Santa Fe Reporter, February 1, 2023

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OPINION 5

7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6

STILL IN THE AIR 8

Some Southsiders say the specter of radiation is enough reason to pump the brakes on a proposed housing development

CAUSE CÉLEBRÈ 10

As she files charges in the Rust case, DA Mary Carmack-Altwies says her only concern is justice for Halyna Hutchins

MISSED CONNECTIONS 11

Deal fizzles between city and state for future Richards Avenue arroyo crossing

COVER STORY 12

(ART?)IFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

As AI art becomes more ubiquitous, will it harness the internet’s imagination or become a nightmare for artists?

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CULTURE

SFR PICKS 19

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THE CALENDAR 20

3 QUESTIONS 22

With songwriter Javier Romero

FOOD 26

BITES FROM THE BIG APPLE

New York on Catron remains a semi-reliable choice, but it could use some work

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CALIFORNIA LOVE 23

Wheelwright highlights the NM/CA connection

THE NEXT CHAPTER 27

Artist Jake Trujillo makes moves

MOVIES 28

LIVING REVIEW

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COVER, JAN. 25: “NORTHWARD PERIL”

ONE OF THE BEST

One of the most well written and well informed articles I’ve ever read in the Reporter. And Cormac McCarthy to boot!

MICHAEL O’NEILL

SANTA FE

TOUCHED THE HEART

I wish to thank you for publishing Laura Paskus’ beautiful article entitled “Northward Peril.” The article was as informative as it was lyrical and it touched my heart.

When will humans stop being dominators and instead be stewards; living with the wildlife that so enrich the world? Wolves were here before people decided to eradicate them. They play an important part in balancing nature; they are, indeed, a keystone species. They know no artificial boundaries, only the drive that causes them to disperse, stay put, mate, raise a family and just live.

It’s tragic that they cannot just live, but must fight to survive.

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A sad story, beautifully told.

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LETTERS, JAN. 18: “LEADING TO LOSS”

SARCASM INTENDED

I’m so glad the city is bringing in a privately owned semi-pro soccer team at taxpayers’ expense. This is a great opportunity to build a new arena on Old Pecos Trail. We can also warehouse the obelisk in a back corner. And the other 359 days the soccer team doesn’t play games, we could put bunks on the artificial turf and solve the homeless problem.

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“Cervantes is still talking.”

—Overheard during a legislative committee meeting

“I want a filter—like of what other people see.”

—Overheard from woman gesturing to her face at CrashMurderBusiness

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LAWMAKERS FLOAT MEASURE TO PROHIBIT THEMSELVES FROM DRINKING ON THE JOB

Now’s probably a good time for Santa Fe Brewing Co. to launch a new non-alcoholic line: Bloviate Brown Ale.

HEY! DO YOU IMBIBE BEERLIKE LIQUIDS?

TWO MORE CABINET SECRETARIES DEPART GOV. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM’S ADMINISTRATION

Zip Recruiter may want to create a whole new section.

PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSIONER SAYS HE WON’T VOTE ON MATTERS RELATED TO HIS OLD BOSS

So, that’s one under-qualified commissioner, one conflicted commissioner and one commissioner whose porridge is probably just right.

CITY RATCHETS UP FINES FOR LOUD VEHICLES

Actual fact: Blowing through a stop sign is still just a $25 fine.

MAYOR ALAN WEBBER, CITY COUNCIL NOW SAY GUNS HAVE BEEN BANNED IN SOME CITY BUILDINGS ALL ALONG

And you thought those wands that just magic’d things into existence in Harry Potter weren’t real.

TOP STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS ARE PUSHING FOR MORE SCHOOL TIME FOR KIDS

No word yet on how much dark sarcasm will be in classrooms if this passes.

NEW MEXICO LEGISLATOR MAKES IT ON TUCKER CARLSON’S SHOW ... ... to talk about a bill for castrating sex offenders or something. It’s not going to pass. But the state’s Republican lawmakers seem to have given up on governing and now just want to be on Fox News.

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Horno and El Chile Toreado make the semifinalist list for this year’s James Beard Awards.

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Still in the Air

The old Eberline manufacturing building on Airport Road has sat unused since 2007. For years, what became its parent company, Thermo Fisher Scientific, has said it was moving toward cleaning up the property and making it safe enough to sell. The state department tasked with regulating the property’s decommissioning says there’s nothing to worry about—that the property poses no greater risk than most other parts of the city. And a company the developer, Homewise, paid to assess the proposed housing tract also says everything is fine.

BY ANDY LYMAN andylyman@sfreporter.com

Neighbors of a proposed housing development near South Meadows Road have raised myriad objections to the project, from concerns about obstructed views to the death of a long-used open space to allegations of a shady deal in which Santa Fe County quietly sold the property.

Now, they’re returning to a different argument they hope will persuade Santa Fe city councilors to halt a zoning change for the 22-acre site: the unknown dangers of what a long-shuttered radiation-detection equipment facility left behind on the property next door.

Joni Arends, executive director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, tells SFR that while she’s not a fan of the development proposal, she also sees additional attention as an opportunity to clean up an area that once housed radioactive materials.

“Before any construction or any decision is made about the 22 acres, I think we need to understand the depth and breadth of the contamination,” she says.

But those who oppose the new construction are not so sure. SFR has reported extensively on the old Eberline site and, for years, the company has insisted it is taking stock of what’s on the property for radiation risks. A toxic material called americium-241 remained in the building until 2016. The head of the state’s Radiation Control Bureau, a division of the Environment Department, says the site’s cleanup timeline via a formal process called decomissioning is up to its owners.

Bureau Chief Santiago Rodriguez tells SFR he could not speculate on how long it will take the company to complete a survey and submit a decommission plan. Once those steps are finished, a two-year clock would start for the company to follow through with its plan.

Thermo Fisher did not respond to SFR’s inquiries for this story. The land upon which Homewise wants to build is zoned as open space and had been owned by the county’s Open Space and Trails Program since 2001 before the county sold the land last spring. Homewise, a nonprofit home builder, says it is suitable for 161 affordable homes and a park.

But new homeowners may have high levels of radiation as neighbors, too. Arends says she’s been worried about the old Eberline building for decades.

“There was concern 35 years ago about the facility, about workers getting hurt,

about the operation,” Arends says. “So it’s been on our radar since the beginning of our organization.”

A radiological survey Homewise commissioned from environmental consulting company NV5 in December 2021 resulted in a January 2022 report claiming the levels of radiation on the Homewise property were the “same as ambient environmental levels present in the rest of the community surveyed.”

Dave Englert, who lives near the Homewise property and worked 25 years as a geologist for the state Environment Department, tells SFR he doesn’t trust the NV5 assessment. Englert spent most of his career before retirement conducting environmental surveillance at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

“I can only say quite simply, I didn’t think it was adequate,” Englert says of the NV5 survey.

More specifically, he says, the survey didn’t go far enough in describing the scope of the work at the Eberline facility. He also calls the detection equipment used in the survey “inadequate.” The years worth of assurances from that decommissioning was on the horizon, along with reports that the company previously significantly understated how much

radioactive material was on the old Eberline property has left Englert untrusting.

“The more they delayed, the more I felt there was something to suspect,” he says.

But Rodriguez says there’s no reason not to trust the process.

“There’s nothing to hide, there’s nothing mysterious out there, there’s no excessive levels of radiation,” he tells SFR, adding that there are small, naturally occurring levels of radiation across the state that could be brought to the surface in any land development.

“I get it’s scary, but I’m confident that the bureau and the department is holding the licensee, i.e. Thermo Fisher, to the regulations in the statutes and we are actually requiring a little bit more stringency in some aspects of the decommissioning, because there’s people all around there,” Rodriguez says.

At least one of those standards, he says, is to require Thermo Fisher to set up a tent before major digging begins to prevent possibly contaminated soil from blowing into nearby neighborhoods.

The City Council is set to consider at a Feb. 1 meeting whether to approve the zoning change.

Some Southsiders say the specter of radiation is enough reason to pump the brakes on a proposed housing development

Should decomissioning for radiation left at the Eberline site be considered as part of the rezoning request for the parcel next door? It’s an issue likely to come up at City Council.

Cause Célebrè

take responsibility and accountability for what happened on that set. And what happened was Halyna Hutchins lost her life.

Why isn’t director Joel Souza’s [gunshot] injury a piece of that?

said, obviously this case is getting a lot of publicity. But what I want known out of this case is that I went after justice for Halyna Hutchins and I treated everyone the same under the law.

Has this case made it harder for you to focus on those other issues?

I also want to emphasize I’m not charging Alec Baldwin just because he’s an actor. He was an actor and a producer on that set and had an affirmative duty to make sure that not only was the gun safe, but that the other people handling the guns were safe, and that the set was safe. And we know that wasn’t the case.

So this is not just a chain of custody decision? It’s not just about who touched the gun?

Because under New Mexico statutes, an aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, which is what this would be, requires intent. And since we’ve already established this was an unintentional crime, we can’t charge for what happened to him.

Huh.

I know it’s a strange quirk but that’s why we can’t charge for Mr. Souza.

BY JULIA GOLDBERG @votergirl

Announcing on Jan. 19 her decision to file charges in the film-set shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins hurled First Judicial District Attorney Mary CarmackAltwies into the international spotlight. Those charges include two counts of involuntary manslaughter—fourth-degree felonies—against both the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez (previously called Gutierrez-Reed), and, notably, the film’s actor and producer: Alec Baldwin.

Carmack-Altwies and special prosecutor Andrea Reeb say Gutierrez, Baldwin and Rust’s assistant director, David Halls— who accepted a plea deal on the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon—played roles in the Oct. 21, 2021 shooting that killed Hutchins, then a 42-year-old mother of a 9-year-old son.

SFR spoke with Carmack-Altwies by phone shortly before she officially filed those charges Jan. 31 in the First Judicial District Court, along with a 10-page probable cause statement extensively detailing the ways in which Baldwin allegedly acted with “reckless” and “willful” disregard for the safety of others. The interview has been edited for concision and clarity.

SFR: The Wall Street Journal recently published a story about you that said you came into office vowing to target criminals, increase crime diversion programs, address a rape kit backlog and crack down on gun crimes and now you’re going to be most known as the DA who prosecuted Alec Baldwin. Do you think that’s true?

Mary Carmack-Altwies: I hope not. I hope what I’m known for is that I changed this office and put it on a better footing and made this community safer, and also implemented some of the criminal justice reforms that I think are important. That

No, I don’t think so. It’s part of my job to have divided attention and to be able to focus on a lot of different things. I have been in office now for two years and I’ve got a really excellent team in place that is han dling a lot of those issues and concerns that I came into office pledging to do something about. This case I’m fo cusing on kind of falls squarely within some of my pledges, which was we are going to take gun crime seriously. It’s obviously not a typical gun crime case, but it does emphasize that we need to have safe handling of firearms.

You’ve mentioned several times there shouldn’t be exceptions for celebrities. Are you also saying film set protocols shouldn’t be treated differently than any other type of setting?

