There are many ubiquitous topics that flutter around the “art-world” consciousness that never seem to land. Every once in a while those ideas can be reinterpreted in a way that just “clicks”. It may feel right because it feels new, or because someone else (who is totally genius) “gets it”! This can be really satisfying
The exhibit “EX: Collaborative Creation” is headed West, to Chicago. Chi-town Artista, Robin Kang, will host the second life of the installation at her Carousel Project. I, for one, am very excited to see her interpretation along with Dan Swartz, who will also be hosting the third personification of the work in Indiana later this summer.
Many great contributors are on board and ready to produce “Day Job” if we give them the go-ahead. Kickstarter (incase you haven’t checked it out) is a way for idea people of all kinds can pitch their ideas to individuals who will, bit by bit, pledge to fund their program or concept. The trick is,
photo by Flora Hanitijo via New York Times’ tMagazine In the recent NYmag list of how to make it in the art world – they might have got a lot of it right, but they did forget one tried and true rule-of-thumb: Invest in another profession that makes you rich or interesting to other art-world people. Their
A sentimental and true story of a boy who walked across the U.S. as a tribute to his Mother who succumbed to cancer. At 18, orphaned, he started out to raise awareness. Escaping charity, he spared the pity of others in exchange for a greater good – becoming a man and learning greater love for
Filling in gaps of some information that was questioned in their KONY2012 short film (released one month prior) this Part II release also provides the alternative suggestion that Cover The Night – April 20th – could be achieved through community service, sponsorship, etc. rather than vandalistic bill-posting. A diplomatic move, but how will the folks
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The exhibit “Ex: Collaborative Creation” had a great opening event at IAM‘s 38|39 gallery earlier this month! I had the privilege of curating the New York iteration of the exhibit, and it will now travel to Carrousel Space in Chicago, and Wunderkammer following later this Summer. Upwards of 60 people attended the opening, among them were students, artists, writers, and IAM’s
In his career as a dancer and choreographer, Merce Cunningham formed how modern dance was defined. Passionately, he continued to dance, teach, and collaborate for many many years in his studio in New York, until his death in 2009. Since then his studio remained open for a period of time and his company toured his last pieces.
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I saw the KONY 2012 buzz around the web a bit ago, and disregarded it because it wasn’t clear to me what the goal was. However it is clearly explained in the new viral video (19M views in 2 days) that the solution Invisible Children activists have arrived at is — Efforts need to be focused