01
Feb

An unbelievable feat by Star St. Germain

Posted by Sadie at 02:26am

Thanks to the extreme magic of multi-talented illustrator, musician, code wrangler and web designer Star St. Germain (www.thisisstar.com) I present to you: my new website!
Welcome.

If you happen to be in the market for a web designer I cannot recommend Star highly enough! She is super-patient with the tech fearful, unsavvy, or luddistic, so I can only imagine how great she would be with someone who already knows how to bang a 0 and a 1 together. She’s a great teacher, I seriously have learned so much about the internets from working with her.
But! even if you don’t need the coddling I appreciate from all service providers, she is just a damn good designer and will make your shit look and work badass. Star drew the illustration on the top of my site and interpreted all of my bizarre requests with aplomb. She’s hot, sweet, sharp as a tack and wonderful to work with. Now I’m writing basic html and uploading videos and shit, just like the rest of all 10 year olds. I am super grateful to her for helping me realize a fucking five year dream, finally pulling me into net society, relieve my intense web-related shame, and do the impossible thing no other trusted friend could do (aka talk me into twitter). So hazzah to her!
Star is the bomb…one of those chocolate ones filled with ganache.

21
Jan

Voluptuary: Expressions of Eros Art Show

Posted by Sadie at 11:43pm


Title: Voluptuary: Expressions of Eros Art Show

Description: Erotic ecosexual art by Sadie Lune, Apaulo Hart and Ana Bedolla.
Good Vibrations is proud to present an exhibition of multimedia visual works by
three remarkable erotic artists. Meet the artists and enjoy wine and nibbles at
this opening reception. Exhibit runs through March 15th.

When: Thursday, January 28th
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Free!
Where: Good Vibrations Polk Street Gallery
1620 Polk Street (at Sacramento Street)
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 345-0400

http://events.goodvibes.com

21
Jan

open sOURce inspiration

Posted by Sadie at 12:48am


as a massive idea generator/note-taker without the money, materials, skills, time, energy, crew or wherewithal to realize many of my ideas i make a lot of notes about things that i will never do, and i require many, many scraps of paper. as a person who always finishes their plate, your plate, and yes would like a doggie bag, please, a feeling of wasted creative meat hurts my soul.

open sOURce inspiration is an ongoing project wherein I list many of the ideas for art pieces and projects, in all media, that I have and either do not want to pursue or don’t mind sharing with y’all. as a collaboration, i ask that you take these ideas when you are idea-hungry, interpret them as you like, and make some cool shit. i also ask that you please list your own excess ideas here as comments, and i will periodically add them to the growing list so we’ll get a big splat of mixed-brain soup. this is especially good for people who get inspired around medias or technologies they know nothing about and don’t intend to pursue anytime soon. i’m also interested in multiple interpretations of an idea… and i may come back and do some of these in the darkly glistening future. or ask me to colaborate! what the hay.

if you use/adapt/interpret/make/create/mutate/jump off from an idea you found here, it sure would be neat if you posted something about what you did/made and what the original idea was.

ANY_CHARACTER_HERE

Photography
12-30-09 -photo series of parents, mostly fathers, caught in moments of being good parents in the wild>SL

3-1-10 poster series showcasing the racism of media approach to flu epidemics. old war propaganda style, with a white person dressed as doctor, asian person dressed as bird, latino person dressed as a pig, etc. some text (maybe reference Animal Farm?) about “civility”=supremacy or something along those lines…> SL

Sculpture
12-28-09 -a working fountain made of mannequin and doll hands reaching outward >SL


Writing

12-30-09 -Novel about a man who wants to escape his life and so pretends to be killed in 9/11>SL
2-5-10- Eco-punk sci-fi stories about the most toxic and polluted places in the world>SL
2-5-10 A short story about a saxaphonist who’s life goal is to play the 5 second improv part in the credits for an episode of the Simpsons>SL

Any Media
12-30-09- Piece about the true story of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers guy who murdered a couple and got sentenced to death, and differences between life on/off screen>SL