I think it’s important we don’t treat celebrities any differently than someone else that has violated the law. And I’ve also emphasized I know this was un intentional, but just because it was un intentional doesn’t mean it also wasn’t recklessness that rises to the level of criminality. Looking at the facts and the evidence of this case, it really matches our statutes against safe handling of firearms really well.

So when SAG AFTRA says, ‘Hey this decision to charge an actor is wrong and uninformed about how Hollywood works,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care how Hollywood works.’

I don’t care how Hollywood works because a person died. If it was just a misfire of a blank, maybe we would be in a different position, but a person died. People have to

Correct.

You told the LA Times you struggled over whether you were going to charge at all.

Of course, we struggled. I think you struggle in every single case to make sure you get it right, that you match the facts and the evidence to the statutes as they are written. After looking at this and consulting with several attorneys, not only within our office but other DAs around the state, I came to the conclusion with our team that this was the right thing to do.

Have you felt pressured by the film industry or by the political nature of the gun debate in this case?

Then why aren’t other Rust producers being charged?

It’s not just a chain of custody, but [the charges] depend on it pretty heavily. Under our involuntary manslaughter statute, we didn’t think it was going to be possible to show that the other producers had direct knowledge or had the duty to look at that gun that day. So, it’s the actor plus producer, not just actor and not just producer

HALYNAHUTCHINS INSTAGRAM

I haven’t felt pressured one way or another. I’m just trying to do the right thing. I’ve received lots of letters, emails, phone calls, obviously, but that doesn’t affect what I do. I’m a prosecutor, and so I can’t be affected by anything but the law, ethically. And if I had decided there wasn’t probable cause to charge anyone, I wouldn’t

The coverage of this case has been extensive, but has anything been missing you’d want people to know?

It’s not so much missing, but the sensationalism of charging a celebrity is really overshadowing Halyna Hutchins, and that is the part of all the coverage that bothers me. This is about a victim. I am a victim-centered prosecutor. I have spoken with Matthew Hutchins: He is fully behind this prosecution because he wants justice for his wife as well. And that’s what this is about. It’s not about politics or guns or pressure or anything like that. It’s about Halyna Hutchins.

As she files charges in the Rust case, DA Mary Carmack-Altwies says her only concern is justice for Halyna Hutchins

Halyna Hutchins was 42 years old when she died as a result of a movie-set gunshot.

Missed Connections

Deal fizzles between city and state for future Richards Avenue arroyo crossing

BY ANDREW OXFORD oxford@sfreporter.com

Twenty-three acres of land the state Game and Fish Department owns smack in the middle of Santa Fe faces an uncertain future.

A deal between the city and state fell apart over the last week that would have seen City Hall buy the land to extend Richards Avenue from Siringo Road to Rodeo Road. After the state Game Commission rejected the city’s proposed offer of about $2.1 million on Jan. 27, Mayor Alan Webber and councilors voted unanimously in a special meeting Jan. 30 to scrap the deal altogether.

Now, the Game and Fish Department is getting a real estate agent to put the property just north of the Genoveva Chavez Community Center up for sale on the open market, and councilors are wondering aloud about using eminent domain to get the land they want for Richards Avenue.

The votes mark a setback to the city’s long-discussed plans of joining up the northern and southern ends of Richards Avenue, though city officials say they’re not abandoning the connection.

“We will fully move forward with the project,” Public Works Director Regina Wheeler told the City Council.

What’s unclear is how, and what will be-

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come of the big piece of largely undeveloped property around it.

The proposal has surfaced opposing views, too. Backers argue the connection would alleviate traffic on the southwest end of Santa Fe but neighbors maintain it would steer more drivers down residential streets.

Webber tells SFR he expects the city will still be able to buy the parcels of land it needs to build the connection. But he would have liked the city to be able to use the larger property around it for affordable housing.

“It’s a punted opportunity,” he says.

All of this comes as Richards Avenue becomes an increasingly important path to neighborhoods and educational institutions below Interstate 25. Santa Fe County is moving ahead with a different project to connect the northern and southern ends of Richards Avenue from the interstate frontage road to Avenida del Sur, creating an arterial network around the Santa Fe Community College campus and several developments.

The city’s deal with the state ultimately fell apart after the two sides got very different assessments of the property’s value.

The Game and Fish Department initially sought $3 million for the property. Largely undeveloped and bisected by Arroyo de los Chamisos, the department has long considered offloading the parcel. But city officials say the department was uninterested in selling off just a portion of it to extend Richards Avenue and aimed to sell the whole plot.

However, an assessor for the city said the land was only worth about $1.4 million, not close to what the commission was seeking.

The city and Game and Fish Department got a third appraiser, who came back with a

different price: $2.1 million. The third appraiser said the other prices were based on comparisons to sales that in some instances were several years old or didn’t reflect the physical characteristics of the property.

Councilors agreed to the $2.1 million price during a meeting on Jan. 11. But the commission rejected that offer with no explanation after a closed-door session on Friday and voted instead to put the property up for sale on the open market.

The move seemed to surprise or at least confound city leaders, who say Game and Fish previously had treated the sale as urgent.

Some councilors seemed skeptical of the deal even on its face.

District 3 Councilor Lee Garcia noted the arroyo bisecting the property means about 5 acres are actually in a flood plain. Calculate for the land needed for the road and there’s a little less than 18 acres that can actually be developed, city asset manager Terry Lease told

the council.

District 1 Councilor Signe Lindell raised the prospect of using eminent domain to acquire land for the road connection—an option if negotiations fall through with a future private owner, city officials say.

The next steps remain unclear. Since 2007, the city’s first responders have used an emergency access road that connects Fire Station 7 to both sides of Richards in the area.

A spokesman for the Department of Game and Fish tells SFR the agency does not have an estimated date for when the property may go on the market.

Meanwhile, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department is leasing part of the property from Game and Fish for its Returning Heroes Wildland Firefighter Program.

That lease expires June 30. But a spokesman for EMNRD tells SFR the agency plans to extend its lease.

Richards Avenue is currently split by a piece of land owned by the state between Siringo Road and Rodeo Road.

( ART? ) IFICIAL

BY STEPHANIE THOMPSON author@sfreporter.com

Your social media feeds have probably been flooded of late with bizarre yet detailed images you can’t quite explain. Are you seeing an Astroboy-style manga moment featuring Spider-Man at Woodstock? An oil painting wherein Harry Potter plunders as a pirate despite a suspicious number of fingers? Characters from The Office in a Mad Max world?

Chances are, if you’ve suddenly started noting such feverish weirdness, you’re probably looking at a piece of artificially intelligent art, or AI art. And though the tech and its more widespread use are both relatively new, at least at such a level, the implications of such new possibilities are dizzying.

But so much of what is and will happen is still unknowable. AI art has reached ubiquity on the internet, in media and in advertising so quickly, in fact, that no one is quite sure what to make of it, how it will continue to affect arts and artistic types, what legal ramifications might present themselves or even who owns what. SFR spoke with a number of people working in the arts, as well as an attorney, to try and understand the human response to AI art through the lenses of those who make a living through creation. The questions, though, might still be too muddy to answer in a satisfying way.

Nevertheless—the answers we heard are as manifold as the bizarre, often beautiful images that spawn them.

AI art in this context refers to images generated through deep learning artificial intelligence programs such as Stable Diffusion and other, similar algorithms that have been trained through a large and growing dataset. These programs constantly “learn” how to produce new images over time based on the images and text prompts users feed them. Many such apps have popped up and likely will continue to do so, but Stable Diffusion remains the biggest and most robust among them, for now.

The process is fairly simple: Feed an app’s algorithm your own images, or type out a description, and watch as they’re rolled up into randomly generated art pieces from billions of potential amalgamations. Over the last several months, AI art has laced our online lives with surreal worlds featuring hyper-detailed and sometimes gorgeous elements; perhaps stealthily, though, the tech has started producing works unrecognizable from handmade art—AI has even managed to believably imitate real photography.

It’s also imperfect. Discerning viewers who glance at the hands and limbs of the often otherwise beautifully rendered figures may sometimes note discrepancies in the number of fingers; the algorithms have struggled to produce believable faces, too. Someone who knows where and how to look can easily find red flags, and though

As AI art becomes more ubiquitous, will it harness the internet’s imagination or become a nightmare for artists?

PROMPT: Robot stealing money from human’s pocket

PROMPT: Miickey Moouse (intentionally misspelled)

PROMPT: Vintage robot painting the Mona Lisa

PROMPT: What is A.I.?

In our quest to create this week’s cover image, we toyed with various text prompts using the AI system DALL E 2. These are the results, including the unedited prompts we used to generate them.

PROMPT: What is A.I. art?

PROMPT: The Mona Lisa painting with a robot face

PROMPT: Human with computer for head

INTELLIGENCE

such oddball moments have inspired no shortage of memes and internet jokes, apps including NightCafe, DALL-E2 and Deep Dream Generator have been learning at an almost alarming rate, and the so-called artworks have improved rapidly.

And why wouldn’t the process improve? Such apps are available to all, and users can do as little as enter a text prompt. They can go further, too, inputting a string of keywords, descriptions and specific art styles. This begs questions, though: Can a user with no discernible artistic skills be classified as an artist when the breadth of their effort was typing a few words into an app? Who decides what is legitimate art, anyway?

At nearly every point in human history, there are those who have resisted new advancements, new tech, new opportunities. Digital art created with PhotoShop, for example, was once widely regarded as lesser, yet now stands beside traditional artistry as its own accepted format. Television was going to rot our brains; the radio was going to corrupt us; the Gutenberg Press was going to put devil words in the hands of the icky proletariat. But humankind has always harnessed tech and bent it to our will. In this case, though, when it comes to the clash between arts, humanity and computers, something feels different. Something feels like it’s happening too quickly.

Nikesha Breeze, an interdisciplinary artist, activist and co-founder of Santa Fe’s Earthseed Black Arts Alliance, has a nuanced take.

“I think that [AI art] is going to have a lot of negative impact and a lot of positive impact,” they tell SFR in a phone interview from Ghana. “I think that just like any tool that comes in, there’s going to be a massive shift in how we think about art, how we think about media in general, how we think about image and accessibility and community.”

Breeze has proven adept at art forms from illustration and portraiture to largescale sculpture and fabrication and says there’s a kind of allure in the idea of using AI generators as a launchpad, and/or in

things in art,” they say. “It...may be a useful tool I’ll implement in the ways any futurist artist would try to do. I’m curious and excited to see how I’ll use it and how I’ll continue to refine my own skill through it.”

Of course, that’s part of the rub. AIgenerated art is still in its infancy, and not all artists see its rise as a beacon of progress—or even as an acceptable tool. Some see a slew of ethical issues, ranging from art theft to fewer jobs in a world that already has scant options for artists.

In a recent Editor & Publisher piece, for example, cartoonist Rob Tornoe lamented that, “The idea of a computer now creating a work of art that might take me several hours to produce feels like a punch in the face.”

