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ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:09:06 -0700

Its been a while. Long time no write...all is well. This is a test message to see if the engine still runs...perhaps more later.

This is my parakeet...Pip. My mom gave him to me a few months ago and she named him for a character in Great Expectations. I'll try to post a bit more often, especially now that a number of things are settling down in my life...

A new movie

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:30:00 -0700

I just found this by accident. I hope its released here since Klimt (John Malkovich) is one of my favorite artists, along with his protege, Schiele (Nikolai Kinski, spitting image...relative of Klaus and Natasha?)

Vorsicht! Diese seite schreibt auf Deutsch!

Please check my grammar...my german is a bit rusty...

Surreptitious observer

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:04:32 -0700

Normally, I'd classify this as a link, but this entry reminded me of the sketches I made in Chicago recently and how I felt drawing them.

Having trouble picking a tat design?

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:31:15 -0700

I used to think that poring through the racks of flash at a shop was a bad way to pick a tattoo. How many other people have Taz holding that same beer?

I was wrong.

via Needled.

Akron at night

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:45:35 -0700

A picture that I took with Peppermint's camera when we went out one night for a mini meetup with the authors of Rubberbuzz, Gucci Buddhist, Denelian, and Cognitive Dissonance.

Thanks to Peppermint for sending to me...

International Dada Month

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:58:06 -0700

Via the Heights Arts monthly Newsletter, I've learned that my birthday falls within the International Dada Month as proclaimed by the Mayor of Lawrence, KS. Finally some good news out of Kansas that doesn't involve the mention of Intelligent Design...

Steel Mill Silhouette

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:40:47 -0700

Stop War!

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:11:02 -0700

Monument to Love

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:16:00 -0700

Home from Chicago...

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:06:53 -0700

Back from the funeral in Chicago. It was a good experience, believe it or not. I reconnected with cousins whom I haven't seen in ages (ten years?). Maybe that's what one's thirties are all about...

Life on a Chain: Pete Yorn
Brimful Of Asha: Cornershop
Teenage Dope Fiend: Flickerstick
Busy child: Crystal Method
Sister Surround: Soundtrack of Our Lives
Cannonball: The Breeders
Rattlesnakes: Tori Amos
Walking in London: Concrete Blonde
Maps: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bimbo Number Five: Wierd Al Yankovic

My scanner is working again.

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:21:23 -0700

Anarchist Cartography

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:21:57 -0700

I'm not really sure how to categorize this...as work? as art? I never realized that I had such potent power!

From the Temporary Services in Chicago...

Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is looking for submissions of maps, cartograms, diagrams, and writing, for a special issue, guest edited by Lex Bhagat and Lize Mogel, on "Critical Cartography and Anarchist
Geography."

The map is a device of power. What happens when this device is purposely redirected, hacked mischievously or stolen outright?

This issue of Perspectives aims to carry forward the tremendous momentum which links art, activism, geography and other practices into the expanded "field" of radical geography and cartography. We are inspired by recent mapping projects that redirect the culturally understood authority of maps. Such projects have produced a new type of networked discourse, richly communicating information through image/text. These maps picture concentrations of power and global economic flows; reveal the hidden workings of the prison-industrial complex; uncover contestations of public space; overwrite political boundaries with local ecologies; generate walking tours of feminist social history; direct action against military recruiters or global financial institutions; and provide a funhouse mirror to the absurdity of electoral politics. Etcetera.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

1) MAPS
We are looking for examples of geography in the service of autonomy, cartography as activist strategy. Maps, cartograms, and diagrams will be printed in black and white.

Please send:
- PDF or JPEG files no greater than 2 Mb (2 files max), or weblinks.
- A descriptive statement about the map (1 page max).
- Contact Information
Note: maps can be printed in any language, but should be accompanied by English description.

2) ESSAYS
We also aim to theoretically illuminate radical cartography itself by pairing map-makers with writers. We will commission short essays that will contextualize or respond to each map. Map-makers may submit essays about their own maps.

Please send:
- A one or two paragraph indication of your research interests.
- Writing sample (3 pages max) or references to past works (print or
online).
- Contact information.

3) BONUS
All map submissions will be considered for an exhibition of radical cartography, concurrent to the issue's publication in September 2006.

SEND TO
lex@anarchist-studies.org AND lize@publicgreen.com

OR:
Institute for Anarchist Studies
P.O. Box 1664
Stuyvesant Station
New York, NY 10009
ATTN: Cartography

DEADLINES
March 15: Proposals, sample maps and statements of interest.
April: Notification
June 1: Final deadline for map/images.
August 1: Final deadline for writings.
Late September: Issue publication.

ABOUT THE EDITORS
Alexis Bhagat is a writer and a director of the IAS.
Lize Mogel is an artist and mapmaker.

ABOUT PERSPECTIVES/IAS
Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is the biannual journal of the Institute for Anarchist Studies (IAS), a nonprofit foundation established in 1996 tosupport the development of anarchism. The IAS is primarily a
grant-giving organization for radical writers and has supported authors from countries around the world, including Argentina, Canada, Chile, Ireland, Nigeria, Germany, South Africa, the Czech Republic and the United States.

www.anarchist-studies.org

**please forward!**
Tags: brett bloom

Anarchist Cartography

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:21:57 -0700

Different Pieces Parts...FUSED!

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:15:52 -0700

The Harris Stanton Gallery is having an opening on January 20th. The gallery will be featuring the work of La Wilson and of Mark Soppeland. La Wilson's work reminds me of the art of Joseph Cornell, one of my favorites since I was a kid (although I tend to forget his name frequently). Acclaimed artist Soppeland's work just looks like its a lot of fun.

Harris Stanton is located at 2301 West Market Street which is near the Starbucks at Sand Run Road.

What is Fresh Art?

ken@rustbelt.com (Keng) — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:11:38 -0700

I came across this once before, so last night I thought I should post it...partly in case I decide to submit something (a likely scenario; I like to conflate my ego with my art once in a while...)

Call to Tri-County Artists for 2005/06 Works
Summit Artspace to Award $1,750 in Prize Money in
at Fresh Art Exhibit March 17-May 6
Artworks for Consideration Due March 3 & 4

(Akron, OH) Fresh Art is the title and theme for Summit Artspace Gallerys second annual juried exhibition offering significant cash awards to local artists. Malone Advertising has underwritten three top-place prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250. Eligible works must be created in 2005 and 2006 and not previously exhibited. Interested artists can request an application with details by calling the Akron Area Arts Alliance at 330-376-8480.

Artist/activist Don Harvey and artist/critic Dan Tranberg will jury the exhibition. Both are from Cleveland. A former University of Akron art professor, Harvey cofounded Dialogue art magazine and was founding board president of Cleveland Public Art. Tranberg teaches painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art and is a frequent contributor to The Plain Dealer. Selected works will be on display at the downtown Akron gallery from March 17 to May 6.

Artworks for consideration can be brought to Summit Artspace March 3 and 4 from 10 am to 5 pm. Artists, who live, work or attend universities in Summit, Portage and Medina Counties are eligible. All types of media paint, ceramics, photography, glass, metal, mixed -- are encouraged, as well as two and three dimensional art. There is a $10 entrance fee.

Summit Artspace Gallery, located at 140 E. Market St., is a project of the Arts Alliance in cooperation with Summit County government. It presents six exhibitions per year and is dedicated to displaying works by local artists.

Admission and parking are free. Hours are Thursday-Saturday noon to 5 pm.