frames that surround it include more of Nelson’s
work, photographs of the two of them
and friends, two posters of shows that Jurado
curated and random Polaroid triptychs.
“So you don’t notice, ‘Oh, it’s a TV area,’” Nelson
said. “Rather, a collage where it’s my art and snapshots
and his events.”
A stack of records sits next to the TV. The one on
display is fittingly black and white: a crossword puzzle
design by one of their friends.
“It’s really important that when we collaged all
these different elements that they had ‘like’ factors,”
Nelson said. “Everything had to be black and white,
pretty much.”
Even their gaming consoles match. Jurado put
white “skins” over the black devices, so they’re
camouflaged. Jurado’s black electric guitar hangs
by the TV, while an acoustic one hangs on the other
side of the window.
A challenge they faced and conquered was
organization. “We’re kind of collectors and we
love media, movies and games, so how do we
organize those things in a way that doesn’t feel
heavy, but feels light?” Nelson said.
“Like it doesn’t feel like you’re walking into a movie
rental store,” Jurado added.
Walk straight through to their shared work space
and the media-love becomes more obvious. One
corner of the space is filled with Jurado’s collection of
video games spanning four decades.
“I never intended it to be a collection; it just
sort of happened,” Jurado said. “I just bought
new games and never got rid of the old ones,
and I have some sort of attachment to all of it.
Each one has a story.”
Among the stacks are smaller collections of
VHS tapes and DVDs, old Gameboys and Atari,
all surrounding an old square Sony TV.
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