Posted by: eric (24 posts)
March 20, 200812:50 PM

(Brooklyn, that is.) Why? Because only here could this exist nowhere near a McDonald's.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
January 31, 200812:56 AM

A 'crisis case' is an event in which a person has a quasi-perceptual experience of someone at a distance at the time of that person’s death or other crisis.

This is another in the series of prints I've been working on. It's transparent base printed on 5 different layers.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
January 23, 2008 8:40 AM

This is a phosphorescent ink silk-screen print of a small self portrait I did. It is printed on nitrocellulose or "Flash" paper. It is 4.25 inches by 4.25 inches. "Flash" paper is usually used as a stage trick. It burns extremely brightly and almost instantly, without smoke or ash.

These are three states of the same piece; in the light, in the dark and post-ignition view. Click the image to see a larger version.

The title comes from a theory by a "scientist" named Larry Arnold. He believes that Spontaneous Human Combustion occurs because of subatomic particles in the body called Pyrotons. This theory has never been proven though.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
January 9, 200812:57 PM

Thse are two states of the same image. It is made up of three layers of screen printing on recycled jewel cases. The first picture was taken in the dark with the phosphorescent layer showing through. The second in the light. I'm not sure why I decided to use the ugliest picture I could find of myself, but there you have it.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
December 31, 2007 8:06 AM

If it weren't for music I probably couldn't make art. I know that it's extremely important to a lot of us here at Invisibleman. So, in the spirit of sharing influences and inspirations, here are my top 19 (+1 EP) albums of 2007, in alphabetical order.

Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
A Place To Bury Strangers – Self Titled
Deerhunter – Cryptograms / Fluorescent Grey EP
Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
El-P – I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Feist – The Reminder
The Go! Team – Proof Of Youth
The Icarus Line – Black Lives At The Golden Coast
Jay-Z – American Gangster
Les Savy Fav – Let's Stay Friends - Rock
Liars – Liars - Psych Rock
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists – Living With The Living
Menomena – Friend And Foe
MIA – Kala
The New Pornographers – Challengers
No Age – Weirdo Rippers
Pinback – Autumn Of The Seraphs
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
St. Vincent – Marry Me

Check out my iMix from these albums.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
December 28, 200711:33 AM

This is another in the series I've been working on. It was transparent base, screenprinted on multiple layers of old jewel cases. It's approximately 17 x 14 inches.

Ever since I was told that the first study was reminiscent of a daguerreotype, I've been trying to come as close to a combination of silver film negatives and holograms as I can.

Click here to see what it looks like just standing on my desk.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
December 16, 200712:35 AM

This is a portrait of my father, that I made with one of his old records and a drill. Yet another object that's difficult to document. I'll never learn.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
December 4, 200710:21 PM

This is the final piece created from my previous silk screen studies. It's a grid of 12 wide by 21 high by 6 squares deep.

It still has a few rough edges that need to be worked out. But mainly it's finished.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
November 23, 200711:29 AM

This is Kinkaku-ji, otherwise known as The Golden Pavilion, in Kyoto, Japan.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
November 9, 2007 9:12 AM

This was taken last week from a bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo. I've seen a lot of rare views of mountains this year.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
October 29, 200711:37 PM

This is the first true scale study for a larger piece I am working on. This part is about 24 inches by 20 inches.

Like the other study, it is silk screen on mulitple layers of jewel cases, but it is twice the size. I've also started playing with leaving some of the areas black and others completely transparent.

Click on the image to see a detail.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
October 9, 200712:21 AM

Only 30% of people visiting Alaska get to see the summit of the second highest peak in North America, because it is usually obscured by clouds. Fortunately, we were blessed with great weather.

Most people know it as Mt. McKinley but the locals prefer to use the original name, Denali, which means "The High One" in the Athabaskan language.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
September 25, 2007 9:13 PM

This is a quick study I did for a larger piece. It is silk screen on mulitple layers of jewel cases. The dark parts are clear with the wall showing through and the light parts are opaque white. Truly a difficult thing to document. Click on the image to see multiple angles.

I guess, unconsciously, I was trying to land somewhere between the photographic portraits of Rodin and the imagery of Jamie Reid. And no, I'm not Jo Jo, the dog faced boy. But at one point, I had a rather large beard.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
September 14, 2007 3:25 AM

Roll over the image to see it glow. There is no Photoshop trickery here. The first image was taken with the lights on (duh) and the second with a long exposure in the dark.

This project was therapeutic at first, and eventually became something I had to force myself to finish. Kind of like running a yarn marathon.

It's approximately 48 x 48 inches. Rug "resolution" is about 25 ypi (yarns per inch), so it had to be big to show detail in the image.

I became intrigued with the idea of this type of imagery colliding with a clean home furnishing item. And, I guess I threw in some childhood nostalgia for good measure. The glow-in-the-dark (anyone else have glow-in-the-dark boxes for your baby teeth?), the skull (raised on punk rock) and shag rugs (the 70's) all remind me of when I was a kid. Why not jam them all together?

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
September 4, 2007 1:07 AM

This is my first attempt at a mirror. It was inspired by all of the cloud photos I've been taking and the work of Hokusai.

