nowhere and everywhere at the same time
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yamamanama80 days until the vernal equinox
I'm not posting pictures because this isn't visual art, it's performance art. One of the exhibits there was homages to jazz clubs of the 1920s to the 1970s, complete with a player piano.
City of Abstracts: a video screen shows a distorted version of the room you are in.
The Fact of Matter is harder than it looks. Your objective is to get through the rings without touching the ground. The problem is that all the rings are suspended independently and they swing wildly in all directions.
Antipodes was inspired by a misunderstanding of gravity he had as a kid. He believed that if one were to stand at the south pole, their feet would be glued to the Earth but they’d be precariously dangling over the infinite abyss. And now you know where the Flat Earth Society comes from. He did dance routines on two screens.
Never Cease Knotting: tie rubber möbius strips into knots.
Toward the Diagnostic Gaze: Hold a feather duster absolutely still. The air stirring, your heart beating and your breaths will cause it, and its shadows, to visibly move.
A volume within which it is not possible for certain classes to arise.
I overheard this conversation.
“you look comfortable.”
“I’m lying on a hard floor with a low ceiling. You have low standards.”
Aufwand (German for “effort) is a door that is rather difficult (I wouldn’t say extremely) to open.
The Differential Room. There were six chalkboards, each with a task you could do.
without the use of the arms lie flat on your back in thirteen counts
without the use of the arms sit upright in thirteen counts
without the use of the arms bring the right shoulder to the mat
keeping the right shoulder and hip stationary on the mat,
increase the angle of the leg to torso to one hundred eighty degrees
in thirty-one counts without the use of the arms
arms held at the sides
lower the left shoulder forward to the mat in thirteen counts
keeping the elbows by the ribs, move the hands under the shoulders counting aloud to thirteen
slide the knees to the elbows with the use of the arms and then
slide the hands above the head as far as possible
until the angle of foot to thigh to torso to arm to hand, is one hundred eighty degrees.
while barely audibly counting down from thirty
stand up in three seconds without the use of the arms.
(Someone said “I like that you’re our guinea pig.” Our guinea pig thought the wording was confusing.)
standing on one leg
raise the heel
of the standing foot
as high as possible and maintain
that position
while hopping
until complete exhaustion
but not expressing
that exhaustion
or drawing any
attention to
yourself
starting at any corner, walk completely around
the bench
four times
walking alternately backwards or forwards
upon encountering each fifth, then eleventh side of the bench
adding a complete turn alternately left or right
at each fourth, then third corner
encountered
while alternately accelerating and decelerating
at every fifth side.
(the room was too crowded to actually attempt this)
walk nine steps away from the bench
then
with your eyes closed
walk backwards and sit down
(there is one missing from the interbutt. If you look up “point point line” you can watch Forsythe performing but not the actual instructions. For reasons known only to themselves, only three of them showed up on Instagram.)
(note: for some reason, the mobile internet ruins this thing I had going here)
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎turning your eyes as far as possible
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎to the left
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎hold them there
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎as you turn your head
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎as far as possible
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎to the right
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎and rigorously⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎sustaining that relationship
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎turn yourself five times
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎to the left.
Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time, no. 3.
Avoid the 80 independently-swinging pendulums. This is not difficult at all.
The other exhibit was a homage to jazz clubs from the 1920s to 1970s, complete with a player piano. Ashley would probably like this.
Boston was lit up in red and white and green. You know, I think that the most unrealistic thing about Home Alone 2 is not that the Sticky Bandits would be dead ten times over or how pretty much every exact thing from the first movie happens again, but that there is snow on the ground for several days right before Christmas and it snows on Christmas. In the days before climate change.
I had papaya salad. I'm pretty sure that I've had it from Siam Bistro before.
Molly is far from an artist. I’m not sure what she meant by that because the train was exceptionally loud and bouncy.
Jake, who is not an artist, was talking to his artist friend and they were impressed by my ability to draw on an exceptionally bouncy train.
I didn't think to ask Julia or Jordan if they are artists.
burning question: what would happen if I asked Ask Ashley how to build a time machine? Would she call me a screwhead and inform me that stinking time machines aren’t real, or would she give meticulous, if patronizing, directions while berating me?
