THE SHANGHAI TUNNELS PROJECT

It was an absolute honor to have a film in the final round of the Shanghai Tunnels Project, an international video poetry contest put on by H.A.L. Publishing and Unshod Quills. It is particularly great to know that a film I made was screened in Shanghai and to hear that it was well received.

Many thanks to Dena Rash Guzman and Monica Storss.

Watch all the finalist's videos HERE and enjoy my contribution below, which you should perhaps be warned is NSFW, language-wise.

CRYSTAL CAT from Robert Gray on Vimeo.

STOKED: Vol. IV

It is a great pleasure to have a couple of poems in the new issue of STOKED, alongside some really wonderful writers. Many thanks to Tyler Gobble and Layne Ransom.

CLICK HERE TO READ STOKED: VOL. IV

HELLO EARTH + LOOM GALLERY + BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Lindsay Allison Ruoff and I recently collaborated on a chapbook and an art installation for a group art show called HELLO EARTH at THE LOOM GALLERY in New York. The show was curated by Sophie Grant and featured a plethora of wonderful work by some amazing artists.

Lindsay and I credited our work to Allison Duncan, a combination of our middle names. Here is Allison's bio:

Allison Duncan is a mutant persona created by Robert Gray and Lindsay Ruoff. Based in Portland, Oregon, Allison is a writer and multimedia artist considering the collaborative creative process as a means of dissolving barriers of identification and expanding venues for communication. In her work, language and mark-making are both subjects and tools used to redefine narratives between characters, animals, objects, and materials.

Our chapbook is called TRANS- and contains 18 poems, all of which I am very proud to have written and/or collaborated on. Here are some photos of the piece and a short video from James Franco's RABBIT TV, which did a feature on the show and interviewed us.

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James Franco on WhoSay

JOSEPH RIIPPI + A CLOTH HOUSE + HOUSEFIRE

Joseph Riippi is such a lovely man.

Today, Lindsay, Riley and I met with Joseph and his sister and ate lunch at Kenny and Zuke's.

I had a pastrami burger with swiss. It was so delicious.

Anyways.

Joseph has written a really beautiful book called A CLOTH HOUSE and it is out now on HOUSEFIRE.

I highly recommend it.

Click the photograph to find out more.

NEW PHOTOS (small series)

Camera: Olympus OM-1n
Location: Portland, OR and Astoria, OR.
Dates: Early 2012