June and July and nearly August... As I listed these months, counting the time since my last post, a cover of "Fly Like an Eagle" by Tony Crown started playing in the background. It was a slow ghostly version of the old Steve Miller Band song, never heard this version before. Perfect synchronicity. Time keeps … Continue reading Cerulean Blues
Author: gailwight
swimmy Pool video
Thanks to David Stroud for shooting this video of Pool at Hosfelt Gallery. It's the most beautifully sunny gallery in all of San Francisco, so the video is a little pale. There's a Nam June Paik piece across the room that's an aquarium in an old wooden CRT television case, critters built out of vacuum … Continue reading swimmy Pool video
Pool
Pool is finally up at Hosfelt Gallery. Well... it's been up for two weeks, but I'm just getting around to posting some photos. So here's how it works: Pool was shot in the tide pools of Salt Point from late January through April of this year. The video is projected onto the floor, passing through … Continue reading Pool
washed out
this washed out of the woods last week:
thrashed about
I just ordered this book from a store in Oregon: I ordered it, ostensibly, for the graduate seminar I'll be teaching this spring on "professional practices" for artists. It's good to have alternatives. While I wait, I'm indulging in a fantasy about this book: that it will give me great peace of mind, reassurance, and … Continue reading thrashed about
Copepodilia’s virtual debut
I've just heard from Julia Krolik that our conversation about Copepodilia is now online: Julia is one of the curators of the blog Art the Science, from a fascinating Canadian organization of the same name. Lots of great art to be found there; I'm honored to be included. I mentioned these prints in an earlier … Continue reading Copepodilia’s virtual debut
zeroes on the loose
I had a great meeting with Iain Boal yesterday, working on a book project with Iain and Ren Weschler. Iain shared this beautiful poem by Wisława Szymborska. Possibilities I prefer movies. I prefer cats. I prefer the oaks along the Warta. I prefer Dickens to Dostoyevsky. I prefer myself liking people to myself loving mankind. … Continue reading zeroes on the loose
The Fix
So the abalone kintsugi project is at the San Jose Museum of Art for the next six months, part of a show called "Your Mind, This Moment" curated by Susan Krane. The piece is out on a porch, off of the second floor gallery. It will be out in the rain and the sun and … Continue reading The Fix
hermit
the news makes me want to curl up in a shell. and this little ad seems so wrong. cheaper than a candy bar. cheaper than a cup of coffee. cheaper than a pair of sox, three first class stamps, or a pack of gum.
tidepools
I'm working on a new piece about tide pools, or about whatever it is that tide pools are about. In any case, I need lots of footage of tide pools and of tides, coming and going. Yesterday, the shoot was mainly just dealing with technical issues. I walked along a good stretch of shore … Continue reading tidepools
