And another one! I swear, it feels like somebody's fucking with me here. New guys show up - and possibly the same
person's moving them around. I wonder if
anyone else notices this besides me?
Walking Back From Lunch
Ben and Justin stopped
in to CDW, and had a few errands to run. Chris and I ended up walking
back to the office together, and we spotted a few things en route.
After looking around some, we determined that this was a bracelet that spelled out "Chicago." While I was busy trying to get this shot,
Chris tracked down all the missing blocks, and was trying to determine
the "spray-pattern," and guessing how this person lost their bracelet. It felt a bit like a crime scene.
All is full of love.
Along this entire gate, these two spikes were the only ones slightly bent. It was almost as though someone tried to pry
them apart, and for some reason I imagined someone incredibly angry. This gate encompasses a... monastery? Crap - I don't even
know what exactly this place is, despite the fact that I've walked by it numerous times. Next time, I'll find out for sure what
this place is.
Tonight, she had a solo show at Zg Gallery,
entitled It Will Be Enough. I don't profess to fully understand the scope of the project, but
overheard Rena talk a bit about her interest with the potato - it's origins, it's role in history, the
varied forms it can take. There was a really well-written description at the front desk, and I assumed
it would be available online (but it's not).
Here's a portion of her artist's statement:
My interests reside in taking aspects of our familiar surroundings and somehow tweaking or altering
them to make them slightly off, uncanny, and perhaps a bit disturbing and unfamiliar. The spaces, architecture,
surfaces, and objects of daily living are so familiar they often become as a backdrop, looked beyond and moved
past. The quirky sense of aesthetics of the almost accidental placement that occurs in the world we build for
ourselves has a sense of comedy and beauty but it is one that is seldom noticed because it is taken as a given.
Ben Butler is another artist who was on display at the gallery. A few pieces in a small sideroom. But since I've got this thing
about symmetry, I had to take a few pics.
Post-Show Drinks
Not sure where this was, but we hit a nearby bar for a quick drink. Rena was feeling a bit tired (and had been under the weather
lately), and so a bunch of us hung out briefly, post-show.
Here's a quick pic of Dave, who I hadn't photographed all night.
60 Seconds of Slayer
Beechwood
After Rena went back to the hotel, a bunch of us went to Beechwood for more drinks. I got into some interesting
conversations (and was recommended a book: The Aqautic Mammal). Some fun talks, but the reclusive side of me
kicked in around 11:00PM, and I took an early exit.
It's weird - I probably could have stayed out another few hours. But a big part of me was just wanting to head
home and be back home. An early night, despite how much fun I had.
