i've been spending a lot of time tonight with the work of chad person via his website and youtube. his ongoing project for at least a couple of years now is called recess, which deals with self-reliance and centers around a bunker he has created by retrofitting his backyard swimming pool.
the latest development in this project is that just a few days ago the BATFE confiscated one of his pieces from this body of work (shown above), which was being held by mark moore gallery in santa monica. i'm fascinated by this. i simply cannot believe that they have nothing better to do than raid art galleries for homemade weapons...on the other hand, i can totally believe that this is what they choose to spend their time and taxpayers' money on.
but this illustrates why i think person's work is so successful. it addresses issues anyone can relate to and enters the world in a way art seldom does.
...suddenly i'm starting to wane tonight. about time.
there's more i want to write, but it'll have to wait. i encourage you to visit his website for now. the link below is for his recorded live webcam videos from when he lived in his bunker for a week.
http://chadperson.com/recess/bunker/
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