Time as a Sanctuary ended on August 15th. We had an amazing artist talk moderated by William Paul Thomas, where we we able to just have a conversation in front of the audience who had gathered for the last day of the show. The talk ended up weaving all over the place, expanding into wonderful tangential spaces, and circling back to the core thematic elements of the exhibition. Will is a tremendous artist and writer and thinker, a helluva human being, and it was an honor to get to speak with him in front of the an audience. Those who made it out for the talk also had what felt like a limitless cache of questions which really challenged and inspired as well. It really was the best program I have ever been a part of as per the best show I have ever had. I will be putting a video of the talk up soon once I can get the editing and sound cued properly.
Also in the last few days a wonderful article by one of my favorite peers and interviewers in North Carolina came out with The Microscopic Giant. MSG and I go way back, as founder and director Tracy Jones and I are long long time friends reaching back to my earlier days in the Bay Area, and have worked together on art and writing events, shows, apparel, and even have connected in Japan when he lived there for a number of years. I am a long time fan of the website and it was a real joy to be able to be interviewed by Olivia Huntley for Tracy’s long running publication. The interview goes very deep and I am really proud of it. Here is a link. That’s it for this installment. More press coming soon, and a critical review of the show as well. Crazy times we are living in, glad I can keep focussing on making art and connecting with people and ideas that keep the conversation of existence and how we might continue to move through it all together.
