flypigeoncamp

2011-04-16T11:04:00.000-07:00

ROUTH-s!!!

2011-04-06T12:56:00.001-07:00

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SOFA NEW YORK
PARK AVENUE ARMORY
APRIL 14-17, 2011

CHARON KRANSEN ARTS
BOOTH 312
WWW.CHARONKRANSENARTS.COM

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AN’ IF THIS IS ALL ABOUT A PRINCIPLED RESPONSE TO THE WIDER WORLD, WE ALL NEED A FOUNDATION.

OK.

There’s a metabolism to the making. It’s one that has been traded like stocks; it’s ambiguous like the spaces behind walls. There’s a humidity, and a pungent sort of acoustic employed in the making of these objects; it’s meant to hold a charge conductive of a situation – like I’m stuffing mixed messages in bottles, and dropping them in gutters, so when someone gets it they'll be right where I was, and maybe that'll help.

2011-04-06T12:55:00.001-07:00

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SOFA NEW YORK
PARK AVENUE ARMORY
APRIL 14-17, 2011

CHARON KRANSEN ARTS
BOOTH 312
WWW.CHARONKRANSENARTS.COM

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I draw a lot of oblique lines to arrive at this…

I’ve stood at the top of the alleyway, holding weight – chevrons pushing back…

I’ve been graced with her perfect tenor – she’s on my right, like assurance…

OK.

A CITY RUNNIN’ WITH IT’S SCISSORS OUT WILL LEAVE YOU KINDA WEEPY…

OK.

The days are all wild, food in the streets and clean-up in all aisles.

Scope out anything with marker-stains.

The bus-stop glass like a target-face.

We all cap the delay where the archers aim.

2011-04-06T12:54:00.000-07:00

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SOFA NEW YORK
PARK AVENUE ARMORY
APRIL 14-17, 2011

CHARON KRANSEN ARTS
BOOTH 312
WWW.CHARONKRANSENARTS.COM

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OK. LEFT FOOT RIGHT FOOT,

LIKE WE FOUND A SECRET DECODER RING, STUCK BETWEEN TALL PRARIE GRASSES ON FIRE AND THE AMERICAN GUTTER…

OK. LEFT FOOT RIGHT FOOT,

WE’RE HERE, AN’ GOTHAM GETS IT CAUSE OF OUR SOFT SHOE ON ARIA…

2011-02-07T12:27:00.000-08:00

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2010-11-03T08:34:00.000-07:00

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SOFA Chicago
Booth 208
Charon Kransen Arts
November 5-7, 2010
Festival Hall, Navy Pier

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Brooch
Sterling, Steel, Insulation, Concrete

2010-11-03T08:33:00.000-07:00

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SOFA Chicago
Booth 208
Charon Kransen Arts
November 5-7, 2010
Festival Hall, Navy Pier

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Brooch
Sterling, Steel, Insulation, Concrete

2010-11-03T08:32:00.000-07:00

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SOFA Chicago
Booth 208
Charon Kransen Arts
November 5-7, 2010
Festival Hall, Navy Pier

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Brooch
Sterling, Steel, Insulation

2010-09-15T11:18:00.000-07:00

The below works represent an intellectual engagement with modernism and the development of a new urban mythology.

Montana Gold and Enamel on Metal Panel

Dimensions Variable:
1.5' X 3' to 3' X 4.5'

Holding Hands In The Studio

Alicia LaChance
www.hoffmanlachancefineart.com

Nina Ganci
www.skifo.com

Robert Longyear
www.flypigeoncamp.blogspot.com

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2010-08-25T08:53:00.000-07:00

Next Up...

DIY: A Revolution in Handicrafts

Society for Contemporary Craft

September 10 - March 26, 2011

2100 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412.261.7003
www.contemporarycraft.org

2010-08-05T16:07:00.002-07:00

CRESCENDO < was a three day studio intensive that explored the transitional nature and time period endemic of incarceration at the St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center. The project employed conductive and repurposed player piano mechanics, antique musical scrolls, and contemporary studio jewelry practice to incite the development of student concepts through craft objects.

If we’re daring to be operatic about it – like maybe it’s time for us to address critically the fate of our neighborhoods, and those that form our communities (choruses).

And if this is all a principled response to the wider world… we all had better have a foundation.

It’s best we remember… there’s a bureaucracy to opposable thumbs.

It’s best we remember… that brick by brick... that’s just the way the game goes.

