psyched about sumter, and anxious about ox-bow

this is the general state of thinsg in the studio right nowon the table is the piece with the spikes, which i will probably take to ox-bow with me to finish up there
so the plastic piece is being slowly rebuilt
these are some better views of the space in sumter
so i plan to change the lights in the chandelier to ultra-bright low energy bulbs and then build a stir stick structure all the way around this opening. This will create a stir stick piece that is lit from within throwing shadows all over the place.

So on saturday i went up to sumter to get a better sense of what i will be working with at the accessibility residency and to look more closely at the site. While i was there i got really excited about the project because the space is spectatcular and the folks showing me around were amazing. I really got the sense of how exciting this event is going to be. I am really looking forward to this. I leave friday for ox bow which has me nervous since I am driving. It is not the driving that makes me nervous, but the fact that I had to take my car in to get the brakes fixed today. I am afraid of the sticker shock coming my way. Tomorrow brooke and i are going to meet with our top choice for a caterer and hopefully make a decision in that area. I am planning on taking the spike piece to ox bow with me to finish up there, but if for some reason they do not have a welder for me to use, I will just work on rust prints, writing and preparing for the sumter show. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the twin towers attacks. I was thinking about how in this instant contact media saturated world how we never really get to process anything thoroughly. I was behind a car with a bumper sticker that said 9-11-01 we will never forget. It struck how odd it is that such a significant event never gets a true identity or name but rather is forever known as the date when it occurred. With pearl harbor we have to think about the date but we know the event, even though less of us experienced that day in person, if someone says december 8th, we don't immediately think pearl harbor. But september the 11th will always be that way, fixed to one date rather than one event. It almost limits our acknowledgements of this tragedy allowing us to mourn only one day, instead of 3000 lives and counting.