I make art and share.
Today I spent the afternoon in the dance school where I grew up with creative movement. My father still leads his class, as he did back when I was a boy. This is the second time in the last twelve months I have had the opportunity to watch and participate in the creative process with …
Continue reading “Moving Backwards and Forwards In Time: Perceptions Of A Son”
It was a big change for me from living in Oak Park (IL) and going to Cornell (University) but if you live in SoCal, it’s just five miles. View Larger Map
Preblog: Time capsule to Midwestern Teenage Life Before the World Wide Web – Blogging as a 15-Year-Old and 30-Year-Old at the Same Time San Francisco based artist Pete Ippel travels to rural Illinois to unlock the fire-proof safe that’s been buried in the closet of his childhood home since 1997. Ippel investigates and interprets nearly …
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Pete_Ipp.jpg, originally uploaded by hypermodern. Ice cream, mirrors, and smiles. Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois.
Pete_Ipp.jpg, originally uploaded by hypermodern. T-Mobile Typical Illinois landscape…
When I was a child, I was very adventurous. I have many scars on my body that remind me of stories… I was born near Chicago Illinois in a small town called Oak Park. View Larger Map I lived at the corner of East Avenue and Randolph Street in an apartment with eight other families. …
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Back in Illinois, no urban landscape to skate…just wind, cold and the river…for fun I can ollie the speed-bump in the alley…mmmm longing for SF skating and chillin’ with the other MSAS…