Archive for March, 2011
School For Creative Activism
. Donovan McKnight and Lee Walton have been selected to participate in a workshop training at the School For Creative Activism. Check out the list of participants from North Carolina. This workshop is facilitated by Steve Lambert and Stephen Duncombe. School For Creative Activism‘s Mission & Principles Mission The Center for Artistic Activism is the [...]
The Perfect Human
The Perfect Human 13:00 – 3 years ago The Perfect Human by Jørgen Leth. This is one of the finest short films of all time. One of the finest films of any lenght, for that matter. .
Gyun Hur
Here is a nice film short about Gyun Hur and her process for making her new sculptural installation in Atlanta, GA. You can also get an inside look on her blog. Best viewed in “full screen” mode. Flux Film 007 – Proper Medium .
Shadowshop: Recipe for Boiling Water
Shadowshop: Recipe for Boiling Water – by Renny Pritikin on SFMOMA Open Space. On rare occasions an event—a talk, a blog post, an exhibition—raises an issue that had been slowly making the local water hotter, but gone unremarked. Suddenly with this event the pot is boiling and everyone has something to say. It makes for [...]
Flux Factory At the Super G Experiential Residency Program
THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY ! Flux Factory is currently residing at the SUPER G EXPERIENTIAL RESIDENCY in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Super G Mart is an enormous international supermarket and public flea market, where artists-in-residence are given a stall to transform in any way wish. Unlike other residencies, this program is directed towards the production [...]
Artist Pablo Helguera on Social Interaction, Research, and Pedagogy.
LECTURE INTRODUCTION Artist Pablo Helguera provides an introduction to his work while discussing emerging art practices that involve social interaction, research, and pedagogy. ABOUT PABLO HELGUERA Pablo Helguera is a New York-based visual and performance artist originally from Mexico City who has exhibited widely internationally. He is the author of five books including The Pablo [...]
Notes on Alternative Autonomy: by Christian L. Frock
Notes on Alternative Autonomy: by Christian L. Frock Originally posted on Art Practical This article is presented in conjunction with “Shop Talk,” a three-part series of conversations beginning on March 24 to be held at SFMOMA and organized collaboratively with SFMOMA’s Open Space blog. The series will focus on survival strategies artists develop and adopt [...]
Is Ambient Creativity Killing Our Ambition?
Originally Posted by Hyperalleric Social media has brought the art community huge benefits, chief among them the ability to easily share artistic creations, whether it’s through Twitter, Facebook or a group Tumblr. But is the possibility of easy creation and publishing diminishing our drive for making more ambitious works? Are iconic masterpieces rarer in this [...]

