{"id":1158,"date":"2022-08-23T19:10:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T19:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2022-08-28T10:06:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T10:06:36","slug":"assorted-updates-insights-and-observations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/assorted-updates-insights-and-observations\/","title":{"rendered":"Assorted updates, insights and observations","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/assorted-updates-insights-and-observations\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Greetings once again.<\/p>\n<p>I often forget to share my on-goings with you all, but here&#8217;s what&#8217;s importuning the cosmos with me at the moment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raw Vision magazine, issue <\/strong>#<strong>111<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On its cover, the current issue of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/rawvision.com\/\">Raw Vision<\/a> <\/span>highlights the article <em>In The Realms of the Written <\/em>by <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essex.ac.uk\/people\/ffytc48507\/matt-ffytche\">Matt Ffytche<\/a><\/span> (pages 12-23). The article focusses on &#8216;Writing in Outsider Art&#8217; as described in the caption on the cover. I get a mention in there, but also an image of one of my diary drawings is nicely printed should you care to peruse a well reproduced incarnation of one in the physical form. The article is also accompanied by images of work by <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/artists\/28600\">Henry Darger<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderart.co.uk\/artists\/nick-blinko\">Nick Blinko<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/creativegrowth.org\/dwight-mackintosh\">Dwight Mackintosh<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/arthistoryproject.com\/artists\/adolf-wolfli\/\">Adolf Wolfli<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2015\/07\/artist-melvin-ways-journey-from-homelessness-to-art-world-acclaim\/\">Melvin Way<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/christianberst.com\/en\/artists\/august-walla\">August Walla<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/artist\/howard-finster-1543\">Howard Finster<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gallevery.com\/artists\/harald-stoffers\">Harald Stoffers<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/articles\/publications\/the-art-brut-fascicle-n-19\">Constance Schwartzlin-Berberat<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.folkstreams.net\/films\/j-b-murray-writing-in-unknown-tongues\">JB Murray<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/monochromatic-minds-artists\/raymond-morris\">Raymond Morris<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/artist\/jesse-howard-7406\">Jesse Howard<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/author\/matsumoto-kunizo\">Kunizo Matsumoto<\/a><\/span>. Not that it will matter much to anyone, but a correction: In the description of the diary that is illustrated, the diary entry is listed as being <em>3rd of October 2010 &#8211; March 2013<\/em> but the dates provided are combining two sets of dates from different entries. This drawing was made between October 2010 and March 2011. Other than that, I am very pleased to see and read the article that follows, looking at <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/blog\/the-death-of-laurent-danchin\">Laurent Danchin<\/a><\/span> whom I admired very much upon meeting in 2013. Within minutes of seeing one of my diary drawings for the first time in conjunction with learning of my family&#8217;s history in dealing antique carpets, he called me &#8220;a weaver of words&#8221;, which was impressive both for the quick assessment and manifestation of this term, and with English not being his first language. It is difficult to ascertain how many people would be responsive but I would very much love for his book on <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books?id=MBTqDwAAQBAJ&amp;source=gbs_book_other_versions\">Chomo<\/a><\/span> to get an English translation, by the way. Just putting it out there. You can buy this issue of Raw Vision <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><a style=\"color: #ff00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/rawvision.com\/products\/issue-111?currency=GBP\">here<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rawvision.com\/products\/issue-111?currency=GBP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1160 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-12.25.04-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-12.25.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-12.25.04-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-12.25.04.png 578w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outsider Art Fair, Paris. 