after leaving club lucky (i forgot to mention) i went to jason's house and took my lawnmower back from his garage. wonder what a cop would have thought to find a man in a suit "stealing" a crappy electric lawnmower from an unlocked garage at 1am.
woke up in the morning and mowed the lawn for quite a while, finishing just moments before a major thunderstorm came though. spent a little time cleaning the porch, then went back into the yard when the storm had passed.
sunday night, we had dianogah practice, which went really well.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
chicago poster biennial judging, friday and saturday
saturday, i headed down to UIC to judge the biennial, with the other ten judges. we were stationed in a large complex of open rooms, with rows of the various 1600 posters spread on the floors. we had about four rounds of looking at about 400 posters at a time, and selected our favorites using a complicated method i won't try to describe here. sufice i to say that by the end of friday, we had selected he posters which would be in the catalog, and by the end of saturday, we had selected the posters which would be in the biennial show itsself, as well as the handful of actual prized positions.
friday night, di and i picked up sarah here in evanston, and we went to a dinner party at joseph and nancy's place down on north avenue. amazing house, amazing office. concrete construction, beautiful garden in back. pretty much perfect. fukuda-san brought gifts for sharing, and sang a song to us all after dinner. we spent a good amount of time talking to martin venezky, and yossi lemel, and jacqueline mondalvo (a book designer in her own right).
saturday morning, i brought "134 squirrels" books to the judging, to give to folks. german also brought his book to share, and martin gave out some nicely printed one-sheet things in a folder. i drank an iced mocha and we spent the day sorting the excellent work out of the really excellent work. i saw so many ideas to rip off.
after the judging was through, i went back to yann's place with michel, and the three of us hung out. i read, while michel dozed on the sofa. eventually, we got dressed, and drove down to IIT for the opening of the judges' show, at crown hall. many folks were already there. the board had arranged for one print from each jury member to be printed on fabric and made into a dress, which various young women were wearing around. we, the jury, were introduced by lance, the dresses were auctioned, and the show was really good. it made me want to print bigger. diana came with xan, my folks were there, and nick & nadine brought their friend, mirko.
after the show, i went to dinner at club lucky with yann, michel, roman, lance and mikki. i ate too much linguine, and shared a spot of tiramisu with roman. drove home, slept the fuck out of my futon.
friday night, di and i picked up sarah here in evanston, and we went to a dinner party at joseph and nancy's place down on north avenue. amazing house, amazing office. concrete construction, beautiful garden in back. pretty much perfect. fukuda-san brought gifts for sharing, and sang a song to us all after dinner. we spent a good amount of time talking to martin venezky, and yossi lemel, and jacqueline mondalvo (a book designer in her own right).
saturday morning, i brought "134 squirrels" books to the judging, to give to folks. german also brought his book to share, and martin gave out some nicely printed one-sheet things in a folder. i drank an iced mocha and we spent the day sorting the excellent work out of the really excellent work. i saw so many ideas to rip off.
after the judging was through, i went back to yann's place with michel, and the three of us hung out. i read, while michel dozed on the sofa. eventually, we got dressed, and drove down to IIT for the opening of the judges' show, at crown hall. many folks were already there. the board had arranged for one print from each jury member to be printed on fabric and made into a dress, which various young women were wearing around. we, the jury, were introduced by lance, the dresses were auctioned, and the show was really good. it made me want to print bigger. diana came with xan, my folks were there, and nick & nadine brought their friend, mirko.
after the show, i went to dinner at club lucky with yann, michel, roman, lance and mikki. i ate too much linguine, and shared a spot of tiramisu with roman. drove home, slept the fuck out of my futon.
thursday
thursday at tbm, we started sorting the first subscription mailing of 08, while i editioned the last of the mudhoney posters, and tried to finish signing the dianogah tour prints. seth and i cu out around 4 to go home, so i could get ready for the evening.
i rode the old schwinn 'banana bike' over to the el, from home, and took the red line down town. there was brief confusion as to whether i was going to the hard rock cafe (incorrect), or the hard rock hotel (correct).
i arrived at the bar at the hotel, and met up with the rest of the jury for the chicago international poster biennial. alfred halasa was in from montreal, martin venezky, from san francisco. lanny sommese from penn state, and luba lukova from bulgaria via NYC. yann finally arrived with his old mentor, michel bouvet, from paris. i spent some time talking with yossi lemel, from tel aviv, and later met german montalvo and his wife jaqcueline, from puebla, near mexico city. eventually, shigeo fukuda showed up, straight from tokyo, sporting a cubs shirt he had found at the airport.
i spent some time talking to joseph essex, one of the biennial organizers. amazing guy, very friendly.
when it was time to go, i took a cab to evanston with aude, and walked north o the noyes st station to get my bike, i rode home with my shirt open, in the hot night.
i rode the old schwinn 'banana bike' over to the el, from home, and took the red line down town. there was brief confusion as to whether i was going to the hard rock cafe (incorrect), or the hard rock hotel (correct).
i arrived at the bar at the hotel, and met up with the rest of the jury for the chicago international poster biennial. alfred halasa was in from montreal, martin venezky, from san francisco. lanny sommese from penn state, and luba lukova from bulgaria via NYC. yann finally arrived with his old mentor, michel bouvet, from paris. i spent some time talking with yossi lemel, from tel aviv, and later met german montalvo and his wife jaqcueline, from puebla, near mexico city. eventually, shigeo fukuda showed up, straight from tokyo, sporting a cubs shirt he had found at the airport.
i spent some time talking to joseph essex, one of the biennial organizers. amazing guy, very friendly.
when it was time to go, i took a cab to evanston with aude, and walked north o the noyes st station to get my bike, i rode home with my shirt open, in the hot night.
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