Friday, August 29, 2008

Did Your String Come Undone?


Did Your String Come Undone?
Cut paper on birch panel
12 x 22 inches

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Reversal of Fortune


Reversal of Fortune
Cut paper on birch panel
24 x 32 inches

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Geeked Out


free powderly!
Originally uploaded by
jakedobkin


Ok. So James Powderly one of the founders of GRL just got jailed in China.  Not good. 

On the other hand, not sure it was the wisest move as the Olympics are coming to a close soon and the Chinese government is probably less worried saving face than they had been before. 

So searching GRL for news, I come across photos from them on FuckFlickr which is pretty interesting in concept and purpose. Then I am digging around and I come across White Glove Tracking. It has made me want to dabble in programming again and video work.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Bloody Busy



Oedipus
Pasted paper on walls.
4 x 6.5 feet


Been very busy in the studio. 
Listening to a lot of NPR. 

Well back to work.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Perhaps the Voice Could Bellow Like Velvet


Perhaps the Voice Could Bellow Like Velvet 
Cut paper on birch panel. 
18 x 26 inches.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

I Must Resist the Wool Pulling


I Must Resist the Wool Pulling
Cut paper on birch panel.
16 x 22 inches.

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Victor, Victorious


Victor, Victorious
Cut paper on birch panel. 24 x 30 inches. All rights reserved.

This piece is loosely based on the play The Maids by the French writer Jean Genet. I am also wrestling with issues of patriotism as a guise for aggression.

Genet loosely based his play on the infamous Papin sisters, Lea and Christine, who brutally murdered their employer and her daughter in Le Mans, France, in 1933, although the play is not the story of the Papin sisters as such. Solange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate sadomasochistic rituals when their mistress (Madame) is away. The focus of their theatrical playing is the murder of Madame, and they take turns portraying either side of the power divide. The deliberate pace and devotion to detail guarantees that they always fail to actualize their fantasies by ceremoniously "killing" Madame at the ritual's denouement

For more on The Maids

Monday, August 11, 2008

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Cool Hunting on Electric WIndows


A real nice video done by the folks at Cool Hunting on the Electric Windows project in Beacon.