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MEGA-ZINE
Issue No. 2
june
eight
2 thousand
eight
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ROAM
The Art of
SARAJO
FRIEDEN
A Sculptured Narrative
by Erik Whittaker
ANTHONY
SACC
CCO
O
PLUS:
- Pets in the Window
- Notes on a Chess Match
- Homemade McDonald’s
NOTES from the EDITOR
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FEATURED ARTISTS
Anthony Sacco (Melbourne, Australia)
Sarajo Frieden (Los Angeles, USA)
Jamie Lawson (Bellingham, USA)
Laura M. Hoffmann (Pacifica, USA)
Cate Rachford (San Francisco, USA)
Susannah Shepherd (Brooklyn, USA)
Erik Whittaker (Vancouver, Canada)
1967 Australian Ford Fairlane
Anthony Sacco, Melbourne, Australia
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1970 Australian Ford Falcon 500
Anthony Sacco, Melbourne, Australia
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FEATURED ARTIST:
SARAJO FRIEDEN
& her home:
Sarajo Frieden grew up in Oakland and Los Angeles,
where she now resides under an enormous (squirreltossing) avocado tree. She lives with her son, two cats,
and a rotating assortment of far-flung family members
in an LA neighborhood that borders Thai Town, Little
Armenia, and Koreatown, with Salvadoran and
Guatemalan bakeries nearby.
& her life:
As a child, she spent many hours in the home of her
Hungarian grandparents, eating delicious pastries and
pouring over her grandfather’s art books. In high
school, she camped out in the wilds of the Sierra
Nevada and spent time fighting off bears in Glacier
National Park. More recently, she has enjoyed
exploring the world with her son, traveling on remote
rivers in Belize, swinging through Costa Rican cloud
forests and conquering sea sickness en route to
meeting the blue-footed boobies of the Galapagos.
& her future:
Her dream is to reduce her carbon footprint to zero
and continue exploring the world and meeting all the
great trees, people and animals which inhabit it.
Sarajo Frieden, Los Angeles, USA
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FEATURED ARTIST & her work:
Sarajo Frieden draws inspiration from a widely-cast net, including John Cage, Diane
Ackerman, Pina Bausch, Jacques Tati, William Forsythe, William Kentridge, Hokusai,
Hundertwasser, Moroccan Trance musicians, Shaker Trance drawers, and Paul Klee’s
puppets. She’s shown in LA, North Carolina, Rome and Melbourne. Her illustrations
have won numerous awards and been included in American Illustration for seven years
straight. Some current commissions include illustrations for Chronicle Books, pillowcases
for Third Drawer Down in Australia, and a fall show at Rare Device in San Francisco.
Sarajo Frieden, Los Angeles, USA
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NOTES
the opening
a young man
sunglasses on head
ON A
CHESS
MATCH,
WITHOUT
BEING
NOTICED
Jamie Lawson, Bellingham, USA
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loose shirt
loose pants
very relaxed but uneasy
he is very sure of himself
he isn’t afraid to talk
he looks away on other moves
he takes a knight
takes a pawn
young and confident
takes bishop
takes queen
very secret in doing so
AND HE TRIES TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF
takes a rook without blinking, a little smirk on his face
he is already in king check
his hair is short
except on top
and front
right hand is on forehead
20-year difference
the middle game
an old man
greyish hair
mustache and tallish
hands on face
moves queen out of desperation
THERE IS A BIG GREEN PLANT IN THE WAY
takes bishop
no mercy
white shirt
perfect part in his hair
he leans back in despair
always right hand on head and elbow on table
the end game
young man looks away while older one sweats his next move
he is left with
a king and a queen
against his king
young man wins
youth in his laughter
a hand shake
Laura Monfrooe Hoffmann, Pacifica, USA
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FAST FOOD FROM HOME
My last visit to McDonald’s was at a drive-thru in Fosston, Minn.,
in 2003. I was on my way to Grand Forks, N.D., to see the final
show of my husband’s band at the time. We would be moving to
the West Coast in one week and it was a time of social and political
awakening for us, which resulted in an ill conscience and, on a
purely physical level, two very upset stomachs. Although we’ve
had an occasional sundae since that day, we haven’t eaten anything
else from McDonald’s.
Recently, however, I’ve found myself remembering the breakfast
favorably. I wanted to make a McDonald’s breakfast at home and
from scratch. These photos are the results of my little daydream.
