Ephemera

A batch of makings, 20th-century art, and so on.

I’ll add to and/or subtract from this page from time to time, until none/neither of us remembers which was the original batch. Something to look forward to.

Dave Shulman - No Matter Who I Vote For, It Always Ends Up Nixon, 1985. 48 × 99 × 48 inches.

No Matter Who I Vote For, It Always Ends up Nixon, 1985

Auto parts, transparent plastic tubes and stylized receptacles (most from Solter Plastics) filled with colored water; non-functioning electrical circuitry, plaster cast of my legs and left hand, warehouse pallet, plaster, eucalyptus logs, curtains.
84 x 48 x 48 inches
Dave Shulman - The Black Knight (Job Interview), 1985. 52 × 30 × 42 inches.

The Black Knight (Job Interview), 1985

Plastic, masonite, plaster, coaxial cable, acrylic paint and its bucket.
52 x 30 x 42 inches
Silver Lake Land, L.A. Weekly spread, 1997. 13 × 22 inches.

Silver Lake Land: The Board Game You Don’t Play, 1997

L.A. Weekly spread. Written by Libby Molyneaux, Nancy Whalen and me.
I have no idea why — Libby probably remembers.
13 x 22 inches.

Radioactive Popcorn, 1985
(19 minutes)

Originally part of a video-installation performance that featured the timely delivery of several large, delicious pizzas. (Thanks again Brellis!)
Horrible quality. Mastered on 3/4-inch tape, this version was semi-rescued from a third- or fourth-generation 1/2-inch copy. Thrashed, but I messed with it enough to get a general idea.
Maybe these tidbits will make it less interesting:
The mailman is played by Jeffrey Vallance.
The music during the Gilbert Shelton homage (13:18) is “Abandoned Cities” by Harold Budd, from his 1984 album of the same name. I did not know Harold and used it without permission. Four years later, Harold and I were roommates, and he forgave me.
“Friend Dave” was played by a friend named Dave.
Dave Shulman - Trombonixon, 2011. 38 × 12 × 10 inches. ●

Trombonixon, 2011

Acrylic, gesso, coffee, on trombone case (trombone included)
38 x 12 x 10 inches
Collection of Laurie Steelink
L.A. Weekly's 2nd Annual List Issue (cover), 2002.

Cover, L.A. Weekly’s 2nd Annual List Issue, 2002

This was one of my favorite projects at L.A. Weekly. I got to conceive and edit the issue, design the cover, and lay out much of the interior, per Bill Smith’s design. The sorely missed Lewis MacAdams told me it was the only issue of the Weekly he’d ever read in its entirety. I’m assuming he meant the editorial content and not the cosmetic-surgery ads.