LBM, by LBM, from LBM

I did a small favor for the people of Little Brown Mushroom and they sent me a small book in return. Also, an amazing laser print of what looks to be a giant piece of ham.

“Above the mountain,
The boy grows himself a beard,
This is his ladder.”
—Lester B. Morrison

Mike the Bike

Relevant Photograph #MLK001

On Outsourcing

Using the Amazon outsourcing service Mechanical Turk I hired workers to visit my website and describe my work. The results were then typeset and printed, including the unedited text of the responses, along with the associated, anonymous worker number.

The results were varied. Most read like book reports, struggling to fill the word quota. There is, though, some interesting insight—including the assumption of one that I am a woman.

See a bit more on the project here.

Alley porn

The other night, while walking my dog, I found a pile of VHS porn in the alley. I became scared and confused, so I brought them all home. While I was picking them up I  laughed, self-consciously to myself, knowingly to my dog, and confidently to any hidden cameras.

13+ years ago I would have been pretty excited about this find—both because of my age and the relative inaccessibility of pornography (especially video, am I right?). For now I will just let my inner-child appreciate these videos, which will stand as a towering reminder of mediums-past until I can find a VHS player and some alone time.

(The other videos were not labeled, but were stopped halfway through. I have my fingers crossed for special, porn-dumping-stranger-edited treasures)

Adam J. Lerner, Ph.D.

Lakewood, Colo. 2008

I met Adam when he was the Executive Director of The Lab at Belmar. I spoke with him about land use, the civic spirit, and the future of the art museum. Not to long after, The Lab “merged” with MCA Denver, where Adam is now known as the Director & Chief Animator, Department of Structures and Fictions.