Frank Ragano and Mariannah Amster of the annual CURRENTS New Media Festival view AI art’s possible effect on creative jobs as somewhat murky, and they should know. Together, they’ve created one of the country’s preeminent digital arts events in Santa Fe, and much of the success hinges on how artists use new and emerging tech.

“There’s no doubt it’ll change a lot of creative jobs,” Ragano notes. “I mean, people will either lose jobs or adapt to using AI. If a business finds that it can produce work for, say, advertisement, that is successful, and it costs them less than using an artist, they’re definitely gonna do that.”

automating tasks to build off those images that use their existing handmade skills and artistry. Creating quick backgrounds or workshopping an idea without having to put in hours of effort sounds enticing, as does popping out a dozen potential versions of a piece in minutes. Still, Breeze says, they are optimistic but cautious about the ways they might incorporate the process into their own work—not to mention the possible implications for other working artists.

“I think it will continue to help me support and refine my art, to be able to use it as a tool to stretch the capacities and potentialities, speed, production—all of these

Amster points out another possible effect.

“That may be true, but I think one of the things we’ve learned doing CURRENTS is that people still at first are really excited by the technology,” she explains, “but then the human hand or the artist’s hand comes back into the work and people want that physicality.”

At CURRENTS 826, the festival’s permanent Canyon Road outpost, for example, the recently closed Earth’s Other group show featured artists David Stout and Colin Ives using AI methodologies in print work—while maintaining their own notable and perceivable human touch.

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A piece by artist Nikesha Breeze created using AI.

NIKESHA BREEZE

I think that just like any tool that comes in, there’s going to be a massive shift in how we think about art, how we think about media in general...

-Nikesha Breeze, artist

“For me, and the artists we are seeing and choosing to show, it’s not the AI on its own making work. That would concern me. I see it as a tool for artists, or a collaborating partner,” Amster says. “I feel like artists are really coming into their own when it comes to using technology...it’s not just fascination with the technology, but really bringing an artful perspective to the technology.”

“The best results have been through AI and human artist collaboration,” Ragano adds.

Other creative types are less enthused.

Self-described “engineerish artist” Justin Michael Crouch, whose work has included large metal sculptures, has concerns. He and others have regularly spoken out against AI art on social media, and in real life, and he says he’ll continue to consider generative learning apps as problematic.

”Is AI ever going to give us another Da Vinci? Is AI ever going to give us another Michelangelo?” he asks. “Absolutely not, because all it is doing is looking at every single piece of art we’ve created and remixing it into something we’ve technically never seen—yet you can look at it and see the derivatives from real effort that is put forth by an actual consciousness.”

Here, Crouch touches on the sources of training for AI image generators. Stable Diffusion, for example, is built from a database of over 5 billion image and text pairings from the nonprofit open network, LAION. LAION’s stores are massive, and with users training the system daily, the collection will only grow. The universe of potential legal issues is staggering to consider.

Do all users obtain consent from the artists whose works they upload? Of course not, and many believe creating AI images—or, as Crouch says, remixing them—ultimately violates the intellectual property

have done so. Even so, having to search out credit that way seems a challenge, and Crouch, Deco and Breeze still have fears.

“I have every ethical concern about AI art,” Breeze says. “I think an entirely new way of thinking about copyright, thinking about open source, all of these things, is coming into question. Ethically, there are major challenges, and I think that as the tool is growing and as the tool is being used equally, we need to begin to look at ways to support and protect ourselves and each other through its use.”

That brings up another minefield of considerations. Can an image not technically created by a human person be copyrighted or even just owned by a human person?

Way back in 2011, for example, wildlife photographer David Slater found himself embroiled in a legal quagmire after a macaque in Indonesia accidentally shot a selfie with one of Slater’s cameras.

rights of the artists whose work upon which it was trained.

“As for the ethics of AI illustration, I find it alarming that some artists have had their art pre-empted without permission, license, royalty or commission to form the basis of some scammer’s AI illustration,” says Santa Fe-based collage artist Deco, who speaks from 40 years of experience in the arts.

Crouch, meanwhile, doesn’t mince words.

“When you plagiarize 2.4 million different things and then just rearrange all that plagiarism into something that seems original, it’s absolutely not because you can always go back and analyze the thousand different conglomerations that it has utilized,” he says.

Some are trying, however, including website DeLouvre, which helps artists seek out the possible inclusion of their work simply by uploading AI images they believe

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“The smiling monkey that took a selfie has already laid down a precedent,” Crouch says. “The photographer who had that image on his phone wasn’t allowed to copyright it because a piece of art by law requires human authorship. Nobody can tie their ownership to it because it is not humanly authored.”

Eventually, though, Slater worked out how to monetize the image, at which point People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a suit on the monkey’s behalf. Slater ultimately settled in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals and can make money from the image—he must also donate 25% of any revenue to groups that protect the macaque and its habitat in Indonesia.

Still—who owns what when we’re talking about artificial intelligence?

“It depends, is the answer,” says Talia Kosh, an attorney with Santa Fe’s Bennett Law Group and Albuquerque’s Blackgarden

Mariannah Amster and Frank Ragano of the CURRENTS New Media Festival and CURRENTS 826.

A s for the ethics of AI i llustration, I find it alarming that some artists have had their art pre-empted without permission, license, royalty or commission to form the basis of some scammer’s AI illustration .

-Deco, a Santa Fe-based collage artist

Law who specializes in intellectual property. “If a user enters, ‘Civil War landscape’ [into an app], the ideas themselves aren’t copyrightable—there can be variations of Civil War landscapes. Are they substantially similar to other works?”

Kosh says it’s even harder to nail down AI art law when it comes to fair use—a tricky corner of the law that allows for the use of copyrighted material without permission for things like criticism or parody.

“If I’m doing like the artist Richard Prince did, taking somebody’s original work and putting my own commentary on it, maybe making a joke or a parody, that can be considered transformative use,” she says. “There has also been case law that says two photographers can take the same photo of the same landscape in the same place and at the same time of day, but it’s about the angle, the lighting, the choices in composition—those are elements of originality.”

Prince printed out large scale versions of random Instagram users’ photos and sold them in galleries for absurd amounts in and around 2015. At the time, critics raised questions about ownership, and now even more than then, there’s no easy answer.

“[AI art] is so new that the law is still catching up,” Kosh tells SFR. “As suits are brought, the law will develop. The courts are much quicker to respond than the government.”

Santa Fe oil painter Amanda Banker, who has dabbled in NFTs, emphasizes the role of existing artists. Yes, she says, anyone can use AI, but those who have trained or self-taught or even just have more artistic experience will surely create more meaningful work than someone entering prompts they think are funny into an algorithm.

“What I’m interested in seeing...is the artists—the real artists—getting ahold of it, because I think that that’s where the distinction is gonna happen,” she says. “If I know artists, they’re gonna take it and they’re gonna run with it, and things that we have not seen yet, really incredible things, are gonna start to come out.”

In terms of creative jobs and the potential AI impact, Banker notes, “I think the people that actually have good taste will keep an artist around. The people who want to have a cheap, easy product, they’re the ones who are gonna drop the artist.”

The question remains for many artists though, whether AI or not: What defines “art” in the first place? If a person puts a prompt into an AI generator and it produces an image, is this person an artist?

Deco, the collage artist, has doubts.

“AI can generate illustrations, which may be beautiful, but cannot, by its defi-

nition, create to reflect the depth of the human soul,” she explains. “My art process is slow and painstaking and is entirely formed by hand. I am not afraid of technology; I do use a giclée process to reproduce my originals; I find this service expensive, but I pay for it willingly because it allows me to generate income. These giclée prints are beautiful and faithful to the original, but they are not ‘the real thing,’ not art.”

Banker takes the concept even further.

“What we think is going to happen is that it’s almost gonna be a Blade Runner situation, where physical art is going to be-

come more and more valuable because AI artists are going to flood the market, and I think physical artists are actually going to end up being more valued,” she says. “I can go online and sign up for Stable Diffusion right now and generate however many images I ever want, could ever think of, and then print them to aluminum board—and they’ll look good, but it’s kind of like buying a poster at Cost Plus. These are millions and millions of prints made, so there’s really no individual value.”

Even if we consider human touch a necessary aspect of creation, Breeze points out

how accessibility can be problematic, too. Who can afford access to the materials to regularly participate in physically created art?

“As a person and as an artist, AI is right now absolutely on the table,” Breeze says. “I’ve been talking about it here in rural Ghana working on a huge sculptural project in a foundry using these old techniques, and we’re talking about AI art, me and the other artists here—artists who work with their hands and traditional methods. I think that when we harness it, especially under-represented artists, artists of color, artists who don’t have a lot of accessibility to all of the tools of the world, when we are able to utilize some of the capacities of AI art, it’s basically a new language. It’s something we can harness.”

And, it seems, artists might have to learn how to do that. When it comes to AI art and generative apps, Pandora’s box has been opened—and there’s no shutting it now.

“I think it’s just a creative tool and I see it very similarly to photography, the computer, the resistance that people have against new technology. I think the power is the issue. Human beings tend to like to surrender to power,” Amster says. “So people have to stay on top of it if they care, and not surrender to the power of AI.”

And so it will go, in flux, at least for a time. Stable Diffusion is facing a lawsuit for using copyrighted artwork, and you’ll surely find many others in the works already; tech-savvy folks are already building new formats, too, such as ReachAI, which has an opt-out option for artists to request their work be removed from use in AI training. .

“We’ll just have to wait and see what happens,” Banker says. “It’s gonna be interesting.”

A piece by Santa Fe artist Deco. “My art process is slow and painstaking and entirely formed by hand,” she tells SFR.

DECO

A real-life large-scale sculpture created by Justin Michael Crouch and Henry Chang.

JUSTIN MICHAEL CROUCH/HENRY CHANG

WORKSHOP THU/2

HOW TO WORD GOOD

Normally we wouldn’t suggest attending an event outside city limits, but we know that so many of y’all went artsy during the pandemic, so we think the upcoming Writers Workshop at Corrales’ Circle Round Boutique is worth the short jaunt south. Take it from us—you want fresh ears and eyes evaluating your words and providing feedback. Otherwise you’re just writing in a vacuum, and that’s no way to improve at all. The workshop features a simple and doable plan, too, wherein you’ll help create a word list and then write a short piece to share with the gorup or not. Whatever you plan to do, just getting your piece onto the page is half the battle. Maybe you’ll pen the pretty OK American novel, even. (Alex De Vore)

Writers Workshop at Circle Round:

5:30 pm Thursday, Feb. 2. Suggested donation.

