ideas

-make a performance of not knowing how to perform. stand awkwardly in front of the camera, in a corner or on a street near my apartment and film the action. don't tell anyone about it in advance and let the video stand in for the actual piece.

-take off all your clothes and lay them out piece by piece in front of you. empty your pockets. fold up your glasses and leave them on the floor. put them back on in the reverse order you took them off. photograph each item as you remove it.

David Benjamin Sherry

Found David Benjamin Sherry's book It's Time at Spoonbill the other day, and while I think some of the work is a little goofy for my tastes, his use of color is really weird and interesting. I don't know if I completely buy this work, it's maybe a little too "cool" and calculated for me (the picture of Kim Gordon walking through the forest in particular), but I think it is really exciting. What I find so exciting about it, however, is the way it's so varied, but doesn't manage to come off as diaristic. It's like some weird combination of Science Fiction, Found Photographs, Slits album covers and Performance and it feels like something weird and awesome and new. I can't wait to see where his work goes next.