Art Event - Subhumans at Soma

The band Subhumans was one of the early 80's punk bands from England that broke up around '86-'87. At the age of 17 I thought I would never see this band play live and that their entry into punk history was complete. 21 years later, I see an ad for a show, do some research and find out that it is the original band. I have to go, even though it is in the middle of the week and I have to drive 60+ miles to see it.

The art of the music is one thing, but the art that goes with the punk records is another. There were cds, records, posters, stickers and buttons. The underground art was a mix of appropriated images, original art, and some digital design.

The show was a delight.

Art Event - Wicked the Musical at the Pantages

One of the events I went to was Wicked the Musical at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. The show was much more than I expected. The set design was pretty amazing. While watching the show, I kept thinking about all of the design elements, sound, set, lighting, props, the script, music and costumes. I am not sure the traveling show would be set up the same, it seems that the permanant shows would have a more stable set.

I would recommend the show to anyone. It has almost every element of design that one can think of all wrapped up into one show.

Book intro

Working on the first few pages of the book. I think I have the Idea down a little bit more. Not sure about the typeface just yet.

Book Test Page

Oliver Herring

Where do you find people who will spit food coloring all over their face. The process that Herring uses captures a moment of vulnerability in personal trust and space. The images of the food dye on the skin changes over time and in the comparison of a fresh image (liquid) and moments later (faded and drier) the duration of the process can be seen. The emotion is high, but to what kind is unknown, is this guy mad, puzzled or is he just a statue posing for a picture. The organic blend of colors interestingly, bring out the blue of the man's eyes.

Reza Abedini and Saed Meshki

Both artists make use of negative space. Meshki's text is very stark against minimal backgrounds if any. Text is clearly his subject. Abedini blends his text into the objects, forcing emotions, by spacing, overlapping, crowding letters. Both artists blend form and function of the text and enhance the feelings of the words graphically.

Arturo Herrera

He photographs his finger paintings, sketches and other small images and adds a random factor to the development of the photos by dropping the roll of film into water(hot, cold, iced). I find the process interesting and the resulting images are quite random. As far as his thoughts on the images communicating, I cannot say that I communicate with these images as I just see them as random multi-processed forms. They could be great elements for textures or collage.