I dodged a bullet last week when I had jury duty. First day there I got called in right before lunch to sit on a panel. Sat there all day and had to come back the next when I was thanked and excused. I've only had to go in one other time previously and I was loathe to go both times. But both times I left wanting more. No doubt it's long boring days but the procedures are fascinating and I want to know what happens. I also leave wishing I'd gone into law.
The real highlight of the two days I was there though was
this. Moca is just a few blocks from the courthouse and they offer free admission with your jury badge, which I think is really cool. So I stopped and checked it out. The pix on the site don't do the exhibition justice (perhaps a job opportunity). The Livia Marin installation Fictions of a Use is a bit staggering. Imagine 2,200 lipsticks, carved as if they were game pieces. And they smell like lipstick. My favorite though were the Marco Maggi pieces. The image they use on their website, again, doesn't do justice to the work. The bulk of them are made up of framed sheets of Aluminum foil with a drypoint etched design in each reminiscent of circuit boards or the aerial view of a city. They were fairly big and the detail was amazing. Consider my mind boggled. He also had an installation consisting of several (maybe 40?) stacks of white copy paper with these tiny slivers cut from them and curled back into delicate designs. It's the kind of thing one would do if they were locked in a cell with no companionship and nothing to eat but buckets of Ritalin. And the sharpest exacto in existence. I had a really hard time finding pix of his work on the inernet but I'm sure they're out there. Well worth the effort. Or the trip to the museum I guess. My other favorite was Maximo Gonzalez's installation. The image he made is kind of collage-y but it makes a picture that covers 4 enormous walls and is made of "devalued currency from around the world". He cut what must be thousands of tiny flowers and shapes from old money and made this tableau representing a scene war. With tanks and aircraft etc. Again, I've had a difficult time finding pictures so all I can say is, if you can make it to the museum, do it. And the truth is I don't typically get into the shows at Moca. Not usually my thing.
So that's it. I posted some more stuff at
JPGMag so check it out if you get the chance and vote for my submissions. I didn't get into the first issue I submitted to (#10) but I did submit to #11 and it's being finished now. I also submitted to #12, the newest issue. Cross your fingers.
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