July 28, 2008

The event friday night went off without a hitch, which is good since we spent the entire day before scrambling around preparing costumes, prepping models and getting last minute props.  Now that it's over, I was able to take a short trip home this weekend and have been helping dismantle all of our work from last week and reorganize the space for our next artist conversation.  It seems that the constant creation, destruction and reorganization of spaces is a prevalent theme here...Some of this most recent reorganization has involved cleaning out an area where the museum had been storing old mannequins.  Most of them are now in pieces and have provided me with a lot of  artistic inspiration.  Or at least some more interesting pictures for my blog.  On that note, I'll leave you with some pictures of the reorganized wardrobe area (complete with wire hanger sculpture) and some interesting mannequin shots.

July 22, 2008

It's shaping up to be quite an eventful week here at Elsewhere. Despite 100 degree heat and no AC, we're hosting a traveling play, having a couple of new artists coming and preparing for an artist conversation/event Friday night that includes puppets, models and live performance. I've spent the past couple of days have been spent working on publicity for these things and assisting the artist that I've been working with prepare for Friday evening. The "wardrobe" room that we've been working on looks amazing (pictures coming soon). In my free time I've been planning a collaborative video project with one of my fellow interns. I'll give you more info on this once we have some plans... In the meantime, I'll be preparing for a visit from a good friend tomorrow and trying not to think about the heat.

July 19, 2008

Since my last post, I've been continuing to help organize clothes in the "wardrobe". In the space of just a few days we've been able to organize a massive turnaround, making the room nearly unrecognizable from the picture I posted. I've also been helping out with some gardening in the back alley and last night helped in a performance/artist talk by one of the visiting artists. He built what he calls "an oracle," basically a really impressive machine housed in an old furnace that answers questions from the audience by projecting a laser on a giant Ouija board. This coming week, I'll be doing wore work in the wardrobe and hopefully experimenting with some video work of my own.

July 15, 2008

I've almost been at Elsewhere a week now and I think I'm finally getting the hang of living in such a crazy place.  The past few days have been fairly relaxed since the museum is closed to the public Sunday through Tuesday.  I've spent most of my time helping an artist who is doing an installation in "The Wardrobe," essentially a huge room filled with old clothing.  It was kind of a mess before he began, so we've mostly been cleaning it all out sorting it by size and color.  Ultimately, I'll be helping him construct some sort of sculpture using the clothes and shoes in the space.  Tomorrow the museum opens back up and I'll be training to be a docent so I can lead tours.  Then, on Friday I'll be helping to host on of the weekly artist talks.  I suppose that's all for now, but I'll leave you with some pictures, though I don't think they'll ever be able to really give the full picture of this incredible space...

ps--I also fiiinalllly got around to posting a new and improved version of the Peep Show Video today, if you're interested.

July 12, 2008

I'm finally beginning to settle in here at Elsewhere, though I have to admit, it's a lot to get use to. I'm not even sure how to begin describing the environment here, but imagine living in a very artfully organized humongous junk store... if that still doesn't help go to http://www.elsewhereelsewhere.org and you can see some pictures. I haven't had time to take any pictures of my own yet, but hopefully I'll have some up soon. The past couple days have been pretty busy just trying to learn the ropes (as I said, it takes a little getting used to) and today we have a bunch of volunteers coming in to help plant a garden in the back alley. Next week I'm hoping I get the chance to dig into some of the bolts of old fabric around here. Alright, it's time for me to go eat breakfast, but I'll be back with some more news and pictures soon.