Went behind-the-scenes during the install of Giant Robot’s Biennale 2: 15 years!
Souther Salazar’s whimsical installation. Love the details!
Beware of what’s behind these crates! David Choe, you never seize to shock the mutha out of me.
Rob Sato standing proudly in front of his two paintings!
You can see the massive amount of pics that i took below.
Thanks for having us EN!
Anyone going to the opening reception tonight?
The second part of my interview with Bai Ling is up on Audrey Magazine’s blog.
It was fun interviewing her. We had dinner at Veggie Grille on Sunset, where I just turned on the recorder and chatted with her over our chinese chicken salads. The conversation was really natural. At the end of the meal, I had enough material to call it an interview. After the red light turned off we talked about more personal things while sharing carrot cake for dessert. She’s cool. Just wants to be heard, like everyone else. Check out the interview here .
photo by The Social Trust.
My meeting with Bai Ling is up on Audrey Magazine’s blog. She talks about her childhood days in China, her singing career, the eight spirits living inside of her, and lots of other things. We talked for so long that the editor cut the story down to two parts, lol. I think the second part is coming out next week.
There’s a cozy little picture of the two of us in there too. Is she even looking into the camera?! lol
Mike Shinoda was interviewed by Roger Gastman. It was a real intimate setting, yet MS tried his best lay down the basics in terms of his background and where he comes and how he got to where he is in his art.
He was born in last year’s exhibit and meets his death at this year’s. This casket is MS’s first non-canvas installation, i believe? I might be incorrect.
MS walked the audience through the exhibit, which I thought was very nice. That girl clutching the skate deck looks ecstatic.
I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment. It’s not everyday the artist dedicates himself to help the public understand his work. It is when people like Mike Shinoda produces something that expresses an idea and shares it to inspire more creative thinking is when one is called a true artist(imho). That second part is really important, I’ve met many artists who just leave their work as is, in a ‘take it or leave it’ sort of way. Sometimes that could be cool, but it’s even cooler when an artist tries to make his art open for interpretation in an inclusive way. 
