grizzly

sad news.
prepare to be bummed out.
my grandpa died.

so you don't have to guess this one.
it's him.

Mr. Richard E. Killian.
(had I been named after my other grandpa, I'd be Max St.Ofle)

Anyway, "if you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly" is quite possibly the R. Killian creed.
He had a Real-Estate Investment company and he made that the motto for his company.
it was a joke.
he was funny.

He had a hit put out on him when he lived in Guatemala, because the company he owned wouldn't do business with the guerrillas.
I wouldn't make this shit up.

he was pretty interesting.

Meadow Dusk

this one is harder.
I'll try and do one of these every day.

here's a hint.
well -- nah.
I'll give you a hint if you can't get it.

(click on it, it looks better bigger)


(St.Ofle, le 29 Brumaire, 217)

Love,
Richard

Magic Show

ok, ok.
Yoko was easy.
I had no idea who I was dealing with.
get this one and I'll be impressed.

I worked on this for a long time
enjoy


(St.Ofle Le 27 Brumaire, 217)


Love
Love
Love
Richard


p.s.
there are a few surprises on the way
a few forms of good things coming.
it's on the way, but it takes a lot of work, so be patient.
I'm excited.

Feeling the Space

another one.
I like this game too.



(click or you can't see it)


guess carefully, friends.
Love,
Richard


(St.Ofle, le 27 Brumaire, 217)

Orange, le 24 Brumaire, 217 (another)

Here's another one.
some of you friends got the right answer on the last one.
presents coming.

who said this?
who is this?
(it's easier)
another chance

(click to make it bigger)



Love,
Richard

Forward With The Orthodox (and get rid of the income tax)

You: Richard, what were you working on so late last night?

Me: I'll show you --



you get a prize if you know that quote.
you get a prize if you can read it.

Dentelaire, Le 18 Brumaire 217

more trick photography
taken the other night
at 25th & O
1am

camera settings were
25 seconds
ISO 800
f/22

more to come

Gemini Residence : Kim Høltermand

Another found photo (photos, yes, but I couldn't pick one) of the day.
Kim Høltermand (b. 1977) is a photographer from Denmark.

Jerboa

My old pal Jeremy was a creep for halloween
(I made him worse)

Scorsonère, Le 8 Brumaire, 217

-- o(s) of course.
not --o.
(as in plural)
photos of the day

take a mission (fixed)

ok everyone
calm down
clam down
I fixed the link
breathe easy.

take a mission

Found Kiss

daily found photo
(I'll do more don't worry)


Here is a rare photo of KISS as little kids.







(there's this too)

take a mission

Here's a little present for you.
Imagine it's 1999
and my (now) 12 year old sister is 4

I was recording an album that never turned into anything, and like any little sister, Anna wanted to help, so we recorded a song together.

(she sang of course)
what sounds like little kid talk is actually (apparently) real lyrics.
the song (according to Anna) is called "take a mission"


take a mission.m4a

Héliotrope, le 6 Brumaire, 217

Here, friends is the best part of my day.
in sound at least.
rather, the sounds of the best part of my day.

am I making sense?

I say this in jest, of course, but what you hear is me sighing;
step
step
step
the door open
step X a few more
another door
and I'm off of work

time for toy guns
and balloons
and evil fates
birds with worms
and the best teammates



pity_roar.amr


(here's a picture for you)

Per BARCLAY
Ashild 2008
1/3
Photo marouflé sur aluminium
120 x 101 cm
47 1/4 x 39 3/4 in
(GB 04609)

Panorama (Tonneau, le 30 Vendémiaire, 217)

If you know me like you think you know me, you know that I like summing a whole event up into a series of photos

This is no different.
I photographed Corine's new haircut
I think there are 79 photos in all
Taken at (obviously) different times, and from (obviously) different points of view.
I wasn't paying attention to anything
and I wasn't being careful
(of anything)

I then fed them into a panorama maker
(a.k.a. a photo-stitching tool)
which is a magic machine that -- well, that's boring technical stuff.
enjoy.


please click on them to make them bigger
they're ugly small












the soundtrack for this
is
this

Mixtape (present)

Hi again.

Remember how I told you I've been listening to Philip Glass' Opening over and over?


I made you a mixtape.
now you can too.

p.s.
I made you another one too, but that one is for later.

Pêche, le 22 Vendémiaire, 217

Hello citizens and dear friends,


I've been reading a book on experimental photography, and camera hows.
I decided that it was time for me to play trick photography.

If you were at my house looking at these, or there as they happened, the soundtrack would be Philip Glass' Glassworks especially the track called "Opening" which is so good that it makes you want to do all sorts of things you never wanted to do before. (like eat Thai food, Jeremy).

By the way, I'm going to stop cursing as much, as I've just found out that my internet savvy Mother reads this very blog (hi Mom), but just because I don't say it, doesn't mean I don't mean it.

It used to be the case that I could write anything online because no one in my family knows that the fuck the internet is. (hi Dad, you'll never read this)

Anyway, all of these were taken with very long shutter speeds.
The first three at 10" with an external flash periodically going off
(these were all taken in complete dark)
and the bottom three on the "bulb" setting, and I drew the faces with the light from my bicycle.

YWC fliers

st.ofle



graciela.



jonathan haggard

Maracudja

This is a little gift I brought back from Guadeloupe.
it's a secret Guadeloupian alcohol recipe called "maracoujda"

this is an experiment too
to see if you can get it image-wise

please make this
please yourself

I know some of you are abstaining for the moment
as am I
but abstinence is not fun
(as you should have figured out by now)

of special note is the fact that the fruit here is passion fruit
and the sugar is unrefined
the rum can be any rum, as long as you have a fancy bottle to put it in later
(as demonstrated)

Recently in Arnhem

Simone Decker
Recently in Arnhem
2001 Arnhem, Sonsbeek 9

Inkjet print, PVC

sous les pavés la plage

found photo
not May 68
but a good idea all the same

picking up girls made easy

this record is full of 1970s-esque stereotypes about women

I'll contribute $1 for every vote for the right answer to charity
(we'll vote on that later too)
(the rest of the answers are wrong)





(click to read this)

what innapropriate advice does this 1978 record offer?
	"don't sleep with a Navy man, he's probably got an STD"
	"white girls give better blowjobs"
	"most asians won't have sex before marriage"
	"the pull-out method is better than nothing"
	"sex in a vehicle can be dangerous"
	"once you go black, you'll never go back"
	"group sex is only appropriate if you know your partners well"
	"if a girl seems "easy", she probably is"
	"alcohol is a good way to relax a girl before intercourse"
	"overweight girls will do anything for their boyfriends"
	"girls like boys with tight pants"
	"californian girls are uptight, and probably won't put-out"

YWC Flier

yes we can

Olivia Coelho and I are curating an art show at Bows & Arrows to support Barack Obama.

the show will include Graciela Guardado, Jessica Murietta, Olivia Coelho, Adrienne Yan, Samantha Pollak, Kiny Mccarrick, Corine St.Ofle, Richard St.Ofle and more.


If you want to contribute, please contact me (you know how),

all proceeds will be donated to the Obama campaign.
flier coming soon.

Midtown Monthly

Did anyone see the cover of Midtown Monthly this month?

Thanks Portland

My good good (x 1,000) pals and I were in Portland for this show.

I saw some good (x 1,000) pals that were already in Portland.
I had fun.
Here is proof.

(Ali & Whitney)

(Rafter = Pissed that there are only 4 chips)

(thumbs up, Mt. Shasta)

(Olivia in the nest looking aggrivated)

(a bum washing our windows (don't worry, we didn't give him any change, they do it for free in Oregon))

(g.m.f.)

(proud Matt with some free coffee he scored laying someones' lawn)

(Olivia giving a thumb to the chicken)

(Portland vegan BLT, aka PVBLT)

(us)

(Hostile Tapeover)

(Tim & Whitney)

(Sara, Ali, Oli)

(us)

(show)

(seriously the best photo I've ever taken, look carefully)

Self Mugshot (out of the fire)

the sun was in my eyes, so you can't see the fire in them.
all criminals have fire in their eyes

don't believe me?
look

Corine Mugshot II (thank you rum expert)

A lesson to us all that behind that cute smile beats the heart of one of Guadeloupe's most notorious criminals.
more proof perhaps that you can't judge a book by its' cover.

consumption squares

My great pal Ondine and I decided to play a trick on the world.
The greatest trick of all.
What is it?
Why, we photographed everything we ate for a day, of course.

