August 3rd, 2008 — Art
The Grass Bike needs a lot of water in the August sun. I went to the studio to water the grass as well as pull out a pile a weeds. At first I thought that the grass would have a hard time taking hold now it has taken hold and needs constant trimming [...]
July 26th, 2008 — Art
The nylon taffeta is beginning to accumulate in the apartment as I begin a new inflatable project. The yellow is soothing compared to the bright red that I used for Big Red. The fabric has a creamy texture and feel. This project will be displayed at the Aichi Prefectural Museum of [...]
July 25th, 2008 — Nagoya
Buying thread from a retail store becomes quite expensive when using thousands of meters. Before I discovered a company in Nagoya called, Ozeki (オゼキ), I made this costly mistake many times. At a retail store one hundred meters of thread costs about 230 yen, but at Ozeki, a thread distributor, three thousand meters [...]
May 23rd, 2008 — Nagoya
I received an email from a curator at The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (愛知県美術館) in Nagoya asking me if I would like to do a one day performance at the Museum. I agreed and today I went into the city to meet the curator Fumiko Nakamura (中村史子). She showed me around the [...]
May 21st, 2008 — Art
The Lawn Bike now has a very sickly looking layer of brown sod on it. I also roughed in the fence posts to get an idea of the final appearance. Now I have to level out the grass and water it a lot. Where is my green thumb?
May 5th, 2008 — Nagoya
Currently I am cutting pattern pieces for the large inflatable installation that I will exhibit at the Laredo Center for the Arts this July. All the sewing is done in my apartment and takes up a lot of space. I estimatedd that it takes about 23 minutes to sew one tube minus the time [...]
May 3rd, 2008 — Art
During the performance of Big Blob at the Nagakutte Cultural Center in Nagoya, the owner of a new onsen in town asked me if I would do a performance in the spring for the one year anniversary of the hot springs. He requested Big Blob but I knew that it would be hotter so [...]
May 2nd, 2008 — Art
Today I finished up the routing of the two chains that will power the “grass bike.” The first chain goes around the chainring on the cranks to a rear cassette bolted below. From that cassette a separate chain makes the long trip to the rear sprocket on the rear wheel. The central cassette serves as [...]