images from me to you

My 2nd Serbian Interview

2009-05-11T00:36:00.000-07:00

Some of the material was recycled from the other TV show, but this one was filmed mostly at the fort and you can see me and the reporter, Ana, walking around. I am not used to this sort of thing and it is pretty hard to walk naturally with a camera 1 foot from your face. This was for a lifestyles type show called Hedonist, not nearly as racy as the name implies. Thanks for Boris and Zeljka for setting this up, and Feabrik for posting the videos.

Some PR

2009-04-25T06:53:00.001-07:00

I really need to update my website to have a PR section, but for now this'll have to do.

Contemporary Art Blogs - absolutearts.com - "Flounder Lee" by Michael Corbin An Interview I did with Indianapolis arts collector, Michael Corbin. He has published a couple of books on art collecting for the rest of us.

This is an interview I did for a Serbian TV show called Art-Box. There is a translation on the YouTube page.

$250,000 American Idol Type Visual Arts Prize

2009-04-25T06:51:00.000-07:00

While I think any money going to the arts is a good thing, I think this competition has some major flaws. 1) $50 submission fee for one piece! 2) ONE PIECE! how can 250k be awarded for one piece? I think that having a body of work is much more important 3) while I think getting the public involved is great, the public also loves videos of people getting hit with baseballs, A LOT. Maybe 50% of vote from public, 50% from art critics/curators, etc.

I won't be submitting. yeah it is a chance at a lot of money but with the one piece rule in there it is basically a lottery, not to downplay the people that get picked but some work only works as series.

onthecusp.org: Interview: Flounder Lee

2009-01-29T11:16:00.000-08:00

onthecusp.org: Interview: Flounder Lee

Go read my interview by Scott Grow on "On the Cusp". Thanks Scott for interviewing me!

SAVE MOCA!

2008-11-26T06:38:00.000-08:00

The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles is one of, if not the, best spots in the US for contemporary art. Its second location, the Geffen, was my favorite museum in LA by far. Take some years of bad financial decision making and then add the current financial market and you've got a recipe for problems. Since I no longer live in LA, I want to help so if anyone reading this can go and sign the petition, we are at least doing our slactavist part in helping.SIGN HERE!

Indianapolis Window Dec 29-30, 2007

2008-11-16T22:15:00.000-08:00

Shot from the window of my public art piece thanks to the Indianapolis Arts Council.

Music: Indiana by Naiko (found on archive.org in open source audio)

art for ads

2008-11-16T10:12:00.001-08:00

Replace most of the ads you see online with art. I have no issue with unobtrusive ones, but most of them are big and flashy and pop up.

Via Bad at Sports

blogs

2008-11-14T23:09:00.000-08:00

I subscribe to a LOT of blogs. I am wayyy behind on reading them but I did recently find two that I thought I'd share.

First off is onthecusp.org. It is a local Indianapolis blog about art. Good way to keep up with the local scene.

The second is Modern Art Notes by Tyler Green. I had the pleasure of seeing his lecture last night at the Central library. (I also met him and the writers of onthecusp last night also {well I'd already met one of the writers of onthecusp but I saw him and met the 2nd writer}).

I think I should be asleep not watching Survivorman....

1783 to 1842

2008-11-14T23:03:00.000-08:00

I've been putting off shooting this because I never knew how long it would take, no estimate at all. So I finally get around to shooting it today and get 70 frames into a 380 frame shoot and my battery dies, since I have to move the setup to change the battery I give up and decide to shoot again once I get an ac adapter. I try and take the camera off the boom stand and it is stuck, it seems the tripod mount came loose inside the camera so it just spins around the bolt. Now I have a camera on a 10 foot pole....doh!

Yellow=American Indians; Blue=United States; Red=disputed or treaties made with different tribes at different times.

