New moon

Beauty & magnitude case spores to swell.

October 2008..listen to the past in the shell of the bodys shadow...

weekends come with many treasures.

Spring

CUBO LIVES! and dies at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Object+Thought...and tastes, spicy, nutty, sweet and green. This was one of several projects i have been working on with the new self formed collaborative group, sustainable media labs. CUBO Version 1 & 2 are pictured here. This and Exchange Alteration are projects that we've adopted from friends:

http://markomanriquez.com/cubo/

Cubo is an interactive experience where people can touch, walk around and taste this sprouted sculpture which than responds with sound being monitored by a camera and some max msp. This is one of the first collaborations as The Sustainable Media Lab. The festival, almost three weeks ago, has instigated some very interesting projects for me in the next few years! life is crazy and there is so much to learn and enjoy with constant experimentation...

Spring is here and has sent aromatic and erotic flower scents that mixes in the brain chemistry for some exciting and new ideas....

back...after a long departure.

Wow a long time since an entry...busy busy busy with life, school, festival activities, many new responsibilities, balancing all these varied aspects in my life is overwhelming and exhilarating at different times. it's a true test of my mental ability to rationalize all that i busy myself with. people are strange, always occupying themselves with random activities that fulfill some kind of need or purpose in our lives which we don't always know what for.

A relaxing trip out to wide open land, warm weather, hot springs, campfire and stones helps ground me before the festival and last few months of school. A major growing operation takes over tony and my houses with the bitter, briney and tart, pickled smell of fresh sprouted seeds. I am totally fascinated with them...they are like new and exciting friends. everyday they grow a little bit...and reveal their potential to grow into beautiful little green things...My crash course into sprouting has been one of the most fulfilling experiences yet.

Clay, coconut oil, rosewater, honey, tea, algae, figs, mung bean, lentils, mustard, amaranth, kamut, quinoa and cress...these are the delicious things in my life right now...what beautiful full words! I try to always remember that feeling of fresh fruits and flowers falling from the sky. I think it's in MEXICO...hmmmm.....

MEXICO CITY

One week in the supposed most populated city in the World and I am filled with an overwhelming amount of strength and energy! A combination of encountered visions and tastes, wonderful guides Sienna and Arturo, and Mutek Mexico make the trip illuminating and provides a fluid and consistent progression. Stazione Indianilla, the power plant turned art space churns out the deepest bass and clear space. Skoltz Kolgens performance of excerps of Silent Room is rich and dripping with clear blue electricity. The Aztec ruins in the Zocalo churn and cycle with rhythm, music, and artisans. The courtyard outside of Siennas flat sounds: violin practice, dog barking, cars, kitchen noises from Laura's apartment above...we drink, dance and are merry indeed.

art and science

!!!! the planetarium show was fantastic! Sawako's performance was clean and delicate like fine gauze and tiny star showers. white, lavender, gray, pink. i am inspired to tap into the unlimited capacity of learning to open up all the possibilities in imagination. the seemingly difficult part is being a part of the local landscape and not getting discouraged, but being more inventive. the labs at belmar are a beautiful space constructed of glass and steel beams and big clean open rooms, but in Jefferson county....some of the art left something to be desired.

ma souer

having my sister in town for 6 days helped me take advantage of the last days of summer before classes begin. we spent three days out in the mountain air, getting to know the moss and the wildflowers. i went on my favorite hike up in eldora, which i realized i hadn't been to in 3 years! there is a rough dirt road that leads to the trailhead and only until this year have i had a decent enough vehicle to drive down that dirt road full of aspens and rocks to the most gorgeous granitem moss and waterfall riddled trail. we were able to tap into each other's memories and recollect small details from growing up together. as children our imaginations were excercised constantly,, creating an imaginary world together that in retrospect implied some very interesting psychological representations. most prominent being the small gray puppet squirrel, Jake, who i got in 3rd grade as a birthday gift. we had created a whole story about his background and his personality traits as a sarcastic and crude little creature. we also related on certain aspects of our childhood which no one else in the world could know. it was all very intense and processing such things left me feeling spent in one way and energized in another.