Let Us Go Back In Time... a VERY Quick Recap of INDIA

In pictures...

LOL

Like I said, this is a very quick recap, I have so many more pictures to add... but that will have to be saved for another date. These pictures are all from my point and shoot. I haven't even begun editing my film shots.

IM BACK...

Hi family, well where to begin 2009 was a blur and today is February 1, 2010 (I have decided that today, not January 1st, starts the beginning of a new year and a new chapter of my life). Corny you say? Why yes it might be, but after two weeks of moving, packing, unpacking, packing, unpacking, apartment hunting, reunion parties, coffee talks and more I finally am feeling settled and ready to 'rock'.

As you can see by my wrist above I attended the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien at the height of its controversy and two days before I journeyed to the East. With that said, I am sure most of you saw his final speech, but as evidence to how much I enjoyed the taping of the show and Conan as a person I have included an excerpt below. AND... to sum up the last six months of my life, his final words struck a chord with me.

"NOBODY IN LIFE GETS EXACTLY WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET."

TEAM COCO FOREVER!!!

-whit

Really, you...Here's what all of you have done.
You've made a sad situation joyous and inspirational.
So to all the people watching I can never ever thank you enough for the kindness to me and I'll think about it for the rest of my life.
And all I ask is one thing...and this is...I'm asking this particularly of young people that watch...please do not be cynical.
I hate cynicism. For the record, it's my least favorite quality.
It doesn't lead anywhere.
Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get.
But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you. Amazing things will happen. (Audience claps) I'm telling you.
It's just true.

Waiting.... First stop, S. Korea

but more importantly the blog is BACK!

check in for more updates soon

YEAH NEW SHANGHAI DELUXE

I guess you could say it's somewhat ironic that I am updating my blog after 5 months with a post about my first exhibition in NYC, which was based on.... 

 "Our trash, memories, and consumption of China"

My roommates/studio art classmates Helena and Amanda as well as myself built six tables which we then stacked to create about a 14 ft tower. Once the frame was built we piled on everything and anything we could get our hands on from souveniers we brought back from Shanghai to certain products we can still find in Chinatown 

and have been comsuming since this semester began.

Within the structure was five TV's and three projectors, continueously playing videos that Helena and I had made while living in China.

Although a lot of work, the show was well recieved....

(some people...aka teachers and students....are saying it is by far the best thing they have seen in the studio art building this semester thus far). It definitely was worth all the time, money, and effort... especially considering the fact that we got to knock the pile over when we de-installed, so much FUN!