Swim Vlogs
Regular uploading to YouTube on a consistent schedule is difficult. I love putting production value into my videos, but at the same time...that takes up soooo much time. My series on exploring something new has been a chore to maintain....because I don't always go out to explore something new weekly, and if I do....do I want to ruin that experience by vlogging it?
Solution! Swim mixtapes. The exact title of these is currently undecided...but I see alot in the ocean...or sometimes nothing at all. I operate in the grey area between snorkeling and scuba because I do neither...but am in the ocean often. Here is my first video, which I thought came out nice...in future videos I'll start adding commentary...but for now...Enjoy!
Wonderspaces v2: With Creative License
A look at Wonderspace’s “V2” exhibition: With Creative License. We were invited to a preview night of this pop-up gallery’s new show in San Diego.
It's round two for this the new Wonderspaces exhibition, "With Creative License". It appears that people are unofficially dubbing it "Wonderspaces V2"...maybe because of the Nonotak piece from last year titled "Daydream V2"?
Nevertheless, it is always a great experience to see so much interactive and immersive art in a pop-up museum in San Diego. Compared to last year's exhibitions, this year's collection is of the same quality. I personally still have a place in my heart for the "Blooms" by John Edmark and San Diego local Adam Belt's "Religious Experience" installations from last year...but "Body Paint" by Memo Atken and "Sumberge" by Squidsoup are slowly claiming their territory.
Every creation in this wonderous space (see what I did there?) is very meticulously thought out. As much as I dislike the term "instagrammable" to describe a museum, this museum if very instagrammable. To their defense, they will be experimenting with no-camera hours to help attendees fully appreciate the art for their creative value vs quantity of instagram likes they will get.
Fox Party
We recently took a trip down to the Judith A Bassett Canid Education and Conservation Center (JABCECC) to play with foxes! My friend, Lex (see her instagram here), absolutely loves foxes. With me being more familiar with ocean animals, this was a whole new world for me.
A few new things were learned:
- Russia domesticated foxes and bred them for their genetic mutations resulting in fur color and patterns
- Some foxes are raised and killed for their fur
- The foxes pictured are the same species (The white ones are not arctic foxes)
- Foxes make horrible pets, because they pee and poo everywhere (we were warned of this)
JABCECC is still under construction, but you can see them and some of their animal ambassadors around San Diego at local events. I recommend you check them out because they care very deeply about their mission, and their canines are just too adorable!
P.S. They have New Guinea Singing Dogs too
Yayoi Kusama - Infinity Room Exhibition
While we were in Seattle, we found out that Yayoi Kusama's exhibition was taking residence at the Seattle Art Museum so we NEEDED to go. The exhibition itself was very popular, as I found myself leaving my hotel room at 7:30am to walk to the museum. By the time I arrived, there were 28 people ahead of me. When the museum opened 2 hours later, there were easily 250-300 people behind me. Thankfully we had the hindsight to arrive early and experience the infinity rooms at the museum's opening hours, as we were able to immerse ourselves in the rooms multiple times. An hour into the exhibit the crowds started to pile into the exhibit and lines for the infinity rooms became much longer.
About the artist herself, please feel free to do a google search for Yayoi Kusama and watch her interviews as the way she explains her art is amazing. She has an obsession with polka dots and the concept of infinity, so much so that she regularly sees polka dots in everyday objects such as the whimsical pumpkin. Expanding on that, she also sees the universe as a collection of polka dots. The sun is a polka dot, the moon is a polka dot, the earth we stand on is a polka dot. The infinity rooms are a reflection of how she sees the universe, so by stepping into an infinity room you are essentially stepping into her mind.
Most of my time there was spent making this video, so I apologize for not having too many photos....with that said, this is something you are definitely going to want to experience in real life, instead of on a computer screen.
ALSO! This exhibition will be at The Broad in Los Angeles October 2017 - January 2018!
Sea Lion Pupping Season!
For this episode we are visiting La Jolla Cove to observe Sea Lion Pupping Season. Over 55% of the California Sea Lion population is born between the dates of June 15-22. This is because of the consistent copulation habits of the species.
You can read more about it here:
http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/...
Also featured in this video are seal pups and seagull chicks!