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
[powerpress] ^Here is my first attempt at publishing a podcast. Please listen and read along, and feel free to give me feedback on content/topics/etc. Below is an article that I read aloud in the podcast from the New York Times as well as 2 video links from Arts Advocacy Day with representative Alec Baldwin speaking
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I read this article & want to know YOUR opinion on race/ism. Please share your thoughts: [HERE] & I will post the results of the findings for discussion after I have collected a valid sample of data.
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
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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Xeni Jardin http://www.boingboing.net/2012/03/08/african-voices-respond-to-hype.html NPR http://www.npr.org/2012/03/08/148235383/fact-checking-the-kony-2012-viral-video Chris Blattman http://chrisblattman.com/2012/03/10/my-thoughts-on-kony-2012-and-a-defense-of-invisible-children/ There are many atrocities in the world – let’s be thinking people but not let our cynicism cause us to apathetically turn away from finding truth within hard issues.
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
PrayWay seating/installation at the New Museum *Hear the idea behind the work by scrolling down to the PrayWay audio on THIS page. Promoting religious understanding and discourse through simple furnishings and allusions. The work is on exhibit now in The Ungovernables exhibition.
Here are 99 portraits of the 99% – many of whom are quoted saying they’d like to lend support to the occupy wall st cause. What exactly does that mean? I had my own notions and feelings about this movement and about the reactions of others, but here I am attaching the official working draft
I don’t share too many personal details on here anymore but with the HOT topic of the day being censorship I thought I would go against my regiment and enact my ability to output whatever I want on this blog. This might be a funny way to protest internet censorship/online piracy restrictions – I know most people