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Top Academic Centers Flouting Trial Reporting Requirements, Report Shows
Top U.S. academic centers are routinely ignoring federal rules requiring them to report clinical trial data, a new analysis by a pair of nonprofit advocacy groups finds. Read More
FDA Guidances Recommend Broadened Eligibility, New Strategies for Trials
The FDA has issued several guidance documents in the past week that the agency hopes will help researchers get a handle on patient selection for increasingly complex trials.
Five of the guidances — four draft and one final — focus on giving access to experimental medicines to traditionally more vulnerable cancer patients, including children, HIV patients and hepatitis C sufferers. The guidances underline an emerging truth that trials are increasingly becoming front-line care to many patients.
CROs Deliver Shorter Cycle Times, Says New Tufts Report
Contract research services are now the largest single cost category in pharma R&D spending, accounting for almost $90 billion last year, according to Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.
All in, CROs raked in about $33 billion last year for services including project management, trial monitoring, biostatistics, site management and medical writing — an increase of 12 percent from 2017, Tufts researchers found.
Social Media Company Matches Sponsors with Patients to Advise on Trial Design
William Myers and Leslie Ramsey
An innovative social media company is developing a new model for matching trial sponsors with patients and caregivers who can offer ideas for making trials more patient-focused.
Inspire, an Arlington, Va.-based social media company, has built a community of 1.5 million people sharing information, opinions and support in therapeutic areas ranging from advanced breast cancer to wound healing.
Remotely Monitored Sites Must Maintain Vigilance and Communication, Expert Says
Multi-site trials rely on experienced remote monitors to coordinate their activities and communications, but that doesn't mean the individual sites can slack off. The absence of face-to-face communication can magnify seemingly simple errors, a veteran trial monitor warns.
Barbara Winter, an independent consultant and remote monitor based in Sacramento, Calif., urges sites to improve their internal communications and training strategies if they don't have a dedicated monitor on-site to keep a careful eye on things.
Sponsors Increasing Their Focus on Patient Centricity
William Myers and Cindy Carter
Orlando, Fla. — From comic books for kids in pediatric trials to including patients in protocol design, this year's SCOPE conference revealed a fresh commitment to making trials more patient-centric.
At TESARO, executives see several areas where patient centricity can improve trial speed and efficiency: ensuring that the protocol is simple to administer for the patient; enhancing convenience so the patient stays in the study; using the patient community to identify the most important unmet need and building patient ownership and commitment to the trial.
Drug Industry Comments on FDA's Real-World Evidence Program
Drug sponsors are eager for the FDA to embrace real-world evidence (RWE), but several companies are asking the agency to clarify how it can be used in clinical trials.
Late last year, the FDA invited public comments on a plan for its real-world evidence framework, and it received 30 overall, nine from drugmakers.
Patients Are Eager for Trials But Aren't Getting the Word, Survey Finds
Patients are eager to participate in clinical trials, but they're having trouble finding the information they need — not just on social media, but from their own doctors, a new survey suggests.
Many respondents said they'd be interested in joining trials — nearly three-fifths said they would be willing to share genetic information or their health records as part of a trial — and one in five said they had proactively asked their doctors about trials, but only 15 percent had ever enrolled in one. Fewer than one in five said their doctor had suggested trials for them.
New Collaboration Aims to Use Advanced Data Analysis to Speed Trials
A Michigan CRO is teaming with MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the University of Maryland's Center for Transitional Medicine (CTM) to create what organizers are calling "a supergroup" that will help speed drugs through the clinical trials pipeline.
Officials at MMS Holdings of Canton, Mich., MIT and Maryland's CTM call their new venture the Health Analytics Collective. Its goal is to help use data — particularly real-world data — to help cut down on the time spent in trials, to augment label claims and to support new drug applications.
Sites and Sponsors Need to Collaborate on Staff Training
Gaps and gray areas in federal training requirements wind up putting pressure on principal investigators when the burden rightly belongs on sponsors' shoulders.
But in practice, says Jan S. Peterson, vice president of regulatory affairs and quality for Global Regulatory Partners, investigators may find themselves taking on responsibility for training the rest of the staff.
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Tuesday's bond market has opened in negative territory following the release of this morning's only economic data. The stock markets are showing losses with the Dow down 80 points and the Nasdaq down 13 points. The bond market is currently down 13/32, which will likely push this morning's mortgage rates higher by approximately .250 - .375 of a discount point.
The Commerce Department gave us April's Retail Sales data this morning, showing a 0.2% decline in sales. That matched forecasts, however, is more volatile auto sales were excluded, sales rose 0.5%. That reading was well above forecasts of a 0.2% increase, meaning with exception to auto sales, consumers were more active than many had thought. This is bad news for bonds because consumer spending makes up two-thirds of the U.S. economy.
Tomorrow's only relevant report is April's Consumer Price Index (CPI). It measures inflationary pressures at the important consumer level of the economy. Its results will be watched closely and can lead to significant volatility in the bond market and mortgage pricing. Current forecasts are calling for increases of 0.3% and 0.2% respectively in the overall index and the core data readings. The core data is the more important of the two since it excludes more volatile food and energy prices.
There are three reports scheduled over the remaining two days of the week, but none of them are considered to be of high importance to the markets. We will see April's Industrial Production Thursday and April's Housing Starts along with May's preliminary reading to the University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment Friday morning.
If I were considering financing/refinancing a home, I would.... Lock if my closing was taking place within 7 days... Float if my closing was taking place between 8 and 20 days... Float if my closing was taking place between 21 and 60 days... Float if my closing was taking place over 60 da ys from now... This is only my opinion of what I would do if I were financing a home. It is only an opinion and cannot be guaranteed to be in the best interest of all/any other borrowers.


Check In & Prayer All checked in. One member celebrated a 16th anniversary of sobriety, another attended the laymen's retreat and brought a sponsee to it. Tom opened in prayer.
Treasurer's report: He will get the account details out by the end of the day today. He brought Ed's compensation up to date, no other expenses. A small contribution came in. Following the meeting he sent the following report through end of August. Current balance in wells Fargo checking: $2536.17.
Coordinator's report: He has some checks to forward to the treasurer. Came back from sabbatical to two weddings and a funeral. He wants to get an email blast out soon. He and his associate are continuing to experiment with the recovery meeting Monday. They went on retreat to brainstorm the development of the lay fellowship. They are hoping to get it going in the next year. They have some start up funding and are meeting tomorrow for an update.
Strategies for updating our database: Some addresses are correct for the church but the pastor has moved. Do we want to pay someone to do it? Since there was no response to that question, it was decided to try assigning board members a section and using denominational websites and phone calls to update the information. The Chair will divide up the list and email a section to each board member to make connection or get an accurate email address.
Newsletter: Bohdan will write something to go out on our efforts to update the contact information. Since there were several recent anniversary celebrations it was suggested that might be worth including. Tom will celebrate forty years in the spring. He offered to write about how recovery has changed over the last thirty nine years. A suggested deadline was early next week. Another idea was since we are working on updating contact information we could include a self addressed stamped envelope for people to return with their current information. It was moved, seconded and passed to do so.
Thursday meeting report. Participation was a bit lower over the summer but very meaningful to those on the call.
Website: Everyone is encouraged to look at it and review it for the next meeting. The chair also reminded us of the FRLC FaceBook page. It is a closed group. There was a recent post asking for advice. Board members are encouraged to look for it and respond.
This entry was posted in Meetings, Minutes on September 14, 2016 by Pastor Melanie.
As we were unable to meet the minimum number of participants to meet the retreat center's requirements we have cancelled our plans to meet at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center. Instead, we are staying at a motel in Denver and meeting at a nearby church on the same dates, April 25-28. We plan to discuss the 12 steps and attend a local meeting. There is still time to join the group: contact Bohdan at pastorvadis@sbcglobal.net or Melanie at mmartindent@yahoo.com.
