4/23/2011
Hemingway Birthplace Artifacts
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9/17/2011
My favorite Border’s closed. I loved the coffee shop there with entire ceiling a skylight.
6/5/2011
Day In Our Village festival in Oak Park. Gorgeous day, markedly different from the torrid temps of yesterday. Looking up from the park bench in Austin Gardens. Sound of Shakespeare Theatre troupe in background.
6/1/2011
Interesting: When I took this shot several other people took the same one. (Whenever I see someone taking a shot, I never repeat it. But I would imagine there are no less than 10 of these on the internet). [2022: this is now completely replaced with the (awful) Maggie Daley Park. As much as I admired what the Daleys did for Chicago, this was not a good idea.]
11/5/2011
Occupy protest in Scoville Park. When I show up to these events with my SLR slung over my shoulder people always ask me if I'm a reporter. I am in a way—to myself. I want to record history taking place. Field Audio:
5/12/2011
Another gorgeous day. Jazz Showcase with T. What do young people appreciate in jazz? It's interesting to observe jazz club patrons: they hardly move their bodies, like at a symphony. Most of the young girls (apparently) on dates with their jazz-loving boyfriends have a glazed look of boredom on their faces ("Get me out of here"). Looking at the audience is sometimes more interesting than what's going on on-stage. While waiting for T, a woman and her pet duck:
4/5/2011
Went to Spertus Museum re: Faces, Facets, Facades project. The glass already has a line screen, and placing another one on top of it would create strange moires. Forget it. Contact the museum to see if they would be agreeable to a Kickstarter project. We would collaborate on selecting the images to appear on the building. The exhibit would run in June or July, when the sunlight is the most intense, so as to not block light into the building. It would be an 'extension' of Plensa's Crown Fountain idea.
7/27/2011
Went to performance of Henry V at Austin Gardens. Funny: there was a baby rabbit that crawled out from under the stage during the performance. Cuteness relief...
7/19/2011
Hot air dome suffocates the midwest. Munch vegan cafe opens on Marion Street. Cute little place and probably will be successful with the OP hipsters. Had veg lasagna (too salty), kale salad, pomegranate sorbet.
7/18/2011
Huge Marilyn Monroe sculpture by Seward Johnson erected in Pioneer Plaza. I have not seen it yet but this is quintessential kitsch. The only interesting thing about it is that it is a hyperbolic projection of a film still from The Seven Year Itch. I like the idea of projecting or translating different mediums onto other mediums to see what they reveal. This clearly doesn't work and will foment a fierce public backlash.
