So the RISDI trip was a success i guess... I meet some cool people that im still in contact with , exchanged some of my art with people for random things and got some feedback as well! I even ate the same food that REAL art students eat at the RISDI cafeteria, it wasnt as satisfying as i had dreamed though, we have much better pizza in the RWU commons. As you all know im a man of few words so i documented all the exchanges that took place.
So i had a couple of works with me and I let the people choose what they want to keep from my work as long as i got something in exchange. This is the first one, its a 5 layer/color print.
In return for this i got this unfinished crossword puzzle that the girl who gave it to me says she was really exited to finish, I guess ill try and finish it for her...
The next art piece that i exchanged was this second print just one layer.
In return i got this post card, and This is from Francesca. BRENT, u and Brandon met her at my bros place on sat remember.
Francesca was apart of a demonstration to free Palestine in Brown UNI, Now u guys probably understand why im still talking to her. She's as crazy as me and actually wants to stop the murder of innocent woman and children by the terrorist state of Israel and its U.S. supporters. Wow arnt we a bunch of crazies its too bad the media reports people who fight for freedom and basic human rights as terrorist. Just so u know the facts i was in Lebanon over x-mass brake and and there was a month long siege by Israel into Palestine Let me remind u Palestine is the most densely populated area in the world, and Israel was using air strikes with white phosphorus which is a chemical weapon for thoes of you who dont know and its against the Geneva Convention which make it a war crime. They were dropping these bombs on highly populated civilian areas. Death toll for Palestine, 2000+ Dead most civilians, 500 children and 5000 injured which half of them died............Death toll for Israel 13 dead 10 of them soldiers and 2 were Arabs living in Israel. How balanced is that sounds more like genocide to me. And this sorta thing happens more than u think. And i say all this here because it has everything to do with my art and i would like some of you to understand why, Its happening in my back yard as Brent puts it and i cant just sit back and watch. In lebanon they actually show u the dead children that have been blown to bits, on the News.
here's a short article dont worry no graphic pics even though u should c them to understand the severity of this situation,
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14208.htm
ANyway she (Francesca) came up to me and gave me this flyer...
In return i gave her this Mondrian copy that i made, and i hung it at the demonstration.
I also received this ticket in exchange for a painting i did, sorry i dont have a pic of the painting to show.
In conclusion i think it was a good trip even though it was raining and we had to highjack students to let us in the buildings, I think if were to go again we need to organize a lot more.
Gnight friends...
Nick
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