"satellite" (from week 1) erik sanner sunday, september 6, 1998 newspaper, glue on matte 16" x 12" "fuji pyramid exhibition" (from week 4) erik sanner tuesday, september 15, 1998 newspaper, polaroids, glue on matte 20" x 14" "cat cancer" (from week 6) erik sanner monday, january 18, 1999 newspaper, glue, oil on canvas 21" x 18" "the news show with natsu and chiaki, episode 1: falling" (from week 7) erik sanner thursday, january 28, 1999 newspaper, glue, polaroids, color photocopies, acrylic paint on canvas 21" x 18"
	news solo exhibition las chicas tokyo, japan february 1999 works completed daily over a period of seven weeks using images from two newspapers each day (the japan times and the daily yomiuri) each successive week additional media were added, as follows: week 1: only photos from each day's newspapers week 2: any part (excluding text) of each day's newspaper (e.g., borders, graphic elements, blank space) week 3: each day's newspaper plus drawing (initially pencil, then colored pencils, then pastels, etc.) week 4: each day's newspapers plus polaroid polaroids taken on the day week 5: each day's newspapers plus color photocopies week 6: each day's newspapers plus oil paint week 7: any combination of materials used in the preceding weeks some art by keiko miyamori appears in the black and white polaroids in "fuji pyramid exhibition" (top right, above). we have never collaborated together, but she has been inspirational to me. chiaki sasahara and natsu takahashi joined me during the final week. we would meet in the morning, go through the newspapers selecting images together, and take some polaroids (they are visible in the lower right picture above); following that i would put together a collage-painting, usually making some color photocopies at the convenience store on the way home. we also used "print club" photo stickers at least one day.