I saw this item for sale at eBay, the world's largest personal trading community, and thought that you might be interested. Title of item: Jessi Buchanan Interactive Art Experience! Seller: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Starts: Jun-23-00 13:35:35 PDT Ends: Jul-03-00 13:35:35 PDT Price: Currently $36.00 To bid on the item, go to: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=365775032 Item Description: Interactive art project!22" x 28" Oil on stretched canvas, signed by the artist. Offbeat, wacky, strange artwork by outsider Jessi Buchanan.(Jessi Buchanan is my brush name. If you buy my art, you can find out who I really am - AS IF YOU CARE!) Here's the deal: you bid on my painting, then email and tell me what you want on it. It's that simple! For example: Bob places the first bid for $.01 and says "how about a cat?" No problem! I paint a cat. Frida comes along and places her bid of $.25 and says "I think a mermaid would be nice!" You got it, Frida! Zoe bids $.50 and says "I hate that cat that Bob asked for, can you put a watermelon on its head?" Your wish is my command, Zoe! Watermelon it is! You get the idea. Bid as often as you want, and suggest more stuff! How far will it go? How many bids will I get? Will I even get one? Time will tell! A couple of important notes:Keep in mind that a bid means that you are committing to buy this thing if you win, however it turns out!Also, I will interpret your suggestions AS I SEE FIT! Hey, I'm an artist! Artistic license! Artistic license! I will begin work on the painting as soon as I get the first suggestion. Then, I'll provide daily updates of my progress. Suggestions will be added to the painting in the order that they are received. Buyer pays $10.00 shipping in U.S. See Other Paintings by Jessi Buchanan Visa and Mastercard accepted through PayPal On Jun-23-00 at 15:21:36 PDT, seller added the following information: Original blank canvas: On 6/23 Cat Boy placed the first bid and requested a big, fat eggplant: On Jun-23-00 at 16:54:42 PDT, seller added the following information: On 6/23 Janet wanted a fish: On Jun-23-00 at 18:47:20 PDT, seller added the following information: Lemurgurl asked for a...you guessed it! A lemur! What a surprise! On Jun-23-00 at 19:58:54 PDT, seller added the following information: SPHN asked for a couple of plastic army men shooting the eggplant. "Die eggplant!" they scream: On Jun-24-00 at 06:10:21 PDT, seller added the following information: Lori wants a jack'o'lantern crying for the eggplant: On Jun-24-00 at 12:38:53 PDT, seller added the following information: This page is getting too big, and it's taking too darn long to load! Hit reload on your browser to see the latest version of the painting. To see a summary of the first day's action, click HERE! On Jun-24-00 at 12:53:06 PDT, seller added the following information: Janet wants an earring on something, and leaves the choice of where to put it up to me. Hmmm, that lemur sure has big ears... Cat Boy is back! I'll let him put it in his own words: "Boys will be boys, but aren't those green army men getting a little hungry by now? Wait! Look over there! I see their mother calling them to dinner! She's tempting them with a cherry pie!" puddlewonderful says "can you fit your VAMPIRA on there somewhere?" On Jun-24-00 at 21:07:33 PDT, seller added the following information: SPHN says "I believe my army men drove up in a 1976 AMC Pacer. Most of them were painted lime green, or turquiose? in color. Great if the door was open, showing their half eaten corn dogs on the seat. The men didn't realize they were coming on to the eggplant enemy when they started eating lunch." I decided to exercise my artistic license on this one and paint the Pacer as the special red, white and blue Bicentennial Edition - with the rally package interior! On Jun-24-00 at 21:38:29 PDT, seller added the following information: To see a summary of the second day's action, click HERE! On Jun-25-00 at 06:08:20 PDT, seller added the following information: Eric says "I'd like to see a mobile home maybe in front of the Pacer." Well, this might not be what you have in mind, but when I hear "mobile home" I think Airstream! A 1953 Airstream Flying Cloud, to be exact! On Jun-25-00 at 07:27:05 PDT, seller added the following information: bigsidfan says "I would like to see Godzilla, who is mad at the army men (they always manage to mess with him when he's busy stomping Tokyo)." I have opted for the original guy-in-a-suit Godzilla, not the whimpy 1998 CGI movie lizard. Notice that he is holding one of the army men: this explains the mysterious "third corndog" in the Pacer. On Jun-25-00 at 09:01:30 PDT, seller added the following information: Metatron says "I want peter pumpkin eater saying "that gourd sure is sumthin' fine" to the weeping jack o' latern" Metatron ups his own bid to say "i also wanna see a bust of Karl Marx sayin' 'Ebay is the opium of the masses'" Chevrotain places a bid and signs my guestbook with "But wait--Richard Harris and Bette Midler are charging in to save the day! Or the eggplant, because it reminds Bette of a mole she once had. They're riding in the back of a Surinam Toad, among the other toadlets, one of which is enjoying a bowl of fine bean salad." Obviuosly, Chevrotain is trying to kill me! But I'll give it my best shot! Cat Boy strikes again: "I am curious (after all, I AM a cat) about the tourist couple by the side of the Airstream. What do they think about all this? Why, they thought they were visiting Yosemite." On Jun-25-00 at 14:58:12 PDT, seller added the following information: Recynd informs me "your painting could use a pair of Mormon missionaries (bikes and helmets included), looking like they just hit a GOLDMINE of potential converts!!!" Eric is back, and he says "It's a toss up I'll leave up to you...either one of the space ships from the movie 'War of the Worlds' (1952) or Dr. Zaius from the Planet of the Apes...Either is good."Hmmm, the War of the Worlds thing sounds easier, but Dr. Zaius sounds funnier...Zaius it is!Glowbot says "I would like a Giant Squid with tentacles wrapped around the eggplant saying 'This baby is MINE!'" Lemurgurl again: "For some reason, I think that Andy Warhol needs to be on this painting. Him, or Marilyn Manson."I think I can fit Andy in there. I'm afraid Marilyn Manson might scare Godzilla! pjamato finally decides to throw in her topic from her bid on day 1: "I would like an existential peg leg." What the hell is she talking about? Do you think she wants a pirate prosthesis or one of those little chicken drumettes from Long John Silvers? I think we'll go with the drumette. On Jun-25-00 at 18:29:39 PDT, seller added the following information: SPHN is back: "I'd like to see a 1or 2 girls sunbathing between the army guys." Our old friend Cat Boy isn't finished yet: "Meow! Look at that cute little circus poodle jumping through the lemur's hoop earring! Isn't she sweet in that little pink tutu? Who says cats don't like dogs?" Welcome to our little shindig, Fivemice! "Please paint 5 mice swinging/sitting on the lemur's earring." No problem! Plenty of room on that earring! I know, I know, I'm falling behind. Got to go take some advil for this stiff neck and I'll get right back to work... (groan!) I'm still having fun though! Don't stop bidding! 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