Episode 7

Ash Clouds over Bushwick

Mari Ahokoivu and Anna Sailamaa are in the forefront of the burgeoning art comics movement coming out of Finland. Stranded in New York after the MoCCA Festival due to the volcanic ash cloud over Europe, they find themselves in Bushwick for an extended stay. Work Only takes them to the park for a conversation about their work, how to hang laundry, and how to describe those moments in which nothing happens. Continue reading...

Edouard Manet
He drew Baudelaire’s shoes
I found them beautiful
I found them in Clingancourt
He drew a clochard’s shoes

Like the king’s slippers
in Rabat
He climbs into the pumpkin patch

You can see Mexico
You can hear Quetzalcoatl
Chewing bread in the Zocolo

And the good people laughed at him
In fact they spit on him
For painting a bum… Continue reading...

Residing in the Netherlands a few years beyond a tourist Visa to practice art is possible…if you’re willing to manipulate the system. Immigration bureaucracy often breeds delay, and applying as a non-commercial artist for a Dutch Visa depends on this more than anything. Here lies then a first-hand report of how to beat the man!

First of all, there are no guarantees, so be prepared to leave on a moments notice. The Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) has no specific Visa application for the artist—an initial setback, so be warned. There are two main Visa choices: Resident Visa and Work Visa. A Resident Visa is preferable only if you have sustainable income from your country of citizenship and have money in the bank to backup your extended Continue reading...

I know, I know…not many Bay Area residents are going to be in Norway this weekend, but if you are a trans- meta- bio- organic- digital- futuristic- research artist, you should at least take a look at the web site and information behind this art/science conference.

What caught my eye is the relatively high number of artists that reside in the USA. It also got me thinking that the SF Bay Area does—to a certain extent—include Silicon Alley and the burgeoning bio/genetic industry. Yet, how many SF Bay Area artists of note are dealing with the science and technology of the biological/genetic age? If you can think of some notable people, then please, by all means, comment! Continue reading...