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Photographic Evidence Remains Thank God

Posted: June 12th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: News Just In | 1 Comment »

News Just In:

Our Man on the Scene, Nick, just texted in the following late-breaking news story from Locksmith:

News just in:
Tragedy for the
naked man! The
timelapse
software
crashed. No
timelapse of his
ample size. But
photographic
evidence
remains thank
God.


Naked and Gluing

Posted: June 11th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: News Just In | No Comments »

news just in:

Nick, our man on the scene, texted me the following from Locksmith where he is minding the gallery:

One of Zanny’s
students is naked
and gluing
things together!
He said it was
about adam and
eve and the
original fixing of
structure!

yikes!


Online Analogies…

Posted: June 8th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: other Push and Pulls | No Comments »

jimmy nguyens push and pull online

Inspired by seeing Pat and Tom’s great panorama, I’d just like to draw attention to Jimmy Nguyen’s autonomous contribution to re-thinking Push and Pull in an online environment - a cute interactive website.

Check it out over here.


No One Priced My Egg Tart Poem

Posted: June 5th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: News Just In | No Comments »

News Just In:

Astrid, “our man on the scene” down at Locksmith Gallery, just posted the following on Facebook:

astrid facebook update


Prices Pushed Down So You Can Pull Up a Bargain

Posted: June 5th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: News Just In | No Comments »

news just in:

Nick, our man on the scene, just sent me this email from Locksmith where he is minding the gallery:

so you may or may not have noticed or been aware of the signs stuck up along Botany Road advertising a garage sale with a picture of Kaprow. Well the date on the sign was for today and two of Zanny’s best students have just wandered in with a whole bunch of dot stickers and are sticking prices on everything in the space, with the intention of selling the objects in the space! today is a garage sale. i really really hope they sell something.


Half a Dozen Sporty Sockettes

Posted: May 30th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: News Just In | No Comments »

News Just In:

Astrid, “our man on the scene” down at Locksmith Gallery, just posted the following on Facebook:

astrid facebook update


Outsourced His Participation

Posted: May 30th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: News Just In | No Comments »

News Just In:

Astrid, “our man on the scene” down at Locksmith Gallery, just posted the following on Facebook:

astrid facebook update


We Give Up

Posted: May 30th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: News Just In | No Comments »

News Just In:

Astrid, “our man on the scene” down at Locksmith Gallery, just posted the following on Facebook:

astrid facebook update


Notes from Behind the Beard… (+ timelapse day zero)

Posted: May 29th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: Day 0, timelapse | 4 Comments »

A few notes from the first night of Push and Pull at Locksmith Gallery…

As I mentioned in these pre-beginning ramblings, Nick and Astrid and I decided not to bust our butts hauling in a whole lot of furniture before the show. Instead, the idea was to incorporate the collecting of all the stuff which goes into Push and Pull, into the live public time-frame of the work itself.

early at push and pull

So just before six on Thursday, people started trickling into … an empty room. A few people had been tipped off, and brought along small furnishings with them to get the ball rolling… a broken umbrella, some fake plant fronds, a urine-soaked cushion, a jigsaw puzzle…
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Kaprow! We are live!

Posted: May 29th, 2009 | Author: Lucas | Filed under: Day 1 | 1 Comment »

push and pull outside

The following is an extract from a voice recording I made of Lizzie. She reflects on her experience of being at the launch of Push and Pull, 28 May 2009. - Lucas

I got there about half an hour late… I came down the road with the van, and I noticed there were people spilling out onto the pavement … I thought it was fortuitous that there was a bench right outside Locksmith people can sit on. It extends the space, right out onto the street … you can sit on the bench and look right in …
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