What is discobikini?
I’m often asked what is “discobikini” The term is derived from this portion of my film Filmini Italiani. Made in 1998.
Anne Peroco: The Life Instinct
Living life at Anne Peroco’s show at NURTUREart. Anne’s work includes a “scrappy” hut constructed of found materials and lovely images of mysterious mini makeshift shelters assembled from found objects on vacant lots. Anne has also put together a series of skill-sharing workshops with guest artists this month. Check out her website: Anne Peroco
When Pigs Ride! The pins.
Just in time for Bike Month.
Field Guide to Office Plants
I’ve been working on and off on this. My day job is in an office. We have some office plants that never see natural light.
Atelier Mecanic, Bucharest
I recently visited Bucharest with my family. While I was there I met Anca Benera an artist who lives in Bucharest. We had a coffee in this lovely cafe, Atelier Mecanic, where everything is constructed from salvaged materials and mechanical equipment from communist-era factories. While we chatted my son Huck enjoyed working on and with …
Homemade rope ladder
The ladder I made to get over the wall at the beach on Buttermilk Channel, Governors Island. Apart from this ladder there is no access to the shoreline on the entire island.
Lenape Corn at Object Migration, Proteus Gowanus
Proteus Gowanus asked their community of friends and collaborators and all others to contribute objects with migratory stories for this show. With over 50 contributors, objects on display range from a 50 million year old “dinosaur fart” (or gas bubble) to a collection of wild bird’s stomach contents collected in the early 20th C for …
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Film and Video Editing
I saw the film Breathless at the impressionable age of 17 and fell instantly in love with jump cuts, billowing puffs of cigarette smoke and the movies. My career in pictures started with a stint as an intern on Dazed and Confused during a summer in Austin. From there I followed a unique path from …
Upcoming Exhibition: Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Play Space!
My collaborative project Husk is presenting new work at Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Play Space! Opening April 5th at the Old Stone House, Brooklyn. TUB Park by Husk is a park of public baths and innovative play equipment that can be enjoyed by Brooklynites of all ages. The adult-only hot tubs in the park are …
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Endless Love
Endless Love, 2005. A friend gave me a super-8 camera but wasn’t sure if it worked. So we stuck some film in it and filmed him and another pal pretending they were in a karaoke video. Turns out the camera worked and the film screened at the Bicycle Film Festival.
So Near and yet so Far, 2011
So Near and Yet So Far is working title for an outdoor, public art installation which draws attention to the fact that New York City is surrounded by water but has few places to directly experience the shoreline.
ChandelAir Flight 69
Trailer for ChandelAir Flight 69, 2005 The first (and only) installment of a soap opera set entirely on a luxury airliner. The idea was to pack as many outrageous plot lines as possible into the smallest amount of physical space. Shot in Brooklyn’s BCAT TV studios against a green screen with a cast of over …