3 days in the mountains

part of me sleeps...

I've Moved

melanniemartsolf.com

bfa thesis exhibition

c0da

Alongside of some really great work, Artist's Statement, an interactive, digital remediation will be at Object and Thought (across from the MCA) Thursday OCT 28th thru the 30th.

jurors:

Rori Knudtson rknudtson.com

Caitlin Green galleryuccs.org

Womb Tomb @ A Motley Effort

Thanks to everyone who headed to the other side of the tracks to our cold and dirty installation site.

Extra x's and 0's to Nervosa Cringe, and Eric Hall,

for the help with construction, pod creation, and transportation.

The event was a great success and we've got the digitally enhanced images to prove it.

Below is an image of Salina's and my post-human, updated archetype.

Site specific installation needs to be experienced.

We applied great effort to induce phenomenological impact, so it pains me to simply show a still image but here it is anyway.

More images from the exhibition by Susan Porteous Evans at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bwevans/sets/72157622509962170/

photo by Steve Gottshall

A Motley Effort

First Friday show in RiNo at the dirty warehouse.

Visit my and Salina's installation, WombTomb.

(Guaranteed to offend christians or your money back)

juried by Matthew McConnell and Brian Evans

we can fake it!

This is Salina and my version of the New and improved Lavern and Shirley theme while filming at the compound...

my virtual wedding performance

Finally got around to uploading my (crappy quality) wedding video from

CVA performance April 10, 2009.

street art

by flatblackinkcorp

coup de foudre

flesh connection

Performance: Rojo Kermes, Museo De Las Americas

Rojo Kermés - July 25, 2009

Nervosa Cringe as Mujer Arana at Museo Benefit

I attempted to coerce the guests of Museo De Las Americas to have their fortunes told by the Spider Woman. Nervosa Cringe created this manifestation of the legendary Mujer Arana.

puppet-scape

l-r :lady Augustine, queen of the sea. SSSammySnakeEyes, the Dread Pirate Pablo y DDdragonhead.

rest sextet

EVIDENCE (i dreamt i was henry adams)

documentation:

evidence captured by nervosa cringe

antithesis documentation: exhibit A

unraveling...

many thanks to everyone who came to the show friday

FRIDAY NIGHT 7p: unraveling the borromean knot

what do you have to do that's better than watching my video (as well as 10 of my contemporaries) on a BIG SCREEN for free. Sit near me, I'm bringing Flask.  

antithesis pics coming soon

as soon as my eyes cease their bleeding and the fingers uncramp ...

steve gottshall, melannie with string, may 2009

MAYDAY:antithesis: installation show

m.d & m.d for b

My Virtual Wedding pics

Thanks to everyone who attended my wedding last night

my virtual wedding still, april, 2009

reverend walter, 2009

gioia9 y conchita, courtesy of steve gottshall 

M.V.W., steve gottshall, 2009

more pics on my wedding photographer's flickr page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bicyclesteve/page2/

 courtesy of anonio ascencio...

steve gottshall, 2009

super8: "PULLED aWAKE"

brian and i made a film.  most likely, it'll be one of the most symbolically profound cinematic experiences since Pierrot Le Fou.

WED. 15 APRIL2009. 8PM. THE BUG THEATER. 3864 NAVAJO 

heart's arms

Will Oldham graced this cowtown with his gigantic presence on Sunday.  My knees are still weak,  heart's arms still bound. 

photo courtesy of steve gottshall, 5 April, 2009: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bicyclesteve/

oh, wait, wrong one,,,.\ MY VIRTUAL WEDDING::::

She's tyin' the bloody knot!

fate line install at CVA. 12 mar 09

photo courtesy of Antonio Ascencio, 2009

your feet haven't grown much. photo: antonio ascencio

ladder legs, antonio ascencio, 2009

Robert Nachman stares in awe, lol

the first cut down

Thank you thank you thank you Maria, Antonio, Steve and Jeremiah!

Feb.First Friday opening cancelled

Due to Pissface owner who doesn't pay employees the wages he owes them.

RE:RE:RE: this is the last time

million dollar ad

!Ignition

http://thepinglepad.com/music/2007/August/Ignition(Live).mp3
Ignition - Bonnie Prince Billy

"...what do you think of my fate line..."

the bee hovers at the jaguars nostril

these aren't black and white images.  Just the natural color (or lack thereof) of Ohio in the winter

Ohio, December 2008

Music: Beezle. Will Oldham

 

pagan paper for sale or barter

Fine printmaking paper (with the remnants of one-of-a-kind prints on one side) stained with menstrual blood. Ideal for ritual drawing or writing (c'mon Brian Rendon, you know you want some).
BUY NOW

creep

Prince defies more boundaries than anyone else ever.

This remediated version of creep suggests all that it needs to say, omits the obvious,
Prince's signature dark and wet postmodern stylings...shoobydoowahhhh.

can't even imagine reproducing

H e looked at me with blank eyes today. Guess they always were but I used to fill them with my imagination, with conch shells and rocking chairs. stupid. That's what I get for inviting the corpse.
On a brighter note, nuclear fallout at BMOCA. Badass.
I actually drove to the arian city today to check out video's from CU's video collection (in and out of time) Even though this contained videos that explore the exact things that I've been visual researching-- so exact, I felt a bit nauseaus...not sure why. This is what art is, right? RIGHT?

sigh for now, I found more interest in Erika Wanenmacher's installation " The Science Club: The Boy's Room, NOw, Forever, Then, Part 1 . The boys room installation devoted to the Atomic melted my metal heart. I spent far longer than was dictated by the quarters in my meter reading blackened books and metal desks. Even the stitching on the quilt screamed obsession.

It'll be there til the 27th.

Erika wanenmacher, Science club installation


erika wanenmacher, science club installation

sex dreams

violin & candlestick, 2008's ending

ever since i've been practicing tibetan dream yoga  (and haven't left my nest for weeks), i've had some strange dead guy visits.

the other evening, aa showed up at my hotel carrying a giant slab of raw, shrink wrapped meat as if he was delivering room service...i'll spare you the details of the second portion of this dream.  Then loandbeholdtightly, georges braque appeared and presented me with a gorgeous cubist rendition of my cunt, he said that licking it was getting him nowhere...

apparently, all of this time had passed without anyone having the balls to tell the man that painting was long dead around here.  Well, I've got Big Balls...