last updated 7/5/10.

July 5, 2010
MEWS-PARI (the meaningful encounters with strangers preservation and reenactment initiative) has uploaded about 10 new stories that we've gathered recently. Take a look here for the original stories, to read the reenactment scripts, and to see the analytic charts.

June 29, 2010
Marc Levy was nice enough to write a piece for the Cambridge Day about my Everyday Exchange show at MEME. Take a look here.

June 27, 2010
I'll be presenting my Everday Exchange project at MEME for a week, starting today. Visitors will be able to see past examples of presents I've made for participants. I'll also be interviewing visitors about their daily routines, and making presents for them.

Hope to see you there!

Hours: 1-8pm, Sunday 6/27 - Saturday 7/3.
Closing reception: 7-10pm, Saturday 7/3.

MEME: 55 Norfolk St., Cambridge MA

June 8, 2010
As part of the Common Boston festival, I'll be giving a walking tour of the sidewalk connecting the terminals at Logan Airport. We'll check out barbed wire fences and weird traffic circles and sudden flower beds and blast walls--and talk about privacy and public space and public security! Register for free tickets here. Tour date: June 19 (raindate June 26). I hope to see you there!

June 6, 2010
On June 5, MEWS-PARI (the Meaningful Encounters with Strangers Preservation and Reenactment Initiative) was at the Figment Boston festival. We gathered about 12 stories, and got some people to reenact stories with us. We'll put the stories up soon--but in the meantime, take a look at our Documentation page for photos!

May 3, 2010
On May 7, 2010, the D21 Gallery in Leipzig will be presenting a great show on zines, called "Thanks for Sharing". There will be zines, zines and more zines--alongside talks, workshops and other suchlike goodness. My "i left this here..." project will be part of the show. Hooray for Germany!

February 26, 2010
Meghann Ackerman wrote a very nice article about my "History of Somerville, 2010-2100" project for The Somerville Journal. Thanks Meghann!

February 16, 2010
Welcome to the future!

I put together the first version of the website and book for my "The history of Somerville, 2010-2100" project.

Both the book and the website present what I've found by talking to Somerville community members about the future. In the book and website, you'll also find official government plans, think tank vision statements, and various ideas and concerns about the future from various other sources.

The Timeline section presents this material as a single timeline. In the Predictions Archive section, you'll find the actual predictions that community members made.

To download a free PDF of this book, click here. To view the project's website: click here.

November 11, 2009
"i left this here..." will be part of the Something New Festival in Chicago today. Throughout the day, Eli Skipp, Elisha Marshall, Libby Taggart, Nick van der Kolk, and a number of anonymous volunteers will be leaving copies of the magazine around Chicago. Thanks for the help everybody! See the project's page on the festival's website for more details.

October 20, 2009
My art group, Rise Industries, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. As part of the Celebrations, Jeremy went and designed us a whole new website, which he and Michele have been filling with wonderful art reviews. We also have two new members: Mike Feldman, and John Kim.

We also also now have a Facebook group page, which, for some reason, current has 368 members. Hooray for Rise!

September 25-27, 2009
"i left this here..." will be part of the Dumbo Art Center's 13th annual Art Under the Bridge Festival. During the festival, Amanda B. Friedman will leave copies of the magazine in the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Thanks Amanda!

August 27, 2009
"i left this here..." will be part of a group show documenting interventionist projects in Dublin, at the National College of Art and Design. The show is called "Space is the place," and also features work by the Institute for Applied Autonomy, and the Surveillance Camera Players, among others. It's part of this year's ISEA conference.

August 14, 2009
As part of my "History of Somerville" project, I'll be giving a powerpoint lecture about some of my findings. It will be part of the SAC's Somerville...in shorts event in Union Square at 8pm. Stop on by! Here's the poster, designed by Jef Czekaj.

July 22, 2009
Auditi Guha talked about my "History of Somerville" project in an article about Artbeat in the Somerville Journal. Here's the article.

