Nikki Graziano
Viva Sea-Tac
Well, hi from Seattle. I’ve got internet now because after two months living on the road and out of a suitcase, I’m calling this place home for now. It’s a weird feeling. Today was only the fourth or fifth day of rain I’ve seen since I got here, but all I can hear right now [...]
A frontier thesis, of sorts.
The last thing that Alex said to me when I left Rochester a couple weeks ago was, “blog about it.” I thought that would be a funny way of starting this. Hey Alex. I’m exactly a week into my trip now. Last Friday morning I left my parents’ house in New Jersey at about 8 [...]
Also a life update.
Ysanya’s post made me realize that I haven’t posted in a serious while. We all haven’t, really. I hope that changes, though, cause I like the idea of this collective more now that we’ve all scattered out of RIT and we all have more things to talk about than the same crits and shows and work. [...]
Stuck.
Philadelphia, PA (April, 2010) Nate and I, Philadelphia, PA (April, 2010) Natalie (April, 2010) I’m in a rut. I’ve been in a rut all year. I went to submit for the Honors Show last week and realized that I hadn’t made any work that I was satisfied with all year. Here’s some recent stuff. I’ve [...]
New Brunswick, NJ.
This is one of my best friends Marchesano. I’ve been trying to photograph him since high school but every image I make of him never says the right thing and I throw it out the window. This is the closest I’ve gotten. We were hungover as shit. I spent the morning playing with his half-blind [...]
It’s long. I know
Last week upon registering for Spring quarter, I came to the realization that I should’ve been taking a certain math class all this quarter. It’s a prerequisite for almost all of the classes I have left to take, and if I want to be out of here by the [...]
Crunching
A couple of new portraits. I’ve been generating some rough mental sketches for next quarters project, getting pretty excited but I’ve gotta really figure it out before I want to ask for thoughts. It feels like week nine right now. [...]
New Work
Some new stuff. I don’t have much to say. This is all from New Jersey visits. Your thoughts are extremely welcome. Revere Court, Howell NJ, November 2009. Mom and Missy Falling Asleep Watching TV, Howell NJ, December 2009. Kacie, Freehold NJ, November 2009. Kacie with Closed Eyes, Freehold NJ, November 2009. The Bush That’s Tied [...]
Girls Bathroom next to Webb, Last Stall.
“SOMETIMES I AM BAFFLED BY JUST HOW PRETENTIOUS THE SUNDAY WEDNESDAY BLOG IS.” “YEAH! YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, SNOB CITY.” “OMG SO TRUE.”
My machine, she's a dud
I’ve decided that over Thanksgiving break I’m going to start a new series on Freehold. Recently I came to the realization that a lot of the people I used to care about and surround myself with are no longer in my life. All of a sudden, it’s been four years since all of my ‘best [...]