The Russians invaded Ukraine yesterday. In a certain way, it feels like the past few years have been leading up to this – Trump’s election was a major step towards destabilizing the world, then we had a major world wide pandemic, and now here we are with war in Europe. We’ll see where this goes, but I’m not optimistic about this.
I was getting geared up for 2 different shows; an installation at Gray Area and some video work at the Commonwealth Club. The piece for Gray Area is an audio piece that deals with future narratives, specifically about the changing nature of the office and how most people who go to offices don’t really want to be there. And how, if given a good chance, they’d abandon it all together. The piece for the Commonwealth Club is video art accompaniment for a jazz trio on a multiscreen display. The focus needed for creative endeavors is tough enough to muster in the best of times and it feels especially weird to promote one’s projects at a time like this. There’s gonna be some figuring out around this I suspect for a lot of folks … so I’m not feeling that alone about it…