I'm not posting pictures because this isn't visual art, it's performance art. One of the exhibits there was homages to jazz clubs of the 1920s to the 1970s, complete with a player piano.
City of Abstracts: a video screen shows a distorted version of the room you are in.
The Fact of Matter is harder than it looks. Your objective is to get through the rings without touching the ground. The problem is that all the rings are suspended independently and they swing wildly in all directions.
Antipodes was inspired by a misunderstanding of gravity he had as a kid. He believed that if one were to stand at the south pole, their feet would be glued to the Earth but they’d be precariously dangling over the infinite abyss. And now you know where the Flat Earth Society comes from. He did dance routines on two screens.
Never Cease Knotting: tie rubber möbius strips into knots.
Toward the Diagnostic Gaze: Hold a feather duster absolutely still. The air stirring, your heart beating and your breaths will cause it, and its shadows, to visibly move.
A volume within which it is not possible for certain classes to arise.
I overheard this conversation.
“you look comfortable.”
“I’m lying on a hard floor with a low ceiling. You have low standards.”
Aufwand (German for “effort) is a door that is rather difficult (I wouldn’t say extremely) to open.
The Differential Room. There were six chalkboards, each with a task you could do.
without the use of the arms lie flat on your back in thirteen counts
without the use of the arms sit upright in thirteen counts
without the use of the arms bring the right shoulder to the mat
keeping the right shoulder and hip stationary on the mat,
increase the angle of the leg to torso to one hundred eighty degrees
in thirty-one counts without the use of the arms
arms held at the sides
lower the left shoulder forward to the mat in thirteen counts
keeping the elbows by the ribs, move the hands under the shoulders counting aloud to thirteen
slide the knees to the elbows with the use of the arms and then
slide the hands above the head as far as possible
until the angle of foot to thigh to torso to arm to hand, is one hundred eighty degrees.
while barely audibly counting down from thirty
stand up in three seconds without the use of the arms.
(Someone said “I like that you’re our guinea pig.” Our guinea pig thought the wording was confusing.)
standing on one leg
raise the heel
of the standing foot
as high as possible and maintain
that position
while hopping
until complete exhaustion
but not expressing
that exhaustion
or drawing any
attention to
yourself
starting at any corner, walk completely around
the bench
four times
walking alternately backwards or forwards
upon encountering each fifth, then eleventh side of the bench
adding a complete turn alternately left or right
at each fourth, then third corner
encountered
while alternately accelerating and decelerating
at every fifth side.
(the room was too crowded to actually attempt this)
walk nine steps away from the bench
then
with your eyes closed
walk backwards and sit down
(there is one missing from the interbutt. If you look up “point point line” you can watch Forsythe performing but not the actual instructions. For reasons known only to themselves, only three of them showed up on Instagram.)
(note: for some reason, the mobile internet ruins this thing I had going here)
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎turning your eyes as far as possible
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎to the left
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎hold them there
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎as you turn your head
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎as far as possible
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎to the right
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎and rigorously⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎sustaining that relationship
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎turn yourself five times
⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎⬛︎to the left.
Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time, no. 3.
Avoid the 80 independently-swinging pendulums. This is not difficult at all.
The other exhibit was a homage to jazz clubs from the 1920s to 1970s, complete with a player piano. Ashley would probably like this.
Boston was lit up in red and white and green. You know, I think that the most unrealistic thing about Home Alone 2 is not that the Sticky Bandits would be dead ten times over or how pretty much every exact thing from the first movie happens again, but that there is snow on the ground for several days right before Christmas and it snows on Christmas. In the days before climate change.
I had papaya salad. I'm pretty sure that I've had it from Siam Bistro before.
Molly is far from an artist. I’m not sure what she meant by that because the train was exceptionally loud and bouncy.
Jake, who is not an artist, was talking to his artist friend and they were impressed by my ability to draw on an exceptionally bouncy train.
I didn't think to ask Julia or Jordan if they are artists.
burning question: what would happen if I asked Ask Ashley how to build a time machine? Would she call me a screwhead and inform me that stinking time machines aren’t real, or would she give meticulous, if patronizing, directions while berating me?
