Back in April I bartered a watercolor portrait of a guy who wanted to replace Cosmos Kramer's image for his, in a poster. I bartered this portrait for an orange weed-wacker so I could straighten up my back yard before moving. This transaction would instate the first of a series of the Craigslist Barter Project.
Currently, I am working out the next dealing in the series. So far it looks like I will be drawing a picture for a tattoo in trade for four wooden pallets to build a compost pile in the back yard with.
I'm not sure how I want to exhibit this series. I'm picturing an installation of sorts, with the various objects displayed around the space alongside adjoining documentation of the process, and evidence of the already absent art that was bartered. Perhaps I could get in touch with the people I worked with and see if they would send up the work for the show, but somehow, I think that the "arts" absence is more powerful. . .
I am thinkiing about creating a new blog site for this project only, to track the process of comings and goings. This should be fun.
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