2010. The year of communication.

Happy New Year Blog Readers....

This year, I'm not going to make some sappy list of the things I learned and discovered. Instead, I'm just going to say that I learned a lot. And most of it had do with the delicate art of communication. Struggle through to the end, no matter how uncomfortable it may be.....

Birdfeed Chandelier

I was invited to a quirky urban arts garden to install a visual piece. The commissioner hoped I would base it on my lecture which proposes the idea that maybe, Art is a form of hospitality.
So....I made a Birdfeed Chandelier.
It is edible, for sparrows and such.
The base is made of copper tubing, and wiring, courtesy of Norm Cummings.
The rest is suet, birdseed, feathers, twine, blown out quails eggs....
When I went to check it yesterday, there were little footprints at the top.

I may add to it.

Edible Art Exchange in Doi Saket Market, Thailand

Potion

This is a prototype as get ready for my exhibit in Chiang Mai. Of course, as things are developing, I can't seem to get away from the food.
So part of my performance will surely involve these little morsels.

What really happened

Your secret stays with me

Home for now.

Just outside the small Northern Thai town of Doi Saket I sit in a house made of mud built by my host Ong Bongo here at Compeung Village. There is an upstairs loft that has become my studio where I pour over food colouring, rice paper and tiny quails eggs, shells and books. I work from 7am until about 1pm. Then it's too dry and hot to do anything at all.

The beginning......















Odious Accusations...






and now...