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John Cage: Music and Dialogue

John Cage: Music and Dialogue

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David Ireland and Conceptual Art: Some Thoughts

David Ireland and Conceptual Art: Some Thoughts

by {featureAuthor} David Ireland and Conceptual Art: Some Thoughts September 2009 Throughout his career, David Ireland merged his life with his art in remarkable ways. As a sculptor whose vision was nurtured during the 1970s by the process- and concept-based practices of conceptual artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, his consistent interest was to [...]

Two women are chased through a shopping mall by a cannibal. 1983.

Two women are chased through a shopping mall by a cannibal. 1983.

Cecilia Condit . . . .

HERE THERE HERE – Best Film of the Year

HERE THERE HERE – Best Film of the Year

For Jon Rubin’s “Pittsburgh Artist Of The Year” exhibition, he created a film that charts a 1.4 mile journey from the artist’s house to the exhibition site, through the homes of his neighbors along the way. A slow tracking shot glides through the living spaces of each neighbor’s life, linking one interior space to the next. [...]

Education for Socially Engaged Art (2011)

Education for Socially Engaged Art (2011)

.Education for Socially Engaged Art is the first “Materials and Techniques” book for the emerging field of social practice. Written with a pragmatic, hands-on approach for university-level readers and those interested in real-life application of the theories and ideas around socially engaged art. The book, emphasizing the use of pedagogical strategies to address issues around [...]

Immigrant Movement International: Open Call For Submissions

Immigrant Movement International: Open Call For Submissions

  Creative Time / Queens Museum Of Art Immigrant Movement International: Open Call For Submissions Global Action for International Migrants Day on December 18 www.immigrant-movement.us/december18 www.creativetime.org www.queensmuseum.org   On on December 18, 2011 at 2pm local time in recognition of the concept of transnational migrants as a “global class” united across continents and cultures by [...]

NINA KATCHADOURIAN: THE POETICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE

NINA KATCHADOURIAN: THE POETICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE

NINA KATCHADOURIAN: THE POETICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE   NINA KATCHADOURIAN: THE POETICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE Feldman Gallery Curator Mack McFarland reflects on the subtle poetics and wordplay of Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Books. OR READ THE ORIGINAL FROM UNTITLED HERE Since 1993, Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Books project has taken place in locations ranging from private homes to specialized [...]

Arthur Gosney Erickson, WWIII at the Super G

Arthur Gosney Erickson, WWIII at the Super G

From Arthur Gosney Erickson’s Super G BLOG My project revolves around a series of inter-connected tabletop miniature wargames. The game is set in the north German plain during a hypothetical Soviet invasion of Western Europe in August of 1985. I anticipate playing eight to ten different engagements, each building on the next. Each game will [...]

Monster Maker – another great thing by Darren O’Donnel

Monster Maker – another great thing by Darren O’Donnel

Monster Makers Presented by the Harbourfront Centre, as part of their Fresh Ground new works National Commissioning Programme. After years of development for Monster Makers, we’ve finally got something we love. It’s a show for ages 5-10 and 16-100 (the early teens will roll their eyes and get annoyed, the twerps!). The premise is simple: [...]

Dock Ellis’ Legendary LSD No-Hitter

Dock Ellis’ Legendary LSD No-Hitter

Sent to me by Jon Rubin In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, No Mas and artist James Blagden proudly present the animated tale of Dock Ellis’ legendary LSD no-hitter. In the past few years we’ve heard all too much about performance enhancing drugs from greenies to tetrahydrogestrinone, [...]