 20060227 Our Space
 Jakob posted the first picture of us inside our new space. While Paul and I built the staircase for Noah last month, we learned that there was another unit available in the same old parking garage. Noah recommended us to the landlord and just a few of weeks later, we arranged a lease. We had been looking for a place to in Brooklyn or Queens to setup a small studio to practice working with tools. Nothing ever panned out until this spot fell into our lap. It's bigger than we originally planned, so we decided to broaden the scope of its use. We asked Jakob to join the partnership, and with his help we can convert the space into something meaningful for even more people. Now, we're thinking that it could be a public space that our friends could use for dinner parties, film screenings, art exhibitions, band practice -- you know, anything -- as well as a studio space for our painter and pottery friends to work side by side with us. I am going to think of this place, still unnamed, as my laboratory. The current tennent moved out yesterday, a few days before our March 1st move-in date, so the three of us took the chance to get a headstart on painting the walls. The ultimate purpose of this space is to bring people together in spontaneous and creative activity. So, if you have any desire to help in any way, please let me know. We'd love the company. 13
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Mari said... Can't wait to see the space come alive....can i silk screen there? ;) 1:17 PM Zach said... Yes, Mari, you can definitely silkscreen there. That would be great. 1:17 PM meg said... Mari, if I'm ever in NYC while you're silk screening there, will you teach me how to silk screen? I'll teach you how to paint with oils (if you you don't already know how) in return! 3:24 PM Mari said... Meg, Of course! I do oil paint a little, I am trying to get better at it though. 3:38 PM yp said... some photoshoots, please! 4:13 PM Zach said... Youngna, photoshoots too! It's yours to use. BTW, do you have any interest documenting our renovation? 4:26 PM yp said... Yeah. Where and when? In exchange for photoshoot space, I'm game. Email me, we'll discuss! 4:31 PM sarah said... This is really exciting; you guys so rock! I can weld you some fixtures if you'd like. 5:58 PM said... are you guys going to have stationary tools (i.e. surface planer, table saw, table routers)? if so, i would like to contribute. i have been looking for a place to do some woodworking since I moved to New York, but have been told all the public wood shops shut down years ago to make way for condo-conversions. regardless, this is a commendable endeavor. congratulations. 11:23 PM jane said... oh. silkscreening + photo.. a great space to do both! 12:47 AM Zach said... Andrew, there will be equipment available. Send me an email, and we can go over details. 1:10 AM Dave said... I saw on Jakob's sight that this project/company name is Universal Space Agency, LLC. Do you guys have a website yet? Seems cool though, gl and such... 1:52 AM said... Sweet, maybe I can squat there until I find a place this winter. Do you guys take squatters? 10:24 PM Post a Comment |
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 Hi, I'm Zach. I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Wake Forest. After college, I moved to Manhattan to get serious about a company I ran with friends. We sold it to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp in 2006. I just wrapped up with a project I co-founded called Vimeo and left CV to focus on being a twenty-five year old. I have another blog called Copy and Taste, where I post about learning to cook. I live in Brooklyn now.  Del.icio.us My Flickr Me on Flickr Last.fm Linked in MySpace Netflix History Vimeo  Amir Blumenfeld Chris Bodenner Mareen Fischinger Fort Wayne Observed Nick Gray Hype Machine Jake and Amir Jakob Lodwick Oh My Rockness Jonathan Marcus Youngna Park Megan Scheminske Eliot Shepard Shorpy Signal vs. Noise Alex Soth Stereogum Ricky Van Veen Khoi Vinh Eugene Wyatt   Postal Skype SMS (via AIM) |