10th Anniversary, Atelier Richelieu, September 15-18, 2022 &#8211; Galerie du March\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong><span class=\"LrzXr\">60 Rue de Richelieu, 75002 Paris, France<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dates:<\/strong> 15 September, VIP preview: 12\u20136pm<br \/>\nand Vernissage, 6\u20139pm<br \/>\nOpen to public: 16, 17 Sept, 11am\u20138pm<br \/>\n18 Sept, 11am\u20136pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/galeriedumarche.ch\/\">Galerie du March\u00e9<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">will be showing my work once again at the first physically experienceable <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/paris\">Outsider Art Fair Paris<\/a><\/span> since 2019. These works will be shown alongside works by the incredible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/author\/monsiel-edmund\">Edmund Monsiel<\/a>, and a rich roster of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/awarewomenartists.com\/en\/artiste\/aloise-aloise-corbaz-dite\/\">Aloise Corbaz<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/author\/carlo\">Carlo Zinelli<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artforum.com\/print\/reviews\/201105\/friedrich-schroeder-sonnenstern-39184\">Friedrich Schroder-Sonnenstern<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mediumistic.art\/artists\/33-raphael-lonne\">Raphael Lonne<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/artists\/michel-nedjar\">Michel Nedjar<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adolfwoelfli.ch\/\">Adolf Wolfli<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0 along with some very rare and notable works by <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/madgegill.com\/biography\">Madge Gill<\/a><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artists\/scottie-wilson-2152\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Scottie<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Wilson<\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/christianberst.com\/en\/exhibitions\/exhibition-298\">Josef Karl Radler<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/author\/doudin-jules\">Joules Doudin<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artbrut.ch\/en_GB\/author\/hodinos-emile-josome\">Emile Josome Hodinos<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/abcd-artbrut.net\/en\/collection\/bachler-josef\/\">Josef Bachler<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/christianberst.com\/en\/artists\/johann-fischer\">Johann Fischer<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/epidemiology-and-psychiatric-sciences\/article\/auguste-forestiers-unbroken-wanderlust\/3AF9F20E74F188A3C63920F9172356F2\">Auguste Forestier<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museumgugging.at\/en\/gugging-art\/gugging-artists\/johann-hauser\">Johann Hauser<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/artists\/oswald-tschirtner\">Oswald Tschirtner<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museumimlagerhaus.ch\/museum\/kunstler\/franz-kernbeis\/\">Franz Kerbeiss<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My stuff &#8211; should you make it to the fair, you&#8217;ll get to see a recent diary page in A5 format, quite possibly the last available penultimate diary page in A4 format (Dec 12th 2019 &#8211; August 19th 2020) and a smaller 5 x 8cm drawing from <em>The Disadvantages of Time<\/em> series. I&#8217;m not quite sure what it reveals, but certainly something currently intangible feels near epiphanic when considering the results of the slow burn process of my A4 diary drawings, the first of which (Feb-March 2010) clocks in at 3,954 hand written words in my little bubble text, and the twelfth and final A4 diary page (August 25th, 2020 &#8211; June 10th, 2021) contains 31,036 words in a slowly evolved incarnation of that same style. It is very fortunate that both of these &#8216;bookends&#8217; of sorts are in the trusted hands of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/projects\/rose-knox-peebles-interview\">Rose Knox -Peebles<\/a><\/span> and that I can access them and see them side by side. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As for <em>The Disadvantages of Time part XVI (The Wasteland Tape part III)<\/em>, here&#8217;s a little tidbit:\u00a0 Sometime in 2021, I found a cassette compilation I had made in the late &#8217;90s. It was a very significant tape for me, and I was both very pleased with the opportunity but also somewhat overwhelmed with the idea of listening to it again. I decided to distract myself from the intensity of focusing on it solely, by documenting a retroactive perspective of it, song by song. The Wasteland Tape was made for the purpose of accompanying me on a hallucinogenic trip that lasted about seventeen hours. We had the tape on rotation the whole time, on a boombox as we walked around the city through the night. One song on the tape was &#8216;<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AESrPcQRgc0\">Shame<\/a><\/span>&#8216; by <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Low_(band)\">Low<\/a><\/span>. In describing this choice for the cassette, within the drawing, I detail discovering the band and reference being in Tower Records, in the &#8216;Alternative&#8217; section, picking up the &#8216;<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_Division_(Low_album)\">Long Division<\/a><\/span>&#8216; CD. I&#8217;d never heard of the band. It was pre-common use of internet. They were not on MTV, or in Kerrang! magazine. The cover looked somewhat ambiguous, dominated by a greyish colour. Upon further inspection, a light bulb becomes visible. What actually captured me beyond this interesting cover, was the words on the big sticker on the case. Quotes from magazine reviews. The descriptions sounded exaggerated, maybe impossible. I had to find out for myself. CDs were also very expensive at the time. To buy something like that, on a whim, with no sonic reference, it was a big decision. When I got home and heard it though, I had done it, I had found what I never knew I&#8217;d always wanted. So, I&#8217;d decided to dig the CD out and go through everything on the sticker for the drawing. I spent a week looking for the CD but couldn&#8217;t find it anywhere. I had since bought the LP version, which is the format I mostly listen to. I went on Facebook and asked around on a couple of Low fan pages, thinking among these hundreds or thousands of fans, someone will have it at hand. Tumbleweeds. I waited a couple of weeks. Nothing. Shout out to the two Andys for acknowledging the quest, at least. I decided to try again and asked within a thread on Twitter, on the topic of that album.