th house) chair/throne — Kevin Cox, Fernando Flores, Chris Hutchins and I were discussing camera repair, palm-reading, and what-not.
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- written on the door…
Saturday work-day
Here’s a jumbly corner-view of the works in progress on Dec. 27th.
museum of junk, 1
Next to / behind Co-Lab, there is a condemned building with a rich supply of beautiful abandoned and semi-decayed material. We borrowed quite a few items from this wonderland for the show! (And put them all back afterwards)
end of Day 1 at Co-Lab by myself.
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Dec. 23rd progress
Synaesthetic Breakfast 