Trevor Shimizu

Dream Lover - Neeloo

2011-11-30T13:12:00.005-08:00

Neeloo S loonee616@hotmail.com 23 September 2001

1. My ideal partner is mixed white and black male, light skinned, long eyelashes, has his hair in braids going straight back on the scalp. medium sized lips. nice shaped eyebrows. has a stud earring in left year.

2. I am a female with a tan complexion, have past shoulder length curly hair pulled half in a ponytail and half down, big eyes and curled eyelashes. average size nose and lips. rather thin eyebrows, high cheek bones. i have 3 piercings in left ear and 3 in the right and my right cartilage is pierced as well.

3. on that "day" we are at a college party dancing away. i am wearing black boots, silver pants and a V-neck black tank top that says "SEXY" on it in silver. he is wearing a blue shirt that says "ENYCE" on it, dark denim baggy jeans and blue timberland boots (thug look). \

I hope I was helpful. Please respond and let me know how everything is and if I can help you further. Thanks..

3.

Dream Lover - Melissa

2011-11-30T13:12:00.003-08:00

"melissa runz" Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:14:55 PDT

my ideal partner's face....
lets see, eyes green or blue
or blue green..slightly biggish
not all almond shaped..
nose, kinda big too..maybe sorta boulbous but not all gross
can it be big and cute?..i think thats possible..
big fat eyebrows..not a uni-brow..but full
i guess i like all of the facial fetures to be kinda big..maybe b/c mine
are..and then also the face stands out to me..
a high forehead, full lips but not gigantic
i guess the person would be white and a boy
the hair, brown with a little blond in it, but not so much that you could
call the person blond and a widow's peek...(i call the penisula-head)and its
wavy...not long, not almost bald
high cheek bones..sorta prominent
the ears are proportionate to the rest of the head
slenderish neck
oval shaped head with sort of a triangle chin
maybe a cowlick in one eyebrow..or the nose is slightly crooked
maybe a birth mark or a mole to set off the symmetry
but symmetry is important

my face....this might be harder
im a girl
i have giant eyes..sort of like a deer caught in the headlights
they are hazel, amber in the middle and green on the outside
my nose is slender and kinda pointy, its straight
my lips are small but full
eyebrows are plucked but not too thin, sort of a nice arch to them
high cheek bones
big ears
round head
my hair is at a short bob
it ends right below my ears
i tend to push it behind my ears
its brown with red highlights
but theres some leftover blondish stuff at the ends
i have a little neck
ive been told i look like a cupie doll

A perfect day would have to start out in bed with the morning sex. Should i describe that? At that point i would be naked.. So then it's shower time, also naked, go outside get coffee, walk around look at people (i really like to people watch and make fun of them). I would wear jeans and a brightly colored t-shirt with some wacky logo thingy on it that makes people comment on it to me. He would wear baggy shorts, sandles and a button down shirt.
After an hour or so, we would come home and I'd give him head as he talked on the phone. We would still be wearing the same clothes although I'd take off my shoes and his pants would be around his ankles. We would hook up with some friends and go to some kinda free oudoor festival
thingy. I guess it would be saturday, then. We would drink booze, listen to music and look at all the folks out and about and talk to lots of strangers, make connections. Then we would go to a friends house and smoke and drink some more. Our conversation throughout would consist of quoting the "Big Lebowski" and The Simpsons, repeating our personal jokes, give our friends silly
nicknames, and also "remember the time...."
So, then we get sorta dressed up to go out to a club to dance (some kinda techno house music). I'd wear all black, he would wear a flashy shirt..blue and also black pants.
We would dance all night with ourselves and our friends, drinking and smoking and talking to strangers, making people smile with our goofyness.
Then we'd all take a cab home and sleep in our friends spare bedroom.. More sex, sleep in the spoon position.
So, I guess my day would start interacting with just that person, building up little by little, interacting with other folk more, peaking at some point and then back to just being with that person.
i hope i described some stuff well enough for it to be usefull
this was neat
thanks for the opportunity
if you want to know more you can email me and ask
thanks
melissa

Dream Lover - Leslie

2011-11-30T13:12:00.001-08:00

"Leslie Beard" Tue, 02 Oct 2001 02:56:40 PDT

1. The face of my ideal partner would firstly and most certainly be smooth. Small pores, and no lines or wrinkles. The skin would preferably be an olive tone, and hairless. Completely hairless. Their forehead would be pertruding, yet short, and their hairline would be straight across. Their nose would seem very slim when looking onward, but from profile view it would stick out a mile, with no humps, upturned, and dainty. Their bottom lip would be large, while the top lip would seem slim, both would burn cherry red, looking almost chapped. The corners of their mouth would curl up when they smiled. Their chin would be small and seamless. Hair would be long, straight, and brown. Their eyes would be dark, with dark circles around them, and small, narrow, and vulcan.

