special rocks

Rock collecting/stacking is about reactions, then reason, contemplation, solitude, quiet.

Upcoming, at Small Space

It's just the feeling behind this; there's nothing literal here
will feature new work by Neil Gasparka.

A video by Serena Himmelfarb will also be playing in the back room and the first incarnation of the Small Space Public LIbrary will be presented.

Saturday June 19
7-10pm
2676 N Holton
Milwaukee, WI

Also! exciting news, Brad and I will be hosting gallery hours starting june 24th, the Thursday after the opening! Thursday and Saturday 12-6pm until further notice

Inspiration

Some research/inspiration for an upcoming project:



Call-In Timeline

Wikipedia entry on the program "Party Line"

"Party Line" essay

PROJECTION at Small Space

Small Space had it's second show last month, we showed 16 photographs by Jonia Whitney (invention_extinction@hotmail.com) and a collaborative projection installation in the back room by Me, Small Space co-organizer Brad Fischer, and Rudy Medina, no images of that project, yet, but, below are some examples of the photos and such. More Small Space stuff coming soon, happy to have our website nearing completion.

Club Nutz

(photo credit to Ben Miller who also performed this weekend and was really great)

This weekend I performed my standup comedy routine at Club Nutz, Milwaukee's (and the world's) smallest comedy club transported to Chicago's Next Fair. Like the last time I performed this routine it was thrilling, nerve wracking, touching, and REAL...a triumph of the human spirit. I wrote some more jokes about Chicagoans being assholes and mentioned Milwaukee at least once. Wahoo, saw a lot of great art this weekend.

Collage: Milwaukee and Abroad

This was the first show at "Small Space", which'll be a space for the viewing of artworks in a variety of contexts, the production of video etc. The show was co-curated by Calvin Whitehurst and I, featured 20+ artist and over 60 pieces.

photo credit on these ones to Sam Sieger and Kelly Cegielski

Yard show

As a part of the exhibition "Where We Live" presented by my friend Ashley Janke at her apartment in Bayview, WI I hosted a yard sale in the back yard: