Hanging in Space

One of my paintings is hanging in Artsy! Artsy is an online platform of high res images of artworks from museums and galleries around the world that is accessible to anyone. I asked the founder at a tech talk in 2012, when it was first launching, if it had space for emerging artists (who didn't have representation or showed in unusual places) or if it would be reinforcing the authority of the gatekeepers that be. He said, without remorse, that it would be the later. But kudos to Victori Contemporary for meeting their bar. And to Artsy for its democratic, wide reach.

Sundance

Still from 'The End of Eating Everything,' A film by Wangechi Mutu

The night before the shoot, I swung by the cavernous Clinton Hill studio to spritz and stretch the winkles out of the green screen, set up the makeup station – complete with black latex body paint, and thread the room with extension cords.

The next morning, Wangechi and Santigold discussed the creature they were forming. Wangechi, pregnant in a skull t-shirt, and Santigold, decked in shimmering bronze makeup, growled at each other until Santigold took the form of the beast Wangechi had birthed. She snarled and hissed, reared and snapped and became the face that Wangechi would build an animation around.

I was the Production Manager for this video, ‘The End of Eating Everything,’ which was just accepted to Sundance in the Shorts category. Some of the crew are on their way to the launch. If you’re skiing in Utah, slide in to see a screening in Salt Lake City January 17^th through the 25^th.