James Akers<p>Wrapped up all my commercial projects and final mirror world class, along with working on a new hanging chandelier sculpture with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alifeeney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alifeeney</span></a></span> . The stick sculpture runs a <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/webcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webcam</span></a> server with GPIO controls so that anyone can view and interact with the sculpture from anywhere in the world.</p><p>It's website is down currently, as it's the sculpture is my minivan with me as I drive cross country. I visited some old friends in Corning last night, and am staying with an exceptional neon bender who bent a lot of work for Bruce Nauman in Chicago tonight. </p><p>My show, "Embracing Fallibility" opens along with my "Mind Benders" class at FOCI, in Minneapolis in a few days. Until then, I will be driving a bunch listening to radio drama's and chatting with students as a visiting artist at UW Madison.</p><p>Oh it's hectic, but it's nice to be on the road again - the voice an stories of Joe Frank keeping me company</p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/roadtrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roadtrip</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/mirror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mirror</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/class" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>class</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/workinprogress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workinprogress</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/glass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glass</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/neon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neon</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/serversculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serversculpture</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/visitingartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visitingartist</span></a></p>