In planning the meal, I only focused on what the finished food
would look and taste like, and also the kitsch factor. I didn’t think
I would experience any particular pleasure from making the meal
itself. But while the biscuits were cooling and I was preparing the
eggs, I found that time slowed and I was pleased by the pretty sight
of homemade goodness in my kitchen. Fast food doesn’t provide
that pleasure. And although we ate our breakfast just as fast as if it
had come from a bag at a drive-thru, we certainly enjoyed it more.
SAUSAGE, EGG & CHEESE BISCUITS A LA MCDONALD’S
BUTTERMILK BISCUITS
AKA
BISCUITS SUPREME
Prep: 20 minutes; Bake: 10 minutes;
Oven: 450 F; Makes: Says 10 (I can get 15)
3 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup butter or 1/2 cup butter and 1/4 cup
shortening (former is my preferred method)
1 1/4 cups buttermilk* or 1 cup milk
* To make buttermilk: mix 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon
juice and milk so that it totals 1 1/4 cups. Let
stand 10 to 15 minutes until milk begins to clump.
In large bowl stir together flour, baking
powder, sugar, salt and cream of tartar.
Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until
mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well
in the center of the mixture. Add buttermilk
all at once. Using a fork, stir just until
moistened. Turn dough onto lightly floured
surface, knead dough using 4 to 6 turns so
dough just holds together. Pat or roll to 3/4
inch thickness. Cut dough into squares or
circles 2 1/2 inches or to the size of
sausages. Bake biscuits 1 inch apart on
ungreased cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes.
Recipe from the New Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book
SAUSAGE
While biscuits bake, begin preparing the rest
of the breakfast sandwich. Cook as many
sausages as sandwiches. (Vegetarian sausages
taste much better if cooked in a good layer
of oil; fat is what makes it taste good.)
SCRAMBLED EGGS
For 12 to 15 sandwiches:
Whisk together 4 eggs and a quarter cup of
milk adding a small amount of salt and
pepper. Pour egg mixture into hot skillet and
cook as one solid piece, more or less.
CONSTRUCTING
THE
SANDWICH
Break open the biscuits, spread with butter.
Add egg.
Add sausage.
Add your piece of cheese.
Let cheese melt a bit, then dig in!
Cate Rachford, San Francisco, USA
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Susannah Shepherd, Brooklyn, USA
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ROAM
A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE
The cell phone term ‘ROAM’ inspired me. I am intrigued by the thought of equine cell phones roaming about
the prairie being herded, branded, bred and put to market by those captains of industry - the maverick capitalists who must
make their verbal deals on the same device, the cell phone.
Our symbiosis with technology is insidiously organic and Darwinian. Past leaps in human evolution were directly
tied to the manipulation of the living world: shelter, animal husbandry, agriculture and energy - the burning of plants and
blubber which over time become coal and oil. As human history advanced such milestones were provided less and less by
nature and more and more by technology. So I began thinking about technology as if it were animal husbandry - out there
waiting to be domesticated, bred, reared, nurtured and then consumed.
Humankind or technology - which is evolving fastest? Who is following what or what is following who? Do we
control the medium or does it control us? Who is making a buck and what is the nature of the tools being used to make it?
I am working on a whole surreal, disjointed sculptured narrative along these lines - surreal Remington bronzes or
Rubenesque biomorphic orgies of techno-temptations. Perhaps in the end they will end up cast in plastic or bronze or
hollowed out and stuffed with electronics to become functional wireless phones to strew around the house.
I chose to emulate the first cell phone that broke through to the mass market, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X,
commonly known as the brick. Comments and enquiries welcome.
Erik Whittaker, Vancouver, Canada
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ROAM: A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE BY ERIK WHITTAKER
Erik Whittaker was brought up in 1960s Berkeley and is now a bit disappointed to find that the world is not a utopia.
ROAM: A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE BY ERIK WHITTAKER
He did his M.A. in Design at UC Berkeley with grandiose schemes to repurpose the 200 ft. smoke stack of the San Francisco Hamm's Brewery building as a periscopic camera obscura...
ROAM: A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE BY ERIK WHITTAKER
… & to repurpose the soon-to-be-defunct east span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge into a park with mixed housing and businesses between the upper and lower decks.
ROAM: A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE BY ERIK WHITTAKER
ROAM: A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE BY ERIK WHITTAKER
ROAM: A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE BY ERIK WHITTAKER
Erik currently lives in Vancouver, Canada, and hopes to shift out of the film business (where he is a production designer), find a barn with a view and become an artist without starving.
ROAM: A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE BY ERIK WHITTAKER
ROAM: A SCULPTURED NARRATIVE BY ERIK WHITTAKER