"Magnetic
Visions" -- I returned Nov. 26, from London, where I set up
Sisyphus IV for the opening of a six-week show at Kinetica (a new museum
devoted to kinetic and technologic art). While there, I was able to
make a side trip to visit artist Tim
Hunkin. He has been a hero of mine ever since I saw his amazing
series, "The Secret
Life of Machines" on the Discovery Channel about ten years
ago. I not only got a chance to visit his studio/shop (where the series
was shot) but also to visit his latest passion: The
Under the Pier Show, on Southwold Pier. Tim has brought together
many of his old arcade machine creations, and built many new ones to
create an experience like no other. Fantastic!
My new neighbor in Sebastopol, Ned Kahn,
invited me to join him in a show at the Sebastopol
Center for the Arts, Sept. 21-Oct. 29. The show's title: "Particles
in Motion." Ned's work has long been an inspiration to me.
"Pipedream III"
-- high-resolution embolograph (bubble raster), capable of capturing
faces. Installed at the Science Centre of Ontario, in Toronto. June,
2006.
I am tentatively scheduled to write a DIY article on Eggbot for MAKE
magazine. Amazingly, O'Reilly
Media, Inc. is located right in my new hometown-- Sebastopol!
"The Ridge" -- a Thanksgiving
trip to the Bay Area in 2004 unexpectedly leads to finding a place in
Sonoma County where we will build a new studio space and eventually
call home.