Today’s Reliable Source includes a piece about the Obama’s dining choices since they moved to DC. There’s an error at the end, when they note that Friday’s Five Guy’s trip was in Arlington. The President was at the Capitol Riverfront Five Guy’s on Friday – the one next to . A number of our visiting UK artists happened to be there for lunch and met the President. They were positively over the moon about the whole thing.
(The website had the correct info on Friday).
Tonight’s the big night – Artomatic opens at 55 M Street SE.
Our installation,The Birds and the Bees, is in space 9 15, which means it’s on the 9th Floor in the corner, facing the baseball stadium. It’s a sound installation, but unfortunately some technical difficulties with the building’s air vents have made my corner the noisiest spot on the 9th floor. Not sure what we’re going to be able to do about it, so the sound may just be off for opening weekend.
I’m hoping we’ll have all the bugs worked out soon (sorry, I’m tired).
Regardless, tonight’s going to be loud and crazy fun so I’m not going to stress about my installation not working. Take Metro, wear comfortable shoes, and we’ll see you on the 9th floor!
Artomatic
55 M Street SE
DC 20006
Navy Yard Metro (green line)
Do mark your calendar for Meet the Artists Night, which is June 13th. We’re positively buzzing with excitement over our plans for that party.
From the Washington Post Express Night Out: Art for the People.
Artomatic opens and all is madness. Several people have remarked recently that organizing Artomatic is sorta like childbirth. We immediately develop a bit of amnesia about the pain of this final week before opening – it’s the only way we can do it all over again the following year.
I do like artists. I swear, but the rule-breakers are out in force and I’m continually disappointed by the utter lack of excuse-generating creativity from these otherwise creative people.
I’m not out trolling for scofflaws, I’m trying to get my work done. But when I see them doing something egregious, I have to bust them because I’m a Grown-Up. The other day, 3 different artists tried to use a variation on the excuse, “Rebecca and/or Tracy told me I could.” I must admit I like this one, although it gets harder and harder to keep a straight face as I reply, “And when did I tell you this, exactly?”
It would be fun to watch them squirm if I wasn’t so fucking tired. Rebecca and Tracy aren’t co-chairing the Steering Committee this year, kids. Furthermore, I’m excruciatingly careful not to grant anyone any favors that step on the toes of the current Steering Committee. Yes, you’ve been seeing me around the site a lot more than I intended to lately as I help out the site committee, but that’s Artomatic, isn’t it? Whoever can manage the site at any given moment gets to be the manager. Go team, etc etc ad infinitum.
My installation isn’t going to be finished in time, but while I was typing this post I figured out a whole new direction to take it in. A direction that’s not only going to be fun (I hope), but is easily completed. Yeah, me!
Evil Agent and Michele B are on the way over so I must, um, do something. I can’t remember what, but I’m sure I’m supposed to be doing something. Bathrooms are clean. Laundry is put away.
Oh, right. Open a bottle of wine. I think we’re going to double-check this whole assertion that alcohol isn’t the answer to one’s problems.
I got nothing else right now. Here, have a lolcat:
From the Washington Post Weekend section, “On Exhibit” page:
The following exhibitions open next week: On May 29, the latest edition of the open-to-all-comers art show known as Artomatic kicks off at 55 M St. SE, featuring art and performance by hundreds of area artists in an unoccupied building in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood. artomatic.org. . . . “Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants,” opening May 30 at the National Museum of Natural History, looks at the surprising world of ants. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-633-5285). . . .
Ants! And, of course, that Artomatic thing all the kids are talking about.