It’s best we remember – like note to self:
MUST WRITE
NEW SONGS
TO BECOME… <

2010-08-05T16:07:00.001-07:00

GOOD HAND BAD HAND – an’ the bad meaning good <
But Imma hold my head up – but Imma hold my head up
An’ Imma write songs to help the time go by

An’ it ain’t hard to tell I’m thinking about court, just hoping Jimmie Edwards send me back up north… <

GOOD HAND BAD HAND – an’ the bad meaning good <

No, I ain’t in the Olympics, but I’m burning the torch

2010-08-05T16:06:00.000-07:00

See, ain’t no stopping us <
We see haters from a mile away, like looking through binoculars <
They tryin’ to send the cops at us <
Ridding round the block and stuff with big beams <
Guaranteed we chopping stuff <

2010-08-05T16:05:00.002-07:00

Lil’ accomplices <
Lil’ pusha hold your head up, thinking bout this j-byrd stuff <

2010-08-05T16:05:00.001-07:00

At this moment, my life has its trouble and strife <
But that’s just the way that I pay <
Baby we brave <

2010-08-05T16:04:00.000-07:00

Spreading rumors round town like I fell down
They can’t hold me down
They can’t stop my shine
Grind hard like my mother
I’m a problem solver
That’s why I'm still alive

2010-08-05T16:03:00.002-07:00

You know this is my city right ?

GOOD HAND BAD HAND – an’ the bad meaning good <
But Imma hold my head up – but Imma hold my head up
An’ Imma write songs to help the time go by

2010-08-05T16:03:00.001-07:00

Momma got a smile <
This a chance in a lifetime <
Imma think ahead <

2010-08-05T16:02:00.000-07:00

Heavy, real heavy, it feels heavy
Somebody help me, my neck hurt, my chain heavy
Heavy, flow heavy

Heavy, real heavy, it feels heavy
Somebody help me, my ego gettin' too big, it's too heavy
My head gettin' too big, it's so heavy
Somebody help me

2010-08-05T16:01:00.000-07:00

GOOD HAND BAD HAND – an’ the bad meaning good <
But Imma hold my head up – but Imma hold my head up
An’ Imma write songs to help the time go by

2010-08-05T16:00:00.002-07:00

I gotta get that swagga bout myself
Understand
Hot spitta, can I get em, can I speak the truth?

2010-08-05T16:00:00.001-07:00

Just tryna be cool
But Imma be me
An’ Imma be real

So when u see me in the streets, don't speak
I’m there baby, faithfully on my job
The way I gotta shine, thinking a NGH’s crazy
If you here leave out, if you coming re-route

2010-08-05T15:59:00.000-07:00

Just tryna be cool
But Imma be me
An’ Imma be real ya'll

2010-08-05T15:58:00.000-07:00

Pops is no sucka <
Moms a bit tougher <
When heaven dropped a bundle <
I rose to my feet then stumble <

2010-08-05T15:55:00.000-07:00

GOOD HAND BAD HAND – an’ the bad meaning good <
But Imma hold my head up – but Imma hold my head up
Lil’ pusha hold your head up, thinking bout this j-byrd stuff <
An’ Imma write songs to help the time go by

<

2010-07-22T07:55:00.000-07:00

A Few Of My Favorite Things

2010-07-18T15:55:00.000-07:00

SEVEN TEN SPLIT

2010-07-18T15:54:00.000-07:00

OK – WE’RE STANDING HERE BECAUSE WE PLACED ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

2010-07-18T15:52:00.000-07:00

OK – WE’RE STANDING HERE BECAUSE WE PLACED ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER LIKE FRANCESSCA’S VISION LED UP

2010-07-18T15:51:00.000-07:00

OK – WE’RE STANDING HERE BECAUSE WE PLACED ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER LIKE WE CAN REST EASY, LOW, AN’ HEAVY LIKE EMILY’S ANCOR

2010-07-18T15:49:00.000-07:00

OK – WE’RE STANDING HERE WITH A SAARINEN ARCH AT OUR BACKS, LIKE THE WINDS AT OUR BACKS AN’ WE MOVE WESTWARD EXPANSION, ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

2010-07-18T15:48:00.000-07:00

OK – WE’RE STANDING HERE BECAUSE WE PLACED ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER, AN’ WE CAN LOOK OVER THE CITY BECAUSE ANDO ARCHITECTURE METLS AWAY AN’ HAS THE ABILITY TO LET SOME PSYCHOLOGY SEEP IN

