Greed. The perfume that doesn't exist.

I saw this today and thought it was so great. Do you remember the trailer to the fake Caligula remake? That was Francesco Vezzoli. He's 38 years old, Italian--obviously, and his project, GREED, A New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli was shown at the Gagosian Gallery in Rome earlier this year. I can't believe I didn't hear about this sooner.


Marcel Duchamp's Belle Haleine eau de voilette
In an artinfo.com interview he was asked: How concerned were you with the example of Duchamp as you conceived of Greed?

It was very important. His perfume bottle is such a genius piece. And then it ends up in the hands of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge — you can’t imagine a more appropriate metaphor for the past century, you know, Eau de Voilette by Duchamp ends up in the hands of the two most sophisticated, gay, creative brains in France since the War; it’s such a great story. The Duchamp perfume for me is unlike some of his objects — I know that this is dangerous to say, and people will think Vezzoli is taking some weird drugs — but compared to the urinal or other famous pieces, this has a kind of dandyish touch, a play with the vocabulary of fashion with Man Ray shooting him dressed like Rrose Selavy. I love that. There’s no real intellectual agenda. Just to say how much I loved that part of his work.

Francesco Vezzoli's Greed, 2009
Crystal, paper and ribbon, 15 11/16 x 10 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (40 x 27 x 13 cm)
Francesco, how did the idea for Greed come about?

I’ve done a trailer for a movie that didn’t exist, an election campaign for candidates who were completely fictitious, and a premiere for a play that was never going to run. A project about the launch of a perfume that didn’t exist seemed like a natural next step.

I presume you started this project before the current economic crisis.

Yes, otherwise nobody would have green-lighted it.

One of many posters Vezzoli designed for Greed.
The Greed Commercial

Click here for a much better quality version of the video.

Of course I was super excited also to find out that Vezzoli is friends with Lady Gaga:

The New Yorker had an article about Lady Gaga and Vezzoli and Frank Gehry which I found quite entertaining:

a large silver leather headdress brooded like an alien hen: Gehry had designed it, at Vezzoli’s behest, and Prada had fabricated it, for the avant-garde, hat-friendly pop star Lady Gaga to wear during a performance with dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet ... Gehry said that he had done the initial drawing on his iPhone, which an assistant then produced: a violet scribble with a black-and-blue iris at the center. “Since I’ve never designed a hat before, I was afraid she wouldn’t be able to walk,” he said. “I did have an idea that involved people with sticks holding it up, walking behind her. I didn’t know how far I could go with this thing."

Yeah, and Damien Hirst customized that pink butterfly piano she's playing in the performance. (?!?!)

Oh, and if you haven't seen it yet, here is the Caligula remake trailer with tons of moviestar cameos and Gore Vidal himself! And btw, it's definitely NSFW.

how to explain my parents

The video below is an artist trying to explain to his art to his father. It's really good, I highly recommend watching it! There's a whole series of them, but this is the only one I've watched.

How to explain my parents from lernert Engelberts on Vimeo.

to do list:
(currently) spybot + destroying my computer
defrag
laundry
go through my books and get rid of more
re-organize my greeting card drawer
re-organize my fabric shelves

Selling Prints, Psychiatry & Bad Ideas.

In my previous post I mentioned seeing a psychiatrist. I'd seen a psychiatrist once or twice when I went to college and I didn't really like or dislike him. He annoyed me a little because once because I think he implied he thought I had an alcohol problem. Anyway, this guy I saw last Thursday was pretty cool. He did not accuse me of having an alcohol problem, though he did ask if I thought the TV was trying to send me secret messages.

Anyway, I've been taking Wellbutrin because my previous insurance wouldn't cover Cymbalta which is my anti-depressant of choice. Now that the state is paying for all my medical stuff, I'm back on Cymbalta (adjusting is hard) and also got a rx for Ambien and Xanax (for insomnia and panic attacks respectively). Well last night, due to my change of anti depressants, I was feeling reeeally panicky and it was late so I thought "Oh I'll just take this Ambien and it'll put me to sleep." but it didn't make me sleepy. And I was still panicking. So I thought "Oh I'll take a Xanax and THAT'll put me to sleep."

And it did. But not before I did all kinds of ridiculous things I have only vague memories of.

I woke up and thought "huh. I smell like smoke." Shit! I ruined my 2 week streak of no smoking. Apparently last night I thought cigarettes would be a good idea so I drove to the gas station and bought a pack (I also bought some sweet berry Stride gum as evidenced by a glance into my purse this morning). I recall running into a curb and I still haven't gotten the nerve to go outside and make sure I didn't do anything bad to my car. I don't think I "drunk" dialed anybody, but I checked one of my chat boxes this morning and apparently I'd told someone "oh man. xanax + ambien = like 4 shots of vodka on an empty stomach!"

Today all I can do is shake my head in disappointment. The worst part was this morning I woke up with an equally bad, if not worse panic attack but I'm afraid of taking anything lest I go crazy being pretend drunk! I'm going to assume my downfall was the combi of ambien and xanax together because I've had them both before separately with no crazy effects.

