Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
New GR shirts alert. Yes, finally got the Formula One F1 Robot done. It took a lot of design, experimenting, and even a failure to get it right. There's a couple of other shirts that just got done, and more on the way. I'm making efforts to design a few more shirts. I draw in Illustrator with no mouse or Wacom. I'm using the track pad and my index finger, and usually I do this stuff while I'm...
New GR shirts alert. Yes, finally got the Formula One F1 Robot done. It took a lot of design, experimenting, and even a failure to get it right. There’s a couple of other shirts that just got done, and more on the way. I’m making efforts to design a few more shirts. I draw in Illustrator with no mouse or Wacom. I’m using the track pad and my index finger, and usually I do this stuff while I’m watching TV – preferably Law and Order Criminal Intent or SVU. That’s Jordan Fu who works at GR holding up the shirt. Will any females buy this shirt? I didn’t think so… This is Abby wearing the new brown cap with yellow robot. It’s SD Padres-ish, forgive me Dodger fans.
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[nggallery id=56] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art Opening Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists GRNY, July 19 – August 13, 2008 Reception: Saturday, July 19, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009 (212) 674-GRNY (4769) / grny.net Giant Robot is proud to present Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists at the GRNY Gallery. Following up on 2007′s hugely popular Look Behind You and Snack Isle group shows, Crocodile Tears will feature a large assortment small works that measure 5″ x 7″ or smaller. Each of the over 50 artists will be contributing two to five pieces in his or her own eclectic style. Mediums will range from painting to stitching to drawing to sculpture. Participating artists include (but will not be limited to): Lart Cognac Berliner Joe Buzzell William Buzzell Jeff Canham C.F. Charles Chatov Jen Corace Louie Cordero Rob Corradetti Vanessa Davis Michael DeForge Mark Delong Eamon Espey Edie Fake Ray Fenwick AJ Fosik Noel Freibert Lukas Geronimas Matt Haber Jenny Hart Joseph Hart Andrew Hem Lizz Hickey Caroline Hwang Jordin Isip Rich Jacobs Misaki Kawai Kim Kelly Cat Lauigan Matt Leines Isaac Lin Matthew Lock Arnaud Loumeau Jeremiah Maddock Sakura Maku Lionel Maunz Taylor McKimens Jesse McManus Garrett Morin Christopher Silas Neal Molly Colleen O’Connell Kate O’Connor Martin Ontiveros Chauney Peck Luke Ramsey Martha Rich David Sandlin Emilio Santoyo William Schaff Daniel St. George Crystal Stokowski Mike Taylor Thesis Peter Thompson Matthew Thurber Chris Uphues Damian Weinkrantz Eric White
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Does anyone like Suburbia by Richard Linklater as much as me? 1996, I think the word to describe a generation of kids coming of age was Slacker which was ironically, Richard Linklater's break out film title. Usually rating a 6 or a 7, a 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, and that's about it. It's a two hour film, which I keep hoping is going to come out on DVD, but it hasn't. I found a torrent and got to...
Does anyone like Suburbia by Richard Linklater as much as me? 1996, I think the word to describe a generation of kids coming of age was Slacker which was ironically, Richard Linklater’s break out film title. Usually rating a 6 or a 7, a 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, and that’s about it. It’s a two hour film, which I keep hoping is going to come out on DVD, but it hasn’t. I found a torrent and got to rewatch this again and again. I think the work is genius. Imagine a group of kids from Burnfield, USA where ever that is, who hang out in front of 7-11. They drink, hang out, and goof around. There’s the ex military dude who was the local high school’s star quarterback now a drunk, the goof ball played by Steve Zahn, the cerebral over analyzer Giovanni Ribisi, his girlfriend the upbeat but crappy “artist” who plans to go to art school and move to the big city, the local girl who seems to have nothing special going for her, but a drinking problem, and the young South Asian couple who own the 7-11. The night is young and they’re waiting for their once friend from Burnfield now rock star, Pony to come visit them. He shows up with Parker Posey and that’s when the drama begins. He rides up in a limo, checks out Ribisi’s girlfriend, pisses off Ribisi, since he’s the big star artist and he’s not, meanwhile, almost everyone makes fun of the convenience store owner because he’s South Asian. Then as the film goes, you realize the South Asian guy has a point as he often gets pissed off at his peers who have it all and have nothing, while he has to struggle. Meanwhile, the kids point is that they’re being spoon fed everything, but can’t make anything with it. As the film continues you find how you value each person, and you don’t quite know who’s right or wrong if there is such a thing here. Each makes their points. Why isn’t it on DVD?Frontal nudity by Giovanni Ribisi? Supposedly it’s Warner Brothers and they don’t license their films to Criterion. Linklater wants the film to be a Criterion edition. However in an interview in 2007, he mentions that it’s coming out in september (2007). But it never came out… So I downloaded the torrent that’s formatted for TV. Better than nothing.
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