to answer your question Adam, come and steal them.

after my project sat in the studio for 2 weeks, I was finally forced to remove it from the building at the request of the custodians. what is one to do with 8 concrete blocks? since I have nowhere to put them in my apartment, I arranged them around a pine tree outside of my building where they will stay until removed by the JSM apartment staff, or maybe stolen/broken by a drunken asshole. while I was installing them, a few passerbyers gave me the wtf look. I hit each of them in the face with one of the blocks. its the one with blood and fragments of teeth on it.

relevant form tabletop manifesto

My tabletop manifesto called for the realization of my written manifesto in a physical form on the top of a table. My written manifesto addresses the overused paradigms of pastoral and picturesque designs within the discipline of landscape architecture that have greatly slowed its progress and potential. I started by focusing on a concrete edger block that I bought from the garden center at Lowe's. Using a bag of Quikrete, I began to manipulate the shapes of the blocks with the intention of creating new, unusual forms in an effort to challenge their existing repetitive and mundayne qualities. I also did not want them to be something that would be desirable by the average mindless consumer, whom I feel plays a large role in the creation and sustaining of landscape architecture's problems. Much to my delight, as I created these new forms they were shaping up to be quite interesting, and I began to feel that I was humiliating the blocks, making the project a success.

first post

http://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/alluvial_hires.jpg

having difficultly sleeping at 1 am has led me to the creation of this blog. if all goes well, i will be filling it with thoughts, pictures, news, etc., on various topics. new posts coming soon.