This entry was posted in News on April 11, 2016 by Pastor Melanie.
This entry was posted in News on March 7, 2016 by Pastor Melanie.


Fine wine importer and wholesaler Martine's Wines celebrated its five-year anniversary under owners Gregory Castells and Kate Laughlin by announcing the creation of a California sales team and several notable additions to its portfolio as the company approaches its 40th year of business. Martine's Wines was started in 1979 by legendary tastemaker Martine Saunier, who hand-selected Castells and Laughlin to purchase the company in December 2012.
Castells and Laughlin agree that company founder Saunier provided them with a solid foundation from which to create something of their own.
Recent additions to the company's portfolio include Michel Fallon (Champagne), Domaine Santa Duc (Rhone Valley), Reeve Wines (California), and Lingua Franca (Oregon). Martine's Wines has also launched its own proprietary wine called Licence IV, which is hitting the market in 2018 with Chardonnay, Rose and Grenache wines from France served in one-liter, Stelvin closure bottles.
The company is adding new personnel with the hiring of a California sales team, which will roll out effective February 1, 2018. Martine's Wines already has direct market sales teams in Chicago, New York, and New Jersey, and adding its own sales force in California was the next logical step. The company is also expanding its California distribution portfolio with selections from PortoVino and Vine Street Imports.
This culture has been a touchstone for the winemakers the company represents.
Martine's Wines is marking this landmark in its rich history with a comprehensive trade tasting of its portfolio on March 26-27, 2018. Le Tour de California will bring over 25 producers from France, Portugal and Italy to Los Angeles and San Francisco for two days of tasting that will feature over 250 wines. For Castells, this event celebrates a new chapter.
Martine's Wines was founded by Martine Saunier in 1979. Today, the company strongly adheres to the motto of its founder: "Quality is a must." This quality is found in its wines, partnerships, and employees. The portfolio is composed of producers who do not take shortcuts and consistently present true expressions of the appellation and region from which they come.
Information for Le Tour de California can be found at here.


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Timothy Cubbison is an American producer, director, writer and casting director, best known for the video games Fallout 4, Life Is Strange and Rise of the Tomb Raider. He is credited on over 50 titles including four BAFTA winners, five DICE Awards winners, five Game Critics Awards winners, and five Game Developers Choice Awards winners.

Education
Cubbison graduated from Ramstein American High School in Germany.  He earned a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the USC Marshall School of Business.

Career
He is the founder of the voice recording studio Horseless Cowboy.

Theatre
Cubbison directed the world premieres of two plays, Kicking Gravity and Out of Gardenia.  The plays, which were produced by Cubbison and Adam Agardy, were the winners of the Hired Gun Playwrighting competition.

Video games
Cubbison served as a voice producer on Fallout 3 and a voice director on CSI: NY. He received his first writing credit with work on Infamous and began working as casting director with Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight. He has worked with Mickey Rourke, Kris Kristofferson, Sigourney Weaver, Laurence Fishburne and Samuel L. Jackson.

Film
His short films and documentaries were played at film festivals in the United States, Germany and New Zealand.  In 2016, the German language film, Ich Warte Hier, directed by Harry Buerkle won the award for Best Documentary at the Bamberger Kurzfilmtage. It was distributed by Amazon Prime Video.

Writing and conferences
He is a contributor to Forbes.com and the editor of the Horseless Cowboy Medium publication  He speaks at schools like USC and conferences like M-Dev.  He was an organizer of the 2017 E2 conference and the 2016 E2VR conference at the University of Southern California.

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8 Authentic Travel Experiences in Pompano Beach, Florida
Travelers love the allure of authentic experiences: seeing, learning, and doing unique things in unique places. Pompano Beach, Florida, is full of these opportunities. Despite having undergone significant oceanfront improvements along with family-friendly amenities and iconic new oceanfront restaurants, the city also has enthralling historical significance that's well preserved and perfect for photography and exploration.
A short bicycle ride or drive from Beach Vacation Rentals' boutique apartments and charming cottages are several authentic experiences, including a towering lighthouse, historic air park, dazzling arts center, and a 100-year-old firehouse.
1. Historic Hillsboro Lighthouse
Historic Hillsboro Lighthouse boasts the brightest beam in the world. This 1907 marvel remains the backdrop to our Blue Wave beach. Visitors can embark on Saturday tours twice a month (but check their hours due to COVID-19).
2. Historic Pompano Beach Air Park
The Pompano Beach Air Park is mostly utilized for private planes, flying schools, and helicopter tours over the Atlantic Ocean or the Everglades. The Air Park was built in World War II for naval air training, and eventually handed over to the city. It is home to one of only three Goodyear Blimp Airbases in the world. Spectators can freely observe up-close takeoffs and landings when one of the two blimps are in town. They generally go up and down every 20 minutes to cruise over the beach when they're not covering games and live events. Only ticket holders from charity fundraiser auctions get to ride.
3. Bailey Contemporary Arts Center – Historic Old Town
Restoration is well underway at Historic Old Town. This was the original town of Pompano. It was founded more than 100 years ago on the northeast corner of Atlantic Boulevard and Dixie Highway at the railroad tracks. This is where farmers brought their produce from all over South Florida to load onto trains headed for New England, mostly.
Farmers stayed at the Old Bailey Hotel (a working man's hotel), which has now been beautifully restored and repurposed as the Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA). The first floor has extensive art galleries free and open to the public. Upstairs, you'll find working resident artist lofts with space in the middle for public events like paint and sip, open mic lyrics lab (where the public can recite their original songs or poetry), and jazz jam sessions. You can find similar art and music experiences in the restored Ali Arts Center nearby. Elsewhere in Old Town, several new restaurants are in the process of leasing restored spaces, and a Green Market is held every Saturday except during summer.
4. Pompano Untapped – Historic Old Town
Historic Old Town also celebrates its growing craft brewery industry with a "first Friday" monthly festival called Pompano Untapped from 6-10 p.m. Patrons can meander along several blocks filled with artist booths, food trucks, and free craft beer at sampling stations. A live band plays in one square, and a DJ plays beside the fire and water fountain in another square.
5. Old Pompano Neighborhood
The surrounding neighborhood of Old Pompano has a beautifully preserved 100-year-old firehouse, including two stunning original trucks. The complex surrounding the firehouse is a historical museum that includes the original Kester Cottages. The Pompano Beach Historical Society gives periodic tours of Old Pompano for a modest fee. Please check their events page for upcoming tours.
6. Indian Mound Park
Listed on the National Register of historic places, Indian Mound Park is the only surviving Tequesta Indian burial mound in urban Broward County. It is 100 feet wide and seven feet tall. The Tequesta, valuing their dead, placed them in a special place to clean and prepare the bones for interment in a burial mound. Artifacts discovered near the mound suggest the associated village may have been in existence for some 4,000 years. Human burial remains were also unearthed in 1940 by a permitted excavation and by looting. The mound is now a public park with a historical marker located at Hibiscus Avenue and Northeast 13th Street.
7. Cap's Place Island Restaurant
One of the most historic restaurants in the nation is Cap's Place, which you can only get to by boat (a free ferry will take you there). It is as much of a museum with historical artifacts and photos as a restaurant. Famous rum-runners once operated out of the space. Mafia characters and U.S. presidents are among the famous historical figures who met at Cap's Place.
8. Shipwreck Park
Don't forget Pompano Beach's Shipwreck Park, an artificial reef system one-mile offshore, with 17 sunken wrecks and artworks. Some of the wrecks are natural, like the SS Copenhagen, which wrecked in the reefs somewhere around 1900. The SS Copenhagen is more than 300 feet long. You can still see the "spine and ribs" of the old ship; the anchor and a plaque are also on the ocean floor. This is an excellent wreck for divers and snorkelers, as it is in only about 20 feet of water. It is a regular stop for most dive boat outings.