\u00a0 Uncannily Low themselves retweeted my question and within an hour someone had tweeted an image of their CD with the same sticker. The band themselves enabled me access to the sticker, that enabled me access to the band and their music in the first place. We come full circle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1176\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-184515.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1176\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1176\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-184515-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-184515-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-184515-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-184515-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-184515-864x1536.png 864w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-184515.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook post, 24th June 2021<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeesToExistShow\/status\/1412311934570057734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1177\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183348-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183348-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183348-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183348-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183348-864x1536.png 864w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183348.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1178\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeesToExistShow\/status\/1412311934570057734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1178\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1178\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183453-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183453-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183453-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183453-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183453-864x1536.png 864w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot_20220813-183453.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tweets, 6th July 2021<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1180\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tdot_pt16_wastelandtape_pt_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1180 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tdot_pt16_wastelandtape_pt_3-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tdot_pt16_wastelandtape_pt_3-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tdot_pt16_wastelandtape_pt_3-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tdot_pt16_wastelandtape_pt_3-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tdot_pt16_wastelandtape_pt_3.jpg 1175w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Disadvantages of Time part XVI (The Wasteland Tape part III). July 2021. (click on image to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also to look forward to within the fair, are two specially curated spaces which I&#8217;m sure will be highlights for me &#8211; One focusses on the works of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein. Interesting due to his dual output of photography and painting, the latter to which my fixation always steers. Always projecting such vibrancy, and hinting at form like clouds sometimes suggest fleetingly in continuous morph. The paintings at times highlight a focus in one area and surround it in a blur or fuzz as though captured in motion, in Bruenchenhein&#8217;s own unique fashion. There is a strong sense of life forms, energy and wonder contained within these works and I&#8217;m looking forward to experiencing a celebration of this with <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/program-paris\/oaf-curated-space-i-wish-i-could-speak-in-technicolor-visions-of-eugene-von-bruenchenhein\"><em>I Wish I Could Speak in Technicolor: Visions of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein<\/em><\/a><\/span>. The other specially curated space is <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/program-paris\/oaf-curated-space-the-underground-is-always-outside\"><em>The Underground is Always Outside<\/em><\/a><\/span>, co-curated by <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artforum.com\/interviews\/aline-kominsky-crumb-on-her-life-and-work-in-comics-87919\">Aline Kominsky-Crumb<\/a><\/span>, a legendary &#8216;underground comix&#8217; artist herself. Having not been able to attend the New York edition of the fair earlier this year, I&#8217;m glad the &#8216;underground comix&#8217; world will be tapped into here as well. This exhibition will include original art works by <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crumbproducts.com\/Crumb-Comics-Timeline_ep_135.html\">Robert Crumb<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lambiek.net\/artists\/s\/shelton.htm\">Gilbert Shelton<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/15\/the-many-reincarnations-of-kim-deitch\/\">Kim Deitch<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tcj.com\/remembering-justin-green\/\">Justin Green<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rickgriffindesigns.com\/biography\">Rick Griffin<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.badattitudemovie.com\/\">Spain Rodgriguez<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Art-Spiegelman\">Art Spiegelman<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pleasekillme.com\/diane-noomin-underground-empowering-women\/\">Diane Noomin<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/09\/arts\/s-clay-wilson-dead.html\">S.Clay Wilson<\/a><\/span> and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1164 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-12.41.17-300x246.