green right hand

Well it was nice out today so I got some fun outdoor painting done on new set construction....We use a lot of wood stain (it's like color and solvent or something that you rub on wood, it keeps the wood grain visible & nice) around here and the stuff and my skin don't get along- especially in winter! If anyone knows of a good wood stain remover that won't take all of my skin with it lemme know! As my pal Rodney said last year, "Did you ever think this kind of thing would be on your list of problems?" Nope. Never. Not at all. Must stop typing now, mineral spirits are making my hands tingle with...um...I'm gonna say joy just to keep it positive!

Through rain and snow and...

When we were on the road to Basel we stayed in a hotel one night. Early in the morning a loud noise woke Brent up. He bolted out of the bed and said "What was that?! What fell?!" thinking we were still at home and the wind, which was particularly reckless the day we packed the car to head to Florida, had destroyed something in the yard. The more that gets built onto the set the stronger it gets I think (knocks on wood).

Here are some wintery photos I took today...the snow really makes the house facades in the yard look even more like drawings!

Brent Green in the Graveyard

Today I am sitting here with my coffee and my computer and in walks Brent with a plywood gravestone. And another plywood gravestone. And another. I immediately cycled through a list of people he could have murdered but, no, like most things, it was film related. He built an indoor graveyard in our barn. I helped make the black background but in no way am I an accomplice!

In the beginning...

I guess the first thing that was built for the film was the main room of the house that Leonard builds.



It's really funny to look at what this little cube turned into. It's also sort of sad to imagine that the real Leonard started the same way.

Shape Singing

It's really strange to see Brent's booth in between two super abstract booths...like his world exploded into a world full of shapes! I never really got abstract work- I think people project a lot of themselves onto it and a separate medium is usually needed to act as an interpreter...I wonder if there is any other narrative work at the fair I'm missing?

The preview of the preview of the preview

Here are a few pictures of the finished booth at Basel Miami. This install was a rough one! There is a short preview of the film in the booth! I am so tired. Are these even sentences?

Miami? No, Miami BEACH.

I've never been to Miami. I also keep getting corrected that I am not actually in Miami, I am in Miami Beach. But I am actually sleeping on my sister's floor in North Miami Beach. I'm helping Brent install his booth in Basel. I mean Basel Miami. I mean Basel Miami Beach. Also, I've never been to an art fair.

Part of this install involves making two walls of the booth look like wallpaper. It's based on a design for a drawing/lightbox about the film and my smart self suggested getting a stamp made of the design...



So...after a 20 hour drive with a trailer filled with stuff I began my stamping! It wouldn't have been so bad if the convention center soundtrack today didn't start with the permeating bass of south beach, meander into Bowie/Bryne territory with hundreds of art handlers bobbing there heads to signify recognition and end with JAZZ! Just straight up jazz after 9 hours of stamping. I'm going to sleep now. Sleep on the floor. In North Miami Beach.