Zachary Trebellas. Foreign Resident Ethnicity Form/ Ink, Marker, Inkjet Print. 2015.This Is The Updated

Zachary Trebellas. Foreign Resident Ethnicity Form/ 居留外国人の民族性用紙。Ink, marker, inkjet print. 2015. This is the updated version of a draft I created earlier this year. You can find the earlier version here. The title of the form reads Foreign Resident Ethnicity.  In the lower portion I used the Japanese test marking symbols: X = no, O = yes, and △ is somewhere in between (typically a ½ point). The left side heading reads “Please enter your appropriate ethnicity” and the right “Please enter the appropriate ethnicity of the applicant.” So, the left side is my answers, and the right is what I feel could be an average Japanese person’s answers about me. 1. Foreigner (at times derogative, lit. outside person) 2. Other 3. Foreigner (neutral, lit. outside nation person) 4. Japanese 5. Of Japanese descent (lit. Japanese-type) 6. American

An Artist Flexes His Curatorial Muscle by Opening a Gallery on His Arm

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — There is a lot to be said for implementing your vision, but when you’re talking about the art world, the supporting infrastructure to show work can be difficult and costly to …

My curatorial project, Flex Gallery, got picked up for an article on Hyperallergic. It just went live today, and I’m over the moon about it! For more information on the project, visit my other tumblr, Vis Ed.

A 1950′s map of Kyushu I scanned in today and reworked. 

The invitation for this weekend’s birthday party. I’ve always wanted to celebrate Presidents’ Day, so it seemed like a good idea to combine mid-February’s two holidays. This is President Hayes (1877-81), by the way.

A late draft of a flyer I’m making for my work. I really enjoying having a working scanner again.

The twentieth piece in my photo series on group identity. I took this one of my friend Shareen on the Asian side of Istanbul in August.

More info on this series at the project site.