Electronic Pop Up Book Extraordinaire

Amazing, right? I’ve been mulling over making pop up books as Christmas presents. Then I came across this on Art:21 Blog. I’m not quite up to snuff yet, but if I can get my boyfriend to figure out the wiring thing, maybe. There’s a wealth of pop up books on Youtube, should you feel similarly inclined to do present research this morning.

Art Under the Bridge, the Video

It’s been a while since I made a video, so I was really excited to capture some of the projects at the Art Under the Bridge Festival this past weekend. It was a sunny Fall day, and a lot of people came out to stroll around. There was so much to see and do I’m afraid I don’t give much information about individual projects. You can see a list of all the projects on the Dumbo Arts Center website. There was a lot of creativity and fun in the air, so I hope you get a sense of what it was like in this Ravels in Motion production.

To Create: Paul McCarthy’s Painter video

Is this a skewering the concept of the heroic male artist and a revolting use of media? Rather. McCarthy is known for that, as well as pushing the envelope of performance art and Santa Claus imagery. Generally I find his earlier work sickening. In this clip, I’m entranced and sympathetic and disgusted all at the same time. I identify with the painter. This video captures a sense of how it can be to try to create. To struggle with the beginnings of an idea.

Unfortunately, it kind of looks like me, stuck in a rut over this stupid paper I’m writing. Well, not quite like me. I don’t have ketchup or big hands. In fact, I’m much better looking. But it feels the same.