shortly now...

just wanted to give the heads-up that i will be trying to have new items available online by this Friday at the latest, but probably even earlier (thursday?) depending on when i can wrap up the final details on the bunch. i've been incredibly distracted by the holiday season, and all the time that i thought i could devote to quietly making has turned into all sorts of partying and socializing. not a bad thing, really, but a bit irritating for productivity's sake. not to mention that what i really have to be focusing on is getting together my class syllabi for next semester, which starts the week after new year's. one great thing is that i'll actually have a TA working with me for one of my classes, so i don't have to necessarily take care of all the xeroxing of materials, etc--thank god!

i really shouldn't complain about being overbooked since it's really a wonderful amount of riches--as well as teaching at Stanford i'll be returning to the California College of the Arts to work with junior and senior sculpture undergrads on a directed study/tutorial basis (hey, if any of my ex-students are reading this, i'd love to have any of you back working with me!). at the end of january i have an important studio visit to prep for, and i need to start thinking about a possible new piece for a show in beijing in may...it's not too early since shipping deadlines may come into play, not to mention if i want to work on anything that is site-specific versus already made and delivered from the studio. and then i've got soooo much reading to do--i make my best artwork when it's been informed by some theoretical or research-oriented topic, and i've been sorely neglecting the reading end lately. argh! new on my list is the Journal of Protest and Aesthetics, published in LA and a nice little collection of essays.

oh, i almost forgot: email me at ssyjuco (at) pacbell (dot) net if you wanna join the anti-factory email list. over and out!