ta ta for now

A big thank you to all of you who came out for the event on Thursday the 29th! It was really nice to see familiar faces and make some new friends.

If you didn't make it; here's some images of the event.

As you entered the property just to your right was this little work I called yellow plus green. That little speaker played this:








As you followed the sidewalk around just to the left was this string shadow drawing called "then July, 16 7:12pm".


If you followed the steps all the way down to the studio space:



Just to the right was the "and then the bush said..." installation with audio of Mr. Washington laughing. (see earlier post for more, or go visit this work and "then" are both up through August I believe)




Yes indeed that is our surprise guest Mr. Fred Wilson.


Once one made it through that installation there was food! This of course included the three meals prepared as per the post last night. As you can see it was all devoured. The best kind of art really.


Adjacent to the food was the Washington's greenhouse. I took the opportunity to share the "Another; Black Eye" work I made in the INS building. (see earlier post) It consisted of a slide show on my laptop complete with headphones.





Last but not least was the "reincarnation" of the "Fire!" A work I made for the show last week at the Parlor Room gallery. This time it existed as a video work that was filmed at the original site. Utilizing the foundation's flat screen tv in the house fireplace it played all night long.

Mrs. Washington

I wanted to include the late Mrs. Washington in tonights event. A strong civil rights activist, nurse and supporter of Mr. Washington's art making Janie's mark is rarely found on the premises. In the process of living here at the Washington house I came across many notes between the couple. One such discovery was found in Mrs. Washington's collection of cookbooks and some of her written recipes. This set into motion the idea that I might be able to embody the energy of Mrs. Washington through cooking. But how to choose? Intermingled I found a numerology book with a note inside. This set forth the generation of a formula. See below.

Another; Black Eye

An installation at INS Building can be seen here!

In person by appointment only: nikmeisel@mac.com

New installation begins at INS

New installation began at The INS building in Seattle today. This work is being made while listening to the collaborative botch remix I did with Spencer Moody. (see earlier post for audio) I have two rooms on the fourth floor facing Uwajimaya. Can't wait to work more tomorrow!

website update

Finally posted some audio from High Noon (seen above). Also some new images of recent installation work. The icons with orange around them are the newest additions.

Developing Unifying themes!

Ready to build my installation at the INS building in Seattle this week. This gets WAY loud!!! Super cheap find.

Fire! (to keep you warm)

I was invited by the directors of the Parlour Room Gallery in Puyallup, WA to make a one night installation in their fireplace.

I put this:
in here:
and it played this audio bonsai.

Unifying Themes; Spencer Moody collaboration

A collaborative sound Bonsai between myself and Mr. Spencer Moody (murder city devils, triumph of lethargy, dead low tide...) This work will be part of a larger installation at a later date but I thought I would share it with you. It is an edit of the entire "Unifying Themes" album by the legendary hardcore band "Botch". A minus project where all sounds but single instruments, dramatic pauses or vocal were removed reducing the hour long "mathcore" album down to what is heard here.

And then the bush said...

Up now at the James and Janie Washington Foundation at 1816 26th Ave., Seattle, WA. And then the bush said... A mixed media installation that includes audio edited from many of Mr. Washington's lectures ranging from 1972-1988. (see audio below) See more work at the open studio, July 29, 6-9 PM

This rock is spinning!

Truth

Plugging away here at the James Washington Foundation. I am the artist in residence at this time. The following sculpture was generated/ruminated/meditated from the word "truth" as written by Mr. Washington's hand. This note was found on a scrap enclosed in a book belonging to the library here.


"Truth" seems worth repeating (perhaps this shape should be repeated). It's been fun archiving sound files of his lectures as I feel I can relate a ton to his mystical and spiritual leanings in art/life making. I have been making these new works in my time here from my own poetry, as well as, other local poets, musicians and Mr. Washington's handwriting. I just received notice that two of my poem based works will be included in an upcoming show at Mighty Tieton (with a killer catalog.)

More on the various sound editing and installation building soon!

Guerilla!

Today, with the help of Mr. Kim, single string drone was born.

Several days ago I discovered this site on Pine in Seattle.







A 90 foot (extremely narrow) corridor between two buildings. One a former BMW dealership. The other a mechanic shop.

Watching sunbeams

Progressionistic

Some doodling in the yard at James Washington residency.

Makingmakingmaking...Ma-king

And ho...

I made this today.

5" x 5" x 5", paperboard, matches and tape.

So far so...great!

In case you didn't already know I'm in residency at the James and Janie Washington foundation in Seattle. Thus far I've been keeping very busy lusting after potential sites and meeting up with collaborators (more to come on that front later).



I was also able to visit my collaboration with Taiji Miyasaka
in the exhibit "the architect and the urn" at Lundgren Monuments. You can see an image of our urn above. In this project we invested sacred items from Taiji's father and cremated them leaving a void in which ashes could be placed. You can check out the show at: 1101 Boren Ave Seattle WA

http://www.lundgrenmonuments.com