Mister is a Houlahan

Alzheimers

2010-10-13T11:55:00.000-07:00

I forgot about this.

Tina has reminded me.

If only there were Tina cells in the Brain, encountering lost memories in a void of Darkness.

mhm.

I must tell you, my hollow virtual world, about the year that has arrived.

- Houlahan

Holiday Times, and Past Reflections

2009-11-30T13:46:00.000-08:00

First and foremost, Happy Holidays!

Ok, now that that's out of the way, Hello!

Its been a while since I've updated this site, and I thought why not now, why not this exact moment. What could I possibly be doing instead... other than the fact that I'm in class, lol. Well, I had a good holiday. My brother and sister visited me from Texas, and I enjoyed their company, despite the fact that I worked everyday they were here! 6-8 hour shifts no less! So it was a bit disheartening to only spend a fraction of the day with them, but that small amount was great in and of itself. Maria also visited from her little middle of nowhere college/town of Purchase. lol. It was nice to see her bond with my family in a way that none of my friends ever have. She's a true friend.

Lately I've been thinking about what I have done in the city and how my life has changed, this is partly because of the fact that my family visited; it was like a pop-up of my former life, and I felt juxtaposed next to them. It wasn't a bad thing, but I can notice the subtle changes that I've gone through. It was nice in fact, to see that I had grown, not in height, but in emotion, character, knowledge, etc.

Some of my little thoughts linger in photos, such as visiting maria at Purchase, having a photo-scavenger hunt with Megan Gough, the tremendous amount of work from my stop motion nightmare, and my introduction into Portraiture in Photography

So with that said, I have included some photos for you to visually see fragments of my current life.

Photos:

Fall Approached, and I was at Purchase

Photo Scavenger Hunt with Megan Gough

Photo Still of my Stop Motion Nightmare

Setup for my Portrait Series

Digital Image of a Self-Portrait

(My Stop Motion Nightmare can be viewed here at Misterhoulahan.blogspot.com, if you are my friend on Facebook.)

I'll post the scanned film photos from my portraiture series in a couple of days, so look forward to that.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Kind Regards

- Kevin Houlahan

PS: If you have received this in your email, it is because I placed you on my email list. This means that I would like to keep you especially informed on what is going on in my life, and how I'm doing. If you would like to be taken off the list just tell me and I'll remove you. Thanks.

Guest First, School Later

2009-11-09T15:09:00.000-08:00

I haven't updated this blog a while, but here's what's been going on as of late.

Today

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We were to meet at the MOMA, to which i arrived 30min late, after transportation and what not.

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Last Weekend

Maria Cortes came over to visit me!!! How exciting! ha ha. She came over Friday afternoon and left Sunday night. We watched about 4 movies... technically (we saw G.I. Joes, Transformers 2, and finished Inglorious Basterds together, but she fell asleep for District 9, and Hero. ha ha). We also went to China Town (Canal St.) and Madison Sq. Park for her art projects, and along each destination I acquired something awesome. Along the way to Madison, I came across a Wicker Basket/Box that now serves as a Hamper for Laundry, and I bought me and Maria some neat turtle necklaces at Chinatown. We also went thrift store shopping, where I got myself some purple jeans and a Black/White Sweater. :)

This Week

is going to be CRAZY! I have training all week, on top of classes! but I'll make it work, i just have to cut down on the slack. You understand me! ha ha

Photos

My Black/White Sweater

Wicker Basket Hamper Box

Turtle Necklaces

Multiplicity

2009-10-25T15:38:00.001-07:00

Inner Child

Inner Pressure

Darkroom Fun, and Digital Communications

2009-10-20T15:59:00.000-07:00

So I finally scanned several of my photos from Freshmen Seminar.

Thats where the creation of film photography printing tends to be happening.

Up above this blog piece, lies the Parsons Photog Mischief,

and thats where you can find all of the work that currently producing.

In my Digital Photo Class (Desing: From Line to Pixel)

In my Film Photo Class (Freshman Seminar)

and maybe if i'am bored enough

My Drawing Class ...

(though i doubt that really ... lol)

Well check it out and tell me what you think of it.

: )

- Kevin Houlahan

Week Be Gone, Weekend Done Come

2009-10-16T15:24:00.001-07:00

Yeah, this week went by fast, and thats good... i guess.

Im loving my 9th floor again, I'd been gone for too long.

And Im still loving the 7th, don't worry guys. lol

well here is a photobooth massacre.....

Dorm Virtual Tour

2009-10-13T16:31:00.000-07:00

So the video I made didn't really quite work out...

But, the photos did, so here they go.

The front door to my suite

The Kitchen

Detail of Kitchen "Art/Message"

The Fridge

Restroom #1, Image 1

Restroom #1, Image 2

Shared Hallway

Restroom #2, Image 1

Restroom #2, Image 2

Restroom #2, Image 3

The front door to my room

The Hallway into my room

My roomate's side

My side

Some of my shoes

My desk

My bed

Below my bed

Some of my Photos

Backside of my wardrobe

Inside my wardrobe

Angle 2 of my roomate's side

Angle 3 of my roomate's side

My roomate's bed (this is normal)

My roomate's desk (once again, normal)

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What do you think?

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PS: I got the video to work, here it is:

An E-mail from Colin Stearns

2009-10-12T16:01:00.000-07:00

Name: Kevin
Current Grade: A-

Why: I know you’ve only been working with one eye, BUT,

Technical Ability: Solid. Your printing ability is strong, I’m looking forward to you working in fiber paper. However, I want to caution you, I think you are printing too dark. I have sympathy for this, as I print too dark also. This may give you problems with fiber paper.

Artist Vision: You are a formalist. Embrace it. Here are some things to look at. It’s your job to research these things/ people and get back to me ASAP. The New Topographics, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Ray K. Metzker, Barbara Crane, Nathan Harger, Institute for Design in Chicago, Bridgette Reily.

Missing things or extra words: Have fun with this portrait assignment. Can you work with people the same way you work with space? Should be interesting.

Colin Stearns
Assistant Professor, Photography
Director of Technical Operations
School of Art, Media & Technology
Parsons, The New School for Design

Purchase Weekend

2009-10-12T13:57:00.000-07:00

And this was the end result.

Thanks.

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And here is another.

Thursday Bores and Virtual Stuff

2009-10-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

Im sooooooo Bored! and im only halfway done through my day.
oh and im going to post a virtual tour of my room later tonight.... or maybe tomorrow.
but you will see it!
and a few other photog mischief prints!
: )

get krunk

Blurry Mondays are no More

2009-10-05T15:25:00.000-07:00

Design: From line to Pixel is a really long class so I done made a Blog. Heyy.