Jay Jurisich
@jayjurisich.bsky.social
Artist and language experimenter. In the middle decades of an ongoing investigation of absurdity. And along those lines, I also name things.
Artwork: https://www.jurisich.com/
Naming: https://www.zinzin.com/
Artwork: https://www.jurisich.com/
Naming: https://www.zinzin.com/
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A new verse from returning contributor Jay Jurisich:
𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆
have you seen
or heard
my voice?
I seem to have
missplayed it
— Jay Jurisich
𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆
have you seen
or heard
my voice?
I seem to have
missplayed it
— Jay Jurisich
saying the out loud part quietly
have you seenor heardmy voice?I seem to havemissplayed it — Jay Jurisich
dadakuku.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Jay Jurisich:
𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆
have you seen
or heard
my voice?
I seem to have
missplayed it
— Jay Jurisich
𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆
have you seen
or heard
my voice?
I seem to have
missplayed it
— Jay Jurisich
Bruce Conner, BOMBHEAD, 1989. #art #BruceConner
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bruce Conner, BOMBHEAD, 1989. #art #BruceConner
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A new verse from returning contributor @jayjurisich.bsky.social:
𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
the hostess’ handyman went to town
but
there is no town
— Jay Jurisich
𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
the hostess’ handyman went to town
but
there is no town
— Jay Jurisich
he’s up to something
the hostess’ handyman went to townbutthere is no town — Jay Jurisich
dadakuku.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A new verse from returning contributor @jayjurisich.bsky.social:
𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
the hostess’ handyman went to town
but
there is no town
— Jay Jurisich
𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
the hostess’ handyman went to town
but
there is no town
— Jay Jurisich
August 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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This is an incredibly cool project to identify and map all the words that appear on the streets of New York City pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...
NYC’s Urban Textscape
Analyzing All of the Words Found on NYC Streets
pudding.cool
July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is an incredibly cool project to identify and map all the words that appear on the streets of New York City pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...
July 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
July 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
July 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
July 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
July 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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from 1965 to 2011, On Kawara made at least eight Code works, using either colored hashmarks or massive numbers. A Guggenheim guide deciphered one in 2015, and last year Duncan McLaren and two collaborators deciphered all but the first Code, which is prob a Japanese text greg.org/archive/2025...
July 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
from 1965 to 2011, On Kawara made at least eight Code works, using either colored hashmarks or massive numbers. A Guggenheim guide deciphered one in 2015, and last year Duncan McLaren and two collaborators deciphered all but the first Code, which is prob a Japanese text greg.org/archive/2025...
Reposted by Jay Jurisich
A new verse from returning contributor @jayjurisich.bsky.social:
𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁
a vein in my needle
dog spelled backwards
is cat
— Jay Jurisich
𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁
a vein in my needle
dog spelled backwards
is cat
— Jay Jurisich
ballast
a vein in my needledog spelled backwardsis cat — Jay Jurisich
dadakuku.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
A new verse from returning contributor @jayjurisich.bsky.social:
𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁
a vein in my needle
dog spelled backwards
is cat
— Jay Jurisich
𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁
a vein in my needle
dog spelled backwards
is cat
— Jay Jurisich
July 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Tunic with Confronting Catfish
Nasca-Wari, 800–850 CE (Peru)
📷The Met
Nasca-Wari, 800–850 CE (Peru)
📷The Met
July 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Tunic with Confronting Catfish
Nasca-Wari, 800–850 CE (Peru)
📷The Met
Nasca-Wari, 800–850 CE (Peru)
📷The Met
July 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
July 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Elisa Montessori (b. Genoa 1931 – living and working in Rome), Daphne, 1977, B/w photos on white gauze. Collection of The Uffizi, Florence. #art
www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...
www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Elisa Montessori (b. Genoa 1931 – living and working in Rome), Daphne, 1977, B/w photos on white gauze. Collection of The Uffizi, Florence. #art
www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...
www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...
FLUFFY CATNIP
#Kippleverse #kipple #entropy #foundart #streetphotography #streetphoto #spigot #psychogeography #newtopography #sociallandscape #textart #poetics #catnip
#Kippleverse #kipple #entropy #foundart #streetphotography #streetphoto #spigot #psychogeography #newtopography #sociallandscape #textart #poetics #catnip
July 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
July 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
After years of on/off development, I have finally launched a new version of my art website, featuring a lot of new work from the past few years – paintings, drawings, and 3 interactive web-only digital works. Have at it, world!
#art #painting #drawing #flags #babblefield #kippleverse #ciphers
#art #painting #drawing #flags #babblefield #kippleverse #ciphers
July 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After years of on/off development, I have finally launched a new version of my art website, featuring a lot of new work from the past few years – paintings, drawings, and 3 interactive web-only digital works. Have at it, world!
#art #painting #drawing #flags #babblefield #kippleverse #ciphers
#art #painting #drawing #flags #babblefield #kippleverse #ciphers
When Speaking She Replaced Punctuation With Flowers, 2008
24 x 36 1/8 in. (61 x 91.8 cm)
Ink, acrylic, and toner on canvas over panel
#art #painting #punctuation #flowers
24 x 36 1/8 in. (61 x 91.8 cm)
Ink, acrylic, and toner on canvas over panel
#art #painting #punctuation #flowers
June 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When Speaking She Replaced Punctuation With Flowers, 2008
24 x 36 1/8 in. (61 x 91.8 cm)
Ink, acrylic, and toner on canvas over panel
#art #painting #punctuation #flowers
24 x 36 1/8 in. (61 x 91.8 cm)
Ink, acrylic, and toner on canvas over panel
#art #painting #punctuation #flowers
June 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Chen Jialing (1937) is a prominent Chinese artist known for his contributions to contemporary ink painting, ceramics and tapestries. Chen pioneered the "Shanghai new ink painting" style, blending traditional ink wash techniques with modernist experimentation, using European watercolor influences.
June 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Chen Jialing (1937) is a prominent Chinese artist known for his contributions to contemporary ink painting, ceramics and tapestries. Chen pioneered the "Shanghai new ink painting" style, blending traditional ink wash techniques with modernist experimentation, using European watercolor influences.
IYKYK. If you don't know, you should try to experience The Visitors by Ragnar Kjartansson wherever and whenever you can. Currently on display at SFMOMA for a few more months, but usually showing somewhere in the world.
#RagnarKjartansson #TheVisitors #art #music
www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/r...
#RagnarKjartansson #TheVisitors #art #music
www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/r...
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors
Ragnar Kjartansson’s beloved video installation The Visitors (2012) is back at SFMOMA. In this mesmerizing hour-long work projected across nine screens, viewers are transported once again to the seren...
www.sfmoma.org
June 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
IYKYK. If you don't know, you should try to experience The Visitors by Ragnar Kjartansson wherever and whenever you can. Currently on display at SFMOMA for a few more months, but usually showing somewhere in the world.
#RagnarKjartansson #TheVisitors #art #music
www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/r...
#RagnarKjartansson #TheVisitors #art #music
www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/r...