Posts by: aaron
Almost a year ago, I joined a makerspace called NYC Resistor. Aside from being populated with amazing people who are working on crazy projects (here, here, here, and here, for example), it’s given me access to new technologies, new directions, and new skills I never […]
In the middle of working on the Morbid Anatomy Museum, which has begun to occupy a seriously overwhelming amount of my time, I’m also making new work in the studio and finding time to work on interesting projects with amazingly talented artists like Nicole Antebi and Alex Branch.
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I’m doing a piece with Becky Sellinger at the Winter Shack later this month. Look for updates, but count on there being something panoramic, something crazy performative, and something involving hot chocolate.
I’ve been working for months on a show in the gallery at 60 Wall St about the Utopian possibilities of art in an amusement park. A group show about artists and fun! It’s full of ideas that I’ve been thinking about for ages. We finally hung the show last week and there’s a public reception […]
Here’s one of the new drawings I’ve been working on. These are maps of the coastline of the Arabian Sea and the experiences on either side of that line.
And, just for kicks, a wonderful map and elevation of Sulphur Island (Iwo Jima) from 1779. […]
As I’m drawing here, I’m also doing some mapping. I think this will all become part of a book soon, but I’m not sure yet how that will play out. Something about time-based media and the urge to record experience.
When I think about maps, especially geographical diagrams, I tend […]
Some things I know:
When people in Bombay say “it’s gotten cold”, this corresponds to a physical air temperature that is just the slightest bit below what it takes to make me sweat profusely. The sounds of the Adhan from a nearby mosque will always make me feel a shiver of joy and a sense […]
Even as I get ready to leave for India, there’s still a lot going on in New York, including a nice little show at Recession Art, called American Daydream. Go there to see one of my latest paintings, a palimpsest featuring the text from […]
