Talking site specificity with the multifaceted Katie Pearl, in town for a project (or, as William Gaddis might put it, a frolic of her own), and oh, it was fun.  She’s done a lot of site-specific work, and told me some things we might expect with our own presentation (and gave the nod to don’t-know/beginner’s mind, whcih was very validating).

She also pointed me to several fantastic artists whose work I hadn’t known before (like Erin Orr and Chris Green, for two), and I was able to tell her about the musical monkey circus of Joe Stacey.  She also dug the pictures of the bag masks….I can’t wait to see what she makes of what she’s making now.

This kind of cross-pollination is one of the underreported joys of making stuff: stories, toys, art, oh yes.  And asking questions is opening doors.