tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44469285950733927372024-03-13T12:07:26.076-07:00Joseph LetourneauJoe Letourneau: Performance Artist and SculptorJoe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-47618036400089508392011-04-20T10:24:00.000-07:002011-04-20T10:28:50.723-07:00Close But No CigarThe FINALISTS for the 2011 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize were announced yesterday, and I'm sorry to say that yours truly did not make that cut. The five fortunate finalists chosen from the forty-three-artist "short list" are:<br />
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Stephanie Barber: <a href="http://www.stephaniebarber.com/">http://www.stephaniebarber.com/</a><br />
Louie Palu: <a href="http://www.louiepalu.com/">http://www.louiepalu.com</a><br />
Mark Parascandola: <a href="http://www.parascandola.com/">http://www.parascandola.com/</a><br />
Matthew Porterfield: <a href="http://www.msac.org/artist.cfm?ID=2884">http://www.msac.org/artist.cfm?ID=2884</a><br />
Rachel Rotenberg: <a href="http://www.rachelrotenberg.com/">http://www.rachelrotenberg.com/</a><br />
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A very big congratulations to the finalists!<br />
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As for me, well, I grew up a Red Sox fan, so I'm well acquainted with the phrase, "There's always next year." C'est la vie! I'm happy my work will be back in MICA during ArtScape, so hopefully you'll see it when you pop inside in a desperate attempt to escape the blistering July heat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It builds character!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note: If only this were the actual trophy...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-49728182032317473032011-02-11T01:13:00.000-08:002011-02-11T01:21:30.324-08:00New Look & Real Life WebsiteHey All, hope you like the new design of this portfolio blog. I thought it was a little more 2011.<br /><br />Also, I now have my work up under my own domain.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.josephletourneau.com/">http://www.josephletourneau.com</a><br /><br />It's nearly complete, it just needs some more friends in the links section. If you're a buddy and have a website, let me know and I'll add you. And you all feel free to do the same.<br /><br />All future work will be posted there as well as here, and everywhere else on the web I am (I just Googled, and it's a surprisingly large and chaotic net I've cast).<br /><br />And you can follow me on Twitter, too! <a href="http://twitter.com/JoeZeitgeist">http://twitter.com/JoeZeitgeist</a>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-15075042666996700962010-11-13T21:53:00.000-08:002010-11-16T17:49:16.072-08:00Return to Normalcy (When Life Gives You Lemons: Centralia, PA)"Return to Normalcy (When Life Gives You Lemons: Centralia, PA)"<div>2010</div><div>Documentation of Performance</div><div>An afternoon selling lemonade in the abandoned town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, the site of an uncontrollable underground mine fire which has been burning since 1962.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsb0g8QmfCkdyUkT7Y5LctKsjSwCpE5ol8LhxFsZoyfGk1deYArQAnEQddwazZy04EL4-P1carR2dKTwODRuYMrF_8eEHzbO3lrcGyoGn8XsipA5E6NWYtuoLoq4lLWH9L4zT0aZdsuY/s1600/RoadNoBorder.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478474805256047618" /></div><div><br /></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-75921574103509651282010-06-03T02:07:00.001-07:002010-06-03T02:13:38.158-07:00Samson's Folly<div>"Samson's Folly"</div><div>2010</div><div>Installation and collection</div><div><br /></div><div>Hairs lost as a result of male pattern baldness collected off of the artist's pillow case over the course of a year, stored individually in glass vials, and displayed in a custom-built room which allows the viewer to see the back of his or her own head.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEV74rFB4i-d5qlC06uOQNusK4w06btpza4Qykw1ErzK-ZayPVUbm6jH-i0oGx5bQtoFygYTH1rfPGsX1xR1ALvUnElWvzz9yzhbbvuJeYVTHXnh1xWSJvVDLcWeWHOSbQQ1UwlsNFeq0/s1600/Sam1WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 384px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478468399155068578" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7F-XrItzDUw5VHLhuo6fsR13XCysWqDKL-9EKAOc3oqgrGU5uw7hIBk2W5TRQIsZtvXE5TQNJfI1uKbaWG88EblayhSTF77M_ZGlRD8_LhzEeryUiV6XKqBGnnPZISQCpkk1ZTvSqCpQ/s320/Desperatetimes4WEB.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478468630850313186" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-34060216195739929052010-06-03T01:45:00.000-07:002010-07-20T15:48:08.023-07:00Hope Springs Eternal<div>"Hope Springs Eternal"</div><div>2010</div><div>Video documentation of unseen performance</div><div><br /></div><div>Eating the cheese and vegetables and drinking the wine at an unattended opening of a solo show of my work.