Karl's Exhibition - Getting Arty

On Saturday evening i went for an exhibition of karls interactive work. it was held in this nice warehouse place that doubled as a club with a whole bunch of other artists as well showcasing their work...so there were paintings and pictures and photos and sculptures in the main hall (have taken pics don't worry)....karl was also set up here...his thing was based on a camera that captured a person when he/she stood in front of it and then was projected on the screen in front.....however karl was drinking fenni and added some extra garam masala...where the images were looped....and forwarded and rewinded.....so even a slight movement in front of the camera looked like you were moving in pieces and not one smooth movement...not sure how to explain this to you properly...but all the people loved it.....they were doing lots of silly things....it was fun....karl also had a super 8 camera set up on a stand generally in the middle of the exhibition to take stop motion film...but people thought it was part of the event and kept looking through it...that was super funny :)


They also had bands performing in the next room and screenings of short films.....the bands were nice...but honestly i cant begin to describe what some ppl consider art in terms of short films.....one film was 12 minutes of pure static that occasionally changed its appearance...but was still static....its like getting a dolphin to scrabble paint on a sheet of paper and selling that as art (which happened in Dubai btw :))....they also had a BBQ set up...so ate some burgers and hot dogs and cheese balls and stuff....so overall nice event...thought it would be all arty farty but was like a party...though got a glimpse of the arty pants ppl in the neighborhood...all he guys generally wear really tight jeans and hand painted t shirts...like their distinctive style....crazy :)


Also met karls friend from school - anoushka who came for the exhibition...she seemed to remember me somehow but didn't recognize me :)....so while karl spent all his time talking to his fans i hung out with her...was nice to speak to someone with an Indian accent and not those fake American ones (though in fairness i guess we need to put on fake accents otherwise Americans don't understand a word we say)



overall good night...full tight and we retired for the day at 12ish


woke up late yesterday morning...it was Sunday and we were supposed to go play football in the park (soccer if you American)...but karl and me were too lazy and plus my knee still slightly busted.....so we ended up going for a late lunch....yummy in my tummy....then dropped off some film equipment at new school and then went for movies...first we watched 'wall-e'.....super movie...then karl was adamant on watching 'wasted'...an Angelina Jolie starer.....we had time to kill after wall-e so went for a short walk and saw the empire state building...will be going to the top soon......anyways back to the theater and after the movie went for some Korean BBQ buffet...they charge by the pound...but the food was amazing.....i tried to convince them to add xacuti and sorpotel to the menu.....they just might :) reached back home at 11 pm...and adele was back from her camping trip...she had plucked a bagful of wild raspberries so ate them for dessert and she shown us pics of her camping trip....it looked fun...completely ignored mochi so she started sulking in a corner :) went to sleep and woke up today and came to karls office to finish some more work....don't think too much happening today.....but who knows...this is NY :)