Circle Round Boutique, 4486 Corrales Road, Corrales (505) 897-7004

MUSIC FRI/3

THE STILL OF THE NIGHT

Though Santa Fe is no stranger to bands that claim genres like folk, bluegrass, Americana, et al, it seems we’re always glad to welcome bands of those ilks to our fair city. We like acoustic guitars and fiddles around here, and we’re not afraid to let the world know. Enter Durango, Colorado’s Stillhouse Junkies, a three-piece genre-busting act that culls from the aforementioned styles with a bit of narrative panache and a whole lot of pretty melodies and harmonies. For those who still love The Devil Makes Three or find themselves popping on the O Brother soundtrack, Stillhouse Junkies’ 2022 release, Small Towns, might just do the trick. Live, we hear, they’re even better. Plus, you get to support concert space GiG, so there’s literally no downside as far as we can see. (ADV)

Stillhouse Junkies:

7:30 pm Friday, Feb. 3. $25

GiG Performance Space, 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.com

EVENT MON/6

THE FIX IS IN

One thing us Americans are great at is simply tossing out our belongings that break, but a longstanding movement and commitment to lessening our environmental impact while learning a thing or two might act as a remedy to our struggle with temporary ownership. As if libraries weren’t cool enough, you’ll find the upcoming FixIT Clinic at Eldorado’s Vista Grande branch. There, you can bring in your questions and/ or broken devices, learn how they actually work and how, in many cases, a repair is quick, easy and effective. What’s that thing people say about doing things with your own two hands? (ADV)

FixIT Clinic: 8:15-9 am

Monday, Feb. 6. Free. Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado, (505) 466-7323

Guns N’ Radiation

Pedro Reyes morphs local nuclear history

Much like the disassembled and repurposed guns that form the body of his “Disarm Guitar” piece, Pedro Reyes’ artistic practice is constantly shapeshifting. Trained as an architect and well known for his work transforming donated firearms into shovels, the artist’s new SITE Santa Fe exhibit, DIRECT ACTION, sees him expanding his subject matter to encompass Southwest nuclear colonialism while adding video work to his extensive list of mediums. But as with the weapons he reworks and fuses, the exhibit’s varied subjects are welded together by an underlying ethos of disarmament and, as the title suggests, direct action.

In fact, the museum commissioned his new site-specific video “This is how it ends” to explicitly connect the show to ongoing work by local anti-nuclear activists.

“Thinking about New Mexico’s own nuclear legacy since the 1940s, it’s been kind of the elephant in the room,” curator Brandee Caoba explains. “And I thought, wow, Pedro’s doing this incredible work with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and I want to talk to him about that and imagine…what it might look like if we were to introduce something like that at SITE Santa Fe.”

As part of that dialogue, Caoba wanted to highlight New Mexico’s unique history with the nuclear industry.

“We laid out the show in a way where there’s kind of an anti-nuclear museum within the museum,” she notes, adding that visitors will be able to see a digital version of the famous Doomsday Clock and check out related books from inside the exhibit.

Still, Caoba emphasizes, the playfulness of Reyes’ process is central to the exhibition.

“This isn’t a show about fear; more so it’s about hope and empowerment. It’s meant to inspire and call attention to the agency we all have through direct action.”

In that spirit, SITE Santa Fe is kicking off the exhibit on Friday night with drinks from Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, a DJ set by Luz Skylarker and a cumbia-punk guitar solo by Tropa Magica’s David Pacheco, performed on the “Disarm Guitar” itself.

(Siena Sofia Bergt)

PEDRO REYES: DIRECT ACTION OPENING 5-9 pm

Friday, Feb. 3. Free. SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199

ART OPENING FRI/3

ENEE CORNUE STUDIO. / MELISSA HERSH COURTESY VISTA GRANDE PUBLIC LIBRARY

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ART

9TH ANNUAL GUADALUPE

GROUP ART SHOW

Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery

222 Delgado St.

(928) 308-0319

A multi-media celebration of all things Guadalupe.

11 am-6 pm, Mon-Sat, free

2023 WINTER FESTIVAL PART

ONE

LewAllen Galleries

1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250

Abstract painters Andrew Fisher, Sharon Booma and more.

10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri;

10 am-5 pm, Sat, free

CABALLOS DE FUERZA

Strata Gallery

418 Cerrillos Road (505) 780-5403

Paintings and drawings responding to photos of border patrol.

10 am-5 pm, free

CALL FOR ENTRY:

EPHEMERALITY

Online

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Submit pieces exploring ephemerality to Strata gallery for possible inclusion in their juried show.

$35-$65

CARRIED IMPRESSIONS:

LITHOGRAPHS AND MONOPRINTS FROM THE 1960S

Gerald Peters Contemporary

1011 Paseo de Peralta (505) 954-5700

An archival examination of midcentury print works.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

CONFLUENCE: BEN DALLAS AND JONATHAN PARKER

Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St. (505) 372-7681

Angular, abstract 2D pieces incorporating wood, thread, wax and more.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

DAVID SIMPSON | JOHN

BEECH: COAST TO COAST

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art 554 S Guadalupe St. (505) 989-8688

A former teacher and student share extraordinary abstract pieces made from ordinary materials.

10 am-5:30 pm, Tues-Fri; 10 am-5 pm, Sat, free

FOTO CUBA

Artes de Cuba 1700 A Lena St. (505) 303-3138

A group show of nine contemporary Cuban photographers who use the medium to document and interrogate life on the island.

10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, free

IMMORTAL

Santa Fe Community College

6401 Richards Ave. (505) 428-1000

Honoring seven recently deceased ceramic artists, including Juliet Calabi, Eddie Tironaka and Donna Thompson.

8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free

INTERPLAY

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

A tactile exhibition of immersive, interactive digital art by Neil Mendoza, Iván Navarro, Camille Utterback and Robert Rauschenberg.

10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, free

INTRODUCING:

GARY GOLDBERG

Hecho Gallery

129 W Palace Ave. (505) 455-6882

Colorful Mexican textiles woven with patterns appropriated from the artist’s photographs of aging Oaxacan walls.

10 am-5 pm, Weds-Sun, free

INVENTORY OF REFLECTION: C ALEX CLARK form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Holograms embedded into glass explore past and future through refracted light.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

MAGIC OF THE HIGH DESERT AND MOUNTAINS

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Painter Jessi Cross reproduces local landscapes with a mystical touch.

10 am-8 pm, Tues-Thurs;

10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sat, free MARLA LIPKIN & SALLY HAYDEN VON CONTA JOINT EXHIBITION: CHASING THE LIGHT

El Zaguán

545 Canyon Road (505) 982-0016

Two former New Yorkers present their perspectives on the New Mexico landscape.

9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free

MICHAEL ROQUE

COLLINS: BLUR

LewAllen Galleries

1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250

Unsettling landscapes of oil paint applied to black-and-white photographs.

10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri;

10 am-5 pm, Sat, free MOVING IMAGE FILM CO-OP: VINTAGE EPHEMERA 1971-72 No Name Cinema 2013 Piñon st. nonamecinema.org

Posters and programs from DIY film screenings hosted throughout Santa Fe by the Moving Image Film Co-op.

During events or by appt., free NMSA PRESENTS:

CONVERGENCES

New Mexico School for the Arts

500 Montezuma Ave., Ste. 200 (505) 310-4194

New Mexico School for the Arts students present poems alongside responding visual artworks.

8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free

OUTRIDERS: LEGACY OF THE BLACK COWBOY

Harwood Museum of Art

238 Ledoux St., Taos (575) 758-9826

Images of the drovers, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, singers, bulldogers and bronc busters with African heritage.

11 am-5 pm, Weds-Sun, free

PRESENT | EVOKE GROUP ARTIST EXHIBITION Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St. (505) 995-9902

A group exhibition of affordably-sized artworks examining the immense impact that can be delivered in small packages.

10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat, free REGALOS

Hecho Gallery

129 W Palace Ave. (505) 455-6882

A multi-media juried show of artists living and working in New Mexico.

10 am-5 pm, Weds-Sat, free

Mark Morris Dance Group brings the Beatlemania of Pepperland to the Lensic stage on Tuesday.

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PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD CALL FOR ENTRIES

Online fotoforumsantafe.com/award

Share your best snaps by March 5 for the chance to win—among other things—a solo exhibition at Foto Forum.

$25-$45

SEASONS AND LIGHT OF NEW MEXICO

Santa Fe Public Library

Main Branch

145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Susan Waller presents tonalism-infused paintings of the local landscape.

10 am-8 pm, Tues-Thurs;

10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sat, free

SHARING THE PROCESS:

HELP US TITLE THE UNTITLED

ViVO Contemporary

725 Canyon Road (505) 982-1320

Tracy King, Laurinda Stockwell and others invite viewers to explore the collaborative relationship between artist and audience.

10 am-5 pm, free

SPONTANEOUS INSPIRATION: FINDING THE FLOW

Aurelia Gallery

414 Canyon Road (505) 501-2915

Michael Deen explores the abstract aesthetics of decay on canvas.

11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; Noon-5 pm, Sat-Sun, free STILL BEAUTY

Obscura Gallery

1405 Paseo de Peralta (505) 577-6708

Brigitte Carnochan, Michael Massaia and Jim Bailey photograph the quiet, short days of winter.

11 am-5 pm, free

SWOON: SEVEN CONTEMPLATIONS CONTAINER

1226 Flagman Way (505) 995-0012

Large-scale sculptural installations and stop motion addressing the cycles of life: from birth, learning and death to healing and new beginnings.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, free

THE NEW VANGUARD: EXPLORATIONS INTO THE NEW CONTEMPORARY IV

Keep Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave. (505) 557-9574

A juried exhibition of international mixed media artists pushing the boundaries of genre.

11 am-5 pm, Weds-Sat; Noon-5 pm, Sun, free

URBAN GODDESS

Alberto Zalma Art Shop

407 South Guadalupe St. (505) 670-5179

Pyara Ingersoll presents new paintings inspired by the feminine, nature and magical symbolism.

11 am-7 pm, Tues-Sat, free

WHO LIVE FOR A DAY AND EXPIRE

5. Gallery 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700 (505) 257-8417

Restrained and angular paintings, photos and sculptures from Stuart Arends, Michael Diaz, Utako Shindo and more.

Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat, free

WINTER SELECTIONS

Nüart Gallery 670 Canyon Road (505) 988-3888

A curated group show celebrating the constrained palette of winter.

10 am-5 pm, free

FOOD

SANTA FE VEGAN CHEF

CHALLENGE

Various locations

veganchefchallenge.org/santafe

More than a dozen local eateries present a month of special vegan menus for locals to enjoy and vote on. free

WED/1

BOOKS/LECTURES

HORTICULTURE

HAPPENINGS: BACKYARD

BIRDS

Stewart Udall Center 725 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1125

Ken Bunkowski shares seven steps to attract avians as more and more adult birds die off.

12-1 pm, $15-$25

FRIENDS OF HISTORY: MINING CAMPS OF COOKES PEAK

Online

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Matt Barbour explores the history of three Luna County mining camps from the late 1800s through the mid-20th century.

12-1 pm, $0-$25

EVENTS

ALL THINGS YARN

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292

Did you pick up a yarn-based hobby over the pandemic? Go work on those knitting projects with other fiber-inclined folks.