2010-07-18T15:47:00.000-07:00

OK – WE’RE STANDING HERE AN’ SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE FOOT AND THE OTHER WE FIND OURSELVES TO BE AMBIGUOUS AND ABSTRACT LIKE SPACES INSIDE WALLS,

2010-07-18T15:46:00.000-07:00

OK – AN’ SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER, WE FIND OURSELVES BETWEEN OUR FALLIBLE NATURE AND OUR BOUYANT SPIRIT OF HOPE

2010-07-18T15:44:00.000-07:00

ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER WITH THE ABILITY TO LET SOME PSYCHOLOGY SEEP IN

2010-07-18T15:43:00.000-07:00

2010-07-18T15:41:00.000-07:00

ONE LONG BELL RING – 10 MINUTE WARNING

2010-07-18T15:40:00.000-07:00

head down, conjure up – like there’s oil bubbling up – conjure up, like it’s coming up through our waters floated on top of red numbers, easy, like confetti –

2010-07-18T15:39:00.000-07:00

time for us to maybe sit still and build – cap it all off – roll in low and fast –

2010-07-18T15:37:00.000-07:00

WING MAN TO WING LADY an’ our zeal of call signs conjured up now, an’ yard upon yard in an attempt –

2010-07-18T15:35:00.000-07:00

cap it all off with a fifty cap, crispy with a philosophy:

a bugle to sound our charge, some soft shoe to teach us how to move, an’ a little bit of rope for tying figure eight knots gone cathedral –

2010-07-18T15:34:00.000-07:00

cap it all off with a fifty cap, an’ a 24oz. surrogate version of property.

2010-07-18T15:32:00.000-07:00

TWO LONG BELL RINGS – SHOW TIME

2010-07-18T15:31:00.000-07:00

Ok – we’re sitting in a white box with the ability to let some psychology seep in…

2010-07-18T15:30:00.000-07:00

AN’ SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A SEVEN TEN SPLIT WE FIND OUR FALLIBLE NATURE AND A BOUYANT SPIRIT OF HOPE…

2010-07-18T15:29:00.000-07:00

2010-07-18T15:21:00.000-07:00

like a chorus lending our voices and our interpretations of the wider world.

2010-07-18T15:19:00.000-07:00

There’s a metabolism to this district.

2010-07-18T15:18:00.000-07:00

It’s one that has been traded like stocks; it’s ambiguous like the spaces behind walls.

2010-07-18T15:17:00.000-07:00

We’re daring to be operatic, like maybe its time for us to address critically the fate of our neighborhoods

2010-07-18T15:15:00.000-07:00

and if we’re going to be operatic about it - and if this is all about a principled response to the wider world, we all need a foundation.

2010-07-18T15:14:00.000-07:00

Remember, there’s a bureaucracy to opposable thumbs.

2010-07-18T15:12:00.000-07:00

Remember, fate is malleable.

2010-07-18T15:10:00.000-07:00

If we’re contemplating city spaces in new ways, it’s best that we remember, brick by brick… that’s just the way the game goes.

2010-07-18T15:08:00.000-07:00

It’s best that we remember that our individual actions have collective consequence.

2010-07-18T15:07:00.000-07:00

An’ maybe it’s time we sit and build.

2010-07-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

ONE LONG BELL RING – 10 MINUTE WARNING

TWO LONG BELL RINGS - SHOWTIME

TALL IS AS TALL DOES…

2010-07-18T15:02:00.000-07:00

HEAD DOWN, CONJUR UP…

LIES DOWN… RARELY…

2010-07-18T15:01:00.000-07:00

HEAD ON HER SHOULDER ON A TALL MOMENT…

STRING ON A HEART… PULL IT UP NOW…

2010-07-18T14:59:00.000-07:00

LIKE MY BEST POSTURE…

LIKE GABRIEL SAT AN’ POLISHED BRASS…

2010-07-18T14:57:00.002-07:00

LIKE WE FOUND A SECRET DECODER RING, STUCK BETWEEN TALL PRARIE GRASSES ON FIRE AND THE AMERICAN GUTTER…

WE’RE HERE AN’ GOTHAM GETS IT CAUSE OF OUR SOFT SHOE ON ARIA…

2010-07-18T14:57:00.001-07:00

A CITY RUNNIN’ WITH IT’S SCISSORS OUT WILL LEAVE YOU KINDA WEEPY…

2010-07-18T14:45:00.000-07:00

Like my little girl was weepy cause she had a fever…

2010-07-18T14:44:00.000-07:00

Boy in his box – the fever is all day.

