I’m visiting the Daegu Photo Biennial in Korea this week as a portfolio reviewer. You can see photos from the trip on my Flickr page.

Westport’s Barking Dog Problem

[This report was sent in by Christopher Robbins of Ghana Thinktank, which has been working on solving Westport's problems as part of the Optimism exhibition.]
“My neighbors think my dog barks too much, but he doesn’t.” This problem was submitted anonymously to Westport Arts Center by a local resident , and produced some pretty diverse solutions [...]

Westport Dandelion Festival

(Read more here about how Ghana Thinktank is solving Westport’s problems as part of the Optimism exhibition).
The following note was dropped in the ‘Problem Box’ at Westport Art Center for Ghana Thinktank to solve:

Site Updates

I’ve been re-formatting the site over the past few days, adding this blog and a new set of pages with lots of information about the Optimism exhibition.
Not only that, I’ve started a Twitter feed.

Optimism at Westport Arts Center

Optimism, an exhibition exploring the dreams and realities of making progress and changing the world, is on view at Westport Arts Center through November 30, 2008.  More info.
Pictured: Ghana Thinktank, a project by John Ewing, Matey Odonkor and Christopher Robbins. Photo by Christopher Robbins.