5:30-7:30 pm, free

HISTORY CHAT

35 Degree North

60 E San Francisco St. (505) 629-3538

Locals gather every Wednesday to discuss NM history and the effects of world geo-politics on westward colonization.  12-2 pm, free

OPEN MIC COMEDY

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Wayward Comedy welcomes you to the stage weekly. Better make 'em laugh.  8-10 pm, free

OUTDOOR RECREATION

PUBLIC INPUT MEETING

Santa Fe Brewing Company

35 Fire Place (505) 424-3333

Public Land Solutions invites the community to give feedback on outdoor recreation spaces. Free food and bilingual materials available.

5:30-6:30 pm, free

PLAY PICHENOTTE!

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Improve those developing motor skills by teaching the little ones in your life to throw discs.

4-6 pm, free

TEEN LOUNGE

La Farge Library

1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292

An after-school oasis with art supplies, laptops, board games, tea and snacks on offer.

1:30-3:30 pm, free

YOUTH CHESS CLUB

Santa Fe Public Library

Main Branch

145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Develop some Queen's Gambit skills to dunk on your friends.

5:45-7:45 pm, free

WEE WEDNESDAYS

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Story time and play for tots, centered around fun weekly themes.

10:30-11:30 am, free

MUSIC

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Bring your own instruments to join the jam.

6-9 pm, free

JOE TEICHMAN

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Acoustic singer-songwriter tunes.

4-6 pm, free

JOE WEST & LORI K. OTTINO

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Heartfelt originals and classic country covers.

8-10 pm, free

THU/2

BOOKS/LECTURES

MARTHA BURNS: BLIND EYE

Santa Fe Public Library

Main Branch

145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

The novelist discusses and reads excerpts from her latest tale of murder, mayhem and small-town cultural complicity.

5-6:30 pm, free

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MUSIC LINEUP

For some from the Santa Fe/Albuquerque area, ABQ-based musician Javier Romero has long been a heroic titan of indie rock and pop goodness. A member of sadly defunct but no-less-notable bands Mistletoe and Cherry Tempo, Romero’s songwriting chops have been apparent for decades, and that includes with his solo project, Strange Magic. In 2022, Romero crafted 52 songs, one a week, under that moniker, and he wrapped the project a few weeks ago. Dubbed Quantity Inn—and available in part at strangemagic.bandcamp.com—the songs are a sprawling and introspective tour through the mind of a musician who has churned out some of the finest melodies of the ‘90s, 2000s, 2010s and, now, 2020s. Yeah, I said it, and I meant it. I caught up with Romero to learn more about the Quantity Inn project. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

(Alex De Vore)

Tell us about the impetus for the project. Did you set out to write so many songs as a specific exercise, or did it just happen this way?

so nothing super planned—except for in October when I decided it would be a fun exercise to do Rocktober, so I tried to make those songs heavier. What I was trying to do [lyrically] was whatever came to mind in that moment, which was really fun. I even did a Christmas song: As I was doing dishes, I thought of the line, ‘I don’t want to join in on this mess/I’m not really in the mood for Christmas.’ For the most part that’s how it went, but I had a few ideas I abandoned because they didn’t come naturally. If I had a sense things were coming naturally, I would go along with it.

Did you find yourself not wanting to write at times across the course of the project? How did you keep the dream alive?

Oh, yeah. So I definitely had a lull because I went on a trip in June, so from pretty much end of May until August, I was drawing a blank. All the stuff that was ready and in the can, so to speak, any pieces I had, went dry. So I think that because I was in vacation mode, my brain was like, ‘We’re not doing this.’ So it took a good few weeks after that. But by the end of the year, I was really trying to keep to 52 songs, and I think on Dec. 30 I wrote and recorded three songs just to complete it. I didn’t want to slack off. I think I still had some momentum so I was wanting to record more, but I think I probably lost a little bit of that muscle. I really just want people to hear it and wouldn’t mind some feedback—good or bad. I don’t want people patting me on the back if they don’t love it, but I still think it’s like any creative endeavor—it only really exists if someone else experiences it.

What do you plan on doing with the songs, if anything, and where can people hear them?

WEDNESDAY

It was completely deliberate. I just thought I’d take up the challenge. I don’t know why, but from what I remember, I was thinking about doing another [Strange Magic] album anyway, and it might have been [former Mistletoe bandmate] Alex Rose who suggested... not this scale, but something similar that people could follow along with. But y’know, I’m not sure it worked. I think initially people were like, ‘Cool, I’ll follow along!’ But after so many; after, like, 20 songs, they were like, ‘I’m out.’ I had a lot of voice recorder ideas ready to start with at least, but there wasn’t anything that had lyrics, or even a chorus. Typically, it was maybe just a guitar riff or a small idea I could run with,

I don’t know. One idea was to split it into four albums. I bet I could split it into four albums, 10 or 12 songs to an album. I was actually trying to get with some people who know about how to market things or know that world, how to get things reviewed, but it’s really hard...to get anyone’s ear. It’s a little icky but it seems like if you want to get your stuff reviewed or released, there has to be a little exclusivity, but as far as releasing it goes, I just need to think about scale and what that entails. It might be a tape, it might be a a few tapes. Maybe it’s just the best 10 songs or so that end up on a singular album. They’re on Bandcamp, some of them. I don’t know, though, we’ll see what I do with them. Now it’s time to write more songs.

MICHAEL

With Musician Javier Romero

COURTESY JAVIER ROMERO

California Love

Wheelwright Museum highlights the NM/CA connection

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

As much as the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian’s forthcoming California Stars exhibit is about artists with roots in both New Mexico and California, it’s also about the museum’s place in the art world and the types of relationships it has fostered since its founding in 1937.

The Wheelwright has always been a notable space and welcome institution on Museum Hill, but in the hands of chief curator Andrea Hanley (Navajo), the Wheelwright has felt more urgent in recent years; Califorina Stars feels like a triumph.

In short, the show is meant to highlight notable Indigenous artists, living and dead, who hail from or are connected to California, but who formerly maintained or still have meaningful ongoing relationships with the Wheelwright. Some of the artists, Harry Fonseca (Nisenan/Maidu/Native Hawaiian/Portuguese; 1946-2006) or Frank Day (Maidu/Konkaw; 1902-1976), for example, have appeared in shows dating back decades. Others, such as designer Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock), painter Judith Lowry (Hammawi Band Pit River/ Mountain Maidu/ Washoe/ Scottish/ Irish/ Australian) or activist/artist/writer L. Frank Manriquez (Tongva/Ajachmem) have forged their connections in more recent years.

With Hanley curating the show’s combination of items from the museum’s permanent collection, plus loaner pieces from other institutions, it becomes a tour of California connections and locally adopted heroes whose impacts can still be felt.

Fritz Scholder (Luiseño; 1937-2005) appears in the show with the large and powerful “Navajo Woman and Blanket,” from 1979. Its palette skews a little darker than Scholder devotees might expect, but it’s unmistakably his. Across the room, a painting and numerous prints from Frank LaPena (Nomtipom Wintu; 1950-2018) showcase not only a master of multiple disciplines, but an almost playful take on how we regard Indigenous Americans, and how they regard themselves. Elsewhere, the haunting “Deer Magic” by Rick Bartow (Mad River

band of the Wiyot Tribe) looms large in its abstract-adjacent figurative moments; scrawled across it is the alphanumeric recurring chant of “123, ABC,” which, Hanley says, became like a grounding mantra to Bartow as he was being rushed to the hospital during an emergency.

Elsewhere, raw renditions of Fonseca’s famous Coyote character stand as reminders of a certain era of Santa Fe style, and an almost jarring depiction of fire demons by Lowry reminds the viewer that legends describing the licking flames of wildfire as being almost alive ring true. Elsewhere, a triptych of self-portrait photographs by James Luna (Luiseño/Puyukitchum/Ipai/ Mexican, 1950-2018) explore his dichotomous Indigenous/Mexican identity, and an ensemble from Okuma stuns with an almost uniform-like elegance while an intricately beaded backpack from the same artist features imposing spikes surrounding a design so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes.

“I was trying to look at the really beautiful relationships the Wheelwright has always had with First California artists,” Hanley tells SFR. “I think there are so many different things [that brought these artists here]—the relationship with the Institute of American Indian Arts, the fact that Santa Fe is such an artistic place to be.”

CALIFORNIA STARS OPENING

5-7 pm Friday, Feb. 10. Free Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-4636

Harry Fonseca’s famous Coyote.

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EVENTS

CHESS & JAZZ CLUB

No Name Cinema

2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org

All ages and skill levels are welcome, and the organizers have free herbal tea on deck to console you if you get checkmated.

6-8 pm, free

FUN WITH FIREFIGHTERS

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Local firefighters stop by for story time and a truck tour.

1-2 pm, free

OPEN MIC POETRY AND MUSIC

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Be a modern-day bard for your fellow Santa Feans.

8 pm, free

PAJAMA STORYTIME

Santa Fe Public Library Southside

6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Cozy storytime with parenting experts. For families with children ages 5 and under.

6:30-7:30 pm, free

SEEDS AND SPROUTS

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Explore the great outdoors with the Children’s Museum.

10:30-11:30 am, free

MUSIC

9,999 DUO AT MINESHAFT TAVERN

Mine Shaft Tavern

2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

Acoustic guitar and percussion from Kevin Miller and Larry Israel.

7-9 pm, free

ALEX MURZYN QUINTET

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave.

(505) 988-9232

Bay Area saxophonist Murzyn and his fellow jazz aficionados hold court.

6-9 pm, free

BOB MAUS

Cava Lounge, Eldorado Hotel

309 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-4455

Blues, soul and beyond from a beloved fixture of the local scene.

6-9 pm, free

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: SONGS WE LOVE

Lensic Performing Arts Center

211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

A tour through the first 50 years of jazz, from Ma Rainey to Billie Holiday, featuring musicians hand-picked by Jazz at Lincoln Center.

7:30 pm, $35-$62

LIVE ACCORDION MUSIC AT NATIVE WINGS

Native Wings Coffee House

7 Avenida Vista Grande #B8 (505) 316-1669

A medley of the most iconic accordion songs, ranging from Edith Piaf to Aster Piazolla.

1-3 pm, free

MEET THE COMPOSER:

AARON ALTER

Temple Beth Shalom

205 E Barcelona Road (505) 982-1376

The renowned contemporary classical composer discusses his creative process—and presents new pieces.

5:30-7 pm, free

ROBIN OXLEY

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Acoustic Americana, country and classic blues. Look out for some top-notch Pastsy Cline covers.

4-6 pm, free

THEATER

NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS: THE CLOUDS

James A Little Theatre

1060 Cerrillos Road (505) 476-6429

Thirty-five NMSA Theatre students present the earliest surviving comedy of ideas, centered on Socrates’ antics at the Thinkery.

