Collaboration Chronicles

I miss making giant posts on here like the one about the abandoned storage auction. I gave up this summer because I was busy and got into other things.

That describes my commitment to Collab21 as well. I moved to San Francisco 2 years ago and had a list of needs. C21 seemed like a possible way to fill them. As a self employed animation artist and book dealer, I needed space… an occupation outside of the house… collaboration and inspiration. It seems like I have filled most of those needs on my own. I also have gotten to know a little more about the renting/owning/property situation around here and how complicated and unrealistic it is… I don’t think it’s very commercially viable for a company to rent space here without being at the top of the list as a provider of whatever service it does. Unless it’s something extremely locally based (haircuts don’t get made overseas.) It’s just so frickin’ expensive here.

I’m currently a C21 member and I want it to succeed and to move into a space. Meanwhile I’m here on a low level and watching to see if things will come together with the right opportunities.

My own personal endeavours are going great. This summer I began making an independent film which used some collaborative help to get started and now it’s all me. It’s coming along and will probably wrap around december, after which I will be promoting and sending it to film festivals and totally remaking my art portfolio website, http://patsanimation.com which I haven’t updated in a long time. If you’re reading and aren’t a facebook friend with me, Ben, Dave, etc… I encourage you to find us. http://www.facebook.com/misterfang

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