Walking on a Dream

Empire of the Sun's Walking on a Dream. It really gets stuck in your head, and the video is craaazzzy.

I can't embed it, but be sure to watch it here.

Dreams Come True Girl

This song sounds like it was written in the late 1950s and I love that. The video is a little nonsensical and less-than-exciting, but it's worth the listen. Amazon is letting you download the mp3 for free right now, here.

Trunk Show! Call for Participants.

Trunk Show! Call for Participants., originally uploaded by JuliaVHendrickson.

I'm organizing a group show here in Chicago, for young and emerging artists.

Opening October 23rd at the Barbara & Barbara Gallery in Ukrainian Village.

Contact me if you're interested.

Tree Theory Bags

These bags are really, really cool. Tree Theory's website is here. They are a Chicago-based company, an offshoot of Chicago wife and husband designers Sharon and Ted Burdett. Their larger design group is called Strand Design.

The Tree Theory bags are made from all recycled materials found around the city of Chicago (except for the stainless steel hardware holding it together, which is custom made), mainly recycled vinyl billboard material and recycled car seatbelts. The construction is folded, like origami, so there is no labor/ time-intensive sewing involved.

In terms of aesthetics, because the bag material is composed of billboard advertisements, the bags are graphically appealing, with bright colors and large abstract shapes. Each bag seems to be unique in its composition and color palate.

I like this one:




I'm impressed!

Art Institute visit

Visited the Art Institute very briefly this afternoon with my parents, stopped by the Cy Twombly show again. I couldn't resist buying the catalogue: here. It is a lovely publication, compact, with the green of the artwork on the cover as a loose half-page faux dust jacket. Looking forward to curling up with that tonight.

This time I looked more at the sculptures, which I didn't enjoy before, but they're growing on me. There was one piece-- an upside down dark brown wooden crate beneath a painted white box form, and on the top were two dark brown oar-shaped forms. The depth of color in the wood was so rich and intense, I couldn't help but keep walking around and around it. There was also a curious upside down figure of a late 19th century man walking engraved into the box, which I couldn't quite figure out. I also was drawn to a sculpture that was primarily a ~2" x 4' white board with blue painted script starting at the top and fading as it ran down the plank. I'll read more about these and see what I can glean.

The Prints and Drawings Dept. show, Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper was also simply excellent. They have so much space now! I loved that Oyvind Fahlstrom and Arturo Herrera made appearances.

Savoir Adore

I've been liking this song over the past few days: Early Bird by Savoir Adore. The recording is more polished, obviously, but this is a charming SXSW live performance, a pretty good quality video/ recording.

"Early Bird" - Savoir Adore from Sitcom Serf on Vimeo.