Clemson Part 5: The Exhibition at Lee Gallery

Here are some very low-resolution and bordering on out of focus images (Anderson is sending me some better ones next week). The day before peeking through the window for the first time at the burial wall:



Yay! The polaroids made it in the show (they were missing from the Texas Gallery exhibition).



Images at the main entryway:



Detail of the big wall:



In the back corner:



Artists' Books:



The objects are tucked over on the left as well as the videos:



Nancy and I have discussed our work as a pair on three occasions, each time with a different approach. This time was most successful. We eliminated the chronology and chose one image each from the major locations. We also decided not to talk about the history behind the pieces for the first time but came to the conclusion afterward that we need to say something about them (i.e. where they are located, who made them, etc.). We will have that opportunity at our next talk on 12th March in Atlanta.

Ode to Alphabetical Order

I finally finished another set of our artists' books! The setback was getting around to ordering the "funky pink sparkle" film from Texas Art Supply. Here they are on the bookshelf and now I am unable to acquire any books between the last names of RUSCHA-RUSSELL.

What's next on the agenda...

and roughly 50 long-sleeved blue and white pinstriped shirts.

Impossible Objects: Various Small Fires

Marfa Book Company Gallery

Official installation photographs (not taken from the phone)

Ian asked me to be the photographer for the texgal website today and here are some images. It is impossible to photograph all four walls and tables in one composition unfortunately. The first image represents about 2/3rds of the show with details following.

Adding our books to Ian's collection

Finally! A cover for our Blurb books. What color did we choose? Funky Pink Sparkle!



Dear Avid Book Collectors,
You too can enjoy these ten books. They are available for purchase and fit perfectly with any Ed Ruscha collection. Do you need a little sparkle in your library? Please contact 713.524.1593 for further inquiry or payment plans.
Sincerely,
Upper Management

Studio Photographs taken today ...

and slipcase for artists' books cut and constructed (paper to be purchased in TX to cover it), pedestals wrapped after paint dried, Amarillo Ramp Rock attached... Mailing it tomorrow morning and in addition to packing (as always last minute), I think I am done with everything that needs to be completed before leaving for Philadelphia and Houston. At long last everything came together.

Blurb Edit: Round 2

One reason why I can't seem to start this Blurb book edit (which is reminding me an awful lot of my aversion to packing early):



In addition to a cat in front of the computer every time I turn around, I can't understand why the aqua color on the cover of "Nine Swimming Pools..." printed bluish gray. I also think that I've procrastinated so long because editing is such a crap shoot in terms of how to edit. Do I lighten just five images or all the photographs? How much so when the one on the computer looks just fine but was printed so differently?



Love having "OK" on the pink post-it. It's a rare thing in this pile that must now be measured and chip board cut for the containers to be mailed to Nancy by Wednesday.

These books of ours...

(a quick shot of the ten on my office floor before shipping them to Houston)

Well there are many things to be said about making a Blurb book. It's far easier when text is not involved (formatting is more difficult). We have to reprint four due to images printing darker than acceptable (but four is far better than re-doing all ten). The book I was least satisfied with on the computer is by far the popular favorite in print - Conversation Maps. Motels does not live up to my expectations. I am in constant debate whether or not these should just be made as one volume because it would be far cheaper to produce and the point will still come across (also when grouped together, they aren't as significant as I had anticipated and with one volume it could be a hardback with text on the spine). I will be constructing a chipboard holder to contain all of them once arriving in Houston (as Texas Art Supply has far more options on paper than Muncie, Indiana). Overall the print quality looks good especially in Nine Swimming Pools and a Fake Doughnut and Car Games I: Geodomes. As soon as Nancy and I sort out a few things about these in person, they will go public on the Blurb website. In the meantime... here's to finishing the four before next week!

Books Books Books: Our Blurb Book Inspiration

Ed Ruscha, Two Books, 2001



Ed Ruscha, Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1965



Ed Ruscha, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1966



Ed Ruscha, Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations (Drawing), 1964

The Blurb Books are Here! The Blurb Books are Here!

Better photographs coming soon (we only have to redo four of the ten).

Car Games I: Geodomes



Nine Swimming Pools and a Fake Doughnut

A Couple Conversation Maps

To celebrate the completion of ten blurb books (they will be sent to be published tonight), I am posting two Conversation Maps: Roden Crater & Lightning Field.

Missed out on the twitter accounts of the road trip?

There will be an artists' book devoted to it! Stay tuned where you can catch such gems as our day in Gallup, New Mexico:




Why are going 5mph?!?!!? I can see gravel pieces individually!!! Says Nancy 7:04 PM Jul 2nd

Gallup cemetery is amazing and needs some terminix/pest control. 7:23 PM Jul 2nd

N just got excited that Gallup has a bookstore and then we realized the word adult was missing from the sign. 7:28 PM Jul 2nd

Gallup looks as if a vegetarian will be starving this evening. 7:31 PM Jul 2nd

Does anyone know anyone in Gallup we can stay with? They must be OCD. 7:56 PM Jul 2nd

Gallup is so horrifying we can no longer Twitter anything for the evening. Finding a drink to recover. 7:57 PM Jul 2nd




Nancy lost two in a row and now she is ordering a third in an attempt to compete. 8:45 PM Jul 2nd

Damn her for ordering two more drinks. 8:46 PM Jul 2nd

We're trying to create a foggy drunk haze so we can't see the bugs & dog food when we get back to the room 8:49 PM Jul 2nd

I can't believe it!! No wait I can... Jacinda wimps out ... Lame! 8:52 PM Jul 2nd

We officially hate each other right now but have successfully forgot about our motel room. 8:52 PM Jul 2nd

Wow N just downed a glass of crap and is now still losing at 2:1 8:55 PM Jul 2nd

Wow. Too bad you can't see all the posts we just deleted. 9:06 PM Jul 2nd




Taxi 9:39 PM Jul 2nd

Nancy brought the Lysol and the chlorox bleach wipes just for places like our motel room tonight. 9:41 PM Jul 2nd




Apparently we have three more hours of stalling at this hideous chain restaurant until we can return to that motel room. 9:43 PM Jul 2nd

And today is the only day this trip we will be twittering this much. We just did this to give everyone way too much information. 9:45 PM Jul 2nd




And to be a little annoying. 9:45 PM Jul 2nd




Good night. 9:47 PM Jul 2nd




If on vaca... Most motels that say they have wireless are liars!!! 11:30 PM Jul 2nd

The days inn was a total buzz killer. Now we are at the super 8. You should have seen the performance that brought us here. 2:06 AM Jul 3rd

Sneak Peek at one of the Artists' Books: Car Games I - Geodomes

In 2008 on their first road trip, Jacinda and Nancy screamed “GEODOME!” at every mound, Quonset hut, chicken coop, and any other round shape found in the distant landscape. It became a contest to see who would find the next one first. They continued this game on every trip thereafter.