Powell’s Portland: Hawthorne Store Reading Event for Small Presses
Powell's on Burnside
This coming Monday, March 15, I’ll be reading some work during Powell’s Smallpressapalooza, which I believe is in its third year. Hosted by Powell’s small press aficionado Kevin Sampsell, the event looks promising and should be a nice, full day of great readings and insight into the world of independent and small press publishers.
I’ll have to take a bit more time when it finally shows up, but these new paintings have so much to do with recurring visual themes in works I’ve been thinking about lately… think Hitchcock’s spiral in Vertigo or the postmaster symbol in Pynchon’s Crying of Lot 49. Feeling the obsession again… (more…)
After getting way too caught up in work over the last few weeks, it’s time to get back to reporting the good news. On Valentine’s Day, Marc Schuster over at Small Press Reviews published an absolutely awesome review of Don’t Smell the Floss. Check it out in total here.
Wired Magazine’s Gadget Lab Announces Best New Gear List
Byloos Designed Couch Strap at Wired Magazine
Always nice to get a little surprise in the morning. Today, it came in the form of a facebook message from Dan Perkins, owner and founder of Couch Guitar Straps from Long Beach. A few years ago, I did a little design for his Artist Series guitar straps, most of which feature vegan, dead-stock vintage vinyl. I guess we did pretty well with the design, and it’s gone on to sell to a lot of musicians. (more…)
New Artist Commission for The Curve, Barbican, London
French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. When stunning video work comes around, (more…)