February 2012
21 posts
WatchNot related at all to our usual conversations, but super proud of one of my best friend’s debut videos at his new job.
lonelysandwich:
Poll Everywhere “Introducing Poll Everywhere”
Good god, am I proud of Employee #2, JP Bolles, who directed this for Sandwich Video. Sure it’s a cool product. See for yourself if you want. But the video JP made is just so good. And DJ Lubel, who stars in...
Honey Hunger Pangs for String XII at the Beehive... →
Don’t let the potent amount of bees references in the above title overwhelm you.
Tonight I’ll be presenting a performative-textual menu intervention at the Beehive restaurant in the South End. Titled, Honey Hunger Pangs, the piece is another collaboration with the absurdly talented Ben Critton. I don’t want to speak to soon as the actual piece is really activated for the...
April 9th at 8:30pm
Thesis defense is officially scheduled.
Finally, a Second Draft
I don’t know if today marked the third or fourth extended deadline for the completion of my second thesis draft, but I made it.
The Tufts library seems to be the ideal place to work. Amidst a sea of almost-working undergrads, I type, trying to maintain a healthy posture as eyes redden by the hour. I’ve started taking breaks every 90 minutes per the suggestion of a close friend, and...
Sting XII: Boston Contemporary
Happy Valentines Day! I’m incredibly excited to report that I will be presenting a performance piece on the 27th at the Beehive in the South End. There’s a lot of talk about regarding this opportunity, who is all showing and what this means, but with my second thesis meeting fourteen hours away, it will have to momentarily wait. It’s going to be amazing and I’m honored to...
Continuing Ed Summer '12
I’m happy to announce my course proposal for the SMFA Summer Continuing Ed session has been approved! Maybe I’ll see you in class?
An Introduction to the Analogue Black and White Process
Erik Benjamins
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 6:30-9:45pm
Four weeks (June 5–July 3)
PHT XXXX-S1
Two Credits / Tuition: $920
This class is designed for students with an interest in the analogue black...
Travel'n to dOCUMENTA(13)
Currently exhausted, half-slumping on my sofa, I’m quite excited to report that I have been awarded the Montague International Travel Grant from my graduate program to realize a project at dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel, Germany. The Documenta Cookbook, a print-on-demand publication, will document a visit to Documenta in which taste, literally and symbolically, becomes means to experience and...