(photos from Maine: exploring an island and it's abandoned bunkers; faces full of fresh-picked kale, Porkchop goes skinny-dipping - in the Atlantic - in Maine - in October; Kim and her lobster; Porkchop learns that eating lobster like Darryl Hannah in "Splash" is not the best way; Matt & Kim and the Black Label DJs at SPACE Gallery)

Still in Maine, I'm giving an artist talk tonight at SPACE Gallery. There are some great art events coming up this weekend in NYC, which I would recommend checking out. Details below, but first some videos from the opening weekend of Constant Quarry.

Matt & Kim perform "Silver Tiles" at SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME.

Black Label DJs dance party at SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME.

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DEITCH PROJECTS invites you to attend a conversation with

ANNE MESSNER
KIKI SMITH
SWOON

Moderated by CARLO MCCORMICK

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 7 - 10 PM

Selections from Todd Chandler's upcoming film FLOOD, shot aboard the Switchback Sea vessels, will begin at 7pm.

DEITCH STUDIOS
4-40 44TH DRIVE (ON THE EAST RIVER)
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, 11101
(212) 343-7300
WWW.DEITCH.COM

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Art Makes Eye Contact
art sale and experience benefitting Transformazium

October 11, 2008

Secret Project Robot, 210 Kent Ave Brooklyn

4pm – Screenings: Braddock, PA in context, a series of short films featuring the work of Braddock native Tony Buba

5pm – Total Eye Contact BBQ chef Jason Engdahl presiding

6pm – the Opening: wide ranging art sale, raffle (a Swoon, a McGee, and an all inclusive stay in Braddock), interactivities, cool jams, good people, general goods store

The artist list is growing! Please see our web site for the most recent updates:
http://transformazium.org/eyecontact.html

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MP3:

Are you surprised that I haven't posted any Shellshag before now? I am.

- Shellshag - Little Birdy

A band's place in myspace.

(Dark Meat and These Are Powers playing at SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME; installation monster by Dirtyfinger; they have these things called "stars" in Maine, and nice cottages too; Dirtyfinger and his arm pus-worm)

The list from my stay in Maine, so far:
- Getting to see These Are Powers and Dark Meat play on different nights in the gallery space where I was installing my show.
- Dumpstering the Odwalla factory = more delicious juice and decent snack bars than we can handle.
- Staying out at a lovely little cottage with an old barn that has a rooster mini mural by Mike Houston on a stack of oil drums.
- The opening of Constant Quarry at SPACE, it was well attended and I met a lot of very friendly local artists.
- Dirtyfinger's staph infection exploding. Watching him try to squeeze/dig out the hardened pus and blood and ooze, in between bouts of gagging. Video below (do not watch while eating anything, seriously).

DJ Dirtyfinger meets Mr. Staph Infection.

MP3:

You've seen a lot of photos of them on this site. . . but ever wonder what Monotonix actually sounds like?

- Monotonix - Body Language

A band's place in myspace.