2. My face is completely hairless. I have largish pertruding eyebrow ridges, but no hair. My forehead is long, and I have wrinkles in it when I exclaim. My face has one dark brown freckle on the right cheek right across from my nostril. My nose is pretty small and narrow. My skin is olive, but very light olive, more yellow than anything else. My face is round, but my chin is pretty small and cut. My lips are small and usually blend in with my skin tone, a faint pink color sometimes. My ears are small and cute. My hair is short, black, and shaggy right now. Sometimes I spike it up. My
profile is very pointy and witchy. My eyes are darkly outlined and rather big, but can disappear when I smile. My teeth are nice, straight, and normal sized. I have a silver hoop in my right nostril. I am getting a lip piercing in the center soon.

3. A perfect day with them would have us clothed in very comfortable pants, maybe stretch pants, or loose khakis, and fitted tshirts, black, or white. flip flops or slip on shoes on our feet. we would spend the morning looking for eggs and coffee in a very under populated cafe somewhere. afterwards we would stroll along a densely populated streets, window shopping and looking for vintage clothes, old records, comic books, and strange things. towards noon we'd go
to a park and lay on the grass, looking up at the sun and talk about our old friends, things we did in high school, and embarassing moments. conversation would revolve around making the other person laugh at our stupidity. we'd walk some more and go find an interesting movie to watch somewhere. after the movie we would find a good thai resturant to eat at, where we'd have several cocktails before hand. after the meal we would go to the beach and run around getting all sandy. eventually we'd make our way back home, and talk about all the crazy things we did all day. then we'd sleep.

Dream Lover - Jen R

2011-11-30T13:11:00.003-08:00

"Jen R" Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:25:42 PDT

Hello Trevor!

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner! I've just been crazy busy!

Not sure if you have ever been to San Gregorio Beach but there is a stretch
that is clothing optional. In the summer months along this beautiful
stretch of beach, people build these forts from the driftwood that washes up
along it's shores. These forts are built close to the hillside and are put
together quite well. They provide a little privacy to people looking for
it. I have been there a few times with friends which always included my
dream guy. The days have always been sunny and bright with a light breeze.
The sand is always soft and warm to touch. The air is always fresh and
lovely. I love being there with people...just hanging out enjoying the day
and the sun. Listening to the waves, sometimes testing the water only to
realize that it's too cold to actually go in all the way. We bring music,
blankets, drinks and snacks and just make it a beautiful day at the beach
with beautiful company. Sometimes getting brave and unsheding our
clothes...sometimes napping and relaxing in the sun...sometimes just being
plain silly. Always making the best out of the day.

Let me know if you need any more info and if this wasn't specific enough. I
really look forward to seeing what you have to exhibit!
Thanks!
Jen

Dream Lover - Audrey

2011-11-30T13:11:00.001-08:00

"Audrey Wilkinson" Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:12:43 PDT

Tall (over 6 foot)medium to thin build. Strong angular features including
high cheekbones, square face, soft, full lips (bottom lip should be thicker
than upper lip by at least a 1/4), intense eyes, changing eye color, with
little laugh lines at the sides. dark thick lashes neatly trimmed eyebrows
(no unibrow:)) Face should be fairly semetrical. Medium sized ears, strong
meduim sized roman nose. Jaw should be firm with notable cut into the chin.
Eye should not be too bulgy but not set deep either and I prefer grey/blue
(if this is in color).
If you need more on him let me know.

I have a very round face, high cheek bones, broad forehead,medium set eyes
they are shaped like fat almonds, My eyes chage with my mood. I have
thick/long red brown lashes, My lips are slightly uneven. The top being
thinner than the bottom. Also the right side of my top lip is slightly
thinner than the left side of my upper lip. My right lower lip is slightly
thicker than my lower left lip. I have lightly arched eyebrows that extend
from above the tearduct to the outer edge of my eyes. My nose is neither
large nor small but has a slight dimple at the end. When I smile I have
straight teeth and a small dimple on the left and a deeper dimple on the
right cheek.

Thanks this should be interesting.
Please let me know if you need more information:)

Audrey

Sorry this took me so long I had to think about it:)

Mainly what I would love to do is spend the entire day together. We would
start by maybe going to a bookstore looking around for an hour or so, then
we would go to lunch probably thai food or maybe sushi. then we would catch
a train to the modern art museum and check out the latest exhibit. After
that we would head to the beach and walk around the beach and hang out just
talking and walking. We would head back to my place around 6 or 7ish and
shower and change (for the day we would have just been wearing jeans and
shirts nothing special). After changing into something a little nicer (for
him maybe some black or khaki pants and a funky or nice shirt and for me
cute skirt and top with semi comfy shoes for later. We would grab some
dinner then go out dancing preferable music comprised of either funk or
techno or latin dance music. Then after we were exhausted we would grab the
train or a cab home. If we are living together then go to bed if not maybe
make out a little and send him home:)

Dream Lover - Adrian

2011-11-30T13:10:00.001-08:00

"Adrian"

Good idea!

