Back to the Borough

On the last day I was in New York I met Laura. Originally she approached me because I was taking photographs at the opening for Social Dress at Socrates Sculpture Park. Laura's been the NY contact for the Times Picayune in NOLA. She's from Louisiana and has been following Takashi's work throughout the summer. A reporter from the Times Picayune, who was also following Takashi's work, wanted an update on the final piece for the paper and she needed photos too. The deadline was 4pm that day! Laura, her boyfriend and I drove to my place and downloaded the images I'd taken. We barely met the deadline. The photos made it in the paper a few days later.



The folks at the newspaper asked me if the images could be picked up by the AP along with the article. I said, um...let me think about it. Actually, it was more like, HELL YEAH! Not sure if they ran nationally, but its kinda cool to think they might end up in a small town newspaper like the one I grew up reading - right behind photos of the Fair and Rodeo queen contestants and the FFA blue ribbon hog.



Anyway, so Laura was super cool. She saw alot of the photos I took in New Orleans and invited me to be in her show. The turn around time was short, but I was excited. The show is currently open until September 17 and I'm showing a suite of photographs entitled Somewhere Between Piety and Desire. Also I did a site specific window installation. I'm going to the closing reception and I hope to see the NY krewe there.



My friend Audry will be in NY the same time and I'm looking forward to seeing his work in a gallery. He's a performance artist who'll be in an exhibit in NY Sept. 9 at http://www.thrustprojects.com/.

Also in NY, but this week only, is Fresh Face Leslie Raymond. She and Jason will be doing nightly performances at The Lab at The Roger Smith Hotelat 47th and Lexington from 6 to 10pm (Sept 3 - 7th)

Oh, you have to check Butch Merigoni's performance in NOLA, too.
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Ad Hoc Art: Second Line closing reception, September 14.