New blog, twitter, etc.

I started a new tumblr blog:
http://konradprojects.tumblr.com/

I am now on twitter:
http://twitter.com/konradprojects

And you can always sign up for my email list.

Now you know where to find me. This blog is dead.

The end (for now).

This will be no surprise to anyone who follows this blog, but there hasn't been anything to follow for a long time now. There has been a lot going on in my life over the past few months, and during that time this blog has been terribly neglected, so I decided that it's best to officially end it with a final post.

I started this blog at the same time I started my studio in Yonkers with 3 main goals:
1. To develop a routine for digesting my thoughts, ideas & experiences about art (and anything else on my mind).
2. To use the Internet to reach out and communicate with other artists, bloggers, people, etc.
3. To become a better writer.

I don't think I fully achieved any of those goals the way I had intended, but I still think a blog may be a good way for me to get there. But for right now, I've closed my old studio and quit my job. I moved to a new city and bought a house. My days have been consumed with home improvement projects. I'm on my computer much less frequently now. After more than a month of work, my house finally feels like a home, but there is still more to do -- I still haven't set up my new studio.

That will be my next step and then I will start on some new work. I realize ending the blog here will leave a lot of loose ends (I never did get around to posting pictures from my visit to the Ju Ming Museum in Taiwan). I see big changes on the horizon, but right now I just need to work by myself. If I decide a blog is useful once again, I'll start a new one rather than continue this one. Anyone who wants to stay informed on what I'm doing is encouraged to get on my mailing list.

Fantastic Contraption

Another cool video game:
Build machines to move an object from it's starting point to the goal zone. Everything is governed by the laws of physics and you as the levels get more advanced you have to navigate through more difficult obstacles.

Lots of fun for sculptors or anyone who likes to build stuff. Watch out though -- it's addictive. Click here to play.

today i die

Here's a great little poetic Flash video game. Well, it's more like a puzzle or a riddle than a game. Give it a try!

just checking in...

It's been very quiet here on this blog for a while -- not so much in my real world. I admit to not being a very frequent updater, but I haven't made a post in an exceptionally long time. I have already moved into my new house in Philadelphia. I still have not managed to unpack and set-up my new studio because I just got back from visiting my wife's family in Taiwan. We pretty much went straight there shortly after moving.

Besides all the great food (which I definitely ate too much of as evidenced by the 7 pounds I gained in 2 weeks), I think the highlight of my trip was our visit to the Ju Ming Musuem. Right now I'm on the BoltBus to NYC (free wi-fi and my ticket was only a buck!), but when I get home, I'll try to take a break from unpacking later this week so that I can upload some photos of Ju Ming's wonderful sculpture garden.

A big change

I mentioned a few times already that I am planning on closing the studio. I simply am not able to make enough use of it with the time left over from my day job and I need to restructure the way I work. Well, that problem has been solved and now I have a real plan.

As of July 1 I will be living and working in Philadelphia. It's a big change for me having spent the entirety of my adult life in NYC either in school, working a full-time job, or more frequently doing both at the same time. But I'm looking forward to it. My wife and I have already found a place to live in the Fairmount neighborhood, and we're moving at the end of the month. I'm leaving my job behind and will start a full-time home studio.

The remainder of the month is sure to be busy with cleaning up, packing, and moving stuff. I may not update much, if at all until after I'm settled (which is pretty much the frequency that I've been posting anyway). Once I resume, I have a feeling things will get a lot more interesting...

Images from Actions for Urban Spaces

Here's some long overdue images from the exhibtion I was just in. I've been really bad about updating...

Action for Urban Spaces at Art in General curated by Nina Horisaki-Christens, including work from John Hawke, Virginia Poundstone, and myself:

Installation view of my work
left: Dead End installation photos and concrete bomb
right: Two Tons of "Take That!" (on wheels) documentary sculpture and video stills

Concrete bomb retrieved from abandoned segment of Smith St, Newburgh, NY, 2006, 2009

This is a new conception of how to display Dead End in a gallery setting. It doesn't seem right to install the bombs indoors as if they've fallen from the sky. Instead, I decided to present the bomb as a sort of archaeological relic, alongside photographs documenting the original outdoor installation.

Vitrine containing wheel fragments crushed beneath two tons of concrete, 2005

Conceptually, this is similar to the concrete bomb on the pedestal. Parts of the original project (in this case the broken wheel fragments) are collected and presented in a gallery space as relics. I've begun to think of them as documentary sculptures.

Unfortunately I don't have any good pictures of John Hawke's or Virginia Poundstone's projects. There are some photos from opening night on Art in General's Flickr photostream.