Insurgent Photographers Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 16, 2019) by Wes Modes Collective Project: A regular gathering of radical photographers in 2008 and 2009 to come together to share, discuss, and critique photographs…
Comics and Illustrations Posted on November 9, 2019 (October 10, 2020) by Wes Modes I discovered the comic book writing of Alan Moore when he was penning for Swamp Thing in the late 80s. I had no idea that comics could be an intelligent,…
Freakshow Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 16, 2019) by Wes Modes An Independent Publication: Freakshow, being a Diverse Collection of the Curious & Peculiar, was an independent publication of DIY adverts….
Secret Exchange Posted on March 2, 2014 (November 18, 2019) by Wes Modes Secret Exchange invites people to share their secrets with strangers. A table and two chairs on a downtown street corner, and a sign inviting people to sit down share a secret….
Ragdolls and Monsters Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 18, 2019) by Wes Modes I’ve always had a fascination with homemade ragdolls and creatures. It started with building monsters by hand out of the scraps from my sewing room. At one point, I invited friends…
Freight Train Riding Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 11, 2019) by Wes Modes I’ve hopped freight trains for transportation and adventure since 1992 all over the West Coast and Midwest, attending annual hobo gatherings in various places….
Adventure Club Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 11, 2019) by Wes Modes Adventure Club is post-apocalyptic revolutionary logistics training. Think of Adventure Club as radical skill-share, ranges from rather tame to semi-hardcore direct action. …
Comic Artists’ Collective Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 16, 2019) by Wes Modes Collective Project: A regular informal gathering of comic artists, in which artists illustrated their own personal stories, radical history, imagined futures, or experimental expressions….
Urban Adventuring Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 12, 2019) by Wes Modes A city skyline says different things to different people. To an urban adventurer, it is the siren on the rocks beckoning “Climb me.”…
The Wheel of Programming Chance Posted on December 1, 2019 (December 8, 2019) by Wes Modes An idea generator for programmers…
Mario Clouds Posted on November 27, 2019 (November 28, 2019) by Wes Modes A pure CSS homage to Corey Archangel’s 2002 ROM hack piece Super Mario Clouds…
About the Artist Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 18, 2019) by Wes Modes Wes Modes is a Santa Cruz artist focused on social practice, sculpture, performance and new media work. He holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the Digital Art and New…
Mimic Chatterbot Posted on November 9, 2019 (October 10, 2020) by Wes Modes Mimic is a chatterbot that learns from you. He has no built-in knowledge of the language. Mimic learns to speak solely by talking to others, and remembering a limited amount of context around each transaction. …
DIY River Rafting Exhibition Posted on November 9, 2019 (October 10, 2020) by Wes Modes I brought my DIY raft building skills to a gallery setting, demonstrating the art and technology of DIY raft building, sharing photos, and talking about my experience since 2005….
An Evening of Extraordinary Proportions Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes A spectacular & historic evening of unusual proportions. A costume benefit featuring an elegant three-course dinner, a silent auction, stimulating music, and an Exhibition Prizefighting Match between Nikola Tesla and Tom Edison. …
Streetside Letter Writing Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes I did a streetside letter writing service with friends. The idea was simplicity itself: A letter writing service springs up on Pacific Ave, offering free typing/dictation of love letters, apologies, and blackmail….
Santa Cruz Community Safety Workgroup Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes A Community Workgroup: “Without police, wouldn’t there be chaos?” and “What about the bad people?” We get asked these legitimate questions all the time. It’s time we began to wrestle with some possible answers….
Blue Light Safety Project Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes A Community Project: The Blue Light Safety Project is a Santa Cruz local community effort to provide temporary safe spaces for people who are feeling unsafe….
Police Obsolescence Workgroup Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes An ongoing workgroup working toward a world without police. Some of the efforts of this workgroup include CopWatch, know your rights, police accountability, alternatives to calling the police, and education about police, courts, and jails….
Santa Cruz Art List Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes Collective Project: A forum for announcing non-institutional art events, meetings and projects, ideas and news. A website and email list, to keep in touch, to announce art events, and to document our work….
What Is Art? Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes What Is Art? was a tiny, 50-person-capacity venue run by a collective of people from the Santa Cruz art and music scene. …