I'm definitely drawn to natural forms built with unnatural materials. I've seen a few laser-cut mirrors around and they all seem to stick closely to a square format. I thought I'd give it a go and see what happens with other shapes.

Moving forward, I'm going to add other cloud formations to form a group. Small, medium and large clouds. This would most likely be the large. (5 x 34 inches)

I would really like to hear what people think of this piece. Please leave comments. Or, feel free to contact me if you'd like to purchase one :)

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
12:53 AM

Apparently, I'm not the only fan of music and/or irony.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
August 22, 2007 9:04 PM

This was taken while flying at about 5000 feet over Denver Glacier in Skagway, Alaska, on the way to a dog sled camp. I'm not a huge fan of planes. And, unfortunately, while we were winding down our time in Alaska we heard about a number of local disasters. But, flying in a helicopter is like riding in an elevator. Definitely, the best experience of my whole trip.

We had 10 straight days of perfect weather. Which is why we had a viewing distance from this helicopter of approximately 100 miles. Unheard of in Alaska, where the locals in Ketchikan measure their annual rainfall in feet (13 on average!) instead of inches.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
August 13, 2007 1:00 AM

Apparently, all I have to do is show up in California and the pictures just line up to be taken. I got lucky and snapped this one in Ocean Beach, San Diego, a few days ago.

I'm on my way to Alaska now. I hope to soon have more nature for you all.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
August 1, 2007 8:47 AM

I hope this isn't the best picture I will ever take, but it very well might be. This almost feels like cheating. Nothing I could make on my own will ever top the grandeur of nature.

Oh, and I'd like to be invited to the Siren Festival next year. I can take a mean picture too. :)

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
July 19, 200711:59 PM

This is a video of a hologram, which admittedly, is a little convoluted. The hologram and camera are still and the only thing moving is actually the light source. Yeah, I made it and I still have trouble wrapping my mind around it.

I had the chance to make only one image, so, I thought something as ephemeral as bubbles might be perfect. Now, I'll always have a three dimensional image of myself from this time in my life.

I made it at the Center for the Holographic Arts in Long Island City, Queens, through a continuing education course at The School of Visual Arts. The Holocenter is a non-profit arts center that has an amazing artist in residency program. It is one of only a few places in the world equipped with a pulse laser camera, which is a holographic laser fast enough and large enough to capture an image of a person. So, I consider myself very privileged.

The course seems to have been discontinued. Luckily, the Holocenter facilities are available for artists to create their own work and their equipment can be rented for a reasonable fee. Just email them for more information. Pictures (or videos) do not really do the images justice, you just have to see them in person to get the full effect.

You can go to the Holocenter to see some or Holographic Studios, which seems to be another place in NYC to check out and possibly make holograms. Although, I honestly don't know much about them.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
July 9, 200711:26 PM

"While waiting on the platform for your subway train, quietly stand right behind an unsuspecting pigeon. As the train pulls into the station, give the bird a good heave-ho onto the tracks."

This is a collage/drawing I did for the book, Canceled Flight: 101 Tried and True Pigeon Killin' Methods. Don't worry, it was a vehicle for artists, not really a manual for the destruction of flying rats.

Although, people didn't always get the joke. The author received hate mail from protestors who hadn't even seen the book. And, one Barnes and Noble fanned the flames by accidently putting it in the kids' section. Oops.

I felt honored just to be published in the company of some of my favorite artists, including kozyndan and Ryan McGinness. But then, the original artwork from the book was exhibited in a travelling gallery show.

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
June 27, 2007 1:00 AM

At the end of last year, I made my first attempt at the design of dissent. Unfortunately, I didn't have $20 million, and had to substitute 6000+ crystals for the real thing. Along with learning I am a glutton for labor intensive punishment, I figured out a bit about process, pattern, light and time.

When I started this sculpture, I was wrestling with my own ideas of art and protest. Now, with Damien Hirst's skull possibly fetching $98 million, I have to wonder, if it's really supposed to be about "the little guy", would I put the piece in a gallery or set it on fire and roll it down West 47th St.?

Like I said, I'm learning and I'm not sure what I'd do. But, I know I would never do this.

"Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust." – John Webster

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Posted by: eric (24 posts)
June 8, 2006 3:15 PM

Hi, my name is Eric and I'm invisible for a day. The kind folks at Invisible Man are letting me guest post so I'm doubling up for my big break.

The left image is a detail of a silk screen promotional poster for TOOL: An evening of novel performance technologies, which took place at Tonic in NYC on Saturday April 29th, 2006. I did this for a friend, Jamie Allen who teaches NIME: New Interfaces in Musical Expression at NYU and coordinates the show. He asked for a "sort of an american-inventor-folk-art-technology thing". He got sound schematics and ear diagrams on craft paper... If you have any interest in experimental music and video, check it out.

And the right image is a detail of the save-the-date from my wedding. It is a screen print of the landscape of our wedding venue, The Hammond Museum, done with a Print Gocco printing kit.

Read on for the full images, info and tips.

Continue reading "Guest Post: Two-for-One Screen Prints"
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