7 pm, $5-$10

WORKSHOP WRITERS WORKSHOP

Circle Round Boutique 4486 Corrales Road, Corrales (505) 897-7004

Participants will create a word list, write short stories and—if they’re feeling brave—share the results aloud. Donations requested. (See SFR Picks, page 19)

YOGA FOR KIDS

La Farge Library

1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292

Children of all ages are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult. Yoga mats are available for folks who don’t have their own to bring.

10:30 am, free

FRI/3

ART OPENINGS

2023 ANNUAL MEMBERS' SHOW (OPENING)

Foto Forum Santa Fe

1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582

Hand-selected original works by more than 50 local photographers.

5-7 pm, free

PEDRO REYES: DIRECT ACTION (OPENING)

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Celebrating the new exhibit with drinks from Tumbleroot, a DJ set by Luz Skylarker and a dance party by Tropa Mágica. (See SFR Picks, page 19)

5-9 pm, free

TWO-WOMAN SHOW: PEGGY IMMEL & STAR LIANA YORK (OPENING)

Sorrel Sky Gallery

125 W Palace Ave. (505) 501-6555

Plein air painter Immel and sculptor York explore the New Mexico landscape and the unlimited inspiration it brings them.

5-7 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

SPECIAL FIRST FRIDAY: GUEST LECTURER MATEO ROMERO

Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts

1590 Pacheco St. (505) 983-6372

Painter Romero presents on the styles, techniques and themes of Cochiti Pueblo pottery. Masks required.

1-4 pm, free

SOUNDING ALARM (CIRCA

1850)

St. John's College

1160 Camino Cruz Blanca (505) 984-6000

Professor Alexander Rehding lectures on major changes to the study of sound in the 1850s.

7 pm, free

EVENTS

ALL AGES CHESS

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

Go checkmate that king.

3-5 pm, free

BILINGUAL BOOKS AND BABIES

La Farge Library

1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292

Sure, it’s great for language acquisition, but the idea of babies n’ bachatas is also just plain adorable.

10-10:30 am, free CRASH KARAOKE

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St (505) 982-8474

It may be true that nothing good happens after midnight, but how many places in Santa Fe let you do anything this late?

9 pm-1 am, free

FINE ART FRIDAYS

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Staff from the Georgia O’Keeffe museum stop by to share a creative project.

2-4 pm, free

NATIVE COMMUNITY FOOD

DISTRIBUTION

Santa Fe Indigenous Center

1420 Cerrillos Road (505) 660-4210

Free food, clothing and other items for Indigenous folks in need.

10 am-noon, free

THEY'RE HISTORY

New Mexico History Museum

113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5100

Bring your ex’s abandoned belongings to the museum to reuse, remake, recycle or donate—Eternal Sunshine style.

5-7 pm, free

MUSIC

BALKAN BUMP

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Electronic production meets Balkan brass.

9 pm, $20-$35

BOB MAUS

Cava Lounge, Eldorado Hotel

309 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-4455

Maus brings his bluesy touch to '60s and '70s classics from Randy Newman, Van Morrison and more.

6-9 pm, free

JOHANNA AND SCOTT

DARSEE

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe 208 Grant Ave. (505) 982-8544

Folk music and early Scandinavian songs.

5:30 pm, free

MARION CARRILLO

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Jackson Browne-inspired storytelling songs.

4-6 pm, free

MUSIC LAB

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Host Michael Garfield brings together musicians, painters, and dancers for large group improvs.

7-10 pm, $10

ROBERT FOX TRIO

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Pianist Fox is joined by Colin Deuble on bass and John Trentacosta on drums.

6-9 pm, free

STILLHOUSE JUNKIES

GiG Performance Space

1808 Second St.

A mixture of bluegrass, swing, West African and blues influences. (See SFR Picks, page 19)

7:30 pm, $25

THEATER

MATILDA, THE MUSICAL

Duane Smith Auditorium

1300 Diamond Drive, Los Alamos (505) 663-2616

Lyrics by Tim Minchin, based on the Roald Dahl classic.

7:30 pm, $15-$20

NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS: THE CLOUDS

James A Little Theatre

1060 Cerrillos Road (505) 476-6429

Local students take on Aristophanes’ masturbationand flea-filled comedy.

7 pm, $5-$10

WORKSHOP

ALCHEMY OF BREATH: FULL MOON EXPERIENCE

Bishop's Lodge

1297 Bishops Lodge Rd (888) 741-0480

Alison Beckner leads an exploration of breath-work to the sound of Tibetan bowls. RSVP in advance.

7-8 pm, $55

SAT/4

ART OPENINGS

CAROLYN WHITMORE (RECEPTION)

Prism Arts & Other Fine Things

1300 Luisa St., Ste. 3A (248) 763-9642

Chromatic and dynamic abstracts.

4-7 pm, free

JOE DUNLOP (RECEPTION)

Java Joe's (Siler) 1248 Siler Road (505) 780-5477

The Welsh artist presents a series of abstract paintings inspired by the likes of Richard Diebenkorn.

1-3 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

PEDRO REYES AND MIRANDA VISCOLI IN CONVERSATION

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Reyes speaks with Viscoli, the president of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence and founder of Guns to Gardens.

2 pm, $0-$5

EVENTS

BILINGUAL BOOKS AND BABIES

Santa Fe Public Library Southside

6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Help the little ones in your life improve their language skills through song.

10-10:30 am, free

EL MUSEO CULTURAL MERCADO

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia (505) 992-0591

An eclectic collection of art and antiques.

8 am-4 pm, free

MEET CORNELIUS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Cornelius the cornsnake and his buddy Bisquick the tortoise stop by to say hi.

1-2 pm, free

PARENT AND TOT CREATIVE MOVEMENT

Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch

145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Engaging preschoolers in enjoyable exercise through music and stories.

10-11 am, free

READ TO A PUP!

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Kiddos practice reading aloud by sharing stories with a therapy dog.

11:30 am-12:30 pm, free

SCIENCE SATURDAYS

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Hubert Van Hecke (“Mr. Science”) shares a hands-on experiment.

2-4 pm, free

FILM

RELATIVE (SCREENING AND Q&A)

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Director Michael Glover Smith and star (and former Exodus Ensemble player) Cameron Scott Roberts screen their new dramedy.

7 pm, $15-$30

MUSIC

BOB MAUS

Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 988-5531 Blues and soul.

6-9 pm, free

HEARTBREAK CITY:

FEATURING RED LIGHT

CAMERAS & THE BATRAYS Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Homegrown garage rock and surf punk.

8 pm, $20-$35

LIVE ACCORDION MUSIC

Native Wings Coffee House 7 Avenida Vista Grande #B8 (505) 316-1669

From Piaf to Piazolla.

1-3 pm, free

ROBERT FOX TRIO Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Hot jazz for cold nights from Bob and his buddies.

6-9 pm, free

RON ROUGEAU

Pink Adobe 406 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-7712

Acoustic tunes from the ‘60s and ‘70s.

5:30-7:30 pm, free

Bites From the Big Apple

my pal, I think, it was just about not having a fruitlessly circuitous text-a-thon and agreeing to whatever would shut me up.

“Besides,” I said to myself out loud in an empty room, “I know the eggs there are good.”

Things have changed, though, over the course of the pandemic. In 2020, owners Jeffrey and Gary Schwartzberg rebranded the downtown version of their restaurant, dropping the “deli” bit for the “on Catron” bit. The Southside iteration, still New York Deli, remains the same.

poached eggs, hollandaise, ham and just the right dusting of paprika. My companion selected the Rachel ($14.75), a pastrami and Swiss sando with sauerkraut on rye, plus a cup of the matzo ball soup. We were pleasantly surprised to see inflation and America’s egg

be surprised to learn was microwaved. I have no meaningful evidence for that claim, I just know it was rubbery and bland.

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Just about everyone in Santa Fe comes in contact with a breakfast burrito or similarly be-chile’d item for breakfast or brunch, but sometimes you just kind of want an eggs/toast/hash browns kind of thing. There are many restaurants about town that do this, sure, but we all have our favorites. For me, New York on Catron-née New York Deli-née-Bagelmania has topped that list—at least top five—for a number of years. But a mid-pandemic rebrand and, I’m just gonna say it, evolving tastes that err toward higher expectations on my part have not been entirely kind to the once proud downtown spot. I learned this recently while at brunch/lunch with a fellow food fan.

We both worked downtown previously (heck, my pal still might, I just don’t honestly know), and the restaurant had always been a great place for a quick bite. It was a place I could take my grandma where she could find the sandwiches and breakfasts she likes; for

Back on Catron, gone is the mural of New York City, which weirdly added depth to the interior. In its place, plain white walls and scattered tables that almost read like a fake restaurant set hastily assembled for a show wherein celebrities get pranked. I’m not so hard to please when it comes to decor, and I don’t fault New York on Catron’s ownership for altering its interior however the heck they want. When all is said and done, the Schwartzbergs are still using a bagel recipe their dad Hyman developed in the early-1900s, so that’s pretty cool. Plus, when my family moved to Santa Fe back in the halcyon days of the 1990s, Bagelmania, as New York on Catron was then known, was one of the first places we frequented, so it forever has a place in my heart. Still, something felt off, almost like one should whisper in their most hushed library tones.

Even so, the menu was mostly what I remembered, from the famous bagels and breakfast items (omelettes, egg sandwiches, a good ol’ fashioned American melange with eggs, toast and hash browns), and I recognized the staff on duty from previous years when I visited more often. I can’t say enough nice things about our server, even if the drip coffee I ordered never arrived, even if the espresso machine was down.

Seeking succor to soothe my new mural-free lunching experience, I ordered eggs Benedict ($13.50), a classic number with

woes didn’t push prices up to absurd proportions. Yes, it’s a little more expensive than the New York Deli days, but barely so, and certainly not to an unfair degree.

To New York on Catron’s credit, the meals came quickly and accurately, if only they’d been more notable in the flavor department. While possible that our attempts to eat around 1 pm—post-lunch rush—accounted for a less than fastidiously prepared pair of plates, we maintain we were there within posted business hours (they close at 2 pm). In other words, it was heartbreaking to find my hollandaise listless and semi-congealed as if it had been heated up in a panic just after I ordered it. It was, in fact, almost grainy. The ham was a disappointment, too, and clearly some sort of Sysco/Shamrock bulk item I wouldn’t

Similarly, my companion’s sandwich, which reportedly contained “pastrami that was nicely smoked,” and found a good texture balance, had issues as well: “Wish the kraut had been more vinegary,” they texted later. “Soup was a bit lame, like the fries.” During the meal, they’d described the fries as similar to a high school cafeteria’s; it hurts to think they carried on thinking about that well after the meal. I didn’t ask for more details about the matzo ball soup, but we all know chef Alex Hadidi (formerly of Marquez Deli, now of Alex in the CHOMP food hall) has that one on lock in Santa Fe, anyway.

So what’s a boy who previously loved a restaurant to do? Oh, you won’t find me forever writing off New York on Catron, though I’m not interested in pretending we had a great meal, either. Yes, it’s a post-pandemic world and no one wants to harm restaurants, but let me just say this to the fine folks over there on Catron Street: I know you can do better, because I’ve had so much better there. I believe in you and so does my grandma. Your staff is wonderfully nice and your restaurant having a downtown parking lot feels miraculous. I’m ready to love you again if you’re ready to let me do that. I almost can’t wait to give it another try.

