I did go over to White Box tonight to see Annie Ratti’s EVAPORATED SEA though I found it a bit disappointing; rather than seeing an aquatic environment created within a gallery - I saw a fake boardwalk and a lot of salt / sand on the floor - but since it was dark - it was just as I feared - no aquatic experience - just salt on the ground and some pictures projected on the walls.

Look, if I want to go see the ocean - I’d go to the ocean - I don’t need a fake boardwalk and sand to remind me of the ocean.  Oh well.

I saw a few other shows, but they too, were somewhat disappointing, like the Who Cares Book Launch Party” for The NY Art Book Fair in Chelsea - I never attended one of these before and I stayed about 15 minutes (see below).

   

 I also ended up going to the Launch party for NOOKA watches at New Museum of Contemporary Art; I ended up buying a Nooka Watch, a white Zob Zot (see below)

 

There’s only one problem, it looks like a Hospital Bracelet - which may or may not be cool.  What do you think …. should I keep it or try to exchange it for a Red, Blue or Black Zob Zot?    I heard Nooka Watches are HOT in Japan and I thought ….. it would be an interesting watch - but if it looks like I was just released from a Hospital …hmm, not sure that’s what I had in mind.  The Zob Zot costs 125 bucks - but some of the more expensive watches in the line were more to my liking …. I just did not want to pay 250 bucks for the next level up, a ZOT v2 or NOOKA Zen-V.  I’d probably buy the Zen-V if money were no object.

NOOKA Watches tell time differently - the dots represent hours and the band in the middle represents how much of each hour has passed while the seconds are represented in the lower left part of the watch display.

I went to a couple of other shows - but they were bad, bad, bad….. or just plain boring.  I wanted to go over to Forbidden Planet and pick up the Blab 17 book that has Amy Crehore’s paintings in it, but decided to do it another day.

So I’m feeling mixed about the watch ….. I kinda want a watch that’s different - If I did want a different color I’m not even sure I could exchange it.