My work in Germany, Photosynth

2008-09-03T04:48:00.000-07:00

Microsoft labs has this cool new program that takes photos from many angles and puts them together. I don't know what the long term appeal of this is, but it probably has some. Anyway here are three of mine. The first two are at the site where my work is in an exhibtion in Germany, the third is in Frankfurt. ps they seem to take a while to load. I hope you don't need any software to load them...

Near Kirkby Stephen, England

2008-08-03T15:03:00.001-07:00

Near Kirkby Stephen, England
Originally uploaded by photoFlounder

I have been having a good trip so far. Some decent art in Glasgow. Shot a few maps. Hiked a bit. I've walked a million miles so far. I've met a ton of people including Italians, Irish, Germans, South Africans, Australians and of course loads of Brits. It is a lot more tiring walking these borders than driving them like I do in the US (I know thank you Captain Obvious.) but I've had to cut down the number of spots and the number of borders as my legs just can't take it. Tonight I'm in Bath. Tomorrow I map at Glastonbury (probably), then head to London in two days.

Now I must sleep.

Map Blogs

2008-07-22T16:31:00.000-07:00

I've been lucky enough to have posts about my work on two of my favorite mapping blogs (or blogs in general for that matter):

Cartophilia -- Flounder Lee

The Map Room -- Flounder Lee

EuroInvasion

2008-07-22T15:39:00.000-07:00

It's been forever since I blogged. Not sure why but I needed a break from looking at them and posting them too. But I'll post a few today and maybe a few over the next few weeks.

Firstly, I am leaving in less than a week for my first European trip. I received a New Frontiers Exploration Fellowship made possible by the Lilly Foundation. My plan is 2 nights each in Glasgow, Manchester, Bath, London and Brussels; 3 nights in Amsterdam; 5 nights in Lichtenfels-Sachsenberg Germany and 1 night in Frankfurt. I will be mapping former colonies onto European soil and symbolically reclaiming the land for my native ancestors. As much as possible I will be going to the places that my ancestors are from and also mapping colonies onto their colonizers.

For my time in Germany I will be making work in the park system there. This culminates as I have work in a group outdoor show in the parks. I might give a lecture there before I leave also.

Moved Wind--Hesse, Germany, August 17th to 31st, 2008

cowboys and indians time lapse

2008-03-26T21:19:00.000-07:00

Changing the setup from 1783 to 1850. The blues and greens are all the Indians, the yellow ones are the cowboys (United States).

Portrait on the Cliff

2008-03-25T20:19:00.001-07:00

Great Salt Plains, OK
Originally uploaded by photoFlounder

We took the first picture at Honey Creek State Park, Oklahoma. We projected it across the river onto the cliff at Great Salt Plains State Park, Oklahoma. You can see our shadows in the projection.

cowboys and indians

2008-03-25T19:59:00.000-07:00

So after a long break, I'm back. I had a good trip to Oklahoma doing some photography then a Society for Photographic Education conference in Denver.

I have a show here in Indianapolis opening on the 4th. Here is a link to a zoomify of one draft of an image for the show.

1796 to 1873

2008-02-25T12:39:00.000-08:00

This is a reference video of treaties, agreements, and the like between the US government and various Indian tribes. It covers the span from 1796 to 1873. The first frame is actually made from a map of the US in 1783, but the treaties start in 1896 which explains some of the missing parts back east in the end, but also Louisiana and Texas were mostly ceded to other governments and the US government never renegotiated a treaty for those places after buying/annexing them. Purplish Yellow (yellowish purple) means there was a clear dispute in the records, or that more than one treaty was made with different tribes for the same land.

I say it is a reference video because I plan to reshoot it as a stop motion using plastic cowboys and Indians. I'm not sure how that will work/look.

The compression is terrible, thanks youtube!

