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December 21, 2003
"Best of 2003"... Part IV
Another great line-up this morning. Today's panel includes Chris Silva, Caryn from Sixspace, Kelly Burns, Jace, Ignorancia, Crackrock Bestamaxx and Amir from beautiful/decay magazine.Favorite Event of 2003:
Crackrock Betamaxxx: Meeting the most amazing lady in the whole wide world .. Fucking up my part of the Betamaxxx.CAS$HRULEZ exxxhibition ( aLLLthough the other 4 members of Beta < Baschz . Nanda . Phet and Rocz kiLLLed it anywayz ..
Chris Silva: The coolest, strangest thing was being given an empty storefront in the middle of downtown Chicago for the entire month of April. I collaborated with my friend Mike Genovese and the public got to watch us work, the animals in the art zoo. We probably watched them more than anything though.
Jace: My trip in Madagascar
Caryn (from Sixspace Gallery in Los Angeles): Mark Ryden's 40th birthday gala (Jan), The Stray Show Art Fair in Chicago (May), Laura Owens show at MOCA, getting my dog (May), meeting Mike Watt (Sept), and celebrating my five-year wedding anniversary (Dec.)
Amir (from beautiful/decay magazine): Lari Pittman opening in LA
Kelly Burns (I NY): I won't lie... I NY book launch at the New Museum was my favorite event of 2003. Aside from that- the opening of a group show at Longstreet Workshops in London, featuring 5 up and coming Brits: Peter Walsh, Gabrielle Le Cocq, Mark Emblem, Joey Sharp, Andrew Gardiner.
Favorite Artist of 2003:
Crackrock: MF Doom and his 55 aliases
Chris: I have a renewed appreciation for Twist. I'm having some struggles with direction, and being very critical of doing the same sort of thing over and over again approach, but I don't feel that it's overly strategic on his part. It seems really authentic and soulful, and that's encouraged me to ease up on myself when I catch myself automatically drawing my birds and such.
Jace: Alexone
Caryn: Tie: Camille Rose Garcia and John Currin
Amir: Lari Pittman
Ignorancia: Thomas Campbell
Kelly: 1.) Peter Walsh - multi-media concept artist, forever pushing you to re-examine what you think you know. 2.) Gabrielle Le Cocq - video artist. Her latest (and most brilliant) video "Straight out of Brompton" debuted at the Longstreet show. Remember these names... they're going to be huge.
Favorite New Artist of 2003 (an artist who you did not know of last year):
Crackrock: Theres this new organization (i dont even think they have a name yet ) that reaLLLy blew my mind away this year with aLLL kinds of strange actions .. they kinda use the paterns that exist in society (not even on some fuck the world type.a thing .. its way more positve and constructive ) and re-arange them using various kinds of self created iconographic items and evertything eLLLse actuaLLy .. iam sure they wiLLL take the world by storm.
Chris: Laura Owens, Chris Reuss, Calma.
Jace: freaklub
Caryn: Rachell Sumpter
Amir: Eli Sudbrack
Ignorancia: The London Police
Kelly: Tara Donovan- She had a great show at ACE Gallery in New York, March 2003.
Favorite Piece of Art of 2003:
Crackrock: that must bee the picture of saddam with the wild hair and the beard ..
Chris: Chris Reuss -"Fuck the laws"
Jace: One steel sculpture from Lichtenstein, it's not new but it impressed me a lot.
Caryn: Camille Rose Garcia "Blood of the Lamb"
Caryn: Honorable mentions: Rich Colman's Untitled 8 feet drawings, Clayton Brothers "I Am Proud of You Today," and Seonna Hong's "Bulldozer" on wood.
Kelly: A piece by Peter Walsh from the Longstreet show.
Favorite New Product of 2003:
Crackrock: My favourite new product for 2003 is without a doubt the very limited ( only 19 pair made yet !! ) Red,Yellow & Green edition of the Nike Mudfoot .. available in the 2 most obscure sweatshops on this side of the river kwai. (for more information email info@beinghunted.com )
Jace: My new gouzou's book of course!
Caryn: The Fooderator...it eliminates food!
Amir: ICHAT
Ignorancia: Philp Frost?s Arkitp dc shoes
Kelly: Sonicare tooth brush.
Favorite Toy of 2003:
Chris: I'm currently enjoying the scroll saw that was recently handed down to me by Juan Chavez. My new studio space is sort of a toy too.
Jace: Can't stand toys ;)
Caryn: my iBook
Amir: No toys..i'm over it
Favorite CD of 2003:
Crackrock: PsykicFrendzNetwork Greatesthits.voL55 ( available for only 5 euros through info@gpfo.org ) .. or that track with the monkey
Chris: Cat Power - Moon Pix
Jace: Best of de Patrick Sebastien (a great french singer !), pffffffffffffffffff ffffffff!
Caryn: Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Amir: Decemberists
Ignorancia: Keziah Jones/Black Orpheus
Kelly: Underworld, AHundredDaysOff.
Favorite Website of 2003
Crackrock: http://www.gpfo.org they put a smile on my face everytime aLLL da time .. that whole website was created in microsoft outlook exxxpress ( a worlds exxxclusive i think )
Chris: I can't front. I love watching the graffiti writers bitch at each other in the 12 Ounce Prophet forums. It's hilarious.
Jace: Ekosystem
Caryn: sixspace.com, blogging.la, and eonline.com
Amir: Design is kinky
Ignorancia: www.mackaoui.com
Kelly: alllooksame.com - not for the stuff they sell, but for the "look same" quiz.
What do you most want for Christmas?
Crackrock: The entire profit of the IKEA christmas jamboree
Chris: An all expenses paid world tour, oh yeah, and peace on Earth.
Jace: A new computer (can you really do that for me ???)
Caryn: I want to relax and sleep a lot.
Amir: A new girlfriend
Ignorancia: Rest and sleep a litle more (on Oct21 my second girl was born)
Kelly: A unanimous and gleeful, world-wide decision to implement the abolition of Christmas.
What is your New Year's wish?
Crackrock: Thats a secret .. if you talk about shit like that it doesnt happen
Chris: For people to keep buying my artwork so I can pay back all of the money I owe my parents and keep the bills paid..
Jace: To keep my freedom way of life
Caryn: No more drama!
Amir: Meet more vegan girls
Kelly: Less working the shit jobs that are slowly dismantling my soul- more working on the production of art and books.
Ignorancia: That people all around the world made conscious of necesity to preserve the nature
How will you be spending the Holiday's this year? / What will you be doing for New Years Eve?
Crackrock: holidays :: plannig and taking care of business .. NYE: puLLing the heist of the century
Chris: Preparing for the apocalypse again I suppose.
Jace: For new years we will probably eat on the beach and have a bath in the sea at 12 (the water is 28? here)
Caryn: In Florida for Xmas and Los Angeles with friends for New Years...with a little mayhem in-between.
Amir: Working on the new issue of beautiful/decay magaine on xmas and baby sit drunkards on new years
Ignorancia: with my two girls Mariana and Gabriela and my wife Monica (and her parents and mines,...... probably i?m gonna be dj?ing in some friend house
Kelly: Getting a slice at the pizza box on Bleecker. Have a beautiful time, everyone.
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