Joe Wigdahl has been helping me shoot a project recently. he's a great photographer based in chicago. he visited the studio a bit ago and shot some random stuff while he was here. ill post a few selects from his visit....

an image i started working on for the great band THESE ARE POWERS. in the end i sent them something different but i liked where this one was going......

the shadow gallery did a nice interview
with my homie lionel at sixpack.
you can read it here.

im excited to have some stuff in this new book by Front Forty Press



"Signs of the Apocalypse / Rapture"
284 pages, hard cover, 2CDs
11" x 11"
Numbered edition of 2000

Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture is a curatorial look at rapturous and apocalyptic art, thought, and audio. Featuring the work of over 60 artists, 13 scholars/experts, and 21 audio artists, this beautiful tome is definitely one for your collection.

Artists presented include Bill Viola, Ed Ruscha, Richard Misrach, Fred Tomaselli, Julie Mehretu, the Starn twins, Zhang Huan, Will Cotton, Julie Heffernan, Desiree Dolron, Andrew Schoultz, Emilio Perez, Till Gerhard, Ellen Kooi, Simmons and Burke, Robert Ryman, Christopher Bucklow, Jules De Balincourt, Cody Hudson and many more.

Essays, interviews, and one poem introduce the books thesis relative to the spiritual, environmental, political, and sociological implications of the subject matter.

Two full-length audio discs contained in the book provide a selection of avant guard audio in twenty-one tracks. The audio artists include bands such as Sonic Youth, OM, SunnO))), Yakuza, Zelienople, Death Unit, Jana Hunter, Matteah Baim, and others.

Look for the feature exhibition of select visual art and sound from Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture scheduled for Summer 2009 at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago as well!

also there is a release party on thursday in chicago.......

a little activity before it gets too cold.....

FULL OF LIGHT
A gentle nod to Bruce Conner / Enfolding Angel
Opens November 8th. Saturday. 2008.

work by

Matteah Baim
Devendra Banhart
Guy Blakeslee
Talia Chetrit
Sarah Cromarty
Rob Doran
Craig Doty
Kyle Field
Sayre Gomez
Cody Hudson
Maximilla Lukacs
Ashley Macomber
Alexander May
Aran Reo Mann
Becca Mann
Owleyes
Jeremy Rendina
Kianja Strobert
J. Patrick Walsh III
Landon Wiggs

Curated By Dirk Knibbe

fulloflightshow.com

Opens November 8th. 6 - 11pm
610 S. Main st. LA. CA. 90014

YES WE DID.



















last night was epic.

STUDS TERKEL R.I.P.
a true chicago legend

for more info click here.

i never got a chance to post many photos from the show i had with sean cassidy this summer at new image art. ill try to catch up this week and get some install shots up, but for now heres some of the recent work......


sculpture made from found plastic buckets and a tambourine


"too late to keep the change, too late to pay" sculpture with soundtrack by Caural (Zachary Mastoon)


site specific wall piece




"mellowtron"






& some recent drawings.....