i'm at a loss for words, so all i have are (someone else's) images

More from Shepard Fairey:

paste-up fever

Here's a giant paste-up (pun intended). I love its placement on the run-down building.

note the detail, in which Andre appears on the star of Mao's hat:

more giant (gianter, if you will)

word of the day: stare decisis

STARE DECISIS - Lat. "to stand by that which is decided." The principle that the precedent decisions are to be followed by the courts.

Edited to add that those of us in the know call this principle "Starry D."

luminous public art

Yidg and a couple of friends and I went to a cool public art event in Tampa tonight composed mainly of light installations.

Highlights included:

Erwin Redl's Fade III, in which an entire side of a building is covered with tightly arranged LED lights that fade between red and blue.

Wendy Babcox's Taking Breath, a video installation that is rear projected onto front windows of both sides of a corner art museum.

Jorge Orta's first US light performance, Luminographic Concert, which ran about 30 minutes and was choreographed to vibrant piece of experimental sound composition. It was like paste-ups of light, but they moved and transformed. Here's a few pictures to try to convey the visual part of the experience:








The building is Plant Hall, the centerpiece of the University of Tampa. It was originally a resort hotel built in 1890. I have no idea who the guy in the last picture is, but he is well illuminated himself.