I did production design for a short film my friend and colleague Ben Hosking wrote with actor Josh Grey. Part of that involved formulating some fake blood to stain some bandages. I came up with some pretty convincing stuff. The recipe, if you’re interested, is red food coloring with just a touch of blue, glycerin, and corn starch. It coagulates a lot like real blood, so it’s great for scabs and clots.
I finished this bead curtain from prescription bottles in September 2022. A “portière” is a curtain that goes over a door. I’ve never seen prescription bottle art like this anywhere else. If you know of any, please send it to me! I would love to see it. Here’s what I had to say about this…
Daily Essentials, 2024, 5 x 14.5 x 11” Poplar wood, acrylic, jewelry findings, non-biological medical waste Ben Cline and Ray Bernoff Some people won’t go out without their jewelry. Others can’t leave the house without their medication. Chronic illness is not known for its aesthetic appeal, but with this piece, we ask “What if all…
Arkadiy and I met on Craigslist — he’d done some modeling in Russia and wanted to get some headshots and model in the US, and I wanted to practice three-point lighting, so we teamed up to take these pictures.
I love weird, scaly things, so I dragged some friends out to the Massachusetts Reptile Expo in Brockton, MA. Click through to enlarge, unless you don’t like snakes, in which case close this page ASAP.
I’d never had real (read: not instant) ramen before, so my old friend Ellie and I went to Santouka Ramen in Harvard Square so I could try it. 10/10, would recommend.
One of my fellow interns, Erica, planned and executed a standup comedy show in the studio at ACMi. Here are some pictures I took during the setup. Tragically, I didn’t get any good photos of Erica herself.