CUTEMESS

Real shit happening at the Levi’s print shop on...

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:48:26 -0700

Nick Hurd making inks for FP #4

Jonathan Runcio prepping Ara's files

Henrik and J dawg printing Jim's poster

Owner of Vandercook prepping press

the photopolymer plate!

test prints on drying rack

Real shit happening at the Levi’s print shop on valencia:

firstperson:

Press Day number one @Levi’s Workshop

Today was a slow start, but I started with a hearty breakfast, thankfully cooked up by my supportive and patient boo, and a quick session of meditation (no joke) on my bed. Came on the J Church over Dolores Park walking through the hot Mission, yes! to find expert silkscreener and friend artist, Jonathan Runcio and letterpress photorepro’er guru, Nick Hurd, double yes!!! My dude pro backups on my first person team who are awesomely volunteering to make our letterpress edition and posters happen.

Noah, from the most “expensive ice cream in the world” Scream Sorbet showed up with a packed cooler of Carrot Ginger, Grilled Corn, Hazelnut Chocolate, Pistachio, Strawberry Rhubarb, and a few other million pints of the most heavenly genius treats I’ve had the pleasure and priveledge to try. They are still in the shop while we are printing into the midnight hour here onsite. Hope they get home okay!!!! Dude, you rule.

Had dinner at Fritz next door w. my new friends, Ursula and Mardi, who run the North Beach Festival, oh my god, the Sao Paolo burger.. do it. And eating in the window, I felt like Cleopatra… but just really tired… with a pretty hefty burger that I wolfed down surprisingly, but unsurprisingly not after a full ass day of buying ink, overseeing production, and thank gawd for my crew… and friends volunteering, Yuko was here to lay paper with Henrik and Ursula cut paper. Small things go a long way in the production line here.

Djing Dam Funk from the office into the space… who wants to loan us a disco ball for our party?!!! Too cool…

xo b N Editor—- cu Saturday, it’s gonna totally RULE.

Come out to the FIRST PERSON MAGAZINE ISSUE 4 launch...

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:30:18 -0700

Come out to the FIRST PERSON MAGAZINE ISSUE 4 launch party!

There has been a lot of buzz on the Mission District’s interwebage lately about the arrival of the LEVI’S Workshop print shop on Valencia Street. Love it or hate at first glance, there are opportunities to participate in order to inform your initial reaction. I’ll be hitting up (and participating in production of) First Person Magazine’s launch party for their 4th Issue, aptly called “Discomfort of Sculpture”. Each issue of the magazine has been offered in a different format and Issue 4 will be crafted as a letter press edition at the print shop premises. I’ll be there early in the day to help assemble this edition with First Person family and friends. Please see below for more information about Issue 4 and the launch party.

RSVP for the party here ASAP (limited capacity- you will need sign up for an account at the Levi’s Workshop site in order to RSVP): http://workshops.levi.com/rsvp/first-person-magazine

07/17 Saturday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 580 Valencia Street, SF

First Person Magazine celebrates its first poster editions & launch of their inaugural Summer edition. Hard at work with the Print Shop, they’ve developed a special letterpress edition of their magazine as a sculpture of paper + ink that translates their aesthetic, content and contributors works. Posters by Jim Drain / Ara Peterson / Karl Haendel will be on sale onsite. Contributors to Issue #4 “Discomfort of Sculpture”: Lynda Benglis / Louise Bourgeois / Daniel Arsham / Bonnie Prince Billy / Yoko Ono / Ryan McGinley / Lee Bontecou / Maya Deren. Please join us with live performances from Laurel Halo (Brooklyn) + Honey (SF) and feel free to stop by while they are printing on July 15th-16th.

a bit of progress

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:50:45 -0700

a bit of progress

Happy Father’s Day

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:11:21 -0700

Happy Father’s Day

Photo

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:53:59 -0700

Betty @firstpersonmag curates another show: firstperson: No...

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:32:00 -0700

Betty @firstpersonmag curates another show:

firstperson:

No Birds Allowed Opens this Friday at NOMA GallerySF

I’m curating a show that opens this Friday, June 4th at NOMA Gallery downtown. It’s a 3 day workshop of readings, play, music and social experiments that will be a combination of improvisation and bringing yourself outside of your comfort zone.

Artists:

Lemon Bear
Jonathan Casella
Joshua Clayton
David Enos
Jonathan Grothman
David Highsmith
Christian Jankowski
Yayoi Kusama
Randy Lee
Betty Nguyen
Julien Poirier
Guy Overfelt
Mishell Stimson
Marshall Trammell

-B.Nguyen, Curator & Editor

Shoe freaks unite.

Fri, 21 May 2010 20:15:00 -0700

Shoe freaks unite.

These little puppies make me happy.

Thu, 20 May 2010 18:38:00 -0700

These little puppies make me happy.

visualize my man chat with Snare

Thu, 13 May 2010 16:15:00 -0700

Sarah: i am closing my eyes and picturing a man thing in your space now
visualizing it
he's wearing cutoffs
reading a book standing up in a corner
and quiet

me: yes!
i love him!

Sarah: he does the dishes
and kinda keeps to himself
and likes to do what you want to do

silver teeth

Sat, 08 May 2010 13:37:43 -0700

silver teeth

go to there

Sat, 08 May 2010 13:21:38 -0700

go to there:

(via nosafeplace)

happy mothers day

Sat, 08 May 2010 10:48:39 -0700

happy mothers day

by me

Fri, 07 May 2010 19:46:42 -0700

by me

Fri, 07 May 2010 19:32:25 -0700

by me

Rearrange.

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:02:00 -0700

Rearrange.

Le Vestiaire de Clé!

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:41:00 -0700

Le Vestiaire de Clé!

songz: TONETTA - HITLER WOULD HAVE LOVED YOU another new gem by...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:09:58 -0800

songz:

TONETTA - HITLER WOULD HAVE LOVED YOU

another new gem by Toronto’s finest! CANADA CANADA!

Its Heavy!

Man, Hud was a loveable bastard.

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:22:00 -0800

Man, Hud was a loveable bastard.

Cleopatra & Spock

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:01:21 -0800

Cleopatra & Spock

fuxing

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:57:14 -0800

fuxing