Archive for April, 2011
“Waste Not,” Chinese artist Song Dong
From Tucker, Nichols, “I missed “Waste Not,” Chinese artist Song Dong’s vast installation of his mother’s belongings, when it was in the atrium at MOMA in NYC last year, but now it’s in SF at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. I went yesterday with high expectations and was not disappointed: It’s the best installation [...]
Ray Kurzweil, Futurist: 10 Questions About What’s Coming Next
From Open Culture The 2009 documentary Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil is currently screening both online and in select venues, and provoking exactly the wide range of responses one would expect from a film about a futurist who has claimed, among other things, that man would soon learn how to extend [...]
Art School Confidential
Art School ConfidentialPosted on April 28, 2011 by Glen Helfand Spring, at art school is an emotionally schizophrenic season. The weather tends to be glorious (and pollen-filled) as it was today, and campuses pulse with alternating currents of stress, anxiety, hope, exhaustion, and celebration as everyone lurches to the finish line. That was definitely the [...]
Super G Experiential Residency: Re-Teaching CAA
School For Artistic Activism: ”Re-Teaching” at the Super G Recently, Lee Walton and Donovan McKnight were invited to participate in a the School For Artistic Activism in Mebane, NC. Taught by Steve Lambert and Stephen Duncombe, this 3 day intensive was extremely informative. This month, Lee and Donovan will be re-presenting this workshop (the best [...]
So Many Questions: From Web Resident, Tucker Nichols
A tunnel that took months to dig was discovered in a cell of a prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Hundreds of inmates escaped. Photo: Allauddin Khan/Associated Press From Tucker: I have so many questions about this photograph. Like why is there underwear or an an undershirt attached to the fan? Why is the fan pointing [...]
“…Expands Your Brain a Little” – Photos by Phyllis Galembo
From Tucker- “You know when you stumble on somebody’s work that is so compelling you can’t really pick your favorites? Or when you see a group of photos that shows you parts of the world you didn’t know existed and it expands your brain a little bit? That’s how I feel looking at the photos [...]
The Diggers, San Francisco
The Diggers(1960′s) were an anarchist guerilla street theater group that challenged the emerging Counterculture of the Sixties and whose actions and ideals inspired (and continue to inspire) a generation (of all ages) to create models of Free Association. The Diggers were one of the legendary groups in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury, one of the world-wide epicenters [...]