Well. Anyway, I listed my monster drawings as prints you can buy from my etsy shop. I hadn't updated my paper store for awhile and though it was due time.

sarahahaha.etsy.com

Next post I'm going to address the results of the poll I took. I have a few things to say about that. (:

Aaahh! Real Monsters

i'm in no financial position to be shopping, but i got an email that Lorisshoes.com was having a sale! Up to 70% off so I checked it out and it's pretty good! Click here to go directly to the sale.

These two pairs of sandals caught my eye:





Since it's been so hot I've been turning my computer off during the day and lying around downstairs trying not to die (laugh all you want, Stephanie). Anyway, it's been good as I've made a few drawings that I like. I've been drawing monsters!



I am really nauseous for some reason today. I had a dentist appointment which I cancelled. And now I'm going to go lie down in the fetal position in misery. Ciao!

[edited to add these other monsters!]

mostly just pictures and links

http://www.thefuckingweather.com/ just told me it's 91 degrees. This is unacceptable. So I'm just doing a pictures and links blog post today. Things I've seen lately, things I've had bookmarked for awhile.

Here is a very abridged list of things I like/look interesting to me:

friendswithyou prints






books












green tea panda bread


illustration that reminds me of cigarette vending machines in japan


to don't list


color scheme designer

art. laze. plaeser guns.

Today I was extra lazy. Slept in til 1-something. Painted a bit. Took a nap. Had more dreams about smiling while kissing. And am just now waking up.

Hmmm... maybe I'll go look for food now. As if this isn't unappetizing enough:


In progress.


Mostly finished.

Butterflies and moths scare the shit out of me. Anyone seen this episode of fringe?


Hope everyone's having a good weekend!

New Cards! & a new clutch.

It's been awhile since I've posted new cards. These are prints of cards that I've made using vintage illustrations, repurposed with new phrases (: I found these illustrations in a vintage book talking about teen issues. lol


A generous offer.


Chris Brown apology card.


So ... yeah.


Bag You Like Some Groceries card.

And here is the new watermelon clutch I'm almost finished with!

Last night ...

I stayed up way too late. I had just cleaned my bedroom and it was tempting me to mess it up again by making art on the floor. These are self portraits--a bit racy, but I like racy. Hmm ... half naked Thursday?










The first three are on magazine pages. The last one is done on the inside of a diet coke case (:

ugly atc swap

I am a big fan of aesthetically pleasing things. That's why I like fashion and art and design and really attractive people.

But sometimes it's fun and interesting to look at something ugly. I posted earlier about a swap-bot swap I was hosting, and it was fairly unsuccessful. Only two other people joined [wah-wah]. But I'm hoping this one will be more successful, because it's cheaper and easier I think. If you like to make art or like getting stuff in the mail, check it out:

click here to view the swap.

oh PS. I got really excited because today I sold a card and the ship-to address said "c/o marc jacobs" but then I realized it was just the Marc Jacobs store. Not Marc Jacob himself. sigh.

Clutch #3. stressed + lazy = more stress.

Ugggh. I know I have bills I need to pay and I'm not really sure when everything is due and I'm too lazy/afraid to check. I keep putting it off. Tomorrow I WILL do it (maybe?).

My mom came in my room today to talk to me about something probably lame and pointless and said "Cool music!" in reference to Portishead.





I sewed my third clutch. I made it with thrifted fabric with ruffles (of course) and a small little chain that I strung with glass beads. I found an old shoebox of sewing notions (I love that word "notions") and used some snaps that I think are from the 60's or so to use as closures for my clutches. The package says it was 29 cents for 7 snaps.

Some beezy who bought some of my clothes off ebay has still not paid me yet ):

I finished my owl ATC's for a swap-bot swap.


To Do List for Tomorrow:
post office (send ebay packages and possibly buy bette davis stamps)
buy diet coke
call doctor re: wellbutrin
laundry
exercise of some kind (since I apparently cannot stop eating, I must start exercising)

stupid worries. weight gain.

Lately I can. Not. Stop. Eating.




It's ridiculous and I'm sure I'm gaining weight which is stressing me out. Too bad my coping mechanism for stress is eating. I spent way too much money at the craft store yesterday so I'd better put it to good use. I feel like I can't focus though, because I have all these ideas of things I would like to do ... For instance, tonight, should I sew some ruffly underwear? A purse? Dolls? Should I do some more watercolors? Should I take some reference photos and start my still life series? Should I just take a nap?

Here is an average day in the life of me:
10am-1pm: wake up, check google analytics, my eBay, myspace, hotmail then go back to bed for bit
12pm-1pm: obligations/errands such as therapy, post office, bank, force me to get out of bed.
1pm-4pm: errands, shopping, eating
5pm-3am: eat, internet, make art/crafts
4am-7am: go to bed.

I guess my schedule is pretty fucked up. But the fact that I actually sketch or sew or think about art is pretty cool. It kind of scares me too though, I keep waiting for it to end. Like when you are learning to ride a bike and you get up and going ... but you know at any second you might fall over and bite it.

A potential job keeps calling me and I keep not answering. My friend Dana calls me like clockwork on her lunch break every day (i don't answer), which without fail, wakes me up. Ugh.

I think underwear sewing is winning out.

etsy

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Tonight I've been busy putting some new things on etsy.


Here's a link to my etsy shop.


Card set


Above it card


Octopet self portrait card