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQtFb1sj-YptFP8ZRXw4sfgR7msrbC980pn2YNw7Nkjt0DaUR5GebRPYHGvsS1kLfl8bkq3zLGvf5qqBGc6jg2oePkHr1_ZXmbzkvpFT-QLcRPs2J4xVi40pQjcD_IOjRCIiPZy5p6uw/s1600/HopeSpringsScreenshot.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQtFb1sj-YptFP8ZRXw4sfgR7msrbC980pn2YNw7Nkjt0DaUR5GebRPYHGvsS1kLfl8bkq3zLGvf5qqBGc6jg2oePkHr1_ZXmbzkvpFT-QLcRPs2J4xVi40pQjcD_IOjRCIiPZy5p6uw/s320/HopeSpringsScreenshot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478466104663199490" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12474171&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12474171&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12474171">Hope Springs Eternal (full version)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/joeletourneau">Joseph Letourneau</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-62583142456879495872010-06-03T01:41:00.000-07:002010-07-20T15:49:31.562-07:00Tasting Menu<div>"Tasting Menu"</div><div>2010</div><div>Video documentation of live performance</div><div><br /></div><div>Chewing, tasting, and spitting out an entire four course meal.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1KzPtfqG3pipq8kNwIxAhKC5oJih07QkWRfCGhdmBriwrw7uAG46Vr5ARDCYJlFRLaMdeUn1sKP_VvYFaRPVsZ6f_UB0HnOxxVcN1RuSCbaxCAykfyJBrlvOSzTF48VSJOpWmEq3hu8/s1600/TastingStillImageWEB.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcZ3jdPFOhXm4G0Uv-puMLpIfzmyeNOJ0pngWhNDxpr9sOtJXah0jTAps4fcscASQCjxUSSRwOCe6xkHY88WA1Dw2jbvWQOcZrkiYOmkwO2-jGT8fH8lGwltdGfMav2sBOg1CdMOzQF4/s320/Picture5b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478461263278604914" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12470591&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12470591&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12470591">The Pursuit of Happiness (Full)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/joeletourneau">Joseph Letourneau</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div><div><br /></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-661970107271329582010-06-03T01:19:00.001-07:002010-06-03T01:25:37.365-07:00Labor<div>"Labor"</div><div>2008</div><div>Digital photo documentation of performance</div><div><br /></div><div>Peeling one hundred pounds of potatoes and drinking one liter of potato vodka in a bar in Baltimore on Labor Day.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 256px; " /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></span></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-87049148601071259202010-06-03T00:56:00.000-07:002010-07-20T15:52:35.164-07:00The Spawning of the Lake Trout<div>"The Spawning of the Lake Trout"<div>2008</div></div><div>Live performance</div><div><br /></div><div>A dramatic interpretation of the spawning ritual of the mythical Baltimore "lake trout".</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3b6Xp_Qgi425JFprkbcpcwDZ5oJKRcwsCP5bYwRcvpXl9eqUeaWWAoZJ8YSsuWYp6lg6j_cBDdskAunoUApZtiIKOnVEf19O0fxxkgH38AQ29DiXL314LYt2B7kn89lkbU6Q7zOVr19s/s1600/cap1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3b6Xp_Qgi425JFprkbcpcwDZ5oJKRcwsCP5bYwRcvpXl9eqUeaWWAoZJ8YSsuWYp6lg6j_cBDdskAunoUApZtiIKOnVEf19O0fxxkgH38AQ29DiXL314LYt2B7kn89lkbU6Q7zOVr19s/s320/cap1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478455115349189922" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13338826&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13338826&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13338826">The Spawning of the Lake Trout</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/joeletourneau">Joseph Letourneau</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-14880436928131425762010-06-03T00:45:00.001-07:002010-06-03T01:35:15.890-07:00Last Supper<div>"Last Supper"<div>2008</div><div>Digital photo documentation of performance</div><div><br /></div><div>My dinner reconstructed on armed mousetraps.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQwz-DirY756JdjecYKSj_US0g-gXC1zNXz1gMeJU5-TvKlJVJ8wSutAe4w8SrwNMpMuFr8tAgOcwzhzS29438OqKcs9kQOv7VCmqqYdrwz7t_KVfWAa66Mycx_8dPtNGWLBLfRQOvv4/s1600/penneWEB.jpg"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQwz-DirY756JdjecYKSj_US0g-gXC1zNXz1gMeJU5-TvKlJVJ8wSutAe4w8SrwNMpMuFr8tAgOcwzhzS29438OqKcs9kQOv7VCmqqYdrwz7t_KVfWAa66Mycx_8dPtNGWLBLfRQOvv4/s320/penneWEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478452554501340482" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 205px; " /></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a name='more'></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINmVY-utNZFin2nbJ5ShJ_XBWPqR0lUZBJ209sPQEXopk7fCPkmjeeSCDe2TR2bNXIzEVIRqPSNlUwgjENXRE8yGqI6pspx3dHVoOrzSJz-UgZbwALXtjtzvAgLBpIuY6gMn8z69_hHA/s1600/eggsaladWEB.