June 18 Digest

June 18, 2019

Shoot. It has been a minute. My research has slowed for the summer, I recently completed my graduate degree and have been traveling (Maine, Chicago, Tennessee), avoiding books for a few weeks but still ingesting as much music (and podcasts) as I can.

Listen:

• Steve Hauschildt: Dissolvi
• Blanck Mass: House vs. House
• Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising
• Tennger: Spiritual 2 (some context for this one – I first put it on while driving on a 2 lane backroad in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The rain was pouring, it was about 2 pm and I’d only had half a cup of coffee for the day what had seemed like an eternity ago. Wanting to power straight through the 5 hour drive I was on and running on fumes already from a meager breakfast, the music put me in an almost trance-like state as soon as it started. I almost had to pull over, my head felt a good 2 feet above my body. I don’t know if it was the possible caffeine withdrawal, the empty stomach, rain storm, constantly changing altitude – none of these things normally would effect me. I’ve since listened to the album with no physiological effects, but for a minute I wasn’t sure if I could play it again.)

Look (at a few of my favorite NC based painters):

• Carmen Neely
• Lien Truong

Sacred Wasteland

April 18, 2019

The second part of the UNC MFA Thesis work opens at the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill from April 19-May 26. I will be showing 3 large scale digital compositions from Climate Anxiety. The show was curated by William Paul Thomas, a UNC alum. For more information on this work see Climate Anxiety under Projects.

Under the Rug

March 20, 2019

From March 23 – April 6 the graduating class in the MFA program at UNC-Chapel Hill will host their group thesis exhibition Under the Rug at the Fruit in Durham. My thesis work consists of 2 separate but related bodies. I will be showing work from one of these bodies Fake Lakes and Other Curious Sites.
More info here.
Write up in the Indy here.

Feb 10 Digest

February 10, 2019

Listen:
Mikron – Severance
Boy Harsher – Careful
Kelly Lee Owens
Sinjin Hawke – First Opus
Jacques Greene – Feel Infinite
Lara Sarkissian – Disruption
Djrum – Portrait with Firewood

Look:
Golden Hour by KangHee Kim

Glass Corner Shipping

February 1, 2019

After a long wait, my 2nd artist’s book Glass Corner is in hand and will be shipping this week. I started this project back in 2014 and it has gone through many iterations to get to this point. Many, many thanks to my dear friend and amazing designer Elana Schlenker for seeing this through with me, and thanks to the folks at Conveyor Editions for the same thing. Finally, to those who helped fund this small project with pre-orders, thank you for your patience. I hope you find it worth the wait. For more info see the Print section of my site.