Andrew's Sketchbook Drawing
I only have acress to a scanner every once in while so here is a George W. Bush + Co. from the newspaper for 'yall. Color added in Illustrator.

Favorite Chicago Sounds
A great project founded by artist Jesse Seay, favoritechicagosounds.com is a found-sound online archive. I am helping with web-design and audio capture. I am currently working on logo design and am welcoming feedback from anyone who happens to be reading. There are a few options up in the air. If you have an opinion, please email me with your thoughts. Click here to see more logos.

Totally Work Related Comics
"T.W.R.C. is a product of Alan Henderson's diseased brain and too much free time. Also, it is totally boss." TWRC#1, TWRC#3

Geoffrey Hamerlinck Sketchbook Pages from Czech Republic, Fall 2004
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A Bad Day For The First Ammendment
Marine Corps Vet and former Teacher of the Year in Chesterfield, VA. Fired for Butt-Print Artwork... "Murmer went to great lengths to keep his work life separate from his activities as an artist, said ACLU executive director Kent Willis. As a butt-printing artist, he goes by the name "Stan Murmur," and appears in disguise in photographs and videos promoting his art."

Link to Fox News Article
Link to YouTube Video
Link to http://buttprintart.com
Link to more recent YouTube News Clip

Doomsday Clock Closer to Midnight as Nuclear War Risk Grows
"The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) announced this week that the minute hand of the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" will move closer to midnight on January 17, 2007. This shift is the first such change to the Clock since February 2002:

The major new step reflects growing concerns about a "Second Nuclear Age" marked by grave threats, including: nuclear ambitions in Iran and North Korea, unsecured nuclear materials in Russia and elsewhere, the continuing "launch-ready" status of 2,000 of the 25,000 nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and Russia, escalating terrorism, and new pressure from climate change for expanded civilian nuclear power that could increase proliferation risks.

The January 17 announcement will take place simultaneously in two locations: at 9:30 a.m. ET at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., and at 2:30 p.m. GMT in London at The Royal Society. Speakers will include Stephen Hawking, BAS director Kennette Benedict, Royan Society president Sir Martin Rees, Case Western physics and astronomy professor Lawrence M. Krauss, and International Crisis Group co-chair Ambassador Thomas Pickering." via bOINGbOING

Link to Wikipedia article on the Doomsday Clock.
Link to BAS website

ART SHOW
Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun
Opens this week in at SCSU in St. Cloud, MN. Featuring work by Valerie Snobeck, Geoffrey Hammerlinck, Andrew Neher, Christa Dalien, Aki Osumi. Painting, Photography, Silkscreen, Audio Installation, Sculpture.

Cat Stevens is Back
He released a new album, An Other Cup in November 2006 under his Islamic name, Yusuf Islam. You can listen to the entire thing for free if you regester at the website. It is not the best thing in the world, but it has it's moments.
Wikipedia Entry for Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam website

Minneapolis Art Hotel
"Features over 200 pieces of original contemporary art from the private collection of the hotel's Owner, Ralph Burnet" The Chambers Hotel.

Found Audio
Article today in the Chicago Tribune about Artist Jesse Seay and her current ongoing project, Favorite Chicago Sounds [dot] com

Another found audio site along with other cool stuff, The Quiet American [dot] org features field recordings made in Vietnam and One Minute Vacations, both by Aaron Ximm.

Three Films
We watched these three interesting films recently. Val is writing a paper for school so we've had lots of discussions about how they relate to each other and why they are important. The images link to online reviews and analysis of the three films.

1. Michael Snow's "Wavelength"
2. Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger"
3. Werner Herzog's "Aguirre, Wrath of God"

We found that one of the themes that these films have in common is that of fate-driven, path-following characters. In "Wavelength", the camera movement (which in this case, is the main character, or the viewer) detirmines the path towards the eternal. In "The Passenger", it is Robertson's datebook that moves the story and Locke forward towards his death, and in "Wrath of God", the river delivers them to their fate.

Additional Links
Wikipedia entry for Michael Snow
Wikipedia entry for Michelangelo Antonioni
Wikipedia entry for Werner Herzog

Sticker Art
Printed by Pat Callahan at Synthetic Sunshine Press. July 2006

NEW SCREENPRINT
Printed at Synthetic Sunshine Press in Minneapolis
Designed by me, Andrew Neher, this 4-color(spot) silkscreen will be used as a book cover for my new portfolio booklet. I am begining the job hunt for the upcoming Chicago move. Pat Callahan and I printed an edition of 125 in his basement print shop in Minneapolis, MN.

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Zefrank.com
We're All so Pretty. Take a picture of yourself imitating a model in a magazine or on a billboard. Make sure both you and the model appear in the picture.

Crocodile Tears. To participate, send a closeup image of yourself pretending to cry to ze@zefrank.com.

Testpilot Collective. Some very excellent Typefaces and other stuff. Looks like they are working on getting a new site up soon.

Google Video of Russians Climbing and Jumping like crazed drug addicted monkeys.

My friend from school Theodore Hunstinger at St. Cloud State says: "I thought I'd let everyone know that I just updated my web-site again. For those of you who can not make it to St. Cloud to see my masters show, you can find photographs of my show on my MN Artist Webpage."

Welcome Stranger...
"...was the name given to the discovery of a large gold nugget, measuring 61 cm by 31 cm, discovered by John Deason (married man) and Richard Oates (bachelor) at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia on February 5, 1869" link to Wikipedia entry.

Gemstone Birthday Chart
Val gets a Ruby, Andrew gets an Opal.