Visual Influence

Here are some images I like to look at:

THESIS, UPDATES, COMICS

IN THAT ORDER.

Hi. It's been a while. How have you been? I've been better myself, but at least I have my voice back. A nasty cold seems to have been making its rounds of the entire population of Cincinnati, it seems, and I am no exception.

So, first things first: THESIS. I just turned in my draft to my professors, and had my visual critique. I'm in the second round of the Dry Run show so I have a week to think about presentation and hanging the work... but I'll leave you with some images of my favorite pieces, and a link to the google doc of the draft if you feel inclined to read it.

UPDATES: I have been working on gifs in my photography class, and I think they're turning out pretty rad if I do say so myself. They're big, so I'll post one here (EDIT: I'm not sure why this one isn't animating but just go to my tumblr and look at them, guh).

Also, Cry-Baby and The Big Lebowski are coming up soon. Here's where you'll find more information on that.

COMICS: I've been working on the Order of the Golden Bear wordpress site, and while it's not quite up and running yet, I did put up all of Third Culture Kid. So go and read, and follow, and be on the lookout for more things! Also, Alison Bechdel will have a new book out soon and I've never been so excited.

Liveblogging the Internet part 2

Spastic clicking mirrors my mental state this week. Open tabs at this very second: (in class, Internet Art, hi Jordan!): Sarah Leavitt Dot Com (she does comics), ephemerafriends on Etsy (watercolors of t-shirts on hangers, sweet jesus I want one), my UC email, Google+, Google music (it works so much better than soundcloud, huzzah!), Scratch Project Buttons (Danielle's project that we just critiqued), and this. The Blogger new post box. Thing.

Emails I have sent today: my submission to the Kindlin Quarterly. Emails I will send today: one to David, about the Hetero-Types show, and one to the BearCast web director guy, with my article.

People I have chatted with today: my dad, about UC admissions, and Quinn, about his job. I have also called the admissions office through my computer, which shouldn't blow my mind but kind of does. Also Christina, who is in Spain.

http://jennifer-chan.com/

As I recently stated in my english paper about tumblr, the internet has a seamy, dark underbelly of porn and fetishes, and Jennifer Chan seems to dig it all out and slather on some feminist rhetoric. I like it. She's intense.

http://mitchtrale.com/

I like his main page. I feel like there should be a hamster running in it though.

Sierpinski triangles! Makes me think of YouTube vlogger ViHart.

http://proofmathisbeautiful.tumblr.com/

Hell to the yes. Wish my math classes in high school had been better, so I could absorb more of this stuff.

Interneting while trying to record yourself interneting gets really cyclical, as Jordan pointed out. I'm typing about what I'm typing about what I'm typing about. I don't know if this is effective at all. I'm thinking about what I'm thinking about what I'm thinking. Urgh.

Video Performance

I know I've mentioned Chris Collins before, and I probably posted this video...

But since I am totally out of ideas for other video performance pieces, I figured I'd make the one I'd been thinking about doing for a while. Here you go, and you're welcome.

I am totally willing to look ridiculous in the name of art.