New York on Catron remains a semi-reliable choice, but it could use some work

The Rachel—pastrami, swiss and sauerkraut.

The Next Chapter

and his most recent sounds like the weirdest but most pleasant combination of early-aughts emo, Brit-pop and alt.country by way of Radiohead before Thom Yorke became a computer.

It’s almost annoying, then, that Trujillo’s effortless musicianship exists in parallel to his painterly pursuits. He gets it, too, and doesn’t subscribe to false modesty. Still, he says, “As much as I’ve developed the practice of putting in the horizon [of my landscapes], my life’s work has been the gradient.”

In other words, there’s space to grow, and he’s discovering how that works all the time. One piece he’s hung on his own wall, for example, finds the sky shining in the deepest blue-green of billowy, sea-like colors, while the clouds reflect a neon shimmer over the Sandias. Ultimately, each piece is minimal and composed of three-ish focal layers stacked atop each other horizontally. What he achieves is like the dream memory of a place that’s familiar yet fleeting.

“It’s...when you’re in the moment of being there, you really do experience it that way,” says Emily Spykman of Sun & Dust (616 Canyon Road, (603) 801-5732), a new gallery space on Canyon Road and the first to ever showcase Trujillo’s work. “I’m really blown away by how brilliantly and uniquely he captures the intensity of the sky and land here. He’s already selling, and [the work has] only been up a week.”

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

In a small live/work space right around the corner from Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery, artist Jake Trujillo leads me into a small side room to show me his woodworking equipment.

“You have to get it into the most enclosed place possible,” he jokes about his powerful saw. “That way you can breathe it all in.”

Trujillo has called this place home for roughly four years, and says, for the most part, he loves it. He shares a couple walls with other artist types, but he’s never heard them, nor have they complained about his use of power tools. Seems everyone here is on the same page as far as making art goes, and Trujillo mostly uses the equipment to build his own frames for his acrylic/oil landscapes; a finished product, he explains, is more likely to sell.

This is perhaps a lesson Trujillo picked up in business classes at the Santa Fe Community College and Las Vegas’ Highlands University. Or maybe he’s just right—it’s so obvious once he’s said it, and I think of the pieces in my own collection that

didn’t come in frames, languishing in the corner, never destined for the wall. I ran into Trujillo at the memorial for artist Mikey Rae at Meow Wolf some weeks earlier and asked what work he’d been getting into. I’ve long been a fan of his music, writing in 2017 that his album, Bloom Delicacy, produced under his then-moniker Dreamcastle, was “among the best we’ve heard in ages—local or not.” But I had heard through the grapevine that his paintings had really matured in recent years. All things considered, he’s a relatively new hand at visual arts, having started in earnest in 2014 or so. With a fairly bold willingness to seek out the lesser-captured colors of the sky—teals and hot pinks, for example—he’s zeroed in on what you might call a signature style. Today, in his home, I learn part of that came from his grandmother, a bit of an artist herself with whom Trujillo grew up and who encouraged him to be artsy. His grandfather, a general in the Army at one point, helped instill Trujillo’s work ethic. As of now, he has developed his own life/work

balance, and much of it revolves around the creation of art.

“The periods of time when I’m really engaged with music are the times I can give visual art more space,” he says of Can You Believe How Much I Am In Heaven?, his most recent album released a few weeks ago through bandcamp.com. “I’m never locked into any one that the pressure is too high.”

This, too, makes sense once Trujillo says it out loud. His painting goal, if he particularly has one, is to almost recreate the feeling of a landscape rather than a 1:1 representation; a moment in time tied to the experience rather than the specific sight. But this is no easy feat, and Trujillo’s process involves site visits, photo reference and experimentation—you won’t often see acrylics and oils mingling so harmoniously on canvas the way they do in a Trujillo piece. It can feel overwhelming to capture the viewer’s broader senses, so, when the painting feels like too much, Trujillo can retreat into the world of songcraft. He self-produces his records in the same space he paints,

Spykman, an experienced jeweler, says she pictures Sun & Dust almost like an egalitarian antidote to the Canyon Road pretense. Not everyone feels welcome over there (or like they can afford anything) but a gallery giving artists like Trujillo a break feels like a step in a more universal direction. Sun & Dust strips artifice for accessibility, and much of that is Spykman following her gut when it comes to whom she’ll show—an ethos that fits well with Trujillo’s general attitude toward his own practice.

“I’m developing a design object, something that has a purpose in a house the way furniture would,” he explains. “I don’t mind thinking of it like decor. It should serve a purpose within the space of the person it belongs to, and it needs to have meaning to them; my intention is that there’s a functionality to it; you can have an emotional response of your own rather than having me tell you how.”

Well, whaddya know, an artist who recognizes that intention is actually secondary to viewer perception. That shouldn’t be novel, but it is. Trujillo is eminently likable.

“I try not to hit people too hard with language about the product,” he says, “but we might imagine the distinction between craft and art more than we think we do.”

Jake Trujillo’s take on the New Mexican landscape feels magical yet real all at once.

Musician/painter Jake Trujillo finally has gallery representation—and it’s about time

Living Review

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Though Bill Nighy’s performance in Shaun of the Dead should be considered one of the finest pieces of acting in film history, the man is dominating Oscars conversations for his performance in Living, the new ultra-British drama from director Oliver Hermanus and writer Kazuo Ishiguro. The piece is adapted from Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru—itself a sort of adaptation of Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich—wherein a man with little time left to live decides he’s gonna do some good while he still can.

Oh, it’s not that Nighy isn’t excellent in the film. As a stuffed-shirt über-fop working for London’s public works department in the 1950s, he’s perfectly flat and emotionless. All around him, vestiges of Britannia’s mind-your-manners faux politeness reign. “A bit like church,” says one character, as painfully correct as it is weird and pointless. As a dying guy who realizes propagating red tape kind of sucks, Nighy’s Mr. Williams is...well, he’s still pretty staid. Still, though, the message about trying to do good is pretty nice as messages go, and Living certainly cuts a pretty picture thanks to cinematographer Jamie Ramsay.

Here we find a repressed and aging British gent grappling with a terminal cancer diagnosis. None of his co-workers (über-serious Brits, all) know of his troubles, but they do seem irked when he stops

Celebrated fast-talking actor Jesse Eisenberg enters a new career era with When You Finish Saving the World, an adaptation of his 2020 audio drama for Audible wherein disparate generational perspectives inform challenges across a wide spectrum of life’s hurdles.

Eisenberg penned and directed the film version of his story, trading out his own vocal performance from the Audible release—and that of Booksmart actress Kaitlyn Dever—for a more grounded take on the mother/son quagmire. Julianne Moore plays the humorless mother Evelyn; Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard tackles son Ziggy, a powder keg of growing pains, online validation and run-of-the-mill teen bullshit.

In World, Wolfhard’s Ziggy finds support and acknowledgement when livestreaming folk-rock songs to a listener base of 20,000—a number he casually drops into conversation far too often. Aurally, the songs sound like old Beck—super-early, One Foot in the Grave Beck. Lyrically, they’re a painfully spot-on glimpse at teenage emotions that strike a believable balance between silly little nothings and moments of genuine insight and talent.

Ziggy’s parents just don’t understand, though, and while his explosive reactions to his mother

showing up for work for just two days. See, he’s pulled out half his savings and set off for the coast, where, under the tutelage of some kind of poet or something (Jamie Wilkes, whom we know is artsy because he monologues briefly about how Paris is cool) he drinks a bunch, buys a new hat and falls in love with the art of the arcade claw machine. Oh, he returns to work shortly thereafter, only between his oceanside exploits and a growing platonic relationship with former employee Margaret (Aimee Lou Wood, Sex Education), he decides he’ll help some poverty-stricken mothers build a middling playground in, like, Whitechapel, probably.

The rest is either told through flashbacks that prove how dedicated Mr. Williams was in the end or painfully polite exchanges between his son, his underlings, his boss, the intriguing young Margaret and so on. Living is a little bit about happiness, a little bit about living and a whole lot slow. It would be so tempt-

and father (Jay O. Sanders) seem over the top, Eisenberg’s script shows deft understanding of just how hard we feel when we’re young.

Moore’s Evelyn is the founder of an abused women’s shelter, and though she freely shows support for her patients, she struggles to connect with her own son. Here, World is at its best with a character steeped in relatable flaws who thinks she’s helping but kind of just goes on hurting. Moore expertly phases from work mom to home mom, and we might hate her for the glib manner in which she questions Ziggy’s motivations if we didn’t remember how tired we can be at the end of the day—or just how tough teens can be. Wolfhard mostly keeps up with her, too, and proves to be a capable performer. It is doubtful, however, this will be remembered as his best work.

When Evelyn forms a bond with a new patient’s son, things get tricky. Seeing in him the things she most wants in a son, her misguided jabs at a motherhood redo become ever more frantic. Ziggy, meanwhile, tries to infiltrate a friend group of woke-lite kids at his school, all the while misunderstanding why his passions don’t carry weight similar to his classmate’s pseudo-politicking. Ultimately, though, his earnestness saves him. Moore’s Evelyn comes to understand this, just as Ziggy comes to understand how his mother’s efforts, though not flashy, are wildly impressive. Gee, it’s almost like everyone has their own story or something. (ADV)

Center for Contemporary Arts, Violet Crown, R, 88 min.

BROKER 8

ing to cite Nighy’s stirring rendition of a man literally re-discovering his voice as enough, but this is otherwise a run-of-the-mill drama that seemingly confuses swelling, dramatic music and tearful funerals as fine filmmaking. In fact, had any other actor undertaken the role of Mr. Williams, it might be a different conversation altogether. As it stands, the best you can say is that Nighy’s always good, so we can forgive the kind of slow pacing that kills cinema newcomers’ interests before they can blossom. Still, as Mr. Williams says in the film, if even the things without longevity can help someone, that’s enough—maybe Living will convince someone to live or be nice to people or something.

LIVING

Directed by Hermanus

With Nighy, Wood and Wilkes Center for Contemporary Arts, PG-13, 102 min.

+ KILLER WRITING AND CHARACTERS

- PACKED WITH NEEDLESS SCENES THAT DO VERY LITTLE FOR PLOT

Korean writer/director Hirokazu Koreeda comes out swinging with Broker, a sort of examination of economics, given vs. chosen family and the choices we make while backed into a corner. And though Koreeda’s tale lacks the sharp sting of films like Parasite, it does wend its way through the beauty of South Korea, landing upon a moral that’s something like: You can’t always get what you want, but you might find you get what you need; if you’re open to it.

