Engineer's Daughter

the week that was

Things worth sharing:

1. I'm slowly working my way through the treasure trove of Shirley Clarke material currently available on the Criterion Channel and savoring every moment of it. See also Richard Brody's recent article about her in the New Yorker.
2. It's closed now but the Lynda Benglis show at Pace down in Palo Alto was a fantastic introduction for me to her sculptures, kind of Eva Hesse meets Frank Stella.
3. Yet more Terry Fox! Swing by the Wattis to hear the purring cats piece they played at Grace Cathedral a few weeks back, and to see more work interpreting the Chartres labyrinth.
4. Fall Open House at Headlands on Sunday was inspiring as heck this last Sunday with a ton of great art to experience and unbelievably gorgeous weather besides. Next up: a reception on November 3 for current project space artists Kelly Akashi and Anna Fitch & Banker White, with Sunday Supper after!
5. I took a virtual journey to South America thanks to my film viewing this week: Paraguay in Marcelo Martinessi's subtle and beautiful 2019 drama The Heiresses, and Argentina in a rewatch of Lucrecia Martel's 2001 debut masterpiece La Ciénaga.
6. And if you're a fan of Flora in Oakland like I am, get over there for one last caramel pudding before they close on November 9 to transition into a new restaurant that focuses on steaks and chops (barf).

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Josh in a box
Originally uploaded by ! ramblinworker

I don't really know what's going on here; I just like the picture a lot. To see more of my recent Flickr favorites please click here.

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BART
Originally uploaded by unaesthetic

My friend Chris takes amazing pictures of the Bay Area. Perhaps you have seen the books he recently published with Steve Rotman, Bay Area Graffiti and San Francisco Street Art? Check out his Web site too, or go see his photos in person at 111 Minna at the end of the month. Even though his bread and butter is party photography, I like it so much better when he's off the clock, as it were, and captures the things that make life here so glorious. Like BART symmetry. To see more of my recent Flickr favorites, please click here.

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orson
Originally uploaded by Tensegrity Dan

My kitty cat Orson was diagnosed with inoperable cancer just a few months after I adopted him earlier this year, and my instinct tells me that he is winding down for good this week. He was relatively bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when Dan and Carol came over yesterday though, and Dan posted some lovely pictures from the visit. You can see the rest of them as well as some other recent Flickr favorites of mine right over here.

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North to Alaska 1961
Originally uploaded by aroid

My Flickr friends post the most amazing pictures.  You can see more of my recent favorites here.

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_MG_2295
Originally uploaded by peaching

A most tantalizing image: a shot of Leonard Cohen's mic before his show at the Paramount Monday night. I was not able to attend, but at least I have everyone else raving endlessly about how amazing this tour of his has been. For more of my recent favorites on Flickr please click here.

Also, the SF Art Institute's awesome lecture program of visiting artists and scholars this spring continues tonight with a talk by Turner-Prize-nominated artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien.  Much of his work grapples with issues of race and sexuality, and with his subjects ranging from Langston Hughes to Frantz Fanon it promises to be a fascinating evening.

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BB-LOGO
Originally uploaded by ernest.borg9

This is that thing I do periodically, where I point you to some of my recent favorites from my Flickr friends' photostreams. Unsurprisingly I follow a lot of artists including my long-time favorite comic book writer/artist Paul Pope, and this logo all by itself from his upcoming graphic novel has me salivating with anticipation even though it isn't due out until next year. In typical Pope fashion he's been dropping hints about it since oh 2006.

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cityscape 5
Originally uploaded by London Transport Museum

This is just me testing out the ability to blog a photo from Flickr, using this nifty picture from the London Transport Museum.  And while I'm at it I might as well point you to more of my favorite images from my contacts list, which you can see here.  I heart Flickr.