opening night and now i am home again

bob and jaime of transit antenna made the drive up for the openingseth curcio and bob playing jenga with the sculpture trying to find the one stick that makes the piece fall
my mother father grandmother, brooke's mother, father and brother all made the trip out for the opening
some of the youth percussion ensemble who performed at the opening
my mom providing tours of the shadows cast on the wall by the piece
Thanks to everyone especially the sumter county cultural council, peggy and booth chilcutt, Martha Greenway,karen of the sumter gallery, scotty peek, audrey, bubba, david shoemacker and the entire sumter community for supporting this residency of course a huge thank you to Brooke, my friends and my family who made the 1.5 hour drive for the opening. And now on to the next challenge, getting another batch of applications off in a timely manner and returning to work in the studio after six weeks of residencies. Oh and only 28 days until i leave for the vermont studio center.

Finished i think

Well I have reached a stopping point, or i have just reached the end of my time here. Like with anything I could easily spend another month working on it, but I am satisfied with the point I got it to. Next Time I do this I will definitely go bigger and longer and try and get a show where I Can work on the piece for a month before the opening. I am actually really anxious to get back in the studio and get to work on some other/newer pieces and maybe finish the renovation of the studio. After six weeks of residencies ands being on the road I am looking forward to spending the next month in my own bed before I take off for vermont after a month at home

today is wednesday i think and the opening is on saturday

I got my next couple of shipments and i have been working pretty steady . I hope i can focus and just keep building until the opening. in the few minutes before i collapse each night I have been working on some applications and other stuff, but mostly i am just trying ot stay focused on the task at hand, but I am ready to go home at this point.

day 8ish

so i am now waiting for the ups delivery to show up with my remaining 50,000 sticks, and i intend to work double time this week in order to get finished in time for the 5:00p.m. opening on saturday. here are a few more shots of what has happened as i keep working on the piece

day 6ish

i miscalculated and there may be a day without sticks, but i will make up for it by working overtime when i get more sticks. i swear i will never under estimate the supplies needed for a piece again, next time i will know that i can weave 500 sticks an hour on a good day.

day 5ish

i forgot to upload yesterdays progress so here it is i will upload again tonight after I finish. the peices has taken an interesting turn.

day 4 of accessibility 10 more until the opening

I plowed through another several thousand sticks yesterday including an extended stint on top of the genie lift. Last night I gave my little slide talk and people here really seemed to laugh at my jokes. I realized that when i was giving my talk last night it was exactly one year to the date since my thesis show opened, and i began to reflect on how much shit has gone on in the year since, and then i got really tired and realized that as soon as the accessibility show finishes i am going to take a long nap so i can get ready for the next challenge, since i only have 28 days between the opening of accessibility and the beginning of the vermont studio center residency

for some reason i just laugh really hard when i look at this video

accessibility day 3

12,000 stir sticks down, 11 days to go, 42,000 stir sticks left, can he make it

accessibility day 2

I put in a good full day today. so far i have used 7000 stir sticks. I have only twelve more days left I hope i can make it.

goodbye ox-bow hello sumter accessiblity

My first night in sumter
i spent an hour or so getting warmed up saturday night
sunday i got started at noon just after brunch, this picture is from 2oclock, 2 hours down, 130 to go



my last night in my ox-bow studio


well i got really busy in the last couple of days of my ox-bow residency so here are the final farewell shots in my studio there. I am now in Sumter south carolina working on the next project. I am at the accessibility residency as one of the installation artists. Since I only have 13 days to make a piece i am putting all my eggs into one basket and i just going to weave stir sticks. I hope i can build the piece i am picturing, but i won't really know until i get a little further along. i started today around noon and will work all day everyday between now and the 27th, and whatever it ends up like is what it will be. Also in a wonderful bit of luck the host family that i am staying with are a bunch of musicians, and they have a drumset in their living room, and they love to play with people, so i am looking forward to some drumming breaks at some point during my time here.