12-30-09 -The Big Turn Off: project wherein everyone goes one day without phone, internet, twitter, etc. w. a website to advertise and explain, which goes down on the day of the big turn off, logo is a pelvis with a power strip button to “off” , website lists turn ons (such as connection, energy saving, time slowing) and turn offs, possible real-time ‘wholsome’ or kinky, but no-tech events scheduled for the day >SL

Street Art
12-28-09 -a response to the city perpetuated white dots and exes on cracked SF sidewalks (forcing home and business owners to fix tiny cracks while they charge the same follks for graffiti), make a giant Mission-sized white-dot connect the dots of Gavin Newsom’s mug >SL

Film
12-28-09 -Short Film about a conversation taking place via messages left written in icing on cakes >SL
12-28-09 Short video letter to Lindsay Lohan, offering her solace and support from the land of queerdos>SL

Performance
12-31-09 -Wheel of Bits..have a number of different acts on a gameshow wheel, have the audience spin it and then do acts based on wheel spin>SL

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13
Jan

31 actions: Crosstraining for Teaching Myself to Love

Posted by Sadie at 11:24pm


photos by Jenny Kroftova

31 actions: Crosstraining for Teaching Myself to Love
On my 31st birthday I did a 5.5 hr long performance above the BART station at 16th and Mission in San Francisco. To learn to teach myself, I began by seeking out lessons from others. A few weeks in advance, I asked my community to send me, via email or text, suggestions for actions that took less than 20 mins to complete based on the concept of “Teaching Myself to Love”. I performed/interpreted 31 of the actions I received in the order in which I received them, starting at 11:11 am on 11-11-09.

This was the official beginning of a longer umbrella project “Teaching Myself to Love” in which I proactively explore love and loving in my body, my interactions, and our cultural mythology. Through a variety of actions, small daily practices, performances, and pieces in varying media I work my lover muscles.
I hunt, rummage and probe into relationships with myself/body, sex, romance, family, friends, community, spirituality and the greater world (society and the environment). In a time when there is no clear recipe, regimen, or curriculum to learn love, I will teach myself.

Mabel Jimenez, a photojournalism student at SF State wrote this piece and worked with Lindsey Leake to produce an audio slideshow on 31:Crosstraining… click the yellow bar on the right of the story (under the header Rich Media) for the slideshow/audio. More photos on my performance page.

…and I floss.


11
Jan

Call for Submissions for WhoreLover

Posted by Sadie at 11:58pm

Deadline: February 11, 2010
Compiled/Edited by Sadie Lune

Whore Lover: Lovers and Partners of Sex Workers Speak
An anthology of non-fiction essays written by the non-paying partners (queer-trans-straight) of sex workers about their experiences and feelings regarding their unique position in the marketplace of love.
From casual dates, to great long term relationships, to going down in flames, ‘Whore Lover’ will explore the personal narratives of people attracted, intimate and in love with those who work in the sex industry. Present and former lovers and partners of sex workers are encouraged to submit. Whore Lover is looking to represent the stories of a multiplicity of people: people of color, trans, queer, gay, straight, of all ages. Partners of workers in all areas of the sex industry will be featured.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
*Day to day negotiations
*My partner and I turned each other out
* I was a trick and then became a lover
*Loving a Sex Work Celebrity
*My partner’s job turns me on
* My partner’s work inspired me to be a sex work client
* I’m a sex worker and I only date other sex workers
*How I deal with family and friends around my partner’s work
*How I’ve dealt (or not) with my own ego around my partner’s sex work
*My partner switched jobs within the industry and how that worked for us
* My partner’s sex work is a secret from everyone (including me?)
*I broke up with my partner because of sex work

People who have dated/loved/married all variety of sex workers, such as: porn actors, strippers, FBSM/sensual massage providers, street-based workers, tantra providers, erotic body workers, sexual surrogates, escorts, fetish workers, phone-sex workers, pro-Dominants and pro-submissives, are welcome to submit.

A limited number of interviews are possible to those who are interested in having their voices heard but feel more comfortable talking than writing. No poetry, please.
Pseudonyms or anonymous submissions are fine and will be honored.
Pieces should be between 1000-7000 words.

Please submit via email attachment (pdf or doc file) to: partnersanthology (at) gmail.com

Interested publishers are welcome to contact me as well.