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Having the proper desk for your work is important, but there's a lot more that goes into a functional workspace than just a flat surface. Desk and office accessories can keep you organized, shed light in dark corners, and offer plenty of space for storage.
You can never have too much storage! But ugly cabinets can detract from your beautiful surroundings. Desk hutches are a great way to add stylish flare to your desk while adding much needed space. Hutches keep small items off the top of your desk to give you more elbow room. And many feature cork board backings as a space to pin notes, photos, and important items.
A properly lit workspace is key to reducing eye strain and keeping you alert and focused throughout the day. Incandescent lights emit 90% heat and only 10% light, making them the least efficient choice for your table or floor lamps. Opt for clear LED lighting instead. Not only do LED lights use up to 75% less energy, saving you money on your next utility bill, but they can also last years longer than other bulbs. Don't just stop at function; add beauty to your space by choosing a visually interesting lamp to enhance your office style.
Shelving doesn't always have to be on the wall. Adding a shelf to your desk can benefit you in a variety of ways. When you need reference books at your fingertips, it can take up valuable work time to constantly walk to the bookcase. A desk shelf puts things within easy reach. Special shelves, such as the Caretta desk shelves, are designed to keep printers, routers, and computer towers off the floor and minimize the tangle of cables. Freestanding shelves and bookcases are good ideas for displaying photos, awards, or mementos that can be distracting and take up room on your desk.
No matter what type of business your run or what you use your home office for, there is always a need for filing systems. Small desktop or attachment paper trays can separate work done from work still to do. Filing cabinets can hold hanging folders and even store office supplies. If your desk doesn't have any drawers, look for drawer/filing cabinet combos to store smaller accessories.
Perhaps the most important aspect to any office is the ergonomics. You probably spend most of the day in a desk chair, staring at your monitor. Is a low height causing you to slump forward? Do you struggle with glare during certain times of day? These problems can be solved with computer raisers and monitor arms. Set up dual or even quad screens for maximum productivity and extend them above your eye-line to encourage good posture. Even a simple riser shelf can add comfort and health for your back and eyes.
No matter if you use your home office every day or only a few times a month, having the right office accessories is important for comfort and productivity. Look for bright lamps, inspiring artwork, shelves and storage spaces to keep things organized, and don't forget to keep your workspace ergonomic with desk attachments and shelves. The right accessories can make all the difference.


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Tornado Memorial Service; February 5th
Written by Debbie Gregory
County Executive Shelby Linville announced at the County Commissioner's meeting on Monday night, January 26th, that a memorial service would be held on the east side of the public square at 5 p.m., on Thursday, February 5th, at the tornado monument located on the courthouse lawn.
This event will mark the one year anniversary of the deadly twister that took several lives and left a trail of destruction in its aftermath.
According to Linville, the Lafayette Police Department will block off the public square at 4:30 p.m. so friends and neighbors can gather to share in this special moment.
A candlelight vigil will begin the ceremony, then Linville will place a wreath on the monument and say a few words in remembrance of the citizens of Macon County who lost their lives as a result of the tornado.
Red, white and yellow balloons will be released for the living, the deceased and hope and prosperity. Jeff Hudson will sing "What the Storm Didn't Blow Away" and will end the service with "God Bless America."
"This is a special occasion in the lives of Macon Countians," said Linville, "to commemorate this tragic event and to let the tornado victims know that the people of Lafayette haven't forgotten them. We want to show our appreciation to everyone, and to hopefully help put lives back together so we can move ahead."
A Tornado Memorial Service will be held at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church on Thursday night, February the 5th at 6:00 p.m. The church was completely destroyed in a deadly tornado that zig zagged it's way across parts of Macon County exactly one year ago this week. Pastor Dean Sircy cordially invites everyone to attend.
A musical celebration called "Joy Jam For Jesus" to honor the Welch Family, will be held at the Lafayette United Methodist Church on Saturday night, February 7th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Pastor Michael Welch, wife Julie, and their two young children, Jesse and Hannah, were tragically killed on Thursday, February 7th, 2008, in a six vehicle accident on Hwy. 52 West, just two days after an EF4 tornado devastated parts of Middle Tennessee. After a day of disaster relief work, they were headed toward Lafayette, when their van was crushed between two tractor trailers. The community is welcome to attend.
On Thursday, February 5th, Nashville's WSMV Channel 4 weather team will be hosting its public service program "Surviving the Storm" here in Macon County. On the one year anniversary of the deadly February 5th tornado that roared across parts of Macon County flattening homes and taking lives, the news team will be broadcasting segments from the Macon County High School auditorium at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. The actual program will take place at 7 p.m. in the auditorium and will offer an informative look at tornadoes and how to protect your loved ones. Activities and a question & answer segment will also be included. The public is invited.


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Best of Utah 2002: Commerce
Liberty Heights Fresh
From organic red leaf lettuce to gourmet European chocolate, Liberty Heights Fresh has everything for the aspiring health nut/gourmand/new-ager. Check out their Out of a Flower, Inc. ice cream with such flavors as Pink Grapefruit and Tarragon, and White Chocolate with Poppy Seeds. Gorgeous, robust produce decks the side wall: living watercress, Italian parsley, fat, shiny eggplant. Fine cheeses like Roquefort nestle against large cans of Helix snails. Moxie Cherry Cream soda sits chilled next to a stand of gourmet cookbooks. Fresh-cut flowers sweeten the air, and big rounds of bread from four different local bakeries are stacked to the ceiling. Clean as your Mom's kitchen, everything's arranged just so. Liberty Height Fresh food is worth the extra buck or two.
2. Tony Caputo's
3. Granato's
BEST DRAMA STORE
Hansen Drama Bookstore
The proprietors here dig plays that nobody's ever heard of or that most people think have gone extinct. Not even Barnes & Noble's extensive computer search system could find some of the books Hansen has stored on its shelves. They also have classy original costumes for actors or dress-up lovers, and of course, blood and nails.
BEST PLACE FOR COSTUMES & PROPS
Dress up like Dorothy or the Devil. With antique wedding shoes and backless dresses with polka-dot ties, this is as gaudy as it gets. Improve your reading skills with a wide selection of never-heard-of romance novels. Listen to phonographs with good-looking artists on the cover and buy movies that are truly worth your 25 cents. They have great old couches, baskets and woodwork. If you're one who enjoys the process of shopping, stop by DI for a good laugh, if nothing else.
BEST POSTAL EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE
Kevin Lemon
The long, sour wait at the 230 West 200 South post office turns into lemonade with a unique twist, thanks to Kevin Lemon. "Last year on my birthday," Lemon said, "a customer was very rude to me and I thought, 'Would you treat me this way if you knew it was my birthday?'" After this experience, Lemon decided the best way to give excellent postal service was to pretend that it was the birthday of every customer who came up to his window. "Whether they're sending mail priority or book rate," Lemon said, "I treat everyone the same. I treat them like this day is their special day. It's their birthday."
BEST POTHOLE YOU'LL HIT EVERY TIME ON 900 EAST
900 East at 1200 South
You know it's there, but you'll hit it every time you drive south down 900 East. The hole in the road is at 1200 South and is in the precise location where the driver's side wheels cruise down the street. If the hole was any more to the left, it would be in the yellow-lined paint. If it was located any more to the right, you'd safely straddle it. Instead-ka-chunk!-it's time for another weekly alignment.
BEST TREE SELECTION
Glover Nursery
With 10 acres to fill up with annuals, perennials, shrubs, vines and trees, you'd kind of expect that most of that display space would be used on trees. It is. Fruit trees, shade trees, pines and exotic trees are the bailiwick of Rod and Bryce Glover and they do trees well. You can get a tree most anywhere, but if you need something more than a cheap sales price—like sound advice—then you owe it to your yard to talk to the Glovers. Acer palmatum, anyone?
