Punk Rock Flyers, circa 1994

The good old days, being broke all the time, working in a dusty hot warehouse for just above minimum wage, and occasionally making flyers for the local rock bands I was sorta friends with. Unfortunately the very bottoms of these got cut off in the scanner, but you get the idea.

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Can you tell which one is the "evil twin?"

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Two more old collages from the late 90's.

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"The Texas Governor"

Dates from about 1996, title chosen later. This one was falling apart when I pulled it out. So it goes.

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Another purely abstract collage, made from leftover pieces from other collages, finished 3/11/99 according to my notes on the back. You can see how the paper is coming unglued. So it goes.

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Scraping the bottom of the barrel for these now-- many of the ones I pulled out just don't hold up very well, but these four have their charms I suppose. I was recently inspired by Genesis P-Orridge's new exhibition and book, so I might start making these again if I have time (maybe just try and whip out a few in one delirious night, using sleep deprivation as a window into the subconscious.)

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Late 90's, x-acto, glue stick, paper, cardboard. Close inspection reveals these are not aging well; the glue has dried and the paper has begun to bubble. But then ultimately everything is a type of ephemera. So it goes.

Circuit Board collage

Measures about 10 x 8 inches, discarded circuit boards and discarded frame. I made another much larger one but it did not survive my last move.

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Late 90's, x-acto, paper, glue stick, cardboard. I believe I pieced these together semi-randomly from leftover pieces with the specific intent to make something completely abstract. Note the "crease" from where I had to scan these in 2 parts and piece together using the pedestrian "paint" program that comes with Windows (never bothered to install or learn Photoshop on my Mac). Most of these collages are kind of fragile-- I didn't put much thought into their longevity when I was making them.

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Again, late 90's, x-acto/glue/paper/cardboard. This is what I did instead of having any kind of social life.

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Late 90's, x-acto, glue paper, cardboard. These aren't being posted in any particular order.

Sticker cut-up

Inspired by a Laurie Anderson cut-up of two newspapers (which was inspired by William Burrough's/Brion Gysin's cut-up technique). This was two copies of a music promotion sticker sliced in different directions and interwoven.

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late 90's, x-acto/paper/glue on cardboard. I was thinking about Chrome LP covers when I made this.

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I can't remember who this guy is, famous for something I think. These were done with exacto-knife/glue/paper in the late 90's before the ubiquity of photoshop.

found art/collage

Discarded and unfinished painting/canvas found in the trash, glasses and lips added by me.

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