The days are all strange, boy in the box -

The days are all large, fire for the people, boy in the box…

2010-07-18T14:42:00.000-07:00

The days are all grim, too alive once the chips are all in, boy in the box -

Woke up new, the city was all ghost, boy in the box…

2010-07-18T14:39:00.000-07:00

The days are all wild, food in the streets and clean-up in all aisles, boy in the box -

The days are all peep, grown on his own, boy in the box…

2010-07-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

The day is all raw, ten little workers, nine were all talk, talk, talk, boy in the box -

cut two holes in a big brown bag - ace up his sleeve (wink)…

Ten little workers, nine were all talk -

2010-07-18T14:35:00.000-07:00

Boy in the box, the fever was all day…

2,4,6,8 – never too late –

2010-07-18T14:34:00.000-07:00

Ok – we’re sitting in a white box with the ability to let some psychology seep in…

AN’ SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A SEVEN TEN SPLIT WE FIND OUR FALLIBLE NATURE AND A BOUYANT SPIRIT OF HOPE…

2010-07-18T14:32:00.000-07:00

Ok 2,4,6,8, - never too late – cap it off an’ ease on down to the marketplace -

2010-07-18T14:31:00.000-07:00

Talk, talk, talk – yup -

Scope out anything with marker-stains,

2010-07-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

The bus-stop glass like a target-face,

We all cap the delay where the archers aim,

2010-07-18T14:19:00.000-07:00

Ok – we’re sitting in a white box with the ability to let some psychology seep in…

cap it off –

an’ this has been a way to create a conceptual relationship between new city spaces/concepts built for future congregations of cultural merit and spaces/concepts rich with history, yet separated by our city’s developmental interests, financial/philanthropic resource, and current state of use/non-use.

2010-07-18T14:17:00.000-07:00

ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER WITH THE ABILITY TO LET SOME PSYCHOLOGY SEEP IN

OK

SMITH ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

2010-07-18T14:15:00.000-07:00

Ok – let me get out of this car an’ at least stand up as tall as you.

12 dollars an’ 81 cent…

2010-07-18T14:13:00.000-07:00

every once in a while red is drawn to red

an’ if you want something from an audience, you have to give blood to their fantasies

an’ every once in a while the whites of your eyes go pop because he was on creep and he knows he shouldn’t have been

2010-07-18T14:11:00.000-07:00

once again, the whites of my eyes

an’ i’m not trying to rob you, i just need to get some gas in that big ol’ car an’ pick up my babies

it’s like a red Phat Pharm jumpsuit traded up and there’s something in his pocket

2010-07-18T14:09:00.000-07:00

an’ i’m not tryin’ to rob you, was jus wandering if you were about to buy groceries

hold on a minute – let me get out of this car an’ at least stand up as tall as you

2010-07-18T14:07:00.000-07:00

i’m not even hungry, i jus need gas in that big ol’ car to pick up my babies an’ was wondering if you could cash me out if i bought your food with my EBT

an’ every once in a while, red is drawn to red like your gas tank is @ a deficit and his babies are waiting

an’ every once in a while, red is drawn to red like his babies are @ a deficit if they’re waiting an’ they’re hungry

2010-07-18T14:05:00.000-07:00

hold on a minute – let me get out of this car an’ at least stand up as tall as you

hold on a minute, okay – let me get this straight, you want to follow me around this store while i pick up stuff-s for dinner – an’ you want to swipe your card

2010-07-18T14:03:00.000-07:00

an’ every once in a while red meets red an’ the whites of your eyes go pop because maybe you believe him an’ he’s in a tight spot an’ maybe just waiting is worse than waiting while hungry

hold on a minute – let me get out of this car an’ at least stand up as tall as you

2010-07-18T14:02:00.000-07:00

hold on a minute, okay – let me get this straight, you want to follow me around this store while i pick up stuff-s for dinner – an’ you wanna swipe your card like the idea of hungry mouths to me is supposed to be business

2010-07-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

yeah, i’ll EBT twice as much as you pay me out for

2010-07-18T13:57:00.000-07:00

hold on a minute,

okay – we’ll keep this short an’ just enough to roll a car without rolling over a system like the idea of hungry mouths to me is supposed to be business

they put $1,000 on my card every month an’ i’ll buy you twice as much as you pay me out

2010-07-18T13:55:00.000-07:00

OK

SMITH ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

2010-07-18T13:53:00.000-07:00

they put $1,000 on my card every month cause i’ve got so many people at my house

an’ the produce at this store is bottom rung, like lack of vitamins, like undernourished mouths is big business an’ clean up on all aisles