Jagged Edge Retreat
Need your hair bleached white-blonde with cherry-red tips? Want to see what you'd look like with a blue buzz? Like to see some sassy silvery-blonde streaks artfully placed in your dark chocolate hair %uFFFD la the lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls? Jagged Edge is the place to go. They've got a taste for contemporary style that doesn't lag even so much as one month behind big national trends that the rest of Utah seems to have trouble catching up with. (The poofy A-line was over three years ago, OK?) Jagged Edge also offers full pedicures and manicures, massages, facials, waxing, body wraps, permanent cosmetics, eyelash and eyebrow tinting, chemical peels and last but not least, electrolysis. Daring, edgy, sexy, modern: the Jagged Edge is oh-so-cutting-edge.
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BEST DUTCH OVENS
Kirkham's Outdoor
Pioneers valued Dutch Ovens more than their red-headed in-laws. Today they're valued not just at campsites, but in backyards all along the Wasatch—Utah leads the nation in Dutch Oven usage. Those people understand that a Dutch Oven is like an investment, so most of them use only a Lodge Dutch Oven, clearly the best. Those in the know, know Kirkham's sells the best of everything. Kirkham's boasts a wide variety of Lodge products, including frying pans and skillets; all are premier grade, made in the USA, and H-E-A-V-Y. For what-is-the-meaning-of-life types, they are curiously located just one aisle over from the ultra-lightweight backpacking camping gear.
BEST PIERCING
Koi's piercers, it seems, are true professionals—two of the staff are actually members of the Association of Professional Piercers, and they've all been piercing for five to eight years. Each room has high-speed autoclaves that sterilize every piece of jewelry that's embedded in your flesh, and they won't do any piercings that are "not healthy" or the person isn't responsible enough to take care of. "We do everything from mild to wild," says Marty Kasteler, an employee at Koi, citing 3/8-inch barbell-shaped metal implants (placed completely underneath the skin) as something more on the latter side. Koi is the only studio in town that devotes their entire attention to piercing. As Kasteler so aptly puts it: "We don't sell dildos and bongs."
2. Lost Art
3. A.S.I.
BEST PLACE TO GET A NEW SOLE
Steve's Custom Shoe Service
Since Steve guarantees every pair of shoes that walk out of his door, he won't fix just any shoe. He turns away repair business on shoes he doesn't deem up to his quality for a shoe. When a shoe repaired by Steve finds its way back to your feet, it's not as good as new, it's better: Because he gives life and a sole to those things on your feet.
BEST MALL SANTA
South Towne Center
"Natural Santas"—the ones with real beards and real bowls full of jelly—are all the rage now, but South Towne Center was first locally, and still the best. The Sandy mall's Claus—by contract, real names are never revealed—was a first-timer at the location for the 2001 season, but his way with the little ones was unparalleled. Plus, his very own real-life Mrs. Claus was with him to offer support. If you still want your kids to believe in the magic of Christmas, try the place where one parent was heard to comment, "I feel like he knows what I've been doing in the past year."
BEST COOKIE-CUTTER SELECTION
Spoons & Spice
You've been wanting to make some special cookies for that college graduate who's heading to dentistry school in California, but where can you find cutters of a guy in a mortarboard, a palm tree and a tooth? At Spoons & Spice, where an inventory of over 500 different sizes and shapes guarantees there's not much you couldn't render in cookie form if you so choose. This is where to go if you don't just want to make cookies for a dog-lover, but for a collie-lover, or a schnauzer-lover, or a poodle-lover.
Yes, 24 hours in a row—what's your excuse now? Global chain 24 Hour Fitness was spawned in (where else?) California nearly 20 years ago, but only recently invaded Sugar House, Sandy and Provo to vigorously unseat some perennial Best of Utah winners. Basketball, group cycling, kid's club, pro shop, personal training, sauna, steam room, whirlpool—all the staples can be found at 24, but don't make the mistake of believing you'll be fit in 24 hours (actually overheard once).
2. Lifestyles 2000
3. Xcel
BEST SKI/SNOWBOARD RENTAL
Canyon Sports
You want to rent equipment fast, so you can get on the slope as soon as possible? You want tips on snow conditions and resorts? You want a rental shop that can handle even the most pesky visiting family member or friend who came out from the East Coast to sleep on your sofa and ski? Then this is what you want. Canyon Sports rents an array of best-rated equipment and clothes at fees so reasonable only a prodigal fool or powder junkie would care to actually own them.
2. Salty Peaks
3. REI
Lost Art
What makes Lost Art the best tat parlor in Salt Lake City? "Because we care," says Nate Drew, the owner of Lost Art, with only a hint of commercial sarcasm. "We don't have any gimmicks, just great, quality tattooing." Operating almost solely on word-of-mouth advertising, Lost Art has built up a solid reputation for selection and high-end quality artists for the four years it has been open. In fact, business is so good that Drew just opened up a Lost Art in Ogden (the city's second tattoo shop) and is considering opening one in Moab (it'll be Moab's virginal first). What was Nate's favorite tattoo to inflict? "The last one I did," he says, laughing. "Because I had the opportunity to tattoo someone."
3. Big Deluxe
BEST PLACE TO BOOST LIFE EXPECTANCY
It's a fact, you know. Our copious reliance on Middle Eastern oil and our conspicuous consumption of drive-through fast-food both conspire to make 80 percent of the American population overweight. So move your gut on over to a grocery store that makes you feel healthy whether you buy anything or not. But buy you certainly could, and should. Snag some Ester-C, a passel of broccoli, frozen blueberries and a carton of soy milk. Now all you need to take care of is a gym membership.
BEST BOOKSTORE (CHAIN)
Capitalism meets thoughtfulness at this famous book chain that actually caters to its customers. Peruse the stacks all day long and buy nothing. The clerks don't care. Or, listen to music at one of the listening stations in their comprehensive CD section. (Sorry, no sitting here). Take a latte-and-biscotti break with your favorite magazine. Hang. Yep, Barnes & Noble has it down. They give you what you want and you give them that Visa card. That's how it works. And that's why Barnes & Noble is taking over the world, along with Starbucks coffee, of course. You could feel guilty about spending at the font of big corporate capitalism over the local guy. But hey, competition in the free marketplace must be allowed to work.
3. Amazon.com
BEST BOOKSTORE (LOCAL)
Sam Weller's Books
The best only got better in the last year, as the renovation was completed on the lower-level used book area. Spelunking through the stacks at Sam Weller's is less like a visit to a bookstore than it is a trip to a university library, with dusty tomes lining the floors waiting to be filed. Upstairs has, of course, the splendid selection of new books—with plenty of space devoted to Utah authors—but there's something extra-special about the basement. Any bibliophile worth his or her salt could easily spend a day just prowling around down below looking for a special treasure.
2. King's English Bookshop
3. Golden Braid Books
The Bookshelf (Ogden)
There's not a lot of bookstores to choose from, especially now that the famous Bookateria has shut down. But The Bookshelf easily outdistances others. They have a huge collection of used books, as well as a collection of anime videos, comic books and (gulp) Dungeons & Dragons regalia. If you go on the right night, you can see people named "Gandalf" and "Gilrain" roll their 20-sided dice as they traverse the uncharted territory of a lifetime of virginity.
BEST HEBER VALLEY BOOKS
Books & Beyond (Midway)
On the corner of 100 East and Main Street in beautiful Midway, a hundred-year-old brick house with gingerbread trim is home to over 10,000 books. If Midway really is what local townsfolk like to call it—"midway to heaven"—then the Books & Beyond bookstore is the community's little miracle. The fact that this treasure thrives speaks volumes about the townsfolk. Apparently, people out this way like to buy and read good books. Proprietors Val Chin and Jan Sloan are delightful and knowledgeable women with a gift for literary gab. Along with the healthy selection of diverse reading material, the women host free readings in the cozy setting about once a month. When you're in Heber Valley, don't miss it.
