mike k in l.a.


A list of Awesome things that happened in the Fall
December 26, 2007, 7:40 pm
Filed under: thoughts, ucla
  • Trip to Carlson (Christian Moeller’s Fabricators, in the Valley. They also fabricate the work of other famous artists there, like Jeff Koons.)
  • Trip to Vasa’s Studio
  • Trip to Bermant Foundation (They are major donors to our department and have one of the largest private collections of classic Kinetic art. We got to play hands-on with lots of famous pieces, including Duchamp Rotoreliefs and my favorite, Thomas Wilfred’s Clavilux Jr.)
  • clavilux.jpg
  • Karaoke
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  • Final Critique with whole Faculty (Aparently this was the first time the grads got a full faculty critique in a gallery for the first major project. Our show opens in January. The experience was really fantastic.)
  • Public Presentations of Old Work (went really well. practicing in front on one another the night before was essential)
  • Murakami Retrospective at Moca (I went to the opening. It was a total circus, but the show is amazing.)
  • Lots of Korean BBQ
  • Moving my studio to the second floor, by the shop
  • Discovering APEX and AllElectronics
  • Flexcar (Funky Freedom…but within the time limits of your rental…boo)
  • I bought a Macbook Pro!!! (I SWITCHED)
  • Thanksgiving at Xarene and Grant’s house.
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Back from the Dead!
December 26, 2007, 6:44 pm
Filed under: meta

Happy Holidays to all! If anyone is still reading, I wish you all a good holiday season and a pleasant, restful break.

So, my first quarter at UCLA, D|MA flew by in a blur of sleepless nights, presentations and critiques. I’ve been on a short break in Philadelphia most recently, visting family and enjoying some much needed rest. The only reason I haven’t written a post-quarter entry/summary is because i’m honestly blanking on how to catch up on so much time! Silly!

My loose strategy is as follows: >>A post describing several quarter highlights (in list format, with links). >>A post detailing research, interests, work. I’m sure this will of course turn into >>a post about UCLA observations and opinions.

Sorry for the massive delay, I’ll try to improve…  :/

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