Oct '06 - Dec '06
Backposting a bit here, but I wanted to include some items from a recent outing to Western Wisconsin- land of cheese and beer, brats and Walleyes.
I went on a fishing excursion with a bunch of crazy Chicago artists to an area west of the Dells. We played horseshoes, climbed trees, smashed pennies on railroad tracks, ate lots of meat, and went fishing as much as possible. A Chicago-based fashion photographer and I made an Andy Goldsworthy-esque tree mustache out of pinecones. I gathered and sorted, while he placed with care. I think it turned out quite nicely. I wonder what the squirrels will think.
On our way back to Chicago, we stopped in Prairie Du Sac, WI to check out the Land of Evermor, containing the world's largest scrap metal sculpture, the Forevertron. It was beyond awesome. If you ever find yourself near Madison, WI, make a detour to check it out. The instrument birds are worth the trip alone.
Our fine excursion was capped off by a delicious feast of fried chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, and gigantic slices of Dutch Apple pie a la mode. This was digested on the long car ride home to the accompaniment of a NPR radio story concerning the tonality of Chinese language and a correlation to higher-than-average Perfect Pitch.
4 Comments
pinecone project is beautiful. i love temporary projects like that. glad you documented it. good oddball portfolio fodder if you can make really high quality prints of the pix.
Thanks for the positive feedback. The OCD tends to kick in whenever I leave NYC, so I like to do these little interventions in the landscape when the urge strikes. My hands were coated in hard-to-remove pine sap for a few days after this one.
pumice would probably help with the sap (if you should find yourself in a similar situation in the future)...
backposting is a-ok in my book...i'm currently in the process of a drawn-out back post extravaganza (from a trip taken last month)...nothin' wrong with retro-flection...
Retro-flection, eh? That's a great word. I've got some Lava soap ready and waiting for the next pine adventure, though there aren't many conifers that I'm aware of in the 5 boroughs. I guess Jersey has the Pine Barrens...
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