greetings from champaign, IL...

m. and I arrived safely today in my (our) new home. the biting cold and scattered snow flurries are invigorating (for now - it's still a comfortable 30 degrees). after two weeks in philadelphia for christmas / new year's, I'll start scouring the small downtown area for some kind of usable raw space with which to set up a studio and project exhibition space (with a bias towards interdisciplinary work in architecture). the plan is to create a community-oriented gallery space which will allow us to bring in and exhibit the work of people that we like (friends, family, friends of friends of family etc etc) who happen to be scattered across the states and abroad. perhaps a manyfold midwest outpost, yes? well, at the very least, I'm gonna get started making.

thanks to kaz for last minute help in a-town before we left. AND, thanks to all who were able to stop by the consequential data exhibition - its success exceeded my expectations. more to come...

p.s. stopped in fort worth to see the new modern museum designed by tadao ando (of japan) and damn it's good in all respects. pictures forthcoming...

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LAST call for entries : urbanscape magazine :

manyfolders - if you have any kind of art you would like to try to have published, (short stories, pictures, poems, paintings, etc.) contact me ASAP - there is a chance we can place you in the coming issue of urbanscape. hurry up and show your stuff.

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a preview of matteo's latest incursion ...

verona



(requires a few minutes of your time)
thanks for the kudos...

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pictopolis mobilis

jeremy and his loved one are moving for good to champaign, illinois. we wish them the best. congratulations on a nice year, and best for the future to come. let's think of this as a beginning... manyfold chicago ?


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calendar

attention: this news section will be used for news about major progress in manyfold, not for events and upcoming shows. refer to the members' private event section for timely events and such. please send me your feedback as it is customizable (fairly at least).

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piece inspired by manyfold for levitated at amoda

with the Austin Museum of Digital Art.

titled and inspired by the one and only kaz raad,
Organic Machinery is a computational generator of walking organisms
constructed from a set of individual, hand drawn elements.

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hooray hooray. in the eleventh hour, eleanor eichenbaum and I were able to secure a space in which to hold an end-of-the-road exhibition of our graduate work; also showing will be good friends and interdisciplinaries, victor hernandez and hillary procknow. we've titled the show consequential data, meaning the residue of our research and work at the university.

visit my site for more information.

thanks to those who came and cheered...

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melanie's latest series of ceramics have recently been accepted for display at blackmail. just in time for the holidays... you go girl.

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singing city

...a no parking sign on a pole, simple, metal, a bit bent
perforated with holes, for bolts and screws, to put signs,
a modular pole... it was shiny, but not with light.
the metal was brittle and weathering, the sign was tagged,
and stickered and bent. but there, in this little stretch,
between a pizza place and a cd store, swarming around fleece
and flip flops, this pole, scratched and distorted : sings.
the wind was crisp and strong this morning, and it entered
like a thief the pole's inner core, and escaped, victorious,
from the gaps for missing screws - an urban flute, mesmerizing,
lamenting and telling the tales of litanies to come and gone.
a simple metal bent pole holding a no parking sign, enchanting.

to dr. cat

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turning cmpbs into a wireless community

check out the current projects section... hehe. aren't we glad doug is back from europa ?

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playing with the big ones

well. i can't believe it. honestly, i feel small right now, but comfortably so, yes. today, manyfold feels like an altoid. small, but curiously strong. this is a great moment for me, personally, and for manyfold.org - jared had already established his enthusiasm and interest in the group, by making this beautiful piece for our feature section... but now, 6 months after meeting somebody i consider to be a mentor, manyfold.org has a little piece of land in levitation. wow. *air guitar*

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check out inliquid.com

this is a really great website out of philadelphia (represent) which features the work of various artists and a lot of great resources for arty types

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