SGC wrapup

so blogger decided to delete this post FOUR times after i wrote and unsuccessfully attempted to publish it, hopefully it works now

after the official southerngraphicsconference business, we headed south to this awesome bar tattooed mom's and got to enjoy 1$ PBRS while we relaxed in our shared success and completion of the conference with all our fellow printmakers. the best part is the bar was aware of the conference and in complete support of it, so they had set up buckets of wheatpaste for us to come and wallpaper the bar with our prints! the already graffiti covered walls layered even more with our collective works, overlapping and melding into eachother.




you can see the previously defaced painting/icon starting to get covered with other artists wheatpasted prints, beautiful.

especially in an environment so easily dirtied and destructed as a bar, it's interesting to put work up that you know isn't permanent. that's an idea relative to the whole of street art and graffiti, how you can put something up just for it to be teared down later, or tag something that you know someone's going to destroy in two seconds with a throw up. considering the medium of wheatpaste, i would love to visit back and see the slow deconstruction of our work; how it's maybe started to fall apart, or what else was added to/towards it.

i put mine up right over the doorway leading out of the back room, a good friend told me "it'll be the last thing people see as they walk out."


climbed a stool, hung from the doorway and put that shit up; super proud.

molt of the fawn

so from where i left off, the rest of the conference continued to be nothing short of amazing. on the last day, i was able to set up my work at a table in the conference center, alongside hundreds of fellow talented artists and printmakers. had my wear your horns out now and heavy hangs the head.. prints, as well as the corresponding t-shirts (see my previous post for the photoset). tracy brought the most adorable/badass ipodspeaker shaped like a vintage boombox, and we played aphextwin and some 50's beats to the pleasure of everyone stopping by our booths. a couple of people even came over just to dance.

>>me blowing tracy a kiss xx

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the lion/lamb canvas bags i made (check this link for the photos) were my best seller, sold every single one i had brought to the conference! that was really exciting for me. it was nice to meet so many new artists and exchange dialogue regarding the contemporary art world and our places in it; like so many of my peers, being able to share how it is being out of school and trying to continue artistic endeavours when the venues seem few and far between. on that note, i'm proud of my decision to quit my job and work at the LowerEastSidePrintShop in order to create this body of work. i know it can be pushed farther though - just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak - and am looking forward with the utmost excitement for that next step.

i got a bigbigbig heartbeat yeah.

timetravel

realized i had posted these on my facebook page, but not on here. had a great day of printing and went over to a friends where we had a realfun photoshoot of my MARCH ON apparel. check the link, and p.s. add my page! xo http://www.facebook.com/pages/chris-tina/284044206905

work all day, keep the rhythm through the night

allright.

SouthernGraphics was INCREDIBLE. i'm so glad for everyone i met, all the great things i got to do, the inspiring art i was surrounded with the whole time, and of course philly, because wow what an great city.

saw the most phenomenal demo by joseph lappie on making a drum-leaf artists book, which essentially is a series of folds and gluing that doesn't require any stitching in the spine. when you open it, the two page spread is seamless and uninterrupted by those wouldbe stitches, prime for artwork. click on his name and i've linked in his website, great work. i really admire his thesis work especially.

there was alot of traditional letterpress workings, it was so refreshing to bear witness to and take part in the handmade considering how things are done more often than not as of late (mass production).

in the courtyard along side one of the UArts buildings a group was constructing these phenomenal 'beached whales'; wood exoskeleton to be covered in clay and allowed to dry and crack in the sun over a period of time. i think they might actually be taking them down today.

aaah have to go, be back later with more

xx

had the most incredible 2 days in the city, spent the afternoon walking crosstown to the river and taking in the sun. climbed over the railing and hung out on the rotting dock, learning how to skip stones and being entranced by the lapping sound of the water.

ended up on 11th and just sat on a stoop taking photos and discussing the horrible addition to our already overly technological culture that are electronic books, after finding some vintage books on the street and reveling in the shared pleasure of five senses at work while reading one. in contrast to my previous video of wind and rain, check this one out from today: