BEN-JAMMIN’

Yeah, I think if  you have some sort of fancy computer/tech job in England and you are getting paid for that fancy job in  Pounds…

you should take advantage of that currency exchange rate ( a friggin’ steal at £59.29 GBP)  and support your starving graduate students in America.  Thank you Michael Vachon for being my first international patron. i feel fancy.

I hope people go and check out your site: http://www.professionalcrm.com because i’ll be honest, client relationships really do matter.

Every orange square is a print sold or traded.  Contact me iminyeh@gmail.com if you want to help change the installation and make a little orange space for yourself:

Oh, don’t you hate it when you stumble across a project that is similar in many aspects to your own. Except that it is technologically more advanced, more successful of a dialogue on labor and exchange and interaction, and just downright generous.  Alright, really the only thing we have in common is the Benjamin.  Ten Thousand Cents (http://www.tenthousandcents.com) is fantastic. It was an honor to share the APAture festival exhibition space with them and it is my pleasure to share a bit of the world wide web as well.   If you have $100 bucks to spare on art, send it the Ten Thousand Cent guys, Each print proceeds go to the One Laptop per Child Project.  If you have an extra $100 or a awesome $100 creative traderoo well, I know exactly where you could send that!

Anna is one of my fellow CCA MFAers.  Technically she is in the Metal/jewelry department but I think she is in the smart, well-crafted, and generous Art department.  She made this fantastic ring in exchange for Benjam number 33.  It mythically fit my finger perfectly and matched my personality with its sweet pink sparkle.  I’m gonna cruise the town with my $100 bling. Thank you Anna, and I know we are gonna do some collaborative work soon.

Take a look at this guy:

 Scary as he may seem, he is one of the best house guests to my apartment in recent history. List of things he does which is awesome.

1. you would never know where he slept, ever. The  man cleans up so well that i think the kitchen (the only place left in the house for guests) is cleaner after his visit than before.  

2. he is really quiet and respects the fact that we have too many people in one house and some people do not have complete walls.

3. he is a democrat

4. he supports artist and buys benjam prints!

So come on people, next time you want a vacation in san francisco, know that you have some BIG shoes to fill.  Thank you matt voell and your mysterious request to have the Number 22 print. I’m gonna go google up famous atheletes with that number or perhaps it is a subtle hint that your birthday is on the 22nd.  Who knows, he is an international man of mystery.  have a safe flight.