tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:33:29 +0000suddenlyminutesbenchmarkFieldTestMOSTpublicationsSTOCKCommitteeMostlandiaBox SetcollaborationhumorA sub-committee dedicated to the development of submissions for the Mostlandian Department of Recordshttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)Blogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-7881701996116517816Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:17:00 +00002009-09-19T14:22:55.202-07:00The friendly people at Urban Honking have generously offered to host my blog. From now on, click on the link below to read more Golden Age Work Group:http://www.urbanhonking.com/goldenage/http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/09/golden-age-work-group-is-now-at-urban.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-8336344997714620422Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-09-09T13:40:31.731-07:00Today I've been reading an interview between Ivan Illich and Jerry Brown that I found whilst exploirng my Delicious contacts page. It gives me a different lens through which to reflect upon the value The M.O.S.T. placed on feelings of love and friendship. Mostlandia had an entire bureau, The Love and Friendship Index (LFI), devoted to measuring the populace's feelings of love and friendship and http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/09/friendship-and-politics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-6679531385623164854Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:37:00 +00002009-08-28T16:42:17.549-07:00Some summer reading.I made myself a poster based upon the following quote by Vaneigem. "We are moving toward the end of the exploitation of nature, of work, of trade, of predation, of separation from the self, of sacrifice, of guilt, of the forsaking of happiness, of the fetishizing of money, of power, of hierarchy, of contempt for and fear of women, of the misleading of children, of intellectualhttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/08/hans-ulrich-obrist-in-conversation-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-5757537015886654642Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:15:00 +00002009-08-28T16:43:29.174-07:00The Temporary Services/Half Letter Press blog recently highlighted the work of Javier Rodrigo, an educator and art researcher with an interest in artist groups and collective action. Rodrigo and his colleagues recently published a 12 page PDF of the pedagogical methods of various artist groups. I did a little more research and came across an article written by Rodrigo regarding rhizomatic http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/08/javier-rodrigos-art-group-sociograms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-2138600124223794074Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:12:00 +00002009-08-23T16:14:49.191-07:00+View Larger Maphttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/08/summation-of-august-activities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-1824835770486914077Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:59:00 +00002009-07-25T13:00:58.054-07:00STOCKOur first STOCK dinner and artist grant event is this Sunday, July 26th. Please arrive between 6:00 & 6:30pm to be seated for dinner and begin taking part in selecting the winning artist's proposal. RSVPs encouraged.The dinner menu comes straight from the lush local gardens and farms, all cool to beat the summer heat:Roasted Summer Squash & Bean Caponata with ChardSweet Beet and Potato Salad - http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/07/stock-portland-dinner-tomorrow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-7648572522362870389Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:55:00 +00002009-07-25T12:59:14.842-07:00I'm teaching a 3D design foundations course this summer.The students are keeping images of our projects and activities at: Summer SessionThe picture above is from an activity on our first day where students worked in small groups to build the tallest structure possible using only newspaper and masking tape in a 2 hour period.http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/07/teachin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-3086891731927019092Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:21:00 +00002009-07-11T14:42:03.505-07:00FieldTestSTOCKInCUBATE lists a weekly soup delivery program in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Saturday Soup as one of their inspirations. It's somewhat humorous to me that the final post on the Saturday Soup program talks about the demise of this project. On the other hand, I think that having access to information about Sara's soup challenges is a great place to try and glean some information about what to look out http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/07/g-rad-saturday-soup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-3442413780183193003Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:02:00 +00002009-09-16T08:52:26.575-07:00FieldTestSTOCKHere are scans of the Sunday Soup User Guide created for InCUBATE by Hideous Beast.It's meant to be printed double sided and then quarter folded.Charlie of HB says that printable PDF format images can be found at:issuu.com/chillrock/docs/sunday_souphttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunday-soup-user-handbook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-4813132380886113436Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:17:00 +00002009-07-11T14:21:13.778-07:00FieldTestSTOCKI have been thinking about Hideous Beast's project Field Test, a project wherein Josh and Charlie attempt to re-create other artists' projects and then make public the documentation of their results. It reminds me of the work I did as an Americorps Volunteer at Caldera - trying to develop and document systems for use by future volunteers and employees of the organization. In the case of a lot ofhttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/07/field-test-sunday-soup-mashup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-4482928525770167230Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:44:00 +00002009-07-11T14:52:05.678-07:00STOCKI'm working with Ariana Jacob and Amber Bell on an artist granting program called Stock.We have a call for proposals out right now at: www.portlandstock.blogspot.comhttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/07/next-up-stock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-3134961954120658180Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:52:00 +00002009-07-11T14:54:07.071-07:00Box SetLisa Radon of Ultrapdx.com and Mike Merrill from Urbanhonking.com wrote some nice words about my graduate exhibit and lecture last month. Thought I'd archive them here.Oh, Mostlandia on Ultra (LINK OUT OF ORDER)Collaboration on Urbanhonking Also, if you haven't had the chance yet - stop by Disjecta this month to see the PSU MFA group show. I've put a smaller selection of items from The M.O.S.T.'shttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/06/couple-of-write-ups.