July 18, 2009
I'll presenting my "The history of Somerville, 2010-2100" project today. At noon, I'll be giving a powerpoint lecture at the Somerville Theatre; and after 130pm, I'll be outside, manning my Future Information table-- where I'll be handing out free copies of a timeline I've created, and talking about the future to anyone who stops by. I'm doing this as part of the Somerville Arts Council's Artbeat Festival. Hope to see you there!

July 13, 2009
Julia Fairclough mentioned my "History of Somerville" project again, in an article about Artbeat. Here's the article.

July 12, 2009
The wonderful folks at Itch Journal included some graphs I created comparing my creative output with other aspects of my life (as I remembered them last winter) in their Issue 9. The graphs are called "Creativity graphs: comparing my creative output with other aspects of my life (as I remember things right now): January 2005 to present."

July 1, 2009
Keith Buchholz's Flux Kits (which include some of my pieces) were in turn included in the Fluxhibition 3 show at the University of Texas at Arlington. Also in the show: Yoko Ono, and Stewart Home. Sheesh.

June 9, 2009
Julia Fairclough was nice enough to have me on Somerville Cable Access's "Somerville Art Matters" talk show, to talk about my "The history of Somerville" project. The show was about chronology in art, and also features Nancy Anderson and Dana Mueller. The show will air twice a week through the month. Here's the show.

May 25, 2009
I'm starting to close the doors for my "i left this here for you to read" project. I'm no longer accepting new material... (but, of course, if I've asked you to submit something, or you're working on something I know about, I'll be glad to include it in a future issue)

Thanks everyone!

May 16, 2009
Julia Fairclough was nice enough to write an article for the Somerville News about my "History of Somerville, 2010-2100" project. here's the article.

April 22, 2009
Nora Young interviewed me about my "I left this here..." project for CBC's Spark show. (CBC being Canada's national public radio. Sheesh.) Here's the show's blog post about the project, and here's the episode itself.

April 18, 2009
The Somerville News wrote a couple paragraphs about my "History of Somerville, 2010-2100" project in an article about the SAC today. Here's the article

April 5, 2009
Doug Holder printed the tv interview he did of me in the Somerville News. Here is the article.

Also: I now have a news page. Isn't that exciting?

April 3, 2009
Neural, the Italian new media art magazine, has included Vito Campanelli's piece on my "i left this here for you to read" project in Issue 32, which came out this week. Here is the original web article by Campanelli.

The Rhode Island Historical Society was also nice enough to ask me to donate a copy of my "the last time i saw..." book. It is now a permanent part of their archives.

March 29, 2009
The Boston Globe mentioned my "History of Somerville" project on page 7, in the news in brief column of the City Section.

March 28, 2009
Frank Mills included a short essay I wrote about art in his Urban Paradoxes electronic journal. The essay is called "Leaving little mysteries in the street"; here is the link.

March 27, 2009
Keith Buchholz included part of my MEWS-PARI project in the 5th issue of his Flux Kits. He's accepting material for future kits, I believe.

March 10, 2009
Doug Holder was nice enought to have me on his Somerville MA talk show, "Poet to Poet, Writer to Writer." Here is a partial transcript of the interview.

February 27, 2009
I launched a new project today, "The history of Somerville, 2010-2100." I hope you'll decide to participate!

February 10, 2009
Vito Campanelli wrote a really nice piece about my "i left this here for you to read" project for Neural. Here's the article.

January 17, 2009
Dutch Cowgirls, a Dutch news website, in February covered my "i left this here..." project. Here is the article.

January 9, 2009
Dale Roberts was nice enough to include Issue #12 of my "i left this here for you to read" project in the "Mailmania 3" show he curated at Victoria, British Columbia's Vancouver Island School of Art. The show opened today.

January 8, 2009
Jackie Wong was nice enough to write a piece on my "i left this here..." magazine in Vancouver's WestEnder. Here is the article

In 2008 and other years, other things happened.