art............

last fall, over a year ago, i volunteered to work the phoebe washburn show at zach feuer titled tickle the shitstem. 

here's a excerpt  from the press release (because i'm too lazy to write my own synopsis of the show):

Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to announce a site-specific installation, Tickle the Shitstem, by Phoebe Washburn that will be on view from August 19 through October 4, 2008.  This is Washburn’s third solo exhibition with the gallery.

Phoebe Washburn's work explores generative systems based on absurd patterns of production.  InTickle the Shitstem, Washburn has developed a system/environment in which production and waste are equally important.  The Shitstem generates its own products along with the inevitable byproducts or waste, and at times, there is little or no distinction between the two.  The installation simply keeps churning, producing and hemorrhaging cyclically unless it is interrupted by a failure.  Products ofTickle the Shitstem include beverages, pencils, colored urchins and t-shirt


anyways, the exhibition had an actual "storefront" where we sold drinks, custom made t-shirts, pencils, and hand-dyed sea urchins which is why the gallery needed volunteers to work  the store. here are a few photos i took from the show.