David Given Schwarm

Martin Kersels, Tumble Room (interior), 2001, mixed media, 15-foot diameter: 3-foot base, 9 x 11-foot room, 10 feet deep, 4 rotations per minute; courtesy of the artist; Deitch Projects, New York; and ACME., Los Angeles

I took Jack and Kate to the Orange County Museum of Art to see the new exhibit Disorderly Conduct: Recent Art in Tumultuous Times. It was fantastic. A very conceptual art show with a lot of very fantastic stuff. I really enjoyed it. The kids liked Gospel Rocket a lot, the couch in the lobby was a big surprise hit, but mostly they laughed and thrilled to the video of Tumble Room with a girl and man in funny pants walking around as the room revolved. The cafe had the room actually spinning–it was loud and amazing.

This was a very good day for all of us at the art show.