Post Roanoke and whatever!

Soooooooyeah! I got busy and neglected posting. It's winter, I'm busy, don't make me spork you. Anywho, last weekend I went down to the Marginal Arts Festival in Roanoke Virginia. Super Great Time! I didn't have any work showing there... but I did get a chance to take part in a few performances, one with Warren C. Fry that you can see here (yeah I gotta project more) and another with the Be Blank Consort, where we read several avant garde poems. The rest may go online at some point (I don't have video or they would be by now). I did shoot some other stuff at the festival, check out my youtube channel to see what if you're so inclined (0r if photos are more your style you can check out my album of the event). I still have a few other things to load, which I will do eventually. Stuff I think you should see are these:

The first video is some stuff I shot and put together of festival overall... lots of stuff I didn't personally record though.


This performance by Zierle Carter was very interesting and many were moved by it. These folks were flown in from Europe just to perform here, and they did several 'acts' as it were. They are also super-awesome inspiring folk with lots of interesting ideas, I'm glad I got a chance to meet them.


There is this bit of silly, during the Marginal Arts Festival Parade, Piano Activities by Philip Corner (1962) was re-enacted.

Above are some photos I took of a side performance by Zierle Carter.

So yeah, lots of fun and it's given me lots of food for thought as well. I got to thank Sue & Jim Leftwich who gave my friend Bela Grimm and I a place to stay during the event, John M. Bennett for giving me a chance to perform with the Be Blank Consort, and everyone who participated! I don't know if I can be called a 'marginal artist' per-se, but I'm definitely influenced by it.

Urban Scrawl 4

Yep, Urban Scrawl is tomorrow August 27 at Dodge Park, 667 Sullivant Ave, Columbus Ohio. Festival runs from 12 - 8, and is free. There will be music, local craft vendors, break-dancing, skate boarding, and of course... live painting. This year, Bela Grimm and myself will be collaborating on a large panel of 8 x 8 feet. For more about the festival (when bands come on and stuff) check out this article in the Alive. Should be fun! If you come out say hi. By the way the image is from Urban Scrawl few years ago, photo by Bill Minckler.

In other news, I've been crazy busy since I've gotten back from Florida (which was very nice by the way). I've had to review more movies for the festival, I have about six that I need to see by Tuesday. It's been a good experience, and the ones that are going to get in I think you'll like. I'll give my personal opinion on them later when the judging is done. Then there's the painting... I feel like I've had no time to do much else.

By the way! Last Saturday I got to go to the opening of the John M Bennett Skylab Retrospective and Skylab Mailart Visual Poetry Exhibit. Very cool, I got to see my friends from the Post-Neoabsurdist Anti-Collective perform, plus John M. Bennett's visual poetry & mail art he's collaborated on from all over the world. Good Times. Below is a sample of John M. Bennett reading a poem at the Avant Writing Symposium, which just ended (see photos of the event here).

Bummer I had to miss that... this is what I get for having a job.


... so yeah, more stuff coming as always!

So, here's Iron & Wine - Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)