BEST MASSAGE
Utah College of Massage Therapy
Feeling stressed out and achy? Feeling old and limp? Do yourself a favor and check into the Utah College of Massage Therapy for a rubdown. Every Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., the college offers full-body massage for only $25 an hour. Dig it. At those rates, you could go for two hours. But then they'd have to call 911 to get your heart started again. No doubt that's why our dollar-savvy readers chose the college over everybody else in town for perhaps the nicest favor you could ever do for yourself-pay to have someone soothe those sore muscles. And after a hard day biking or roller skating, you're probably going to need it, baby.
2. Breathe
3. Peony Gardens
BEST WIGS & TOUPEES
Creative Wigs & Toupees
They don't just offer full wigs, they have three-quarter wigs, butterfly dip pieces and toupees for $350 with a cap that makes it look like your own hair. The owner, Jan Nelson, claims she orders products from all over but tries to have only the best stuff. She has been running the Salt Lake store for 10 years and has bought two other wig stores in order to expand.
BEST MOVING MOUNTAIN
Rent-a-Rock
So that rock-climbing thing has always looked interesting to you, but you'd much rather have the mountain come to Mohammed. Never fear, Provo-based Rent-a-Rock is here, ready to bring a 24-foot-high climbing rock right to your front door. As many as three people can climb at a time, and they deliver anywhere (provided you're ready to pay $1 a mile on top of the $200-per-hour rental). And even if you're not the climbing type, haven't you always wanted to turn your backyard into a photo-op with the Paramount Pictures logo?
BEST OUTDOOR GEAR
In a state practically defined by its appeal to the outdoorsman and—woman, few places cover more all-season terrain than REI. For the slopes-worshipper, it's ideal for snow gear and apparel. Summer campers will find every conceivable accoutrement. From instant food for the trail to hiking boots, from ski rentals to bedrolls, REI makes it possible to prepare for an entire year far from the hustle and bustle of civilization.
2. Kirkham's Outdoor
3. Wasatch Touring
BEST FAREWELL TO FIDO
Windsor Pet Caskets
For many people, losing a pet is like losing a member of the family, but there's not always much help when it happens. Heck, the nearest pet cemetery is in Ogden. But Windsor Pet Caskets can make it easier to say goodbye with its watertight, non-biodegradable options for backyard burials, in addition to urns and memorial markers. They can even ship overnight to your door to make the experience that much easier. Add a custom interior design with favored patterns or pictures, and parting need not be so sorrowful.
BEST PLACE TO GET A BLUE RINSE
Russell's Beauty Shop
We're not just about the mullet here at City Weekly—sometimes it's appropriate to give more traditional 'dos their due. For the senior woman on the go, that means that distinctive azure tint that launched its own nomenclature for the elderly. Russell's clientele knows where to go when they need the blues, knowing that the shade was cool long before punkers co-opted it. When the Greatest Generation needs its follicular hip replaced, Russell's is the place.
BEST SLAP SHOT SPOT
Hockey Zone
If anyone's poised to cash in on the post-Olympic surge in interest in ice hockey, it's this Murray retailer. NHL merchandise and Olympic team bobblehead dolls occupy their expected spaces, but it's also the prime spot for players to find sticks, pads, gloves and skates. You can even plop down on a couch on a Saturday afternoon and catch some of ABC's NHL game of the week. And once you've gotten all your gear, you can try it out in the store's private firing range.
BEST BUSINESS FAÇADE
King Arthur Self Storage
Because it's crucial for potential customers to know that their belongings are as safe as if they were locked inside the actual Camelot, these South Valley businesses present all the symbolic trappings of a medieval castle. Storage lockers at King Arthur sit behind a stylized stone wall, complete with turrets and a knight in full armor—though on-site archers and cauldrons of boiling oil have not been added. A step above the drab functionality of most self-storage sites, King Arthur's design shows that at least the architecture of chivalry is not dead.
BEST COSMOPOLITAN, ULTRA-CHIC CLOTHING STORE BARGAIN
Ypsilon Boutique
The Ypsilon in Sugar House is cool, too, and in fact, is practically identical to the Ypsilon in Crossroads Mall. But the Crossroads Ypsilon has this cool bargain rack right next to the north entrance of the store that always has killer, killer deals constantly on hand for the savvy shopper, with prices slashed by an average of 50-90 percent. What is it about Ypsilon's clothes? They're sassy, made out of really interesting, high-quality fabric like pink silk, blue suede and red leather and are extremely unique and extremely fashionable, but never in an uppity, I'll-never-wear-this-on-anything-but-a-catwalk way. Ypsilon: making wicked clothes available to the little people.
BEST BIKE REPAIR
Guthrie Bicycle
More than 100 years ago, J.W. Guthrie opened the bicycle shop. Of course, back then, mountain biking probably would have seemed kind of stupid—not to mention bad for your bike. That's where Guthrie's comes in. Whether you need a pre-season tune-up, or you left the bikes on top of your SUV when you pulled into the garage, take them to David Saenz and his technicians. But close your eyes until you get to the back of the store because if you start looking at the new models in the front, you'll think long and hard about the ultimate tune-up.
2. Wild Rose
3. Canyon Bicycle
BEST PLACE TO DOWN A BUD WHILE DOING YOUR WASH
Don't want to catch the opening band at The Urban Lounge? Stroll over to the chic, modern Stonewash, which is open from 7 a.m. to midnight every day, even Sundays. You can go downstairs and get a beer while you're waiting and watch TV at the bar. Or you can wonder what in the hell a small stage with a chair and mic is doing down there set in a cubbyhole in the wall. Do people really perform there?! Anyway, it's cozy and sexy, and remember, you have a rock show to look forward to after your load comes outta the dryer.
BEST REASON TO BE STRUCK WITH MARCH MELANCHOLY
Salt City CD's Closing
Man, does this even need an explanation? With a title that was so endearingly ungrammatical (no apostrophe on the "s," guys), a staff that knew more about music than most people know about their own psyche, 20-plus different music magazines and dozens of reference books, listening centers and one of the state's widest and most diverse selection of underground and indie CDs and vinyl, Salt City was less a CD store and more of an heroic attempt to make indie music more accessible to the masses. Thanks, Salt City—we'll miss you.
Best High-End Audio Install
Car Concepts
We doubt you know much about Car Concepts because owner Rick Goeller is married to advertising on radio and especially radio stations that cater to the young males who cherish woofers over women. Hey, it's a working formula. What is lesser-known though—and you adult males who know that attracting women has a lot to do with woofers after all should pay heed here—is that Car Concepts is especially adept in the design and installation of high-end consumer electronic systems. From Park City stars and starlets, to professional sports players, people who require special expertise for their high-priced autos and sound systems go to Car Concepts. You'll wish you had one of those newfangled audio/video systems on your boat next time the fish ain't biting.
BEST PLACE TO SEE KENNY ROGERS, CLINT BLACK OR PEOPLE LIKE THAT
Dee Events Center (Ogden)
While Salt Lake City and even Provo seem to get the top-line acts, Ogden seems to get all the country performers. But, if you're going to see them, it's probably best to see them "in the round" at the Dee Events Center. Many still talk about Kenny Rogers' touching performance of "Lady" two years ago that seemed to presage the bankruptcy of his "Kenny Rogers' Roasters" chain.
BEST BIG INDIE RECORD SHOP
Starbound Records
Time to 'fess up: Due to our seemingly unconquerable metro SLC elitism, City Weekly once gave West Valley City's Starbound Records the half-hearted staff award of Best Vinyl Selection in West Valley. Yes, it was pretty lame, considering that the 20-year-old store stands as the largest independent music shop in Utah and arguably the hands-down king when it comes to vinyl and actual 21st-century formats in a blessedly non-corporate setting. One could easily spend days in this 10,000-square-foot joint perusing the cool music finds vintage, recent and used: Rare promo items, picture discs, jukeboxes, rows of 45s and 78s, decent prices—we even found a copy of Foghat's classic Stone Blue on 8-track, sweet! Get over Salt City and take a drive.
