I have a million things to do, but I gotta get some notes down about this train ride I took on friday or I’m going to lose it, and it’s too special to lose.
We worked on a project recently called Station To Station – which I’ve harped all over the place on twitter, and some time in the future I’ll do a write up on the technology and strategy behind it, because it is a fantastically cool project. But for today, it’s my personal intersection with the Train that I’m notating.
Station To Station is a traveling art and music experience, roving by train from Ny to Oakland with stops across the country. It’s the brain child of artist Doug Aitken, but the end result is more of an ever evolving collaborative art orgy than it is any single person.
The train rolled into St. Paul on thursday – my home town. Oddly enough, the train itself was parked at the Amtrak station which isn’t more than a mile from our new house. I hit the event with Darcie and some friends and got to experience a project that I had worked on feverishly for months as any other person would. Friday morning, I got an opportunity that most people won’t get. I got to ride the train.
I’ll follow up with thoughts on the event and our role one of these days but for now, here’s a little glimpse behind the scenes.
And the trainride.
