I am standing on top of the Empire State Building in New York, where King Kong once stood, and it’s tempting to try and calculate how many tiny, insignificant San Franciscos would fit into Manhattan. It’s tempting because I had the idea to just levitate all my friends and the whole peninsula across the country and just sort of set it down somew... More
Posts Tagged “Vertigo”
Admit It, Deep Down You Think New York Is Really Just Better than San Francisco in Every Way.
07.15.2011 | ByFiled under: Essay
“You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave” – Hotel California
12.08.2010 | ByFiled under: Field Notes
When I moved away from San Francisco two years ago I thought I would go to New York, meet like-minded artists and find my place among the wide-eyed bohemians in the East Village. Among them, I thought, I would finally be able to work uninhibited and purely, immersed in a thriving, electric world of creative and brilliant people. In my fantasy every... More
Five Questions: Sasha Wizansky
06.10.2010 | ByFiled under: Conversations
[Five questions to SFMOMA artists, staff, or guests. Sasha Wizansky lives in San Francisco and is editor-in-chief and art director of Meatpaper magazine. Meatpaper, launched in 2007, is the world’s only quarterly print magazine about the culture of meat. For our new Now Playing Thursday evenings Meatpaper has been collaborating with Blue... More