BEST MUSIC SHOP
Orion's (Park City)
Alright, the truth is that Orion's is Park City's only music store, unless you include the cheesy Garth-filled music departments at Wal-Mart and the going, going gone KMart. But that doesn't make Orion's any less valuable to Summit County music nuts. Orion's is a throwback to the music stores of old: You can sit on a comfy sofa, strap on the headphones and listen to a CD before you buy. And if you need assistance finding the perfect groove, the music-savvy guys at Orion's can always steer you toward something fine.
BEST OBSCURE AND OUT-OF-PRINT FILMS FOR RENT
Tower Theater
The fiscal health of Salt Lake City's only art-house theater was the subject of copious local concern before Paul Liacopoulos took the helm. So for the umpteenth time: Yes, the Tower is an important part of the local cultural landscape. But don't overlook the reasons why that's so. Simply put, the Tower offers not only first-run films, but videos and DVDs that you'll get nowhere else. The chains have multiple copies of whatever you're looking for, but only the Tower has out-of-print goodies like Ken Loach's Kes, Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now, Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar and Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight. Just try asking for those anywhere else.
BEST OLD MOVIE RENTALS
A small jaunt south down State Street will get you a treasure trove of more than 5,000 videos for rent at this small local gem. The Avalon is so overloaded with old movies, in fact, that they keep a good deal in storage for quick retrieval. Get Disney for the kids, Casablanca for the wife, and stock up on some Preston Sturges classics for yourself. All Friday rentals are good till Tuesday, so consider yourself set for the weekend and a little beyond. Trust us, you won't find 'em.
BEST CURE FOR A HYPOCHONDRIAC
Accuscan Health Imaging
Curious about what lurks beneath your skin? Nervous about any scar tissue that's silently forming in your lungs after years of smoking? Waltz into Accuscan's Gateway office for a total body scan that will reproduce your innards in vivid detail using state-of-the-art computer tomography. Marvel at complete 3-D images of your colon, brain, heart and vital organs. Basically, this process can detect virtually any and every abnormality your body might host, including stones, cancers, osteoporosis and calcified plaque in the heart. At $1,620, it ain't cheap, but you can opt to have separate parts of your body scanned for less. Besides, can you put a price on health?
BEST HORSE COUTURE
A.A. Callister Co.
Never mind the store's mind-boggling array of cowboy boots. One-stop shopping for all your horse needs is right here, from reins to feed to saddles to riding boots. Plus, if you're in the market for a new horse, peruse the store's bulletin board near the women's rest room. Here you'll find posted flyers advertising 8-year-old Quarter Horses with "full muscular conformation and intelligent disposition," mules for stud service, or gray stallions with awe-inspiring athletic prowess.
BEST-NAMED SALON
Located in the heart of West Jordan on 7800 South, the most perfectly christened beauty salon, like, ever. Doubt it? Ask any woman what it's really all about and get back to us.
BEST PLACE TO DECLARE BANKRUPTCY
Bankruptcy Clinic Inc.
Don't feel bad. After all, more than 1.45 million Americans filed for bankruptcy last year. Here in Utah, where filing is above the national average, it's almost a rite of passage. And anyone—and we do mean anyone—with a dip in income is susceptible. To find the silver lining in this malaise, you basically need an attorney with experience. Craig Trenton, a lawyer with 17 years' experience in tax and bankruptcy matters combined, can make this difficult step a little bit sweeter. After you've finished, just remember to burn any and all credit-card applications you come across.
BEST CHINA SHOP
edish
Fine China is a family hand-me-down for some, an obsession for others. edish in Sugar House is here for the fine china-collector fanatic, or anyone looking for a replacement after your clumsy guest accidentally drops a cup during high tea. They buy. They sell. And more than anyone, edish probably has that gravy boat, English fine-bone china, dinnerware or specific crystal set you're looking for. With another store inventory in Houston to choose from, you won't have to tame your inner bull in this china shop.
BEST SEXUALLY- ORIENTED BUSINESS
Backstreet Boutique
A lot of people up in Ogden will tell you that Northern Xposure still has the stranglehold in this one, but the smart money is on the Backstreet Boutique. They have everything from edible underpants to leather chaps to … well, you just have to stop by and see.
BEST BROW JOBS
Heyebrow
You pamper and primp those strands on top, but keep an eye on the brow. If eyes are the window to the soul, then there's a lot to be said for the hair up there. Barbara Pavlinch (City Weekly receptionist extraordinaire by day) does her utmost to give you the best window-dressing possible, with expert tinting and fierce tweezing. Hirsute men can even rid themselves of the dreaded "monobrow."
BEST UGLY STREET
Signs, signs, everywhere a sign. Along with the car lots, pawn shops and fast-food troughs, State Street does its best to make the Salt Lake Valley look as hideous as possible. How it could ever be changed is unimaginable. But hallowed be the brave soul who tries.
BEST OVERALLS AND SEEDS
Intermountain Farmers Association
No one ever said overalls would be making a fashion comeback anytime soon. They never were in fashion. Overalls are good for one thing: working in the garden or on the farm. So you might as well put two and two together. Intermountain Farmers Association has damned near any type of seed you'd want and the fashion tips you need when it comes time for plantin.'
BEST PROTECTED CONDOMS
Perhaps frightened by the rumors of insipid condom thieves roaming the valley, the Smith's at 800 South and 900 East has made buying condoms extra-inconvenient. The store requires potential prophylactic patrons to ask a clerk to unlock the glass case that holds them. It helps to pick which kind you want beforehand so your personal helper doesn't get too annoyed waiting for you to choose between the ribbed and the pleasure mesh.
BEST NEO-ALCATRAZ ARCHITECTURE
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
"Fine art" usually connotes a thing of beauty—a performance or work of art that inspires, influences and engages. One would think that a museum constructed to house such work would reflect those principles. Outside of historic buildings on Presidents Circle, good architecture is not welcome on the University of Utah's campus. Not even for the museum would administrators, trustees and donors go out on a limb and do something special. From the outside, the building is about as inspiring as a parking garage. And although it may have a bounty of beauty inside, by building a boring behemoth, campus leaders bit the big one.
BEST HUNTING GEAR
Sportsman's Warehouse (Ogden)
If you're up in Ogden and you ever get the urge to kill something, be sure to stop by the Sportsman's Warehouse first. Here, you can buy a complete arsenal of guns and knives, a full-on camouflage outfit and some 100-percent authentic deer urine. Be sure to stop by the Polaroid picture wall of all the people who've had their pictures taken with something they've killed!
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Photologs
Conversation | Artist, Taiwan
Chang Yun-han
Wu Jianru
Beijing, 6 April 2018
Chang Yun-han. Courtesy Ullens Center for Contemporary Art.
Based in Taipei, artist Chang Yun-han frequently carries out 'local' critiques by describing the visible and the invisible, and dealing with complex and variable narrative structures related to the contexts in which she intervenes. A graduate from the National Taiwan University of Arts with a major in sculpture, Chang extends her sculptural practice to the spatial movement of painting, sound, and video, dismantling and reconstructing events and spaces that leads audiences to unknown situations in the process.
Institution UCCA Center for Contemporary Art View Institution
Chang Yun-han, DVD Rental—Activate Yourself! (2011). Installation, video works. Courtesy the artist.
Chang often establishes interrogative and mediated relationships in her work. Take the video installation DVD Rental—Activate Yourself! (2011), first shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei: Chang grouped together 47 pieces of video art borrowed from artist friends into a DVD rental service. During the exhibition, she encouraged the audience to actively participate in the selection and rating process, and created 'top ten' lists each week based on the audience's rental record, ranking works by different categories, such as 'what's interesting', 'what makes me bored', 'the most difficult video', thus challenging the authority and single-sidedness of an institution. This kind of reversed interrogative relationship was first shown in works like Your Museum (2008), where she playfully turned the gigantic 'Our Museum' logo on the façade of National Taiwan University of the Arts' art museum into 'Your Museum' by installing the letter 'Y'.
