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Art Outside 2011

Monday, October 10th, 2011

This year I created an installation art piece (last year was press photography). The installation was my biggest hole-stone tree yet! I found a perfect live oak with branches just the right height and secret hollows in the trunk. Three of the hole-stones had pockets big enough to fit LEDs, as did the trunk hollows. It turned out spectacular – mysterious, serene hanging stones and subtle fairy lights. Though it was too windy for me to get any good shots of the glowing stones at night.

And the rest of Art Outside was amazing as well. I must say my favorite bit was Maestro (Austin local!) and NicoLuminious on the open mic sometime around 3am Friday doing beatbox/live production acapella dubstep. I think they may have just created a genre.

And we finally got rain! After months and months of drought, the rain chose this one weekend. The sentiment was something along the lines of ‘we can’t really be pissed because rain is great, but why this weekend?’ My tent flooded.

Now I’m wondering what I’ll do next year? Perhaps impossible, but I can’t stop thinking about POV poi…

Art Outside 2011

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New York, New Jersey, and the Maker Faire

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

The lush forests of New Jersey, the ruins of Bannerman’s Island castle, Maker Faire 2011, Museum of Natural History, NYC Resistor Hackerspace, The Cloisters, Central Park and Belvedere Castle, and miscellany.

2011-09-21 New York

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April 25: Barton Springs

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Disposable pictures develop badly: washed out and saccharine like cheap lollypops or technicolor tourist posters from Asian countries. I sculpt them toward abstraction with hopes for their salvation.

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April 11 Holly Power Plant

Monday, April 11th, 2011

I had the good fortune of a friend (with connections) inviting me along on a rare tour of the defunct Holly Power Plant. About seven of us photographers got to climb around in the morning gloam capturing the grungy, steampunky, industrial wonders.

2011-04-11 Holly Powerplant

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Jan 12: Jessica’s Birthday Party

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Jessica is fantastic and we wanted to throw her an equally fantastic birthday party. Of course we just couldn’t match her fantasticness, but the setup was gorgeous. Here are some of the more artistic photos from the party.

2011-01-12 Jessica's Birthday

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And here’s beautiful Jessica. She actually doesn’t like this photo, but everyone else thinks it’s magical.

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