by Twist Barry McGee

by REAS Todd James

Alex: ... yeah, with really nice, characters, poetry, nice stuff. Another (individual) from Philly, Rojas, they're involved with a collaborative studio called Space 1026. A lot of good art energy in Philly comes out of the Space 1026 scene. I really like Philadelphia a lot, it's such a large urban area, you get a lot of cosmopolitan elements feeding in to it. A really good, world class, art museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where I work, the ICA, an internationally established art institution, plus there's a good local art scene as well, and of course there's a good skate scene. Although right now, things are a little bit shakey with that, down at FDR park. I don't know what's gonna happen, as far as, if my wife and I are going to leave Philly at some point and move somewhere else, for myself, where I can get another museum job, or if I can make it happen in Philly. It's a really culturally good town, it's got really cheap, affordable property. New York is really close if you want to check out musuems there, see some films. New York is unfortuantely really expensive. For the museum art scene, it's sort of where the center of the art world really is. On the other hand, art world jobs aren't very well paid so it's sort of a double-edged sword. If you want to work in the art scene in New York you'll be not too well off, unless you have a trust fund or something. It's so close by though, I go there probably once a month, just to see what's going on.