Ondine is on the other side of the planet, in a strange land called Switzerland.
You can read about it.
It's a real place.

Anyway -- I'm kind of obsessed with this idea of consumption, so she photographed everything she ate yesterday for me, and I did the same.

She's a better photographer than I am, and it shows.
Sorry everyone.

St.Ofle


Ondine

Buy a Mystery Note

If you know me like you say you know me, you'll know that my most hated things are;
Thomas Kinkade
Marco Materazzi
Freedom
Money
and Snakes with Human-Teeth

Alas, I'm a realist (isn't that hilarious? everyone thinks they're a realist) and I suppose I need money to support my (art) habit.

I'm offering my Mystery Note Services for a fee.
$20 buys you the following;

1. Mystery Note delivered to anyone you choose
2. Photographic proof
3. Complete anonymity
4. Your choice of message*

What I need from you;

1. $20 (lesser donations are accepted, if you're broke)
2. Location of your victim's house/car (you can also choose a stranger)
3. A note, or message for your victim (you can also have me create one)
4. a rough idea of this person's schedule

*=Messages can be anything you want, no matter how imoral, as long as I don't get beat up, or thrown in jail for delivering it (i.e. no death threats, but I don't mind telling your boss he smells like shit)

Also;
I'll only wait around for them to come back & get the note for so long.
Time is money, you know?
In all cases you'll have photos of me delivering the note, but I may not be able to see them read the note.




click the button below to buy.

The Other Night Squares

A few nights ago (3-28-2008 to be exact) I went to a party at Bows & Arrows.
Here's how I squared.

Evan Mugshot

So this mugshot thing is a recurring project.
This is my pal Evan Ferro (of the incredible band Bright Light Fever).

A few things you may not know about Evan;
Evan loves pineapple, french fries, super nintendo and thinks chicks would diiiiieeee to have his hair color.

Shaun Slaughter Squares (S³)

I asked my pal Shaun Slaughter do do some squares too.
Shaun is the DJ/genius behind Lipstick & Vicious (two of the funnest things to do in Sacramento).
Come to think of it, hundreds of Sacrementans have Shaun to thank for getting laid.
thanks Shaun.


anyway, he's a brilliant designer too
and an overall really nice guy
and did this for me:


(click to make bigger)

Michelle Suzanne Squares

So my pal Michelle did a square.
I'm impressed.
her art work is mainly vector-based, design-heavy and totally beautiful.
I like her squares, because they remind me of her. (I see a lot of Michelle). They're colorful, light-hearted, and strong compositionally.

enjoy


(click to make bigger)

Corine Mugshot

I'm going to start taking mug-shits of my friends.
What better way to say "I love you" than to treat someone like a criminal?
none of my friends are criminals.
(if they were, I'd tell you)

so;
here's part one:
this is Corine

concordia/discordia

I have two new things
new news if you will.

The;
concordia/discordia site (growing in the coming days)
concordia/discordia blog (blossoming daily)

Olympique de Marseille vs FC Spartak Moscow Squares

This new set of squares comes form the UEFA Champions' League round of 32 game between Olympique de Marseille and FC Spartak Moscow.

I watched the game on the internet, and it was terrible quality.
As I was watching the game, I started to get really excited about the blur and distortion caused by the low-quality of the video.

I took a few snapshots of the screen, and soon became totally engrossed in the art of the game, and entirely lost track of the game itself.

I imagined that this is probably the way our parents and grandparents felt as they watched their favorite sports teams when TV was young.
was that a goal?
who has the ball?
how much time is left?
what just happened?
the blur/fuzz/lapse makes the game that much more suspensful when it's hard to see.


(click on the image to make it larger)

8 (ate)

I photographed everything I ate yesterday
it's abnormal -- it was an abnormal eating day
which makes it interesting
I usually eat normally.

1. coffee & a bran muffin at my desk (7:30am)
2. girl-scout cookies (forced on me) (11:am)
3. lunch with Alina (12:30pm)
4. Alina's sandwinch (which I didn't eat, but is part of the story)
5. I dind't photgraph my beer but I had one -- two with Olivia, Trisha, Rafter, Sarah, Lacadia, etc. etc.(9:30pm -- 10:00pm)
this is a picture of beer -- (to help you imagine what my beer looked like.