2 days ago by Kyoung

for constellating and the like, we’ve been using painter’s jumpsuits reused from jack’s hole project from 2008. however, over time the jumpsuits are getting worse for wear and we need to acquire more suits to really make constellating/topographying/radiating/branching kabowbamboom! we’ve discussed m ...

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13 days ago by Kyoung

tokyo piezo subway floors (photo courtesy of "Politics in the Zeros" http://polizeros.com) in considering solarium, thinking of different ways to power the thing. hand crank very maybe. but also maybe piezo? essentially, piezo techology collects kinetic energy via pressure/stress on certain material ...

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16 days ago by Kyoung

while puttering along with the plastic bottle pipe experimenting, started thinking about the fear of leached toxins from plastic bottles that bounced around the news at the beginning of the millenium. aside from the bad eco-karma of the single-use water bottle, the issues that freaked out both singl ...

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18 days ago by Kyoung

newsweek cover of august 6, 2007 issue with reclamation, some people don’t get the connection between environment and religion. they say, “hey lady, what does global warming have to do with belief when it’s a fact? i mean, it’s science.” the reality is there are many who sit on the other side of the ...

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23 days ago by Kyoung

orion: james, sahn, & adam to recap: constellate is the first of the reclamation “rituals” created to accompany planetarium. it asks people to choose a constellation (and the more enthused like mark and gregory create their own) and create them with their bodies. interpret as you see fit. and don a ...

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27 days ago by Kyoung

eyelevel/horizontal view, view of ceiling, aerial of aquarium outcomes here’re some preliminary schematics i’ve come up with for aquarium’s design. they are admittedly simple, but it gives an idea of the very basic ways in which the materials can work for this installation. basic pipe parts as we wo ...

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38 days ago by Kyoung

like drew, i’ve been meditating on, well, meditation. on prayer. on rituals. on prescribed gestures. constellate was the first foray for reclamation in these realms. the illustration of commitment and devotion through representative acts. generally, simple, repetitive acts. prostration. palms presse ...

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44 days ago by Kyoung

the blog, emails, pamphlets, hand-outs, instructional guides, stories, etc. are collectively a text in the making on reclamation, its history, its present, its future, its “mission,” its “message”. with that said, its worth checking out Lisa Anne Auerbach’s The Tract House. The Tract House is a “spr ...

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55 days ago by Kyoung

plastic bottle pipe... not exactly what i was looking for began research on making pipes out of plastic bottles. however, it seems plumbing pipes are not the hot ticket item… rather, bong pipes seem to rule the roost of popularity amongst diy-ers interested in three r-ing the plastic bottle. so it s ...

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73 days ago by Kyoung

planetarium gear box vs. picasso musical instrument collage the gears are really beautiful. remind me of picasso collages. (p.s. i would’ve put this under comments to “the box” post, but couldn’t figure out a way to upload images in the comments section.)

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