I caught a little of the sideshow/hand shaking action after Albert Maysles spoke at the American Art Museum after a screening of two of his Christo films, “The Valley Curtain” and “Christo In Paris”. He touches, with humor, on the kind of projects that are (or aren’t) being funded today, some of his own new [...]

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Documentary filmmaker and Guggenheim award winner Albert Maysles introduces and takes questions at the American Art Museum in Washington, DC at a screening of his film “Christo In Paris”. This was shot on the spot with my iPhone. Audio/Video quality is sub-par due to the apparatus, but the subject is priceless as always. Enjoy! Formats [...]

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…go together like Inky, Blinky and Pinky (oh yeah, and Clyde) or so I found out this weekend at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Local artist Yang Ku has a variety of geeky accessories available from Scrabble jewelry for those gung-ho for the grammatical to Thundercats and Voltron cuff links for the [...]

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Out of place and out of time, the Maryland Renaissance Festival happens every August through October in Annapolis, MD. I’ve attended the last two years in a row and I have to say – it’s a lot of fun for anyone of any age. Eat a turkey leg like a carnivorous knight, have a beer [...]

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Multiverse, a light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal especially for the National Gallery of Art. I snapped this one while rolling down the moving sidewalk with my pal Amanda visiting from Colorado. I love this piece. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

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This is video of a vectorscope. This is what happens when video is out of whack. Sorta fun to look at though. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

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Jonny Goldstein, former host of Jonny’s Partay and the now graphical guru that brought the world Envizualize sent me a link the other day. “What the internets say about you http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb.” This is what it had to say. Best viewed full screen. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v)

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Even something as mundane as a moving sidewalk at the National Gallery of Art has the potential to be a piece of art including, one of my favorites, this installation: Multiverse, a light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal especially for the National Gallery of Art. One of my favorite pasttimes is trying to [...]

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