On Thursday the 14th, Marcella and I attended an alumni gathering at California College of the Arts for MFA Media Studies. Due to email troubles, it was very poorly attended. As well, Lynn, one of CCA’s finest faculty, wanted to try something new and so instead of the traditional party, she set it up as a salon, with everyone who desired showing work. I asked Marcella to present Disembody.

That worked out really well. It’s always surprising to see what elements of the project others are focussed on. M, for her part began at the blog, and focussed a great deal on the collaborative nature of the project, and the disappointment therein. She also talked about how hopeful she was about the project, because of what she feels it represents. I videotaped the whole thing, and can’t wait to get the footage up. Maybe later this week I’ll have a chance. I know Skye and elise will love it, because it shows such a different side of the project from what I always talk about.

The next day I met Lynn at her studio and we talked about some of her upcoming projects. She’s a working on some really nice new works. She’s also in discussion with Susan about showing at Fringe, which is nice. Lynn supplied me with a slew of alumni names to look up in LA. I’m hoping ot get contact info from her in the coming days. A number of the folks she suggested I speak with might be able to advise on PR. In the original plan for Disembody, I was going to be completely focussed on PR at this stage. HAH! That didn’t work out, did it?

Later that day I met with Hanif and we discussed art. He’s considering applying to MIT for a PhD, eventually.

Which brings me back to the beginning of last week, when Jonny and Erin and I had our first teleconference. It was over an hour. And quite fun, despite initial technical problems. We covered a lot of ground. I need to follow up tomorrow. Erin is about to start a new slew of pieces for us. She’s slated to create ads, postcards, posters, the ephemera page, two print catalogues and a newsprint one sheet schedule for the theater. LOL. Yeah, like she’ll have the time for all of that…

Jonny also has his hands full. I may try and get him out here in June. We need to work on the confessional; streaming multiple webcams; timelapsing multiple webcams; uploading to the internet archive; getting the ephemera page functioning; building a wiki of references and influences to sell as an encyclopedia on a usb stick; and getting a hard drive catalogue up and running.

Heavens.

Bill Viola, Sweet Light, 1977


Jason Rhoades