Polaroid's Finally Fading

2008-02-09T08:46:00.000-08:00

Images on left UF Photo students at 2002 SPE in Vegas
Image on right: Lucas Samaras, Phototransformation 1973-74

In a sad bit of news, Polaroid has announced it will stop making instant film. The once ubiquitous camera has largely been replaced by digital in the consumer world, but in art and professional photography, it still has many uses: transfers, previews of lighting, etc. I will miss it, but my camera collection will fill up more quickly now that people will be getting rid of them in mass numbers I think I have about 20 Polaroids so far. On a happier note, Fujifilm still makes instant film for professional photographers, I have never used them so don't know if they are an actual replacement.

Update: There is now a petition to save Polaroid film. I doubt it'll help but worth a shot I guess. Online petition - Save Polaroid Film!!

Via Engadget

Found Photos

2008-02-03T11:16:00.000-08:00

Here is a blog dedicated to returning lost photos to their owners. I think it is a fun idea. I'm sure I've lost film I'd love to get back. I also have a roll that came from a camera at my friend Vince's house that I still need to develop. I bet there are fun pictures on there.

via Racheal

Ovation TV

2008-02-03T11:05:00.000-08:00

Well continuing on the theme of Art on TV, I recently found a whole network for culture. Ovation TV, channel 157 on Dish Network, has shows for performance, fine art, architecture, music, etc. Today is photography all day! And when they say photography, they don't mean fashion/commercial, they mean art! Atget, Man Ray, Walker Evans, the Bechers, Robert Frank, etc. So far I've only watched one episode but it is really good.

Artworld Reality Show

2008-02-03T08:41:00.001-08:00

I have very mixed feelings about the idea that Sarah Jessica Parker has for a new reality show: artists make pieces of art to be judged. On the one hand, I hate reality shows. Very few of them ever do anything at all except repeat the premise of all the other shows with a slight (and sometimes no) twist. On the other, any show that is about the art world (and I mean real contemporary art, not Thomas Kincaid) is worth a shot.

Art Attack with Lee Sanstead was a recent show about art that was good. It was on Travel Channel. They ran a week of test shows and people voted to see which show they'd pick up. Apparently you can still comment on it(I can't find the voting section). If you want to see some of the graphics used, check this out. Yes the show is over the top, but it is designed to entertain people who aren't part of the art world. I hope they keep the show so maybe I can show my family why I love art so much!

(SJP via myartspace)

Machine Sculptures

2008-01-28T19:52:00.000-08:00

Arthur Ganson is a kinetic sculptor. His intricate machines seem ancient and elegant.

Thanks Debbie!

Los Angeles in Indianapolis

2008-01-24T18:46:00.000-08:00

Video artist Brian Priest has offered me the chance to curate a show at his new space the Biscuits and Gravy Gallery. It is going to be a video show of Los Angeles artists. I have quite a few people interested so far, I think it is going to be a fun show.

The gallery (not pictured) is located in the Murphy Building in Fountain Square, Indianapolis, Indiana. Not sure about the date yet but probably the First Friday in May or June.

summer everywhere trip

2008-01-22T08:37:00.001-08:00

summer everywhere trip
Originally uploaded by photoFlounder

I'm applying for a grant to travel all over the middle part of the United States this summer shooting Treaty Borders along the way. I plan on camping most of the time, crashing with anyone I can, and seeing parts of the country I've never seen. By then end of this trip I will have been to at least 42 states in my life. Not bad by the age of 30 (which I'll be turning in May of this year).

I am also contemplating a different route that would keep me up north and west for longer and maybe forgo the Southern States for a cooler weather trip. If I do this, I would have then visited every lower state except Maine and Delaware.

Window on Indy

2008-01-16T08:25:00.000-08:00

So I finally got around to dumping some of the photos off of the two computers in my public art piece that are running continuously downtown at 31 S Meridian.

Group Walking Dynamics 101: these are 30 seconds apart.Huggers.

Most of the good ones are at night, but here's a day shot for you.

I think he is offering my camera some coffee. After a quarter million photos, it probably needs it.

Here is a video of approximately 3 hours one night.