missing padres

i miss lone star beer, playing shuffle board with the intern posse, and trying to avoid cover charges for bands i didnt want to hear. photo by leigh arnold.

when in texas...

...photograph a roadside virgin mary altar.

for a this and a that, roni horn

This is my favorite work at the Chinati Foundation. These identical solid copper forms and the space they are housed in are amazing. Just another example of why the foundation is like no other contemporary art museum Ive ever visited.

favorite images that i didnt take

I think these images start to sum up my Marfa experience and just how much fun my time here has been. Id like to pretend that most of our nights didnt involve drinking, but good company and alcohol were abundant in Marfa. The photos above are by Rachel Hillery, and the one below is by Leigh Arnold.

These ladies simultaneously trying to jump off the high-dive at Balmorhea, with the board straining under their combined weight, has to probably be one of the most priceless moments from Marfa. They stood on the board together for what had to be ten minutes, while the line behind them grew, demanding they jump. The swimmers at the deep end erupted into cheers when the ladies finally jumped [fell] off the diving board. These are the kinds of interactions we had with the west texas locals, both shocking and captivating.

marfa project, dan flavin

me standing in front of stuff

Standing in front of what we believed was the Rio Grande. Im not sure if we were really looking into Mexico, but we can just pretend it was Mexico.

We drove to Terlingua Ghost Town. Apparently mining for mercury isn't good for ones health.

I can't even begin to explain how far in the middle of nowhere we were when we found this sign.

artist in residence show

Bill Saylor: working to blur the line between art, trash art, and trash. I think the trash was winning.

The intern reactions to the show.