Chang Yun-han, Your Museum (2008). Courtesy the artist.
Chang's examinations begin with the titles of her work. The 2014 exhibition at Taipei Contemporary Art Center, You Are Not What You Think You Are, demonstrates what she achieved through her participation in The Arctic Circle residency programme organised by The Farm Foundation for Art and Science in 2014, an artist- and scientist-led expedition that brings together scientists, architects, and educators on a Barquentine sailing vessel that travels to destinations across the archipelago of Svalbard, some 10 degrees latitude from the North Pole. The result of this expedition was a series of acrylic and crayon on scroll works, You Are Not What You Think You Are (2014), which Chang created by narrating her experience orally and via texts and diaries to an illustrator, who depicted the scenery and life she encountered during The Arctic Circle expedition based on the artist's recollections. The lightly coloured drawings are independent fairytales: we see fishermen hunting whales, seabirds and hot air balloons; hunters guard a fire, while sea lions are guarding the hunters aggressively; adventurers wearing life jackets on an inflatable boat watching Sabine's gulls above their heads.
Chang Yun-han, You Are Not What You Think You Are (2015–2018). Acrylic, coloured pencil, watercolour paper. Exhibition view: New Directions: Chang Yun-han, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (24 March–27 May 2018). Courtesy UCCA.
The scroll Chang produced for her Arctic Circle residency constitutes a subjective visual record of a land that is uninhabitable and desolate, offering another example of the way the artist deals with a given place in her work. This approach was exemplified in Chang's 2017 exhibition for Residency Unlimited in New York, for which she created a series of marker on newspaper drawings based on the 1986 animation film An American Tail, produced by Steven Spielberg and animated by Don Bluth, which tells the story of the Mousekewitz family, a group of Jewish mice who immigrate to America on a ship from imperial Russia. Titled Have you ever dreamed of this place? (2017), Chang's New York show consisted of used newspapers found in the city on which she drew characters from the film. The grinning Mousekewitz patriarch appears in the drawing America (2017), the title of which was written below the figure, with a heading that reads: 'Tenants: We're living in jeopardy'. The Statue of Liberty is viewed in the distance in another drawing, the title 'What does it stand for?' printed below. The glamorous city, hidden crises, the dreams of immigrants and the artist's childhood memories are all depicted in this series of direct representations that effectively stand as footnotes to the recent US election of President Donald Trump.
Chang Yun-han, This is America, we have free speech (2017). Waterproof marker on newspaper. 110 x 92 cm. Exhibition view: New Directions: Chang Yun-han, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (24 March–27 May 2018). Courtesy UCCA.
In March 2018, Chang opened her solo exhibition at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing (24 March–27 May 2018), for which she presented works from her Arctic Circle and New York residency programmes. The exhibition forms part of UCCA's New Directions series, which focuses on the works of emerging artists. Among the works on view is Unreachable Land (2015), a film installation that shows an iceberg as if viewed through a telescope; a neon installation entitled PLACE (2015), as well as a three-channel video installation, American Dream (2018), which consists of one video presenting a magic show that responds to Chang's narrated experiences of New York, another that records a storyteller's interpretation of that magic show, and a video that blends these two works together. In this conversation, Chang discusses her recent show, and elaborates on the works on view.
Chang Yun-han, Unreachable Land (2015). Film installation. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist.
WJYour show at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is your first solo exhibition in Beijing. As an artist interested in the 'local experience' of the places you visit and work in, what is your impression of the city?
CYHIt is very fresh. Although we are very close in terms of ethnic identity and culture, many things are still very different here because Taiwan has been heavily influenced by American and Japanese culture. In Beijing I feel relaxed; people do not stare at me as an outsider, and do not care too much for me really, and things are relaxed in their own way. Beijing is the capital and also an ancient city of profound cultures, but has been developing at a very high rate. It feels familiar yet alien, complex and interesting. I like it a lot.
WJWhy are you showing works from both Have you ever dreamed of this place? and You Are Not What You Think You Are together for this exhibition?
CYHThe New York project includes a series of drawings of cartoon stills on newspaper, and a new series of video works, American Dream. These videos are the result of my leaving New York, when I wrote a text reflecting on my observations and experiences. I invited a magician to produce a magic show based on this text, which I then filmed. I also found a storyteller to watch the magic show and tell the story anew, offering new interpretations that I present in another video. Through these works, I mean to question the ways in which a narrative structural mode develops, and the role and position of the artist in the process.
The two projects speak a lot about my recent experiences in different countries, and about the series of works I created in different cultures and environments. The North Pole is the opposite of New York: one is a primitive, scarcely populated natural environment, the other a crowded, highly capitalist city. The two places are attractive in their own ways and my question was: how do these attractions effectively bring you away from your own place, and how do you deal with the yearning both for the place you find yourself in, and where you came from? The works seem to be speaking in their own contexts, but I think both pertain to the differences between the ideas of a place. I also wanted to ask: what kind of space can the artwork in turn create? If I were to name the exhibition myself, there would probably be keywords like 'imagination' or 'place' in its title.
Chang Yun-han, American Dream (2018) (Still). Three-channel video. 7 min 34 sec. Courtesy UCCA.
WJIn your UCCA exhibition, both the magician and the storyteller videos in American Dream are performative in nature. Why did you decide to present these as videos instead of performances? How did you deal with the performativity of the two?
CYHFirstly, to me, New York is a place that has the quality of a video or a moving image. Take Times Square, for example: we have seen that place countless times in videos on various platforms, so we have already formed an impression that is much stronger than our experience of it. When I was there, I did not realise that I had 'finally arrived'; it was almost like being compressed into a video that I had already seen. Secondly, video can positively exaggerate a performance, and the audience can distance themselves from videos of performances as they are mediated and, transformed by the medium, allowing viewers to reserve their opinion regarding the validity of the performance itself. That is when imagination comes into play.
Shooting the videos, I tried to present the performativity onsite, by constructing an appropriate angle. The video of the magician presumes that the audience is right in front of the magic trick, and the video of the storyteller presumes that the audience is looking at the storyteller from a side angle.
Chang Yun-han, American Dream (2018). Three-channel video. 7 min 34 sec. Exhibition view: New Directions: Chang Yun-han, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (24 March–27 May 2018). Courtesy UCCA.
WJYou project the storyteller and magician videos on two standing acrylic boards in the centre of the room. Additionally, a mash-up of these two videos is suspended at the entrance, thus completing the three-channel American Dream video installation. What was the intention behind this grouping?
CYHThe video close to the entrance juxtaposes the two videos; the two figures often act in synchronicity but the speeds are different. This mainly functions as an introduction to the relationship between the two works, allowing them to meet and miss each other. But when an audience is in the centre of the exhibition space, he or she can see the main videos, which are very similar and are played on a loop. First you hear the voice of the storyteller, while the magic trick oscillates near and far in relation to the narrative in the background.
Then, in the second loop, the storyteller is muted and the magic trick works on its own. I try to establish a reading that is purely visual in nature, in which the muted video of the storyteller pertains more to the act of reading.
WJThe storyteller relates a famous urban legend from New York about a sewer alligator to his own experience of the magic trick. You mentioned previously that both the magician and the storyteller were informed by the texts you provided. What exactly is the relationship between the urban legend, the magic trick and your text?
CYHI started working with the magician first, discussing how to make the text I wrote into a performance. We dealt with how to translate the atmospheres and scenes described in the text into tricks and effects. Then I sent the text to the storyteller. After discussions, he proposed to wait and feel the atmosphere on the day of the film's shooting and then reconstruct urban legends and create new narratives. I provided the storyteller and the magician with my New York photos and diaries, and asked them to try to speculate what my feelings and imaginations might be.
