Work and “Work”

I start a job in a little less than two weeks at the Johns Hopkins Library. I am excited to sit and review bibliographic data, quietly, for a few months. I got my staff ID card today and realized with some embarrassment that it is an “actual college” and that the campus is far bigger than I really realized. I always kind of thought they were kidding about schools having quads. It should be interesting, especially in the fall when all the college students are actually there.

In the meantime before the Hopkins job starts I am doing a “job” next week for The Work Office. I am making them a map. You should go to the payday party next Friday if you want to see my project! It will probably be awesome.

Reading a lot of geography theory and old magazines. Did everyone already deal with that Kostenbaum essay on Ryan Trecartin in the summer Artforum? Because it is freaking me out. Although I kind of love that the same issue in which Kostenbaum says he doesn’t care about the death of the book there’s an essay highlighting some of the print and book work of Seth Price. Anyway. If Ryan Trecartin’s ADD-is-the-new-consciousness art kills books, then books can’t possibly be that strong. Come on, people.