The LMCC had an open house on on January 24th. Some highlights:

Aissa Deebi (see also James on Aissa’s work)

Dave Eppley — his work plays off the damaged walls of his studio space

Timothy Hutchings

Market by Jesse Chan-Norris

One of my favorite web visits each day is Jesse Chan-Norris’s photoblog.

I’ve put up one a recent image, in a larger size than I normally post photos, so you can see how good it is.

I met Jesse during a meal, organized by my friend Michael Pinto, at the Afghan restaurant Bamiyan a few days after 9/11. Michael was a regular, and wanted to make sure the restaurant was supported in those days of “kill them all!”

Jeremy Wade

Last night we went to a great dance performance by Jeremy Wade. Not only was his choreography and dancing amazing, so were his collaborators:

• Jessica Hill as his dance partner in the first piece, Glory
• Music by Michael Mahalchick and Loren Kiyoshi Dempster for Glory
• Music by Mike Skinner (and Jeremy Wade) for Fiction
• Lighting by Jonathan Belcher

Jeremy Wade did the costumes as well.

His choreography uses dancers’ faces in a way I have never seen before. I also appreciated the mix of… how to put this… movements reminiscient of a child, or a person without full muscle control. I can’t get his child-like gestures of joy out of my mind. Interestingly, in the duet Jessica Hill’s movements were a mix of those plus more conventionally dance-like moves. She was almost doing a pop and lock during parts of the early section.

There are two more nights — Friday (tonight) and Saturday — both at 7:30pm. Go! He is a definitely a distinctive voice in NYC dance.

Tickets information is here.

[photo from the DTW website]

I’ve updated my list of favorite art benefits to add the Little Red Schoolhouse benefit on February 2nd. The list of artists is amazing, including some alumni such as Nayland Blake.

So, would it freak out all of our friends who met Sweet Pea if they came to our apartment and saw one of these?

From Steve Gilliard, I see the Bush administration would like a “permanent uniformed police force” provision added to the PATRIOT Act. They would be answerable to the Dept. of Homeland Security, and known as the “United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.” The proposed language says they could

make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony

Goodness, couldn’t they at least find a name that doesn’t include SS?

Attention wackos: I’m not comparing the GOP to Nazis yet. I think they’re closer to Franco or South American-style kleptocracy/fascism. I know none of them (except perhaps Dr. Rice) know any history, but really! What a terrible name!

Two good shows we saw last Friday:

Laurence Hegarty’s sculpture at Cynthia Broan

Duke Riley’s amazing drawings, videos, and more at Magnan Projects

I’m going to borrow James’s idea and do some “postcard” posts of art I’ve seen. I will use the category “Postcard” for such posts.

You can also check out my Flickr feed of photos I’ve taken recently.

I took this with my new toy, a Sony Ericsson K750i. It also plays MP3s.

There are some new ones, if you haven’t checked out Get Your War On recently. Click on the numbers at the top for earlier episodes. Wonder what that comic above is all about? Here is some background.