Hi Guys, It's me Hunter. I have not died. I have had a stressful couple of weeks and haven't been very good at updating/commenting the blog. The two main shitty things in my life right now are 1. My computer is the biggest piece of shit ever. I really need to take it into the magical apple store and have them do their apple magicks on it. 2. I'm moving this weekend and have been stressed packing and figuring out how the fuck you move shit in a city.
First thing's first. Here's a picture of Cliff: (after all it is a picture blog)
He's been hard at work on a show that opens next week?! (cliff! we want pictures and details!) Anyways, my friend Veve is in the class with him and sent me this the other day and said "Cliff and I buying 49 VHS tapes."
Second thing's second. I wanted to update you all on my living situation. I will be moving into a gigantic "art-fuck factory" style loft in the west loop. Here: http://goo.gl/maps/nAj5e
This was a risky un-hunter like choice. I don't know any of the people that live there, and have no idea how it will turn out. The space is a huge factory style loft with a gigantic work space, gallery space, and 7 oddly shaped bedrooms. The main roommate who "runs" the space invited me to move into the space in hopes of turning the space into more of a working artistic community. Currently the space is full of interesting people that aren't using the space for what he thinks it should be used for. Many of them are moving out in the next couple of months and he's trying to fill the space with serious working artists that will make use of the gallery and work space. (eh? cliff? george? wanna move to chicago?)
If we want to go the "art-fuck factory" route for our show we could potentially do it in this space I'm moving into. I think it might be more beneficial to go with a space that already has a bit of a following, but that is something we can talk about down the road.
So. I will take pictures of the space and let you all know how it goes. The main two advantages of moving into this space are space to work, and money saved on rent. The first thing I'm going to buy is a printer. (does anyone have any printer suggestions? maybe that should be an entire separate topic of discussion?) I plan to start working much more regularly starting next month. I promise I will be posting more frequently and will have work to show.
Hunter,
ReplyDeleteI am happy to hear you are alive! Moving is a drag,
I know..
Please, please send photographs of your new home. Fuck man,
It could be the perfect space.. I
I remember the trashy art fuck factory where we ate vegan crusty punk pizza and drank shitty wine. From memory it was pretty grimmy. That kitchen. Uuuuggggh!
That is definitely cliff. No doubt. In the Thrift Town check out line. I know that line!
Yeah that kitchen was horrifying. You took like 50 photographs of it. Post some of those pics on here whenever you get a chance. I also remember there was a toilet with a tiny little poop in it. Good times. I think we might want to find a classier place.
ReplyDeleteI'm super nervous about moving but I think it could evolve into something really great. Hopefully I'll be settled and have a nice working space set up by the time you get in town. What days are you here? I really hope they aren't like the exact days I'll be in albuquerque in December.
Hunter - this is a big exciting move. I can totally understand having reservations, I would, but happy you are doing it anyway. I think it will be something great - but - who the fuck am I (?).
ReplyDeleteShitty wine and grimy kitchens aside. . . your loft-factory maybe a good place for us to have our show, at least to start. I don't know, I like I place that one of us has some control over and familiarity with.
Hunter, did you mean that the Art-Funk Factory does have a following or doesn't, I sort of missed the meat of that comment.
Cliff, Cliff, Cliff. Miss you buddy.
ReplyDeleteMiss you too, Kate. But no need to miss me anymore. I'm back in like, full force.
DeleteWait, you're not moving
ReplyDeleteInto that same artfuckfactory with grimy kitchen and little poops in the bowl? Or are you?..
Ill be there dec. 20 - 29 plus or minus a few
ReplyDeleteDays. When you in burque ?
I'm not moving into the poop loft (happy dog gallery) I'm moving into a similar space on 657 Lake St. It's just west of downtown. I will get pictures up soon! It will prove to be interesting. One of the roommates has a full photography studio downstairs and shoots rap videos. One of the other roommates is a sex-cam performer. Interesting things will probably happen.
ReplyDeleteUGH! Dec 20 - 29 are probably the exact days I will be in ABQ. I didn't want to spend new years there again this year. So it will probably be like the 19 - 29th or something.
This new home and roommates of yours are sounding more and more interesting.
ReplyDeleteJesus. How have I missed all this. Why didn't anyone call and yell at me or something? I have been missing out. There are pictures of me on this thing that i don't even know about though that was a pretty entertaining evening. Tearing apart VHS tapes is a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteHunter, I can't believe I forgot to talk to you more about your new place when we chatted on the phone the other night. Next time. The rap video roommate sounds greatly entertaining and since I've started making this new work I was really interested in making work about the sex-cam thing. Not sure what kind of work or anything, but I'm interested in it. Surely, that's been done though. Like everything. I'll have to do it better. No biggie. The space sounds great for a show. And shit yeah, if you're still living there around, say, May-ish, kick out a roommate and I'll swoop right in.
Oh, and here is a low-quality video of our installation at the Sommer's that I took on my phone and in which I take you through a kind of lazy, cursory tour of the show. But, it might get the point across to some small degree... I know it's dark. Sorry. Good to be back.
Okay - I think I just set things so that we will all receive emails when someone comments or posts to this blog. I used the email that you registered for the blog with. I also made all of you admins (sorry I hand't realized that I was the only one designated 'admin' and you all were designated 'author'). So if you want to change the email address that the blog prompts are sent to, you can do that in settings - email and mobile settings. Hopefully this will keeps us al better abreast of what's up. Good call cliff.
ReplyDeleteRight - I guess we will know if the setting changes worked if you all just got am email . . . so did you get an email?
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