Yes, I personally know what it is like to be retired at a very early age. However, the human experience is not just to experience but also to be experienced. For this reason I decided to make a short documentary film so that I could see my retirement from multiple perspectives. The deep reflection period […]
Public Space One
Reflections From Retirement: A Mini Photo Documentary
Many moons have passed since I last played in the Little Village Sandbox. Actually it has been exactly one month, and astronomically speaking, that’s probably a very small number of moons. You are most likely very concerned about the reality of my retirement (as I have been made aware of by the numerous inquisitions from […]
Dana T’s Lucid Dream Log
For four days in June of 2011, I kept a dream journal. My larger intent was to practice recalling my dreams so that I could become more likely to have lucid dreams. If you don’t know, lucid dreaming is a state where the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming while they remain sleeping. The […]
Dana T’s Shopping Show – Ep. 1
As a departure from art, I have made my first venture into the commercial world of television. It is my hope that the pilot episode of “Dana T’s Shopping Show” will be picked up by a major television network like ESPN, TLC, or Telemundo. The featured products of the first episode are Dana T-Shirts that […]
Dana T’s “Singer-Songwriter” Series vol 1.
On August 3rd, 2013, Dana Telsrow will present the debut event of Dana T’s “Singer-Songwriter” Series. He has created this series as a part of his three-month stay at the PS·Z FREE STUDIO RESIDENCY®. Some of you may have heard that T has retired from art. Of course this is definitely, totally true. This series […]
Art City: Untitled Bombsite Project reflects on time and space
The Untitled Bombsite Project, a video projection by Jill Baker and Jonathan Rattner, was the centerpiece of Public Space One’s final exhibition in its Jefferson Building…
I’m retiring from Art.
I have an extreme development that I’m excited to be unfortunately saddened by happiness to tell you about. It has come to my attention that the next phase of my artistic career is to retire early. There are too many associations that can’t be escaped and there is just too much stuff out there. Consider […]
The Free Studio Residency
Here is my first residency creation, which also happens to be about the residency.
An intro in text and about what,
I’m thinking about how to begin this portion of my residency. Modern and on the web, I imagine that the last thing anyone wants to see is a block of text. It isn’t fancy and it isn’t flashy, but I hardly feel that what reproducible images I can make are truly a representation of “Dana […]
Highlights from this year’s batch of UI MFA shows
It’s graduation time in Iowa City, and for the University of Iowa’s School of Art and Art History, that means an avalanche of visiting artist and MFA shows are going up and then coming down far too quickly. Off campus, there is the general upswell of creative activity that spring always seems to bring: A […]
Complete Schedule: IC DOCS 2013
The 11th annual Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (IC DOCS) kicks off Thursday, offering Iowa City film-lovers the chance to catch dozens of 30-minute-or-less productions shot both locally and around the world. We’ve highlighted a few productions in particular, but don’t be afraid to dive in blind. Soaking in many of these cinema experiences […]
Show Photos: Friday at Mission Creek
Here you’ll find photos from Friday April 5 of Chasing Shade, Zeta June, Future Rock, Douglas Kramer Nye, Frank Fairfield, The Pines, Taser Island, Snowblink, Trouble Lights, Zammuto, American Dust, Janeane Garofalo and a few others. Man, I fell way behind, but I am still here! Future Rock, Zeta June, Chasing Shade at Gabe’s Frank […]

