25th
JP: Ten short stories projected ten stories tall
Sponsors of party: Accompanied Literary Society, Diesel
Featuring original commissions by: Jonathan Ames, Paul Haggis, Lewis Lapham , Johnathan Lethem, etc
Location: Penthouse of One York Street, between 6th + Canal
Personal favorite short story: “I was following you to see if you were following me” - Ames
Amount of time it took to consume all the art: 10 minutes, 20 with lingering
Pretext to stay at party: ework
2 female fiction writers from Brooklyn
Commute writer 1 has to work: to the living room
Number of hearts broken on way to the party: 1
How distracted she was from heartbreak during party, on scale from 1 - 10: 5
Operative word the two used to describe their feelings on the party: nonplussed
What the writers think the commissioned authors could have done: tried harder
Book editor, Flaunt magazine
How he feels at the party: 6, 7 after drink
Side job: freshman expository writing teacher at rutgers
Official statement on the corporate sponsorship of art: “anything that gives writers money to put their words on a page, let alone project it on a wall, is good”
Chris London, Manhattan Society founder and photographer
Who he shot right before this: Laura Bush
Guestimate at how many people in attendance are real artists: 20%
Guess at what the rest are: professionals who wish they were creatives
Insider tip on how to know who’s important at a party: who the host spends time with
Lee Doyle, builder
Impressive thing he built: Apple store
Hardest part about working for steve jobs: his tolerances
Wictionary definition of engineering tolerances: leeway for imperfections
US tolerance: 1/16
Asia tolerance: 1/64
Steve Jobs’ tolerance: 0
James Sanders, builder
Preferred drink, sans irony: screwdriver
His response at my surprise at meeting another builder: coincidence
Party flirt, builder
Number of men she has a crush on at the party: Anyone who stands to pee
Her reasoning as to why I keep meeting builders: I must be attracted to them
2 party crashers, Art History graduate students
Graudate school: Columbia
Comment on rumor of men being assholes at said school: confirmed
Better word to describe the men: swine
What these party crashers thought they were: the exception
What they deemed the art at the party: an artifice
Their opinion on the actual purpose of this party: to sell the apartment
