We moved from Oakland to Portland in early September of this year, and I’d like to make a sweeping opening claim about the art scene here, but so far it seems like a smaller version of the Bay. For her part, my wife Lexa Walsh is fully involved in the MFA in Social Practice program at Portland State, and has pledged to not make any object-based art for a full year, which is not only proper given the nature of the program, but handy, since Social Practice students don’t get a studio. And I’ve been channeling my work into the book form, which seems a stronger tool for speaking to all, not just fellow artists (not to naysay ye, tho!)

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