STATEMENT: I have reached a new plane of development in my art but need additional funding if I am to take my probing of normative Western norms to the next level. (See materials and anticipated travel lists, attached.)
MELDON SANDROW
curriculum vitae
1995-6: – begin throwing corks at a bucket during toga party, UC Merced
– MFA thesis project, UC Merced, “Throwing Corks At A Bucket: A Critique Of Assumptions Regarding Negative Space.”
– mentions / appearances: San Marino Art Quarterly, Inland Valley Perfornace (sic) Arts Review, COPS (Fox TV)
1997: – romantic problems/professional & academic setbacks
– one (1) arts-related arrest
– get cork / bucket tattoo
1998: – travel (Minnesota, Tijuana) for research
– throw corks at buckets / cubos
– obtain GRE
1999: – cashier & counter training, Chick-Fil-A
– phone interview, Nebraska Arts Weekly Purview
– throw corks at a bucket
– briefly question necessity of bucket
2000: – San Pedro, CA, Lemon Festival: throw corks at multiple buckets
– Audience Appreciation Award (150 lemons; declined)
2001: – temporarily blocked, cannot see new ways to throw corks at a bucket
2002: – watch over 350 hours of basketball, modify technique of throwing corks at a bucket
– independent study, Pelham Grant, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (!).
– profiled, Sheffield Today: “Is Visiting Artist Barmy Git?”
2003: – (briefly) engaged
– fraud dispute and counterclaim re: Pelham Foundation settled out of court
2004: – residency, parents’ house, Bakersfield, CA. Paper (unpublished): “A Critique Of The Public And Legal Response On Two Continents To Explorations Of Space-Invasive Projecta.”
2005: – appearance (“He Throws Corks At A Bucket”), Bakersfield Breakfast Today
2006: – Doctorow Grant, UC Davis. Travel to Papua New Guinea (!) to see if anyone there has thrown corks at a bucket
2007: – de-worming, Holy Cross Bakersfield (outpatient)
– videotape self throwing corks at a bucket
– performance piece, “The Doctorow Foundation Never Asked Exactly What I’d Be Doing,” Fresno Superior Court
2008: – interview, “Why Buckets, Why Corks?” The Bakersfield High Crimson-Banner
2009: – study synthetic corks to determine effect on throwing corks at buckets
– throw corks at a bucket outside Forever 21, Bakersfield Mall, as protest against hiring standards. (Article: “Huh?” Riverside Metropolitan)
– in meta-artistic statement, throw buckets at corks, The John Kerwin Show, JLTV. (YouTube, until taken down by copyright holder)
2010: – study Zen
– throw imaginary cork at invisible bucket
– one-man show, Bakersfield Plaza Mall food court (changed Mall Hours sign to promote critique of negative space)
– article: “Local Artist Lives In Own World,” Inland Empire Auto Trader.
– mention: “Vandalism Or Art?” Atascadero Legal-Fact-A-Day Calendar
2011: – Corrections column, Bakersfield Leader, clarifies throwing corks at bucket as exploratory art work, not “cause of the disturbance.” Four follow-up Letters To The Editor stimulate local Arts discussion.
– 50 hours teaching art to underprivileged children
2012: – throw thesis at former professor. (undocumented performance, UC Merced campus, 9/16/12)
2013-14: – (study journalism, UCLA Extension, with Dr. Hrant J. Morpule)
– experiment with throwing corks at other negative spaces
– banned from Chuck E. Cheese, Los Angeles Zoo and Angelyne
2015: – crisis 1: mother throws out early cork-throwing Polaroids which were to have been foundation of career retrospective, along with early in-packet Star Wars toys
– crisis 2: Dr. Morpule determined to have been scam artist wanted in Ecuador for bus pass forgery. Journalism certificate rescinded.
– crisis 3: get bunion from wandering
2016: – contribute articles to Sherman Oaks Review Of Books.
– LASIK eye surgery. Begin hitting bucket.
William Haun
http://tinyurl.com/oall5zn
