the art of watching (after vermeer) — thorpe's foot, pittman's knee, bradman's house and schwensen's arse.

heh. i was a good girl and went for my 9km run again today. (deviant's away fishing for the weekend so i'm forced to seek alternative solutions to deal with the sexual frustration.)

when i got back there was a message from sunshine on my voicemail: "hey peaches, that crazy lecturer of yours is on telly. he's doing a performance piece watching every second of the commonwealth games in melbourne."

so of course i had to news.google to find out more:

"ready, tv set, go: tony schwensen in front of the portable office at the acca where he will try to watch the full games telecast."

"he says he will be recording the amount of advertising during the broadcasts. "it's great … an elite sports event is used to sell us junk food."

"schwensen says there is a parallel between the preparation involved in artistic practice and the hours of arduous training by athletes. his work has given him a good understanding of both."

"in a performance titled 'is shane warne too fat?' schwensen purchased a cricket kit advertised by the famous spin bowler and practised his bowling skills for days."

"i was getting quite accurate," he says. "but it was just against a set of stumps, so there's nothing in front."

- theage.com.au

honestly bunnies, this guy is hilarious. he's one of my favourite lecturers as well as one of my favourite artists. absolutely brilliant.