Chang Yun-han, Another fairy tale (2017). Waterproof marker on newspaper. 58 x 35 cm. Exhibition view: New Directions: Chang Yun-han, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (24 March–27 May 2018). Courtesy UCCA.
WJYour work tends to appear in a state of development, or at least, as a fragmented assemblage of impressions. Take the work you made during the New York residency, which patches together the visual elements—news, texts and memories—of the city. How did you approach the process of making this collage?
CYHI think it has to do with the fact that in recent years I have mostly been working on the move. With the ever-changing external environment, the reality constantly reflects my internal state. After identifying differences, I tend to go further and question the origin of my thoughts, and question what has been shaping my gaze. In hindsight, I realise that there is plenty of room for further research into the texts behind the cartoons, images, and news. I can continue investigating from different perspectives. The new works shown at the UCCA are mostly observations and responses to my experience in New York.
Chang Yun-han, What does it stand for? (2017). Waterproof marker on newspaper. 56 x 31 cm. Exhibition view: New Directions: Chang Yun-han, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (24 March–27 May 2018). Courtesy UCCA.
WJWhat were your observations of New York? How did you incorporate these observations into your work?
CYHNew York, to me, is a place that is very much about performance. Everybody seems glamorous, trying to make it out there or earn a position. It is really a place full of opportunities and uncertainty, so I thought it was like a casino, where people gamble their time or money. Instead of living there, I thought that most people are merely surviving. But it seems that as long as you are in New York you are not doing too badly.
I did not like it very much, but I had a good time. I had a budget from the residency programme, and I also have friends there. New York was like a magic show to me: you know it is not real, but you still try to enjoy it at the time. I came up with some initial ideas for some video works, and I took the chance and realised them there.
Chang Yun-han, What a place (2017). Waterproof marker on newspaper. 55 x 30 cm. Exhibition view: New Directions: Chang Yun-han, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (24 March–27 May 2018). Courtesy UCCA.
WJThe work Have you ever dreamed of this place? involves the 1986 animation film An American Tail. The original story was about a Russian mouse family immigrating to the States, thinking that the US was a place with no cats only to find out that this was not true. It was a story that started with a lie, but still ended happily. How do you remember the cartoon, and how different is it from the real New York that you found?
CYHInstead of describing the beginning of the story as a lie, I tend to think of it as an escapist imagination of everyday life, or as an anticipation of a 'better life' out there somewhere. As a child I would watch the cartoon and sing the theme song, and my comprehension of the story is just like the mouse family's lost and found experience. When I was in New York, I was reminded of the New York experience I heard about, and wondered whatever happened to my friends when they were here, and in what ways has the New York experience become part of their lives today.
When I was little, the United States represented something far away, like Disneyland. After being reminded of the cartoon, I watched it again from my position as an adult. With the realities that I have accumulated, watching the cartoon is no longer mere entertainment, but a multi-layered deconstruction of a cultural product.
Chang Yun-han, Unreachable land (2015). Film installation. Dimensions variable. Exhibition view: New Directions: Chang Yun-han, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (24 March–27 May 2018). Courtesy UCCA.
WJHow was Have you ever dreamed of this place? received when you showed it at Residency Unlimited during the period of the 2017 presidential elections in the United States? You mentioned the position of the artist in the narrative, and I'm curious what aspects of the 'American Dream' you were paying special attention to?
CYHI think that the audience reacted differently depending on the country that they came from, because not all of them have watched the cartoon before. The Americans often found it ironic, in relation to the Trump administration.
Personally, the 'American Dream' has always been an aspiration for friends and relatives who emigrated to the States. But I think my yearning for the other place reflects my present situation. It becomes a hope, an incomplete eternity, so that we can always imagine a better future. When I was in New York, witnessing the various struggles of ethnic communities in the metropolis, I wondered: is this really what they want? What does the realisation of the American Dream mean to them? I think the position of the artist comes close to that of an observer, whose questions and reflections bring about expanded comprehensions and spaces for thinking with regards to the world.
WJThe deconstruction and re-imagination of the 'local' is a thread that runs through most of your works. But instead of the 'local', perhaps you are more interested in the 'locality' of a given place. Can you talk about the ways in which 'locality' is present in your practice, whether in your oral narratives, drawings, or magic tricks?
CYHI think the experience and understanding of locality is accumulated individually, and the oral narratives and imaginations are forever 'uncertain' due to the simple fact that perception and experience differ from person to person. I tend to think more in terms of how to convey and transmit experiences in different ways, while keeping a distance. The space of this distance is exactly where different viewers can place their own perspectives. Field research is an important experience for travellers from foreign countries, and it can build on their imagination. I am still deciding on the ways in which I represent and imagine another place, and this is closely associated with personal perceptions.
Chang Yun-han, When You Take It Seriously (2010). Installation, audio guide. Exhibition view: Taipei Biennial 2010, Taipei (7 September–14 November 2010). Courtesy the artist.
WJYour Museum and When You Take it Seriously (2010) both pertain to the relationships between institutions, public spaces and individuals. The former subverts the act of naming a public architecture, questions the publicity of a public space, and appears to discuss the overall concept of institutionalisation instead of revealing a specific internal problem. In a similar fashion, When You Take it Seriously discusses everyday politics within the framework of an exhibition by subverting the common museum audio guide by producing one that explicitly critiques the works on show, in this case at the Taipei Biennial in 2010.
Your work frequently mediates the relationship between the audience and a given institution. Could you talk about the way you view institutions in general?
CYHI wanted to review the ways in which an institution identifies its own concept and conception, through various problems found in everyday situations. In other words: to reveal internal paradoxes through external problems. When You Take it Seriously was first conceived when I was working on an exhibition with fellow students in the sculpture department at my university. It entered the institutional context because of the Taipei Arts Award (2009), and was presented at the 2010 Taipei Biennial as an audio guide, so the institution was an unavoidable subject that I had to deal with.
The 2010 Taipei Biennial was controversial because of the Taipei International Flora Exposition in the park adjacent to the museum (the Flora Exposition had a huge budget and created a number of problems). The audio guide apparently always describes and provides information that is beyond our viewing experience. What about the numerous invisible aspects of an exhibition? How can we reveal these? I attempted to juxtapose and compare the two, carrying out a 'fake' audio guide in a humorous, mundane way. For me, the everyday is extremely political; politics permeates life with different masks. —[O]
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the Director of Public Health. The position opened when Paul Mazzuchelli retired at the end of March. Board members agreed to post advertisements for the position beginning on March 26, including websites run by the Massachusetts Environmental Health Association and the Massachusetts Health Officers Association. "There are not too many people in our field," Mazzuchelli said. "It's such a specialized field," added board Member Leonard Izzo. (March 25)
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Board of Sewer Commissioners
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• Approved a sewer connection permit for an existing house at 347 Purchase St., pending receipt of final engineering plans. (March 26)
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We met at a dance bar, and he could keep up with me on the dance floor. I apologize to my adult children for the images these words evoke. So sorry. Your mother dances. Get over it.
Alan had a quick smile, a gorgeous chin, and sparkle. In a good way. He took me to see Fame, a dance movie. I was in heaven. We had a few kisses, and then he took me home.
He'd call me every night.
"What did you do today?" I'd ask.
I'd taught a bunch of 8th graders that day how to diagram sentences.
The kid had a point, but diagramming sentences was just so much fun (I got my masters in linguistics– I know, I am weird).
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He stuck around for six weeks. One night Alan was determined to get what he wanted. I was too afraid to say yes.
"You don't know what you're missing," he said as he walked out the door.
Those air force guys have to be confident, I guess, to do what they do.
If I'd fallen for Alan, he would've married me and then left the states to serve in Germany. I would follow the next spring when my teaching contract was up and would've taught German children how to diagram sentences. Alan would've left me for some young fraulein, so I'd teach English near the Black Forest and lead tours for American school teachers on the weekends and go to discos on Saturday night.


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