OK, lemmie see....

My Ideal Lover

between 5'0" & 5'9"

medium to long hair, longer the better, but no short bangs on the
forehead. I hate that look. Part in middle or the side is OK. I like
straight hair better than curly hair.
Hair color is no preference.

I like a nice round face that has some character, not a skinny face that
looks like kate moss or anything. I don't want a pointy nose, just a
regular nose, a nosering would be neat, but only if it is a really small
diamond.

I like her eyes to be a little slanted, almost like and egyptian woman,
with the eyeliner going out to the sides a little bit. Long eyelashes
are just great. Not too much makeup, just a little eyeliner and
eyeshadow, maybe some lipstick on the weekends.

Lips. I like lips. nice full ones, she's gotta have some luscious lips.

I don't like when girls have a bigger forehead than mine.

Glasses are OK, I don't really have a preference.

No pointy chins, I don't like those, I'd rather have a round chin.

OK, now my face:

my face is not quite round, but not quite oblong, either. somewhere in
between.
I have long brown hair, parted on the side.
I have a kinda squished in nose, like some black people, but I am
mexican.
I have a small upper lip, but a larger lower lip.
My eyes are brown and average looking, with medium eyebrows that do not
connect in middle.
I have longer than average eyelashes, and I get complimented on them
often.
I have full cheeks, but not too full to make my face look round.
I have a well formed chin that is not too pointy.

THis is fun!

Let me know when you are done!

Thanks,

Adrian

hmmm...a day I want to spend...well, I think it depends on if this is a day that is part of the initial courtship, or if it is after we are together a while and going on adventures.

I guess, let's say that she is already a lover...I would say wake up at a B&B somewhere in the mountains, have breakfast on a private outdoor patio wearing just a bathrobe, then after breakfast is over, go back to bed and stay in that state that is just between sleep and consciousness for a couple hours...then, when we finally get out of bed, hop on the bicycles and ride down a narrow trail to a riverbank. There we will strip naked and go for a swim in the river, while sipping a bottle of red wine. No glasses, just drinking straight from the bottle.

After we get tired of swimming, lay out on a nice warm rock that is in the middle of the river, and get some sun. After a couple of hours of this, swim back to the riverbank and have some cheese and crackers.

Next would be a nice walk through the woods where we could find a nice shady spot of grass to lay the blanket down and get the nookie going. After a nice session of that, it would be nice to walk back to the riverbank and swim some more, lay on the rock some more, then bike back to the B&B.

A nice hot shower together with sweet smelling soaps and shampoos, put on some fine clothes, her in a long, tight dress, me in slacks and a dress shirt....take the horse carraige to the finest restaraunt in town, and order appetizers, a bottle of chardoney, and a wonderful meal with a flaming creme brulee for dessert.

A slow moonlight walk back to the B&B, get naked and do it one more time before drifting off into a deep sleep in each others arms.

This is an unauthorized transcription of a conversation that took place during a book-signing with Crispin Hellion Glover after a screening of the film What Is It?

2011-09-09T19:35:00.000-07:00

Crispin Hellion Glover: Thank you for coming tonight. Did you enjoy the film?
Trevor Shimizu: I think your films are incredible.
CHG: Thank you. How did you hear about this event?
TS: I actually came to the event last night, then wanted to see this one.
CHG: Which did you prefer?
TS: I think, well, I think I preferred last night.
CHG: Yes, and why?
TS: I am especially interested in the psychological aspects of Steven C. Stewart's character in It is Fine! Everything is Fine… how it's a sort of wish fulfillment of a fantasy. I was thinking about how all of the sex scenes are shot from an outsider's perspective. It makes sense, though, since you are interpreting his screenplay. I may be wrong, but I think all of the sex scenes were shot from an outside perspective.
CHG: Yes, actually they were. And what is your name?
TS: Trevor. So, I wondered, if Steven had made the film, if the sex scenes might have been shot from his point of view… if the woman would be on top of him, from his perspective, rather than from the other side of the room.
CHG: Steven would not have been able to make the film, but it's interesting that you mention this. There is definitely a voyeuristic quality to the film. Because David and I made and used the sets, there is inherently a voyeuristic quality to filming with sets. It is somehow about the voyeur.
TS: Mm. That's interesting.
CHG: Thanks again for coming tonight, and don't forget to sign up for the mailing list at crispinglover.com!
TS: OK, great. Have a good night.
CHG: Thanks and you too.

