he is the editor of the magazine, beautiful/decay, which sometimes is neither beautiful nor decayed- alas- there is something intriguing about these structures. i think it is the plexi-glass that really gets me. the suffocation of our interior/exterior worlds… anyway. it is certainly poetic in some abstract sense… even if i can’t put my finger on it. check out his website- and the beautiful/decay site.

something i am working on. it is kind of a fancy long term project with the ghost road company. the oresteia. three parts. shown in many incarnations. the first is showing tonight at lmu. then it will travel to the catskills. to this festival. nacl. and then it will move to this playhouse. it will continue to change. mutate. until eventually all three parts will be shown at the ford. more info on this later. but for now. it is showing for one night at loyola marymount university. 8pm.

pasadena. one colorado. yoko ono. wish trees. go. make a wish. tie it to the tree. info. and even more info.

of interest…when the wish tree installation closes on november 9, all the tags will be placed and buried in special containers at the imagine peace tower off the coast of iceland.

as i have said before- it is really difficult to find good images of set designs- much less good websites showcasing good designers- so i was quite happy when i found this interesting site by designer david zinn. it helps that quite a few of his shows seem to have very big budgets, but a big budget doesn’t always mean a good design… and in this case it does. i really recommend spending a little time looking through the portfolio… very fancy.

i receive a lot of postcards for theatre in los angeles… some of them are quite interesting, but most of them begin to look very similar after awhile. this led me to wonder about “theatre” art from way back- so i unearthed some old broadway posters to find lots of interesting material- i mean… borscht capades??? i am now on the lookout for any information regarding such a musical as borscht capades… i am certain i could revive it!

some of the posters contain highly volatile metaphors… while others showcase the romanticism of the theatre. aah.

yes. the glass slipper poster is by calder. anyone familiar with the glass slipper? is it a cinderella re-telling? hmmm… for more old posters check out this site.

it is true. rauschenberg.

passed away.

and thus.

maybe we should all load our canvas with

paint. coffee grounds. bed clothes. newspapers.

and wish we could be half as good as he was.

there is an interesting article here…

i will end my recent photography obsession with one of my old stand-bys… robert polidori. whenever i want to study detailed spaces, that contain both emotion and meaning, i look to this guy. i recently read this great interview with him from bomb magazine. the article came out last year, but it is worth a read. if you are interested in reading about artists and their process- this article is full of information. the photo above is from the pictures he took at versailles— and below is from his series on north dakota— both of these images represent his earlier work - there is something nice about contrasting the historic and luxurious versailles with an abandoned hotel in north dakota… i guess regardless of the historical impact, each place has its own ghosts.

a model-maker/photographer… she handcrafts these elaborate models and then picks up her camera. and thus. here we have an intimate view of a decayed art museum. as a scenic designer, i understand all the tedium that goes along with making a model, and to be honest, it is not a part of the job that i really love- but i do love looking at what other people can do with tiny pieces of wood. of course. ms. nix is more about the photograph than the actual model. and the photos are full of interesting ideas. there is a great interview with her at cool hunting.

notice the emptiness. what is a theatre without an audience? and how about a library without a reader?