recent art

Although lately my thoughts have been consumed by godtube.com (bordering on compulsion), and my time has been consumed by work (mostly with Bolo),

I have managed to make a little bit of art.

The first is the finished version of my refrigerator project for my Art and Biology class (not one of the 2 projects that would satisfy my 'incomplete' in that class... Gail, I promise I'll finish those projects before June 6)



The voice is Teva's - one of the kids that I babysit - and yes, that is his refrigerator,
and most of the pictures come from a 2-day door-to-door adventure with my friend Audrey ("May I take a picture of the inside of your refrigerator?").

About 1/3 of the pictures come from emails, though, and I really appreciate everyone who participated - Hopefully, if you watch the video enough times, you can see your reefer in its .08 sec of fame!

Now for the second project - I'm really proud of this one.



This piece was titled "predominantly mail art," and it took place at An Art Affair at Stanford last weekend.

During the festival, over 20 people wrote messages on postcards that I made, and I mailed every one of them last Wednesday....

Here is what the postcards looked like.

The bummer moment happened at the post office when I was mailing them.

Saray, the woman at the post office, told me that they weren't "standard postcard size." She placed them onto a measuring diagram and showed me that the minimum size is 3-and-a-half by 5 (most of my postcards were about 3x5).

"...Can I just buy the stamps and try to send them anyways?" (it's not like I had anything better to do with them).
"Yes, but I can't guarantee they'll be mailed. Just put them in the mailbox outside, because I'm not supposed to handle anything that doesn't qualify."

I bought the stamps and sent the postcards... we'll see if/when they ever arrive.

Moral: if you ever do a postcard-writing campaign, make sure you cut the postcards at 3-and-a-half by 5, at least.