Lee Patrick [Johnson]

The inspiration for the direction the digital persona will be taking.  This is only the beginning.

WWW.Leepatrickjohnson.com

SOOO here is the template for my new website bitches.  I am going to start with this basic site and alter it into a non-linear adventure to delve as deep into the creative practice as I can get.  Terrence Koh’s “Asian Punk Bunny” and “Asian Punk Boy” are good ideas, but they aren’t graphic enough, user friendly enough to navigate, or collaborative enough: three things [among many] I’m interested in exploring.  I’m sure the maximalism will come out in due time.  It begins here:

LeePatrickJohnson [.com]

I was recently in NYC and I think one piece really stood out as indicative of contemporary art: A woman, dressed and acting as security at the New Museum, randomly and perfectly on pitch breaks out in song “This is propaganda. This is propaganda.  This is propaganda… (spoken) Tino Sehgal, 2009″.

Flawless.  Clean.

Here were a few highlights from the Whitney Biannual, New Museum (skin Fruit) and the Banks Violette exhibition at Gladstone Gallery.  Other than that Chelsea was a bunch of shit.  I think ceramics was pretty well embodied as tons of junk sitting around Chelsea.  Starting at the Matthew Marks gallery with works from Ken price I remembered that anything can be made from ceramic, especially if it is going to sit around not doing anything.  The heavily visually textural works screamed boredom and an affinity towards smoking pot and sanding forms.  Then I made the mistake to check out the Anders Ruhwald exhibition.  Upon entering the poorly laid out space I unfortunately looked at the work.  My bad.  The pooly executed blandly home decor-related work made me think I was looking at a bad Crate and Barrel advertisement.

However, Overall I thought the non-medium specific sculpture was really honest (such as David Altmejd), the video work made me question materiality(Alex Hubbard) and Tino Sehgal’s work delivered.

Here are a few shots from my last collaborative piece with Rachel LaBine and Jan Mun in the TOTEMIC show at the Gelman Gallery.

See the video here on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scGgYZrbG30

CIT Stairwell Light Installation

Arduino (above)

Max MSP/ light/ sound installation

Piece 34: #50 – Behind Ladd Observatory on the ground (Obscure place).  This piece was re-gifted, I love the idea.  I’m glad someone found one of my more obscure pieces as well and it made its way to Maine.

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These came from piece #88 at Nice Slice, #59 at the Providence Public Safety Complex, and #62 Janet Zweig.  These all contained great narratives and hilarious difference

Nice Slice: It is too funny that your letter seemed to not care in the slightest about the object.  Pretty much what I expected as an overall response.  Do what you will with the piece; one guy one mug?  I remember being too tired to think of animal noises when I was eccentrically drawing all day and on that cup so a couple of the animals are saying things like “Meep” and “F#@k”.  I’m trying to think how the piece could function for you guys… a door stop?  Tip cup?  Venting frustration?

Frieda: The progression and random means by which the cup came to you is SO GREAT.  The bill you wrote on was perfect.  The perfect thing to write on… the parchment surrounding what connected you to my piece.  I actually changed your address at LCD collection systems in order to force you to go to the Prov. Municipal court thus interact with my piece (joking).  I hope you love Spain, I’ve been there twice myself – great place

Janet: Interesting E-mail and letter (articles ~ which I’m still working on).  You were the only person to comment on the imagery.  You also brought up the idea that the work can be perceived as retrospective as well as relating to the ‘here and now’ (of which most people focused on the present).

Letter received from the Pastor at Olney St. Baptist Church.  I’m glad this could be shared with such a large community.  I didn’t think of that in the slightest.  I wasn’t sure how/if something as community-oriented as an idealistic group would respond.  Interesting community focus in the letter!

This is the beginning or another visual representation of the project (Click to Enlarge).

Here are the statistics regarding the usage of my website from the semester.  Makes sense. (Click to Enlarge)