Gunny’s Work

The Personal Art Projects
As I wrote on this other page, this blog is an archive of (and notebook for) my personal art projects.  Calling them “personal art projects” is the best I can do, since there’s no common medium or format.  There is, it seems, a common theme:  trying to close the gap between the complexity & emotional nuance of inner experience and living in a world where we mostly hide that from others.

I get excited to work on things that explore or explode this gap.  As you’ll notice, the projects tend to start strong, then die out as I get bored of them.  At least The Marginspace will keep an archive of them and allow me space to ruminate about stuff before and after projects.

Some examples include:

• @DestroySuperMe.  The Twitter feed of a fictional character who tweets heartfelt things with no irony and no regard to his “Digital Super-Me”.
• What Lurks Beneath:  Essays on MTV’s Laguna Beach.  A series of short essays that find a deep passion and genius in what seems like the most superficial of shows.
• The One Method.  A series of interactive workshops on starting meaningful conversations with strangers and the art of dating.
• What Lurks Beneath:  Cinematic Criticism of YouTube Marriage Proposal Movies.