I posted a picture per day in 2018. Sometimes more. To wrap up the year, here are some of my favorites.
Tag: chicago
Outside Art: Alok Vaid-Menon in Chicago (Quiet Lunch)
My newest “Outside Art” column is up @ Quiet Lunch, looking at Alok Vaid-Menon’s recent performance in Chicago.
Chicago, voiced by Bill Kurtis
Hey! Check out this promotional video I scripted for World Business Chicago. Voiceover by Bill Kurtis.
High Concept Labs
I’m excited to announce that I’m now a board member for High Concept Labs! We’re an arts service organization based in Chicago with a mission to support artists and facilitate dialogue between artists, audiences, and staff. This increases access and transparency to the artistic process and fosters transformational experiences in an environment of experimentation and… Continue reading High Concept Labs
Chicago: 2017 in Pictures
This is the Chicago I saw in 2017. A city of stoicism, secrets, strife, sadness and surprise. All iPhone 7 for @benvanloon.jpg.
Full Nerd: 2017 in Books
I’ve almost always kept a running list of the books I read, but this year I decided to go Full Nerd. I used Google Sheets to log each book I’ve read since October 2016—66 books in total, spread over 384 days. I tracked titles, authors, author genders, copyright and publish dates, genres, page counts, format, dates… Continue reading Full Nerd: 2017 in Books
New Yorker Caption Contest #566
New Yorker Caption Contest #565
April 8, 2017
#haiku our religion is commerce, capital, and well- priced real estate
March 30, 2017
#haiku thirty-day work week a mountain in the making minimum wage sand
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