Thursday, May 20
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21 mai 1844:
Henri Julien Rousseau, called 'Le Douanier', born in Laval, Fr.
20 may 2004 (projected):
K. Ross Hoffman completes his megapaper/babythesis on the art of H.J. Rousseau, his final act as an art historian and student at Swarthmore College
May 21, 2004 (THIS FRIDAY!):
we celebrate the anniversaries (160-year and 1-day, respectively) of these two momentous occurrences with a furiously festive feral fête the likes of which have never been seen at 13 park avenue, no. 2.
in the spirit of Rousseau's "soirées familiales et artistiques" and Picasso's notorious Banquet Rousseau* (one of the most patently ridiculous events in the history of parties)
and taking a cue from the Douanier's beloved Jungle paintings.**
round about ten in the evening, Lima time
the apartment will be mystically transplanted
into the heart of the Mexican Rainforest
for a primeval shindig of Amazonian dimensions
replete with
real live (mostly) vegetation!
animistic totems!
baby pineapples!
and perhaps even cocktail umbrellas!
jungle food!
jungle music!
jungle fever!
and my jungle print shirt!
our quasi-tropical weather may have disappeared (phew),
but we'll still heat you up to cool you down, shake and stir you,
and a something something…
school's almost over.
exoticization is no longer a dirty word.
brought to you by:
rosseau + the roommates
the south orangutan crew
dept. of a.a.a.h.
~~~~
(end bombastic party-invite-e-mail tone):
please note that this party is, ostensibly, b.y.o.b. so do it, yo.
much preferable to b. of course would be rum punch, piña coladas, and the tropical like -
so if you'd care to coordinate (in advance, even)
and perhaps contribute a little monetarily and/or alcoholistically
we can get some that hooked up too
oh, and in case you were a little disoriented the first time, here's the specs again:
• Friday, 21 May 2004 (that's tomorrow)
• 10:00 pm til wheneva
• 13 Park Avenue in the Ville (above the Salon des Co-Educationels; across from the laundry)
• prizes awarded for the best "modern altuzarra" jungle-style outfit
• baby pineapples
~~~~
*you can read all about it here
(that's exactly how it went down)
**dig if you will
(that's exactly what it's going to be like***)
***not like this
>>
paper status:
>13 pages (single spaced, w/ copious footnotes)
estimated ~7 pages left to write
GO! GO! GO!
it's so exciting to be sleeping here in this new room
21 mai 1844:
Henri Julien Rousseau, called 'Le Douanier', born in Laval, Fr.
20 may 2004 (projected):
K. Ross Hoffman completes his megapaper/babythesis on the art of H.J. Rousseau, his final act as an art historian and student at Swarthmore College
May 21, 2004 (THIS FRIDAY!):
we celebrate the anniversaries (160-year and 1-day, respectively) of these two momentous occurrences with a furiously festive feral fête the likes of which have never been seen at 13 park avenue, no. 2.
in the spirit of Rousseau's "soirées familiales et artistiques" and Picasso's notorious Banquet Rousseau* (one of the most patently ridiculous events in the history of parties)
and taking a cue from the Douanier's beloved Jungle paintings.**
round about ten in the evening, Lima time
the apartment will be mystically transplanted
into the heart of the Mexican Rainforest
for a primeval shindig of Amazonian dimensions
replete with
real live (mostly) vegetation!
animistic totems!
baby pineapples!
and perhaps even cocktail umbrellas!
jungle food!
jungle music!
jungle fever!
and my jungle print shirt!
our quasi-tropical weather may have disappeared (phew),
but we'll still heat you up to cool you down, shake and stir you,
and a something something…
school's almost over.
exoticization is no longer a dirty word.
brought to you by:
rosseau + the roommates
the south orangutan crew
dept. of a.a.a.h.
~~~~
(end bombastic party-invite-e-mail tone):
please note that this party is, ostensibly, b.y.o.b. so do it, yo.
much preferable to b. of course would be rum punch, piña coladas, and the tropical like -
so if you'd care to coordinate (in advance, even)
and perhaps contribute a little monetarily and/or alcoholistically
we can get some that hooked up too
oh, and in case you were a little disoriented the first time, here's the specs again:
• Friday, 21 May 2004 (that's tomorrow)
• 10:00 pm til wheneva
• 13 Park Avenue in the Ville (above the Salon des Co-Educationels; across from the laundry)
• prizes awarded for the best "modern altuzarra" jungle-style outfit
• baby pineapples
~~~~
*you can read all about it here
(that's exactly how it went down)
**dig if you will
(that's exactly what it's going to be like***)
***not like this
>>
paper status:
>13 pages (single spaced, w/ copious footnotes)
estimated ~7 pages left to write
GO! GO! GO!
it's so exciting to be sleeping here in this new room
