I’m back from Europe where I taught photography workshops in Madrid and made new photographic and video work for the Pulse project in Paris.  The trip was very productive with several hours of video captured and new still photographic material.  The video work is going to take a good long time to edit but I hope to have some of the new material posted on the website by the Fall.

A great deal of thanks goes out to the many people who helped me while I was in Europe this time through.  In Madrid, Chilean artist Alvaro Rojas Sastre and Spanish artist Francisco “Monte” Reina as always made my life very pleasant despite the blistering heat.  Also caught up with Spanish artist Lola Guerrera and saw her amazing new project Delight in My Garden.

I owe a great deal of thanks to artist Charles Freger of  P.O.C. for helping me find help with my video projects in Paris.  French artist/student Pierre Mahieu was extremely helpful in executing the video projects and in helping me find what I needed in the city.  And, former Columbia College student, Lee Hoagland helped me immensely on the last day of shooting.  At 24 Lee has been very successful as a photojournalist and is moving to Abu Dhabi next month to work for a media agency over there.  Best of luck, Lee!

During my last days in Paris it was a pleasure to also catch up with Italian video artist Piero Steinle.  He is about to embark on a project for the Centre Pompidou in Paris and seems to be doing very well these days.

While I was away, my public video installation in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood was launched with the help of Johalla Projects who were kind enough to represent me at the opening night of WPB Make Believe.  The videos are running well but there are still many improvements to be made.  The installation can be seen at 1448 N. Milwaukee Ave..  The video projections are best viewed in the evening hours or under cloudy conditions.  They get overpowered by direct sun in the morning and afternoon.  The exhibition is up until October so expect visual and technical improvements in the coming weeks as I work through the issues of a medium I’ve never worked in before.

In two weeks I will be attending the ACRE Residency in Wisconsin where I will be working on building my first art objects/sculptures.  I still have a fair amount of research to do in terms of fabrication but I’m confident that I will finish the residency with at least one piece completed.  I have 3D renderings of the sculptures posted in my Structures project.

Lastly, if anyone is in Switzerland in September, I will be participating in Festival Images in Vevey where pieces from The Untitled Project and Floating Logos will be displayed on outdoor advertising displays around the city.  I’m very excited about this exhibition but will probably not get there myself as my wife will be 8 months pregnant by that time.

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