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with the slight break in snowage comes a glorious new period in biking EVERYWHERE. this included the locally infamous carousel mall, central new york's biggest supposed "green" effort. this effort is apparently limited to painting various architectural elements green, as naida and i could not find bike racks. we also became interested in the breakdown of pedestrian fabric in route to the mall.

but i digress. i finally checked out SPARK contemporary art space, an art gallery/performance venue approximately 3 blocks away from me. it's sort of in the middle of no where, so you feel a little like mother teresa when you show up. there were plenty of people, though, and the place was selling pbrs for a dollar. i saw about 4 live sets and a couple artists' work for $6 bucks to charity.

this guy paulsen's paintings are more striking on the web than in person, and that's because he chose to paint what i think would be best in collage/a hi-res photo. he does a good job of getting meticulous details done, but the content risks being seen as immature if it's not executed flawlessly. anyway, i really love the ballsy tackiness, and think it is a fun commentary on something serious. Continue