Jenn Stein and Okwui Enwezor outside of the Shloss Wilhelmshohe, documenta 12, Kassel, Germany

I am back again from across the pond. Unfortunately, I was not able to post anything while I was there because a) internet connections were few and far between and b) I had a total of about 10 minutes the entire trip to check my email, we were so busy. But, it was an amazing trip. Follow the link for a chronological breakdown.

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Lunch with my good buddy, Josh

So, I am heading out for Europe tomorrow to do a couple of things. I will be posting updates and pictures here as often as I can, depending on what kind of connectivity I can get over there. See you on the other side.

If you are going to be in San Francisco, I’m going to have some work up at this show. It’s going to be up June 25th through the 29th with a closing party on the 29th. Check it out.

Here is a test render/animation of some of the things that I have been doing lately. Click the image to view the video. The link might take a while to load, its about 12megs or so, so give a sec. But it only took about 12 hours to render 30 seconds of footage on my little iBook G4.

If you are interested in the source code, let me know and I will send it to you. I would post it, but I have been constantly working on it and tweaking it, and by the time I post it, I will have made some change to it. So just let me know and I will pass it on to you.

So, I’m kind of excited. I have been saving my pennies, working extra hours, and after a few years of wanting one, have finally had the money to invest in a DSLR. A Canon Digital Rebel XT to be exact. I am really excited about this. I’m going have to free up some extra space for shooting RAW though. Those are some big files.

As a political person, I have become, by and large, fairly cynical in regards to the current state American politics. Which is, unfortunately, not uncommon these days. But Design Observer has posted an article that has sparked a glimmer of hope for me. Quoting a James Traub article, they write, “Al Gore has attained what you can only call prophetic status; and he has done so by acting as he could not, or would not, as a candidate — saying precisely what he believes, and saying it with clarity, passion, intellectual mastery and even, sometimes, wit.” I belive that that is what excites me about Al Gore right now; that he is able to operate outside the political sphere as an independant agent, but with the experience of a long time politican on the causes that he believes in. This is not the Al Gore of the 2000 election.

With the way that he is operating right now, I couldn’t think of a better thing for American politics than for him to run for the presidency. There couldn’t be a bigger juxtipostion, and correction, to the current administration than a Gore adminstration. Especially a Gore/Obama ticket. Personally, the idea of that ticket is incredibly exciting.

I should note that this all comes with a caveat; which is to say that I don’t agree with Gore all down the line. He is a politican after all, who try appease everyone while making no one happy. But I respect his intellect, his passion and conviction. And you don’t have to agree with someone to respect them and believe them to be a good leader.

Here’s hoping that Gore hears the call of the people, and enters again into the political arena for this next cycle. And wins (again).