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
Author: gailwight
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
collision
This small stretch of coastal Pacific is part of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, and according to the NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association), this part of the Pacific experiences three seasons, rather than the four seasons of nearby terrestrial life. They are, with short descriptions: Winter Storm: December–February. Storms from the north and west … Continue reading collision
