Another Day

Another play - Handwritten notes from the would-be hero/professor of Printmaking Camp he made while trying to morph a rock group computer game into a learning experience for printmaking students. He’s on Chapter 2, level 14, and he thinks he found a surprising story link. 503 Words. ri100110. ©2010 Bill Ritchie.

Carrying Carrion

The next level of a project - Over twenty years ago this former art professor began a project he called “Carry On Carrion: Full Circle.” He never finished. Now a new experience is opening up, thanks to a chance encounter with another professor. Writing now he envisions on a new level. 1529 Words. ri100219. ©2010 Bill Ritchie

El Regalo de Ulises Carrion

The Gift of Ulises Carrion - Do we have bigger ambitions when we are young compared to when we are older? When he was forty years old, this art professor (now retired) wanted to start an international institute for study of multimedia arts. One who inspired him was Ulises Carrion, a Mexican artist/archivist who showed the kind of thinking needed for vast ideas in media. In a video the professor sent his archive to a Mexican colleague who might have been part of his ambitious dream. As this blog session failed to upload the video, he sends it to his YouTube site instead: omemeralda.

Where 2 Now?

You’ve won the game – Now what? - After ten weeks playing a casual game by a classical rock group, the author wonders what he’s supposed to do with what he learned in the process. He played the game like an outsider, trying to learn from musicians what an artist can get from video gaming. 751 Words. ri100209. ©2010 Bill Ritchie.