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-12.41.17-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-12.41.17.png 496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest In Paradise &#8211; Julia Sisi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.juliasisi.com\/\">Sisi<\/a><\/span> has transcended the Earth. It was shocking news to absorb when I learned of it on the 29th of June. I had no idea she was fighting cancer. I&#8217;ve always found her to be vibrant, with a special energy powerful enough to bring back to life aspects of oneself that had become stagnant. It is a rare energy to encounter and it deeply saddens me to know I can&#8217;t have an exchange with her in the future. However, the body of work she has left behind certainly has the power to communicate some of that energy and will continue to do so for as long as those pages and canvases are around. I feel she really manifested a channel for that energy in a profound way through works she has made since 2017 or so, whereby a leap seemed to occur and acceleration into orbit. My heart goes out to her life partner and artist <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dancasado.com\/\">Dan Casado<\/a><\/span>. I fondly remember Sisi and Dan tuning in to <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/see27beats\/uploads\/\">the radio show I was doing<\/a><\/span> and sending me messages almost weekly in real time during the shows, possibly for the entire run of seven years. I moved from <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stationfm.ning\/\">Station FM<\/a><\/span> to <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itch.fm\/\">Itch FM<\/a><\/span> and then <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nts.live\/\">NTS Radio<\/a><\/span>. Sisi followed me all the way through, always making her presence known and letting me know that she and Dan were at their studio, in the Canary Islands and then France, working whilst listening to the mostly obscure Jazz I was playing. I always got a kick out of supplying some sounds for their creation to feed off of. I feel privileged to have briefly collaborated with Sisi and <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lazylizard.com.au\/liz\/main.htm\">Liz Parkinson<\/a><\/span> in the form of PPP (Posca Pen Pals) at one of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outsiderartassociation.eu\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=93\">Nok<\/a><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outsiderartassociation.eu\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=93\">&#8216;s exhibitions<\/a><\/span> in Amsterdam a decade or so ago, whereby we initiated a communal canvas that took on perhaps a dozen or more contributors throughout that wonderful day. I recall sitting with Sisi in London at a cafe in London not far from another exhibition we were both included in (thanks again Nok!), where Sisi told me why she didn&#8217;t like being called Julia and I learned more about her history. I saw her and we both spoke about our work at an afternoon of talks that were part of the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/monochromatic-minds\">Monochromatic Minds<\/a><\/span> exhibition put on by <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferlaurengallery.com\/\">Jennifer Lauren Gallery<\/a><\/span> in early 2020, but my last memory of spending time together was after the Outsider Art Fair in Paris one evening when Sisi, Dan Casado and I went for some dinner. I guess it must have been 2019, the last time the fair was physically put on there. It will feel strange to attend next month with her absence surely felt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/posca-pen-pals.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1189 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/posca-pen-pals-300x201.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/posca-pen-pals-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/posca-pen-pals-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/posca-pen-pals.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posca Pen Pals (Liz Parkinson, Julia Sisi, Carlo Keshishian)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1190\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sunday-1-amsterdam-e1374066497314.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1190\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1190 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sunday-1-amsterdam-e1374066497314-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sunday-1-amsterdam-e1374066497314-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sunday-1-amsterdam-e1374066497314-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sunday-1-amsterdam-e1374066497314-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sunday-1-amsterdam-e1374066497314-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sunday-1-amsterdam-e1374066497314.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Triple P<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now, phew! More to come&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Peace out,<\/p>\n<p>Carlo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=294713265719\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/carlokeshishian.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/assorted-updates-insights-and-observations\/\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Greetings once again. 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