We mainly follow Sang-hyeon (now-legendary Parasite star Song Kang-Ho) and Dong-soo (Dong-won Gang), a pair of lower-class worker types who, through Dong-soo’s job at a church orphanage, sometimes sell the babies surrendered at the doorstep. When one such baby’s mother returns to claim her child, however, their plan seems doomed—right up until it turns out she’s on board with selling the kid so long as she gets a cut. That mother (a magnetic Ji-eun Lee) seemingly cares very little for the child, but once the trio picks up a stowaway orphan (Seung-soo Im), lessons on relationships abound, leading each of the ragtag family members to examine their choices, their agency and their place in society. With a pair of cops hot on their tail and

no shortage of would-be parents clamoring for the infant, our heroes travel the breadth of their country deprogramming from their traumas both shared and not. Bonds form and tensions ease. You’d almost root for them if it weren’t for the whole selling babies thing.

Kang-ho has certainly proven a powerful performer in recent years, and one with an endless reservoir of charm. Here he gets the opportunity to stretch out across a stirring variety of motivations and emotional storytelling moments. We go so quickly from distrust to devout respect that it hardly seems possible. He particularly shines in scenes with the young Im. Gang’s performance is life-affirming, too, and sometimes a harsh reminder that ambivalence doesn’t look good on anyone. Lee might be the true standout, though, particularly in her ability to convey so much while saying so little. The baby is just plain cute.

Cut to no shortage of environmental storytelling, gorgeous coastal backgrounds and cities swelling with too many people; find a different kind of love story. The most shocking surprises, though, hit slowly and unfold across the film, be it the cop who secretly loves very deeply or the young son of a neighborhood merchant who went down the dark path. Broker is like a masterclass in character development, and though slow, feels more than worth it once its bittersweet conclusion rolls around.(ADV)

Center for Contemporary Arts, R, 129 min.

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

“Free Spin”—moving around with some vocab.

by Matt Jones

29 Like a conversation with your typical five-year-old

32 Convenience store convenience

35 One sent out for information

36 Yearbook div.

37 Where jazz organist Jimmy Smith is “Back at”, according to the classic 1963 album

40 “___ Magnifique” (Cole Porter tune)

41 Get the picture

42 University that’s a lock?

46 British war vessel of WWII

48 Hero with a weak spot

50 “Anon ___” (2022 debut novel from @DeuxMoi)

51 MSNBC legal correspondent Melber

54 Govt. securities

55 Professional equipment

59 Video games (like Street Fighter) that require fast fingers and little nuance

60 Dampens, as many towelettes

DOWN

1 Phrase on a sign for storage units or moving vans

2 Straddling

3 Pool worker

4 Military truces

5 Bit of rest

6 North American indoor sports org. claiming among its total players about 10% Iroquois

7 Web marketplace

8 Meet-___ (rom-com trope)

9 “You ___ Airplane” (of Montreal song)

10 French seasoning

11 Flexible curlers for some perms

12 Bright Eyes frontman Oberst

13 “Heat transfer coefficient” in window insulation (its inverse uses R--and its letter doesn’t seem to stand for anything)

14 Prefix before “demon” (as seen in games like Doom Eternal)

15 Some salts

20 Royal resting place

21 Separator of the Philippines and Malaysia

23 Leslie’s friend on “Parks & Rec”

26 Legendary

27 One can be used to detect asthma (nitric oxide) or lactose intolerance (hydrogen)

30 Get inquisitive

31 Pendulum path

32 Take as true

33 1958 sci-fi movie starring Steve McQueen

34 Sushi bar order

38 Windy City public transit inits.

39 “Star Wars” villain

43 Sacrificial sites

44 Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s locale

45 “To be” in Latin

47 Sampling

49 Words before “Mood” or “Heights”

52 Word after control or escape

53 “Dance as ___ one is watching”

56 8.5” x 11” paper size, briefly

57 “Spare me the details”

58 Owns

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Rob Brezsny Week of February 1st

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Theoretically, you could offer to help a person who doesn’t like you. You could bring a gourmet vegan meal to a meat-eater or pay a compliment to a bigot. I suppose you could even sing beautiful love songs to annoyed passersby or recite passages from great literature to an eight-year-old immersed in his video game. But there are better ways to express your talents and dispense your gifts—especially now, when it’s crucial for your long-term mental health that you offer your blessings to recipients who will use them best and appreciate them most.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In esoteric astrology, Taurus rules the third eye. Poetically speaking, this is a subtle organ of perception, a sixth sense that sees through mere appearances and discerns the secret or hidden nature of things. Some people are surprised to learn about this theory. Doesn’t traditional astrology say that you Bulls are sober and well-grounded? Here’s the bigger view: The penetrating vision of an evolved Taurus is potent because it peels away superficial truths and uncovers deeper truths. Would you like to tap into more of this potential superpower? The coming weeks will be a good time to do so.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The ingredient you would need to fulfill the next stage of a fun dream is behind door #1. Behind door #2 is a vision of a creative twist you could do but haven’t managed yet. Behind door #3 is a clue that might help you achieve more disciplined freedom than you’ve known before. Do you think I’m exaggerating? I’m not. Here’s the catch: You may be able to open only one door before the magic spell wears off—*unless* you enlist the services of a consultant, ally, witch, or guardian angel to help you bargain with fate to provide even more of the luck that may be available.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I trust you are mostly ready for the educational adventures and experiments that are possible. The uncertainties that accompany them, whether real or imagined, will bring out the best in you. For optimal results, you should apply your nighttime thinking to daytime activities, and vice versa. Wiggle free of responsibilities unless they teach you noble truths. And finally, summon the intuitive powers that will sustain you and guide you through the brilliant shadow initiations. (PS: Take the wildest rides you dare as long as they are safe.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Fate has decreed, “Leos must be wanderers for a while.” You are under no obligation to obey this mandate, of course. Theoretically, you could resist it. But if you do indeed rebel, be sure your willpower is very strong. You will get away with outsmarting or revising fate only if your discipline is fierce and your determination is intense. OK? So let’s imagine that you will indeed bend fate’s decree to suit your needs. What would that look like? Here’s one possibility: The “wandering” you undertake can be done in the name of focused exploration rather than aimless meandering.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I wish I could help you understand and manage a situation that has confused you. I’d love to bolster your strength to deal with substitutes that have been dissipating your commitment to the Real Things. In a perfect world, I could emancipate you from yearnings that are out of sync with your highest good. And maybe I’d be able to teach you to dissolve a habit that has weakened your willpower. And why can’t I be of full service to you in these ways? Because, according to my assessment, you have not completely acknowledged your need for this help. So neither I nor anyone else can provide it. But now that you’ve read this horoscope, I’m hoping you will make yourself more receptive to the necessary support and favors and relief.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I can’t definitively predict you will receive an influx of cash in the next three weeks. It’s possible, though. And I’m not able to guarantee you’ll be the beneficiary of free lunches and unexpected gifts. But

who knows? They could very well appear. Torrents of praise and appreciation may flow, too, though trickles are more likely. And there is a small chance of solicitous gestures coming your way from sexy angels and cute maestros. What I can promise you for sure, however, are fresh eruptions of savvy in your brain and sagacity in your heart. Here’s your keynote, as expressed by the Queen of Sheba 700 years ago: “Wisdom is sweeter than honey, brings more joy than wine, illumines more than the sun, is more precious than jewels.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your assignment, Scorpio, is to cultivate a closer relationship with the cells that comprise your body. They are alive! Speak to them as you would to a beloved child or animal. In your meditations and fantasies, bless them with tender wishes. Let them know how grateful you are for the grand collaboration you have going, and affectionately urge them to do what’s best for all concerned. For you Scorpios, February is Love and Care for Your Inner Creatures Month.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Revamped and refurbished things are coming back for another look. Retreads and redemption-seekers are headed in your direction. I think you should consider giving them an audience. They are likely to be more fun or interesting or useful during their second time around. Dear Sagittarius, I suspect that the imminent future may also invite you to consider the possibility of accepting stand-ins and substitutes and imitators. They may turn out to be better than the so-called real things they replace. In conclusion, be receptive to Plan Bs, second choices, and alternate routes. They could lead you to the exact opportunities you didn’t know you needed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author Neil Gaiman declared, “I’ve never known anyone who was what he or she seemed.” While that may be generally accurate, it will be far less true about you Capricorns in the coming weeks. By my astrological reckoning, you will be very close to what you seem to be. The harmony between your deep inner self and your outer persona will be at recordbreaking levels. No one will have to wonder if they must be wary of hidden agendas lurking below your surface. Everyone can be confident that what they see in you is what they will get from you. This is an amazing accomplishment! Congrats!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I want to raise up the magic world all round me and live strongly and quietly there,” wrote Aquarian author Virginia Woolf in her diary. What do you think she meant by “raise up the magic world all round me”? More importantly, how would you raise up the magic world around you? Meditate fiercely and generously on that tantalizing project. The coming weeks will be an ideal time to attend to such a wondrous possibility. You now have extra power to conjure up healing, protection, inspiration, and mojo for yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Before going to sleep, I asked my subconscious mind to bring a dream that would be helpful for you. Here’s what it gave me: In my dream, I was reading a comic book titled Zoe Stardust Quells Her Demon. On the first page, Zoe was facing a purple monster whose body was beastly but whose face looked a bit like hers. On page two, the monster chased Zoe down the street, but Zoe escaped. In the third scene, the monster was alone, licking its fur. In the fourth scene, Zoe sneaked up behind the monster and shot it with a blow dart that delivered a sedative, knocking it unconscious. In the final panel, Zoe had arranged for the monster to be transported to a lush uninhabited island where it could enjoy its life without bothering her. Now here’s my dream interpretation, Pisces: Don’t directly confront your inner foe or nagging demon. Approach stealthily and render it inert. Then banish it from your sphere, preferably forever.

Homework: Give a blessing to someone that you would like to receive yourself. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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ANGELA MARIE ULIBARRI, JOHN JEFFREY ULIBARRI, PETITIONERS No. D-101-DM-2022-00491

IN THE MATTER OF THE KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP OF X.V.O., a Child, and concerning MARIO RUDDY ORTEGA and DEVYN NICOLE ORTEGA Respondents.

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO to MARIO RUDDY ORTEGA Respondent.

Greetings:

Mencos Gonzalez to Arnoldo Galdamez Gonzalez.

KATHLEEN VIGIL, District Court Clerk

By: Marquel Gonzales-Aragon Deputy Court Clerk

Submitted by: Arnoldo Mencos Gonzalez Petitioner, Pro Se

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TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. The Petitioner Arnoldo Mencos Gonzalez will apply to the HOnorable Bryan Biedsheid District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 1:30 p.m. on the 1st day of March, 2023 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Arnoldo

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TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. The Petitioner Ruth Marlin GonzalezGaldamez will apply to the Honorable Francis J. Mathew, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, remotely via Google Meet on Monday, February 20, 2023 at 11:45 a.m. for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME of the child from Jeremias Mencos Gonzalez to Jeremias Galdamez-Gonzalez.

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE Faten Nassar Petitioner/Plaintiff, vs. Musa Nassar Respondent/Defendant. Case No.: D-101Dm-202300040

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