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March 29, 2011
Six-Hundred & Seventy Mile Stereo
Six-Hundred & Seventy Mile Stereo A Visual Travelogue & Love-letter to Instragram by Jory Dayne
Last week I got back from a quick weekender to Los Angeles with Dave, Jac, and Jac’s brother-in-law Mason. We drove out to see our friend Josh get a $30,000 scholarship to FIDM’s Debut program, to photograph some dresses from a collection he’s been working on, and to just get the hell away from this relentless chill.
While we were out there, we stopped in at James Jean’s Rebus exhibition at the Martha Otero gallery in Melrose, shopped around at Suru and Crimie, drifted from shop to shop in Silverlake, and wandered around the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on the way back. When Jac and I travel, more than seeing the sites, we’re there to eat the food. Last time we were out there we were introduced to the Pantry and Fred 62 (Thanks, Kyle!) — this time we drug Dave and Mason to those again and added a few favorites to our roster: Casita del Campo was a campy delight, and BerlinCurryWurst was an absolute dream. Plus, the waitstaff at both are extremely easy on the eyes, to put it mildly.
One thing I was glad to play around with throughout the trip was the Instagram app on my iphone. Acejet 170 recently published an entry about the app’s ability to “polish a turd,” and while I woudn’t go that far — I’ve taken more than a few unpolishable shots — it does save, for me anyway, more than a few pics from the bin. It manages to make the mundane lovable, and seems to encourage keeping a visual accounting of your comings and going. Pair it with Momento, and you have a well-designed, dynamic daily record.
If you’re on Instagram, look me up: I’m under the user name “jorydayne”
All in all it was a visual smörgåsbord: inspiring and arresting; it left me not a little overwhelmed, but on the whole deeply satisfied. Back at home it’s still blustery and frigid, but there are tell-tale signs of spring popping up everywhere. This is the busiest time of year for me, and I’ve got projects coming out of my ears.
Posted by Jory at March 29, 2011 5:09 AM