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Zoetica

The loudest noise comes from the electric cosmonomad --- Z.

About Me

    painter, model, former makeup artist, scribbler of words. I'm busy. if you want to be added send a coherent message first. no "thanks for the add" comments, please. modeling profile on ModelMayhem.com my flickr page - almost daily photo-documentation of things. /li


My Interests

painting, drawing, makeup, writing, movies, animation, dolls, collecting, thinking, traveling, museums, the arcane, the ultra-modern, reading, information, cloudy days, tumultuous weather, thunder/lightning/wind, other things.

I'd like to meet:

    creators literate outsiders brilliant madmen smooth operators people who get things done


Coilhouse
Collaborative web + print magazine with Nadya Lev and Meredith Yayanos. A love letter to alternative culture, written in an era when alternative culture no longer exists. Join us!

Personal website

Job
Click HERE to see my fashion column, with pictures [now exclusively on COILHOUSE] --- I tell you what to wear, what I'm wearing + where to get it.

my recent work

Music:

classical, industrial, electronic, deathrock, punk, noise, movie scores, Danny Elfman, Phillip Glass, silent hill soundtrack and some other video game music [ex:Alice]..i like all sorts of music

Movies:

1984, Baron Münchhausen, Brazil - anything by Terry Gilliam [except the Brothers Grimm], anything Cronenberg, Pi, Delicatessen, Happiness, City of Lost Children, Dead Man, Titus, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Blade Runner, Fight Club, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Buffalo 66, Dune, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Naked Lunch, Sick [the Bob Flannagan documentary], The Shining, The Haunting, Pulp Fiction, Metropolis, Institut Benjamenta, The Street of Crocodiles and various Brothers Quay short films, Jan Svankmeyer's Alice and Faust, Russian animation, Japanese animation, BoogiePop Phantom, Ghost in the Shell, The Fly, anything by Andrey Tarkovskiy, Being John Malkovich, Visitor Q, Ichi the Killer, Battle Royale, Ricky O - the story of Ricky...holy shit, this list could just keep going and going for all eternity: i love movies. drama, horror, comedy, sci-fi, anime, fantasy, stop-motion etc etc etc

Television:

Usually watched on a laptop, late at night. I do not watch television unless it's been downloaded and de-commercialized. The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Monty Python and the Flying Circus, Father Ted, The Kids in the Hall, The Office, Gromenghast, The Mighty Boosh, Kimi Wa Petto, Akihabara @Deep, etc.

Books:

Bulgakov, Wilde, the brothers Strugatski, some Dostoyevsky, Gibson, Kafka's short stories, Douglas Adams, The Wasp Factory, Lullaby, Slaughterhouse 5, Perv: A Love Story...etc etc etc books are good. I like books.

My Blog

New York: part 1

Flew Virgin America for the first time, which was very pretty and slick. Sadly, the seats didn't recline nearly far enough for an overnight flight and the seat to seat chat seems a bit on the creepy s...
Posted by Zoetica on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:46:00 PST

2007, the opus - belatedly copied from my website, BioRequiem

The past year was the busiest I've ever been, and consequently the most fulfilling. I did learn a lot about stretching myself too thin, but it was most definitely worth it. Reflecting while writing th...
Posted by Zoetica on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:14:00 PST

Rushed + poorly crafted but informative update: new art, travel and MORE.

Blasting off to Tokyo in three days, yo. Manifesting destiny and all that. Wish for me a deep wallet and an eagle's eye, humans! ---The end of September/beginning of October brings the launch of a new...
Posted by Zoetica on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:21:00 PST

Paint, dancing and space --- a proper update

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } girlinspace2, originally upl...
Posted by Zoetica on Tue, 15 May 2007 02:53:00 PST

Art show this Saturday: Seven Brides Electrified

In case you missed the news, read all about it HERE or, on second thought, just scroll down for the full transcription, art samples and more!The Jail Gallery presents a collection of art from seven fa...
Posted by Zoetica on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:32:00 PST

voyage to Russia begins in 90-something hours

this may be my final update before i leave for the Motherland.all my Russian peeps - it would be great to meet up and have a less tourist-y perspective. if interested, please email : [email protected]...
Posted by Zoetica on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 04:19:00 PST

Night Gallery opening reception

Night Gallery opening was smashing last night. i had 8 pieces in the show.sold a bunch of prints.Vladimir P. took many photos, as you can see below.great to see many familiar faces despite the gallery...
Posted by Zoetica on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:06:00 PST

going to Chicago + Denver

prepare yourselves - Zo's coming to town. message me if you want to make plans - time WILL be limited.
Posted by Zoetica on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:03:00 PST

on dreaming.

every once in a while i hate dreaming. and it isnt ever because of the horrible nightmares where i murder or am murdered or there are armies of zombies plaguing the earth or, most commonly, the Apoca...
Posted by Zoetica on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:38:00 PST

Zoetica Ebb by Michael Hussar

--- http://www.michaelhussar.biz --- [5 hour sketch - oil on canvas]
Posted by Zoetica on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:37:00 PST