Here’s a new piece I’m working on, it should be done very soon. It’s graphite on masonite. I start by drawing my self portrait, and keep working it until my drawn image is replaced by my image reflected in the graphite (or the reflection of anyone looking at it).

It’s finished! A two page comic written by me and drawn by the very talented Sanya Glisic! See it on her blog here.

Sugar – Video and New Media Art curated by LiveBox
Around The Coyote Spring Festival

“Sugar” is a multidisciplinary exhibition of art practices devoted to the arenas of computer imaging, digital video, digital sound, interactive media, computer animation, three-dimensional modeling, computer-controlled kinetic sculpture, interactive installations, and computer-aided and algorithmic composition. Participating artists are current students or alumni of the Art and Technology Department of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.The exhibition was curated by Catherine Forster and Patrick Cunningham (MFA Art & Technology) and made possible by support from Claudia Hart (Art & Technology Faculty).
Participating artists: Ben Carney and Cassandra Jackson, Spencer Paul Hutchinson, Brookhart Jonquil, Mik Kastner, Alex M. Lee, Shane Mecklenburger, Surbhi Saraf, Micah Schippa, Sandra Rosas Ridolfi, Wonbin Yang

Friday night performance: Justin Block
Saturday night performance: Matt Griffin, Mark Franz, and Ryan Dunn collaboration

1234 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago - May 29-31
Friday, May 29: Opening Party
VIP preview, 6:30pm
General Public, 7:30pm- 11pm
Saturday, May 30: noon-10pm
Sunday, May 31: noon-6pm

I’ll be in a curated section of this year’s Around the Coyote art festival in Bucktown, along with a lot of friends. This is going to be a great show! Opening night is Friday, May 29 from 7:30pm until 11. It will continue Saturday and Sunday.
Around the Coyote will take place in a number of locations, this show will be at 1234 Milwaukee Ave, near the Division Blue Line stop.

here are a few pics from the show

I’ll be in Art Chicago, represented by SUGs at booth 12-159.
Here’s what’s said about me in the catalog:

Brookhart Jonquil’s work challenges the viewer to understand their own relationship with the physical world. Of particular concern are aspects such as consciousness and observation, which still suffer under a Cartesian exile from our bodies. Using a semi-scientific approach, Jonquil conflates mind and consciousness with the body, and positions the individual as a dynamic organ of the environment. By taking a systemic view of our relationship with reality, his work seeks to transform our fundamental assumptions about objectivity and subjectivity.

Other people to look for at Art Chicago:
Sanya Glisic at Spudnik Press
Alex Lee at Waymaker Gallery
Kentaro Yamada at SUGs
Angel Otero

My notes on the adventure were minimal, check out Sanya’s blog if you want to know more of what we did.
I’ve been back in Chicago since January, makin stuff! Things are comming together, I’ll be adding images soon.

Boy, I sure slipped off the radar didnt I? A lot has happened since Mysore, most importantly Surabhi’s wedding in Indore. The wedding was completely spectacular and reeeaally long. It was an awesome experience, as was staying with Surabhi’s wonderful family. But now we’re in Thailand already! The food here is so fresh and light, such welcome reprieve from two months of Indian food. The entire time I was in India I never got sick, I even started drinking the water in the resturants now and then at the end, and I ate tons of dubious street food. So I guess coming to Thailand, where everything is much cleaner and easier, and more westernized, I got cocky. I drank a glass and a half of water from a street restuarant and I’ve been reaping the consequenses for about 5 days. It’s not sooooo bad, it hasn’t kept me from enjoying the beach! Sanya and I are staying at the most peaceful, beautiful little bay in the entire world. Its called Khlong Jak Bay, on Ko Lanta. Much of the coral has been damaged, but there are still some nice fish, the first day out we saw a Lion Fish! It was really exciting. Tomorrow is Christmas eve, and nobody around here really cares at all, the island is 95% Islamic, 4% Buddhist, and the rest is local anamist religion. There are some cheezy out of place Christmas trees for the tourists though. And there’s some bizzare snow-land thing, all cotton balls and spraypaint.
Lots of holliday love to everyone!

So, we’ve been hoping all around Kerela and having a really great time, and far more has happened than I’ll manage to put down here. But here’s a shot.
We spent a couple of days in Kollam, which was a nice town, not that much going on, but good atmosphere and friendly people, very traditional, very few tourists. Sanya got some new eyeglasses with a new prescription and I got a couple lungis, the man-sarong that has been sweeping south-indian fashion for the past five thousand years. after that we went to alleppey where we did the “backwater boat ride”, the most typical touristy thing to do in Kerela, but absolutely unmissable. It was 24 hours on our own private houseboat, with an on board chef and two guys to punt it along Venetian gondola style but with 30ft bamboo poles. It was great to see the village life up close, but at the same time was a little uncomfortable, i felt like a colonial having these guys pushing us along in the heat while we reclined with a cup of tea on a cultural safari. but I guess thats been a semi-theme of the trip, coming to terms with being wealthy relative to such a poor country. today I bought a suit for my friend’s wedding, I walked into a really nice store on the nice-store-street and there was nothing i couldnt afford. very strange feeling.
but catching back up. after alleppey we spent four nights, i think, in Fort Cochin, a very nice, though quite touristy town. It was so calm and clean, nice seafood, and great walking around. there was one really nice show in a gallery there, Wasiwo X Wasiwo I believe was the artists name, an expat living in india for the past 8 years. Half the show was photography, really nicely done, blending this kind of hand tinted colonial style portraiture with modern indian professions, which have really changed very little since colonial times, so the interest was in the details, the hello kitty on the knife sharpener’s bag and such. the other half of the show was miniature paintings in the traditional indian style, self portraits as the white tourist, bound to his lonely planet guide, and a group dealing specifically with his life in India, overcoming cultural differences, and dealing with issues like his homosexuality.
after Cochin we were planning to go to wayanad wildlife sanctuary for a few days, but we got there and just had such a hassle getting information about the park. we went on a jeep safari, which totally is not how we had envisioned seeing the wildlife, but which is the only method allowed by the government it seems. so we left prematurely and headed up to mysore on a whim. Mysore is wonderful, the city is just charismatic. I’ll tell you all about it when I’m gone!
namaste

we’re in Kerala! We got here yesterday, its ridiculously hot. seriously. probably the hottest I’ve ever been, and I’ve been plenty hot mind you. but its great here! the banana vendors, the jungle-book views everywhere! Just a little note to say I’m doing great, we saw some contemporary Indian art finally, but more on that later. bye bye!