Photo: David Brothers

2011-09-09T19:33:00.001-07:00

Dream Lovers

2011-08-24T14:25:00.000-07:00

During production of Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), I gave Miranda an oil painting I made in 1999 for use as a prop in the film. In this self-portrait I resemble Anthony Michael Hall's character in The Breakfast Club, and Molly Ringwald is looking at me, smiling. The painting was not included in the film, but I noticed in the digital art exhibition scene, a recreation of a piece I told Miranda about on a drive to the Headlands Center for the Arts. The piece was from a series of photographs called, Dream Lovers (2001). The photographs were made from written descriptions of people's faces, each person’s ideal partner, and an imaginary account of the perfect day they would spend together. All of the submissions were made anonymously as responses to an ad I had posted on Craigslist. I rendered the faces using a composite software called Faces, which was endorsed by the television show, America's Most Wanted.
Here is a still from the scene in Me and You and Everyone We Know including the re-interpretation of a piece from Dream Lovers.

2011-08-24T14:22:00.000-07:00

Rephotography

2011-08-12T11:38:00.001-07:00

I came up with this idea while watching America's Next Top Model on the plane. Cynthia Rowley was a guest and this just came to me because I once took a photo of her for Jane Magazine. I actually made a living taking photos for Jane Magazine. They paid well, so I would only work twice a month to get by. They credited me and held the rights to the photographs.

I've rephotographed the pages with my photos and printed them as part of a group of new sculptures called "Bathroom Pieces". This seemed somewhat interesting since Jane is no longer in production. Perhaps Conde Nast still holds the rights to my photos, but I'm not sure. I like the idea of appropriation art entering into the bathroom.

Bathroom Pieces

2011-08-12T11:37:00.002-07:00

This is ultra masculine work based on mirror placement that I've seen in some bathrooms. The bathrooms I've seen this in are often excessively decorated and feminine. Men generally like to see their penises while urinating.

Copy for Paintings

2011-08-12T11:37:00.001-07:00

I hire a copywriter to generate content for me. We meet twice a week, I tell him what I'm working on, he gives me ideas. I told him about my Bathroom Pieces for instance, he mentioned the Urinal Fly. This Urinal Fly that's placed in urinals around Amsterdam to prevent men from pissing all over the place, he said, would be good to add to my Bathroom Pieces. He said there should be flies all around, implying that it's ok to piss all over the place. I made small paintings of flies.

New Biopic

2011-08-12T11:36:00.002-07:00

Most biopics end poorly, in death and tragedy.

Why not make one that focuses on something different about the artist's life?

Like a redesign of something corporate; a website, store, company...

Redesign the public image of an historic artist.

Let's say Eric Stoltz plays Vincent Van Gogh. In this biopic, Vincent attempts to flirt with a woman on the beach and wins her affection with his unorthodox charm. She later introduces him to her fiancé and child, and the biopic unfolds like a Rohmer film. There's no acknowledgment of him cutting off the ear and living a lonely psychotic life.

Creep's Computer, Mobile Device

2011-08-12T11:36:00.001-07:00

A computer or mobile device with incriminating files, photographs, emails and browser history is made available to the public for educational use.

Turn

2011-08-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

Vampires have become the protagonists

of many popular television series and movies.

A vampire should exist in a sitcom like

"How I Met Your Mother"

as an ordinary citizen or secondary character.

This character would live an ordinary vampire life

and have no impact on the plot line.

The vampire, for example, could leave a party

and say, "Sorry, I have to leave," and people would

just say goodbye, unfazed by the vampire's exit.

Or, the vampire sits and complains to friends

about going to couples therapy.

No Longer an Emergency

2011-08-12T11:34:00.002-07:00

The subway platform emergency exit sign that reads,

Push Bar For Emergency Exit
Alarm Will Sound

is replaced by a different sign that reads,

It's No Longer an Emergency
Alarm Will Not Sound

The alarm no longer sounds.

Shoes for Sweaty Runners

2011-08-12T11:34:00.001-07:00

A shoe company collaborates with a sporting goods store to promote a new model of running shoes by giving coupons away for a free pair of shoes to runners in a park or track.

A store employee waits for extremely sweaty runners to finish running, then hands out vouchers for the free pair of shoes, to be picked up at the participating store.

The Twilight Saga International Remake

2011-08-12T11:33:00.002-07:00

The Twilight Saga should be remade by a Swedish director and cast.

Public Sculpture: Public Kitchen

2011-08-12T11:33:00.001-07:00

A sterling silver table with a wood perimeter is situated in an area of a park where there are hours of direct sunlight. The table generates enough heat for people to cook food throughout the day.

A supervisor stands guard to ensure that children, idiots, and the elderly are not burned by the table.