San Jose Highlights

Julie Wyman and I partaking in Ho Fatso, an installation by Rania Ho
Last weekend I went to catch the end of the ISEA 2006 Symposium and the Zero One Festival in San Jose. I didn't see everything because my time there was so brief. Two shows that are still up for a while that I would recommend are at The San Jose Museum and The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. See the links for more details.

However, the biggest treat of them all was getting to experience an oldie but goodie, Survival Research Laboratory enact Ghostly Scenes of Infernal Descecration! If you haven't seen them already, don't miss a chance whenever they may be in the vicinity. They don't perform their mechanistic feats very often but if you go bring your earplugs. I understand they are outlawed to perform in the whole Bay Area, but I guess San Jose is considered the outskirts. A colleague told me whenever they do their thing some scapegoat responsible for their presence looses a job. Below are a few pics of their show though there is much better documentation of this event listed here! However, nothing is like being there and feeling the explosive vibrations through your body. It was CRAZY FUN!