MARINA ZURKOW
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Resources: http://www.city-data.com/ http://nyc.pediacities.com/ http://maps.nyc.gov/census/ Greenpoint Councilmember/District D33- Levin Population White, non-hispanic: 76.9% Black, non-hispanic: 1.2% Asian, non-hispanic: 4.9% Other, non-hispanic: 0.6% 2 or more, non-hispanic: 1.7% Hispanic/Latinx: 14.7% Median Age: 34 Median Household Income: 45k Employment Breakdown White Collar: 62% Blue Collar: 38% Education Bachelor’s or higher: 51% Did not attain HS diploma: 19%…
Calling all Life Coaches! Looking for hospice workers for the human species. Applicants must submit brief (under 1 page) essay on why s/he feels qualified for the job. Modest pay.
I hadn’t quite connected big box stores to container ships, and the idea of non-space and non-place, til i came across this still. Marc Augé writes about non-place in his eponymous book on Supermodernity , and Robert Smithson of course said it first (“non-site, the gallery as a kind of blank): which is from the movie The…
I have been struggling (again) with ways to succinctly describe what I am up to in Portland. I’ve had over 40 meetings since June 1, engaged with (taken the time of) a host of generous people, and what I’ve come away with is that the project is perceived alternately as: Really exciting | How can I…
Supplies: grain spawn (many are fast growing; Pleurotus (oyster muchroom) is probably the fastest species, and is hardy, in terms of resistance to competition, but it will depend on the density you desire). You can purchase from mycosense, fungi.com, etc. I recommend mycosense because they are a small attentive company, and they are really into this process and work. 100…
I’m learning how to grow mycelium materials. First, a big shout out to Phil Ross for teaching workshops about this process, and for being a pioneer willing to share. Here are some janky documentation images of my process (with support and help from Jon Salmon of Mycosense and Sara Huston of TLAAG). I’ll get a more orderly post…
So… my PDX project’s gone through some shifts in the last 3 weeks. I lost my design partners, but gained them as consultants! and some great new allies have appeared. I have a new name for the project, and a framework of a project that suggests a permanent floating studio, less of a sculpture-centric temporary artwork: Floating…
Thanks to Howard Silverman for the reference.
As part of SSC’s inaugural tasting and brainstorm event, I made a new version of a jellyfish granita that Lucullan Foods and I developed at Rice U in March. We decided to top the granita with a sweet sashimi – we wanted local geoduck clam, but couldn’t get any, so went with Kampachi (“boutique yellowtail) which…
Our first full try: from river clay to tea bowls. Thanks to the generous Ruth Frances Greenberg’s vast talents and tools.
I think we found our myco pal!!!! Normal enough — when wearing plaid. Sampan Super Chai‘s new friend, Jon Salmon of Mycosense Mushrooms, a PDX-based start up and supplier of kits and spawn inoculants “with the goal of enabling individuals to grow their own choice edible mushrooms right in their own homes starting with our Miraculous Growing Kits. For the…
Ruth Greenberg generously took Sara’s and my (stupidly, virtuous, instructive, intimate) hard labor of crushing, prepping and wedging the clay… and made cups. It’s magic. These aren’t fired yet… mind…
Was lucky to go foraging with Eric Lyon of Oregon Black Truffles on Larch Mountain for native forest chai ingredients, and Becky Lerner of First Ways at the Sandy Delta, for nettles to make pesto : The double-fisted King Bolete is not from today; it’s part of Eric Lyon’s haul from last week. There’s Eric Lyon, by the clear cut….
Sara Huston of TLAAG is back. Together we processed over 40lbs of clay – crushed, mixed the river clay with 20% ball clay, wetted, and wedged. …and I need to pay tribute to my temporary roommate at NDOI, Miriam. She’s a very self-possessed, human-agnostic, cuddly comedian.
I’m in PDX this month in residence at an awesome tiny home, through Ann Chen’s good graces and her project NDOI (Nomadic Dept of the Interior); Ann also cofounded Phats Valley Residency in Cape Cod. This house is a handmade cabin, in the middle of NE PDX. Its chief resident is a cat named Miriam. I’m spending the rest of…
We have micro-macro ecosystems that contain new forms of geological evidences: “Future Fossils: Plastic Stone” …researchers have discovered an unexpected way that some plastic waste is persisting: as a new type of stone. The substance, called plastiglomerate, is a fusion of natural and manufactured materials. Melted plastic binds together sand, shells, pebbles, basalt, coral and wood,…