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINmVY-utNZFin2nbJ5ShJ_XBWPqR0lUZBJ209sPQEXopk7fCPkmjeeSCDe2TR2bNXIzEVIRqPSNlUwgjENXRE8yGqI6pspx3dHVoOrzSJz-UgZbwALXtjtzvAgLBpIuY6gMn8z69_hHA/s320/eggsaladWEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478452558031883250" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5KgdyZIEBii86RLnXKIhJuUKhMsv34LBYgFNEmz6u1tmIXgct_9rBrojL5lCYzlTzaOvwI2L6_II-zfQJvnQn26FZVt8KivW2rkvKZ4LRefQAhUakFUSEEDmTa73kBz5FxsKwGXoV6M/s1600/chapcheWEB.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5KgdyZIEBii86RLnXKIhJuUKhMsv34LBYgFNEmz6u1tmIXgct_9rBrojL5lCYzlTzaOvwI2L6_II-zfQJvnQn26FZVt8KivW2rkvKZ4LRefQAhUakFUSEEDmTa73kBz5FxsKwGXoV6M/s320/chapcheWEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478452565024570754" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 205px; " /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-73886321236937217912010-06-03T00:41:00.000-07:002010-06-03T00:45:53.107-07:00R&R<div>"R&R"</div><div><div>2007</div><div>Digital photo documentation of performance.</div><div><br /></div><div>The four members of "The Cattywampus" sleeping in my bed (relocated to my studio) for one week.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPLgmcig9dSBX9HnLr-92K1v5_mhcdEWPpuPuVa58NuQTD_0mA5ohE39hB-_hThP6OLx7OHvnMqZTi6OGGN9PjWzCnrnqX1T6HtZWIGtz_qBNNHYIDkX7gOQm8dnVFh-RbUJX6GNh8NU/s1600/12-8-457b.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPLgmcig9dSBX9HnLr-92K1v5_mhcdEWPpuPuVa58NuQTD_0mA5ohE39hB-_hThP6OLx7OHvnMqZTi6OGGN9PjWzCnrnqX1T6HtZWIGtz_qBNNHYIDkX7gOQm8dnVFh-RbUJX6GNh8NU/s320/12-8-457b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478450081080253442" /></a><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-33870619955836625952010-06-03T00:36:00.000-07:002010-07-20T15:53:12.322-07:00Jackpot"Jackpot"<div>2007</div><div>Live theatrical performance</div><div><br /></div><div>A play written, produced, directed, and performed by myself and "The Cattywampus".</div><div>Thirteen vignettes. each one at some point including a cake.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13341353&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13341353&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13341353">JACKPOT (excerpt)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/joeletourneau">Joseph Letourneau</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-916030497902785142010-06-03T00:27:00.000-07:002010-07-20T15:53:51.917-07:00Spit or Swallow<div><div>"Spit or Swallow"</div>2007<div>Digital video. 5:04</div><div><br /></div><div>Backwashing iced tea for 45 minutes.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKQFxL-xSN9yZCFMVxezMApQEUVl-Ofs7WBb7NaaXe34AkMT_6BpXFnbW1QoUPY3dMebL1ALMO0Rxc3ja6Kjt1pmDrR_4doXk1NQjm2wCAcRiCKkn3etjCgvzkkffB98WA2U_Gl-mRAo/s1600/tea2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKQFxL-xSN9yZCFMVxezMApQEUVl-Ofs7WBb7NaaXe34AkMT_6BpXFnbW1QoUPY3dMebL1ALMO0Rxc3ja6Kjt1pmDrR_4doXk1NQjm2wCAcRiCKkn3etjCgvzkkffB98WA2U_Gl-mRAo/s320/tea2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478446722070380514" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13340648&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13340648&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13340648">Spit or Swallow</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/joeletourneau">Joseph Letourneau</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-46753950498337188102010-06-02T23:46:00.000-07:002010-06-02T23:53:55.174-07:00By Any Other Name<div>"By Any Other Name"<div>2007</div><div>Digital photo</div><div><br /></div><div>One dozen hickeys</div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTy4q-cf-l_fzqj4Y7zvYBRjY5oZXSNmzUohRkY3FWi2Q1w3LvhhrdtKK759YbL4Lp6Fc-5YzN9-Iaf6_yty14eyzi-8RqS4xCQK8u6pdTTu-ljms3n7KX_l3g8AsLoA-qlq7j2mGetw/s1600/allthreeprintWEB.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 80px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTy4q-cf-l_fzqj4Y7zvYBRjY5oZXSNmzUohRkY3FWi2Q1w3LvhhrdtKK759YbL4Lp6Fc-5YzN9-Iaf6_yty14eyzi-8RqS4xCQK8u6pdTTu-ljms3n7KX_l3g8AsLoA-qlq7j2mGetw/s320/allthreeprintWEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478436848952738754" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446928595073392737.post-52628714544696991032010-06-02T22:18:00.000-07:002010-06-02T22:26:00.475-07:00IntroductionJoseph Letourneau is a performance artist and sculptor educated at both MICA's Rinehart School of Sculpture and its Post-Baccalaureate program, Vassar College, and a variety of exciting public schools in his home town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Joe uses art as a universal excuse to create situations and environments that fulfill his wildest fantasies and get him into mischief. From self-abusive performances to absurd collections to enormous hand-crafted edifices, his work adds humor and depth to explore his favorite themes - the wonderful oddities of machismo and American society.Joe Altoidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473400751678635300noreply@blogger.com0