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-4630171883977077040Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:33:00 +00002009-06-09T23:57:06.937-07:00Box SetThought it might be helpful to post some images from my show- a little tour of sorts.Here's the view from the entranceView of the large gallery space:Here I'm serving in my active role as docent for the show, giving tours:Citizen Jen Elder and family eating ice cream sandwiches provided as part of the exhibition:http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/06/box-set-installation-shots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-3588463074441781437Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +00002009-06-09T23:09:29.055-07:00During our preparations for PDF, Lisa introduced me to the work of Andrew McQualter, and his project Studies for the shape of government. I really love the documentation of this project, with the establishing shot of two people at a table followed by the document they created together. It's cinematic almost.http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/06/andrew-mcqualter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-434711431736615759Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:40:00 +00002009-06-15T15:06:16.328-07:00I have been working with Melbourne artist Lisa Radford to create some PDFs for a project in Iowa City called Public Document Files (PDF). Jen Delos Reyes asked 30 artists (including myself) to create ten files "on or about artists they think are related to ideas surrounding public and socially engaged art work." Lisa and I have been emailing links back and forth for several years now, and decidedhttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/06/public-document-files-public-space-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-5206742598282040305Fri, 22 May 2009 05:33:00 +00002009-05-21T22:38:50.085-07:00My MFA show is up and running. Monday-Saturday, 12-5PM (except for Memorial Day)Today through May 29.Where: PSU Autzen Gallery, 2nd Floor Neuberger Hall (SW Broadway between Harrison and Hall)I'm gallery sitting the entire time, so come say 'hi!'Statement:In Box Set: The M.O.S.T. Remastered, Katy Asher reconfigures the gallery space into a museum displaying the complexities and rewards of workinghttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/05/shows-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-3700666605948948127Mon, 11 May 2009 21:27:00 +00002009-05-11T15:37:24.303-07:00Mostlandian Ambassadorial UniformsMy apologies for being a quiet blogger recently. Most of my time is being spent in the non-cyber world as the installation date for my show draws nearer and nearer...Opening Date: Monday, May 18Here are some pictures of my more recent organizational efforts.Paper files accumulated by members of The M.O.S.T., indexed by project and owner.http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-organization-pics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-7243192745123235402Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:32:00 +00002009-04-12T13:46:03.939-07:00Box SetI'm on a roll with my graduate project - an archival display of The M.O.S.T.'s work from 2003-2008.Right now, I'm using an extra room in my house to collect and sort through all of the ephemera from Rudy, Jen, Khris and my closets, drawers, boxes, basements, and filing cabinets.It looks kind of like this:http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/04/making-most-of-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-513711244469672041Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:03:00 +00002009-02-27T18:10:43.595-08:00suddenlyWhile in Los Angeles for the opening of suddenly at the Pomona Museum College of Art, Junior Ambassador and I decided to personally invite Mostlandian citizens living in LA to contribute to the mapping project. Junior made a connect-the-dots style map from the place where we were staying in Los Feliz to the beach, and we made our way across town over the course of about 6 hours, getting lost, http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/02/missing-in-la.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-4244879175159957828Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:45:00 +00002009-02-27T17:59:58.977-08:00MostlandiasuddenlyMOSTAs part of our efforts to understand the future of Mostlandian mapping, Junior Ambassador and I decided to visit the actual location of the first map of Mostlandia, the one located on Matthew Yake's apartment floor. On Thursday, February 19th, we donned our safety helmets and clip boards and met with Matthew to discuss the current status of the spot. My classmate, Motoya Nakamura, joined us to http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/02/spot-portal-maintenance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-779141000184535551Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:24:00 +00002009-01-22T10:41:35.980-08:00suddenlyRudy and I are traveling to Claremont, CA this weekend for the opening of suddenly at the Pomona College Museum of Art. We'll be at the walkthrough and reception on Saturday, and will present our explorations of life post-MOST at The Mandrake Sunday afternoon.If by any chance you are someone who reads my blog and lives in the LA area, come say hello!Saturday, January 24, 4 pmPomona College Museumhttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/01/mostlandian-citizens-travel-to-la.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-2666504249289381650Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-01-22T10:20:18.581-08:00suddenlySEEKING: CARTOGRAPHERS OF ANY SKILL LEVEL to assist in locating a sense of place. Curiosity, open eyes and ears, and sense of humor a plus. Open to maps on paper as well as movement, music, narrative and video. Please send a draft of how you "map out" your experiences, discoveries and psychogeographical landscapes to: mostlandia@gmail.com. Willing to barter with homemade ice cream. Sincere http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/01/seeking-cartographers-of-any-skill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-8481687258240657019Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:55:00 +00002009-01-05T15:32:16.696-08:00I am having a love affair with golden beets at the moment. I made some on New Year's Day and can't seem to get enough. This may seem unrelated to my studies, however, I've found that after eating a serving of beets each day of the new year, I've been able to finally start accomplishing some things I hadn't been able to do over the past few months - including post updates on this blog, respond http://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/01/golden-beets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-2164811597941636311Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:20:00 +00002009-01-05T10:37:39.937-08:00I'm working on a project with Ariana Jacob and Amber Bell that aims to make a vending cart of maps made by people from Portland.I came across a link to the projects being created by Art House Co-op of Atlanta, that I think run parallel to our idea in the way that we both are attempting to make collections of subjective information. Art House is collecting and displaying items from their audiencehttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/01/collecting-information.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514324740830578872.post-277218831942614284Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:58:00 +00002009-01-05T10:19:39.440-08:00I've been finding inspiration in this book, the final project by the members of the art group Haha, Wendy Jacob, Laurie Palmer, and John Ploof. I wasn't aware of Haha's work until reading about them in Group Work last spring, and have been surprised to learn that their group interest focused around collective conceptions of place and space, among other things.I am reading and re-reading "Haha ashttp://katyasher.blogspot.com/2009/01/with-love-from-haha-essays-and-notes-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Katy Asher)0