“Social Studies” was published in X-TRA as a conversation with Hugo Hopping about art and social engagement. In reality it was a series of emails, Skype conversations, and notes from previous in-person discussions that have been edited down (from more than 60 pages) and patched back together into something like a back-and-forth. We touch on some of our own initiatives TELIC, ESL, The Public School, Free MFA, AAAARG.ORG in relation to the role of theory in art, the longer history of alternative, artist-instigated education models, and collaboration. The article was edited by Shana Lutker as a part of a series of four artists’ conversations about medium. [ read pdf ]

An article in the LA Times about TELIC, in addition to Mark Allen’s Machine Project, Lauren Bon’s Farmlab, and Fritz Haeg’s Sundown Schoolhouse. More recently, a short article in the LA Weekly about The Public School.

Most non-profit arts institutions have auctions or benefits, but they don’t seem to fit right for TELIC, so I organized The Fundraising Show, where every day from June 21 to July 21 a new artist comes into the gallery and tries to make money. On June 30 and July 1, Fernando Sanchez and I are selling art reproductions that we downloaded off the internet - the collaboration is called Pirates and Hustlers. See also: dvd art

You can see Ameising 1 from April 14 to September 28 at a converted horse stable in Nashville at the Cheekwood Museum’s Video Installation Galleries. UNnatural “will screen works that address the representation, utilization, and manipulation of nature.” The other artists are Frank Gillette, George Kuchar, Rachel Mayeri, and Tony Oursler.
[ Art Papers review ]

I wrote an article for Bidoun’s technology issue called Kingdom of the Dolls. While managing a hotel in Desert Hot Springs in 2003, I visited the library to learn about the local history and found the story of Betty Hamilton’s museum of world history, which is the subject of this piece.

“Bandwidth” (written with Fiona Whitton, Tom Pilla, and Erik Carver) was published in the new issue of Volume called Agitation! The essay is comprised of parts of a paper that Fiona and I delivered at the “Architecture’s Media, Messages, and Modes” conference at the UCLA architecture school.

I’m organizing the Second Straight Super Society of the Spectacle Sunday on February 4 at TELIC Arts Exchange. In addition to watching Society of the Spectacle and the Super Bowl simultaneously, Anna Oxygen will be performing at halftime showm, when we’ll also be screening “The Church of the Future” by Javier Morales and John Michael Boling.

I have a show (of work based on groups) at CalArts from September 26th - October 5th. The works included are Ameising 1, Pack-Man (made in collaboration with Fiona Whitton), Applause Collection, and 2,500 One-Dollar Bills. This is at the Center for Integrated Media, where I’ll be artist in residence for 2006-2007. (Many thanks to Florencia Zavala for the awesome poster!)

Helen Cahng, Fiona Whitton, and I have organized Chung King Common at TELIC Arts Exchange. We covered the gallery with 1,000 square feet of sod; curated a bunch of performances, screenings, artworks, lectures, etc; and built furniture, a wishing well, and a lighting system.

I’m giving a lecture on May 7th at The Mountain on the mythology of collective intelligence, followed by an experiment - sharing the $150 honorarium with the audience, provided that we determine together what to do with the money. The Annex series is presented by Art 2102 and organized by Shana Lutker. Other participating artists are Meg Cranston, Shana Lutker, Angie Waller, and Mario Ybarra Jr.