2004.09.29
Artifact of Ottopia No. 77
Postcard for RePop
Exhibition at Da Vinci Art Alliance
September 4-29 2004
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2004.09.29
Artifact of Ottopia No. 78
Allan Espiritu
You Got The Power To make Me Feel Good
2004 sticker art
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2004.10.01
eruption of Mount St. Helens
2004.10.04 10:47
4 October 1720, etc.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi was born 4 October 1720.
Although very little of his designs were actually executed in built form, Piranesi nonetheless often signed his work with the title of architect. For example, the frontispiece of Le Antichita Romane volume II contains a signature plaque with the architect designation --
www.quondam.com/temp/signature.jpg . When I started working on Prince of Traffic (part 2 now complete--wqc/temp/viaappia.jpg) I had no idea the original print depicted a fantastical view of the Appian Way. It really is something like a funerary "rush hour."
And how about Mount St. Helens "fuming" in the news again. Wasn't aware of the coincidence before, but 18 May 1980, when Mount St. Helens last exploded, was also my mother's 56th birthday. My maternal grandmother once told me about the fire alarm being sounded in Brestowatz, Yugoslavia on 18 May 1924. The Danube had begun to break its banks, thus an emergency call for all men in the region was sounded. "Well, that sure explains Mom."
Personally, I see the recent volcanic activity in Washington State as a sign that 'Happy Birthday Helena Augusta' hit its mark, especially since I (embarrassingly remember that I) forgot my own mother's birthday 18 May 1980.
Death of Marcel Duchamp 2 October 1968.
Birth of Giovanni Battista Piranesi 4 October 1720.
Birth of Le Corbusier 6 October 1887.
Death of Otto I of Bavaria 11 October 1916.
Napoleon's arrival at St. Helena Island 15 October 1815.
2004.10.05 11:59
Re: simpleposie question for the day #202
Thomas Mann, Joseph and His Brothers, Book Three where Eni has hunk Joseph serving rare fruit so all the ladies with the extra sharp knives will unknowingly cut up their hands as they fawn.
Entitled A Fantasy Loss-of-Virginity Reenactment.
2004.10.05 13:01
critical regionalism
There is really no such thing as "Pennsylvania Dutch"--the term was fabricated when Germany became an enemy of the USA circa World War I. Southeastern Pennsylvania has a very Deutsch history.
2004.10.05 14:54
critical regionalism
In September 2001, while seeing a display of quartz crystals (each labeled as to its geographic origin) compiled over 100 years ago, I thought it would be cool if the buildings of any global location started to match the formations of the local quartz. It was after seeing Harz Mountain quartz that the idea crystallized.
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2004.10.05 11:49
Re: artist's ads
It all adds up
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