ARTWALK PREVIEW!

Hey there, I will be at the Artwalk this Wednesday November 4th in Hemming plaza right across from the main library! And I am pretty sure i'm getting another photo in the Spinnaker. Next step, artshows and possibly riverside arts market. If you want any of these 16 by 20 poster prints they are all $20 dollars each, and you can get them at this coming Wednesday's artwalk. They would be great for decorating dorm walls, any walls aand you'd be supporting a local independent artist.

Here's a link to information about the first Wednesday artwalk

P.S. this song makes me want to Indian dance around a campfire, Which hopefully will actually happen. Maybe this summer or when it gets warm again?

http://neonized.net/uploads/stuff/2009/sueltas/glad%20delorean%20remix.mp3

Die-in for Darfur

Here's a couple of shots I took of the Die-in for Darfur at UNF. This "Die-in" is a form of expression where the people lying on the floor visually represent the casualties in Darfur, bringing awareness to the lives lost through complacency and inaction.
Project peace hosted this event, and their group profile mentions, "As the world stands by, 330 people are killed every day in Darfur region of Africa's largest country, Sudan. Although the US government has declared this a genocide, the massacres are still ongoing. To date, as many as 400,000 have been killed and over 2.5 million have been displaced."
What a visually arresting and effectively thought provoking display.

-Alex





Heres a link to the group that hosted this event.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=174876979186&ref=nf

Bangers and Mash

Helloo there. In the near future I will be focusing on two themes in my photography.

People, and Broken places in Jacksonville.

Pictures of me will probably be posted to lookbook, but i'll post them here as well.

Anyone have any ideas about interesting abandoned/dark/gritty places in Jacksonville or anything else let me know by commenting!

credits to Nat for that picture in memorial park. Also, a picture I took of the memorial park statue (picture at the top of this blog) is featured in the UNF newspaper this week!

On a more random note Devendra Banhart released his latest cd on Warner Brothers?wtf

O well I am still modeling my tattoo on his.

For those curious the tattoo is going to be two red bands around my left forearm. (a play off of Banhart's four red bands on both). They symbolize balance and, most importantly, my other half that I have yet to find. Or maybe i've found her already and haven't realized it? Could be.

NEOOOON

So last night I went down to TSI to see Neon Indian! The band before them, Awesome New Republic(from Miami), was pretty good too. Their songs had lots of vocal harmonies and synth arpeggiations. Very pleasing to the ear.

Neon Indian's music was delightfully lo-fi and spacey. Due to this i'd say, the crowd was really moving and at one point Alan Palomo(frontman for Neon Indian) said "you guys are crazy" after watching some of the people dancing/waving around like seaweed in a rip current. Neon Indian's set was pretty short, but I guess it would be since they don't have that much material yet.

I Spotted Reggie Youngblood (front man for the band Black Kids) in a green hoodie with his asian? gf, while a remix of a black kids song was playing. Oh the irony. Also the music they were playing in between the two bands was the Twelves 90 minute mixtape they just released about two weeks ago. Good choice there.

Summary:

Even though I felt like Antoine Doinel walking the empty streets down to the river walk while I was waiting for TSI to open, i'm really glad I went. I met some very interesting people there. Stupid flu is still killing my activeness, i've been coughing all over the place.its gotten so much better though. I really should have brought my camera to creep on people so I could have pictures to go along with my stories. Anyways, i'm a huge fan of Neon Indian now(secretly more so than VEGA just cause of their lo-fi, warped tape sounding goodness)

P.S. that song playing is a Neon Indian track (Deadbeat Summer)

P.P.S. I swear I never bring my camera when I need it. Lesson learned. My camera will be permanently attached to my body from now on.

Oink Oink

This week has been something else. I have the flu so i'll be staying home and taking Tamiflu for awhile. Yes that's the medicine they give for swine flu. I started getting the chills as I was watching Blue Velvet in my film class, and when I got home yesterday I felt too dizzy to stand up. There were some really awkward moments in that film where I could literally see my class squirm and laugh uncomfortably haha.

Also, two more things.

1 ) www.nycblanks.com is legitimate, I received my American Apparel hoody and red striped shirt today

2) I will be at November's Artwalk in Hemming plaza next month!

Poll Pictures

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Question: What is Love?

Answer: hard to describe