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The Andy Monument

The New York Public Art Fund will present a tribute to Andy Warhol in Union Square this spring, a short distance from where the Factory once stood from 1968 until the artist’s death in 1987. The second Factory (the White Factory as opposed to the Silver Factory, which was located in midtown from 1962-1968) was... [ Read More → ]

H BOX a nomadic video art screening room 2011 program

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Rirkrit Tiravanija – "Fear Eats the Soul" at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise

March 5 – April 16, 2011 From the Press Release: Rirkrit Tiravanija will open a new exhibition at Gavin Brown’s enterprise. Taking its title from the Fassbinder film Ali – Fear Eats the Soul a story of love bridging the existential divide, the show will feature, amongst other elements a T-Shirt Factory and a soup... [ Read More → ]

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Call for Graduate Applications

Over the last three months or so, I have noticed an unusual amount of emails from Graduate programs soliciting calls for applications. I swear that I have received at least three a day for the past couple of months… from every MFA and MA program in the country, practically. They usually come from eFlux or... [ Read More → ]

Parisienne Commercials

Between 1990-2001, leading Swiss cigarette brand ‘Parisienne’ commissioned a series of commercials by internationally renown film directors. I’m not entirely clear why, but the company specified that the directors use the brand’s original name, ‘Parisienne People,’ in this series, which were screened in previews in Swiss and French cinematheques before film trailers. Aside from the... [ Read More → ]

Googlin’ the Rose

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Suburban Lawns

My friend got this record recently, and I found this video shortly after. SL were from Long Beach, CA, and it seems like they were equally involved with both the SF and LA post-punk/ new wave scenes. Front woman Su Tissue seems so normal and twisted…. Woah! She’s looks so wholesome, but tightly wound. Definitely... [ Read More → ]

The Geeg on Talkshows

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Link Romp 1

Inspired by a publication that I read last week that compiled disparate diary entries by Anias Nin and wove the snips into a kind of free associative, reconstructed narrative,coupled with my fascination with lists, trails, and aggregation; I decided to start a However, there are some important things that a person can do to guard... [ Read More → ]

Kim Gordon: Performing/Guzzling

Looks like Kim Gordon has been a busy little bee lately, with her show uptown at Glenn Horowitz and now the release of her new book, “Performing/Guzzling” (Rizzoli/NYC and Nieves/Zurich) at KS Art at 73 Leonard St. in Tribeca. The shows overlap by one day. Lest we forget, beloved Kim is an art world darling.... [ Read More → ]

Videofreex Documentary

Another interesting aspect of the Tuesday night screening at Light Industry was the realization that a documentary about the Freex is in the works. The filmmaker Jon Nealon was present in the audience, and seemed quite excited about the project. I recently received this email from him: Hi all, Thanks to everyone who signed up... [ Read More → ]

Hologramming

CNN introduced the concept of “Hologramming” during the 2008 elections. For now I am just dropping these videos, but I want to return to them to discuss why this concept of hologramming is so interesting and hilarious. Will.I.Am: unfortunately, I couldn’t embed the better version. (Thanks, alot But in today’s hectic lifestyle, we don’t get... [ Read More → ]

Fractalzzzzzzz

One thing that I love about Fractals, besides how serious their makers take them, is the music. It never ceases to amaze me how RETARDED it is! Check out this clip posted by “Fractal God” entitled CHAOS. The music is so incredibly nerdy. It’s like mixing all genres of awful/awesome. At one point it sounds... [ Read More → ]

Some Recent Obsessions

Here are some spoils from my internet adventures. (Also known as videos that I have found while procrastinating at work, or with my thesis writing). I am learning a lot about early computer art at the moment, so hopefully a more comprehensive post on the topic is forthcoming. For now, here are some nuggets: (Thanks... [ Read More → ]

The "Museumification" of Performance Art

IT’S HISTORY NOW: PERFORMANCE ART AND THE MUSEUMA Panel Discussion About Current PerformancePresented by Performa’s Not For Sale SeriesLast night, Performa’s educational series Not For Sale presented It’s History Now: Performance Art and the Museum, a panel discussion that examined the long history of performances presented in museums, from commissioned performances to artist-driven actions and... [ Read More → ]

Donatella Versus the World (Again)

I don’t claim to know much about high fashion, but I do love aesthetics and imagination. When my best friend Beth Murphy told me about Donatella Versace reviving the dormant “Versus” label from the 90s, I had flashbacks to ads scotch-taped to my suburban wall, such as this one: A bit of internet-spelunking revealed that... [ Read More → ]

Art Fair Weekend 2010

My fear of being blinded from too many patent leather Christian Louboutins as well as lack of trusting myself not to pick a fight with some trophy wife/art snob/dickish gallery owner told me not to seek out the festivals this year. However, I still went to the Armory, and the Independent. There were some highlights... [ Read More → ]

You make me happy when skies are gray

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2009: Best of (in no particular order)

X Initiative– If no one writes a book about the importance of X in the coming year, I am going to make it the topic of a dissertation. Meant to exist for exactly one year from it’s conception, X has offered excellent exhibitions and even better spontaneous performances, lectures, and events. It has easily been... [ Read More → ]

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Mr. Mom

Walking down the street one day, I happened upon a bag full of brand-new mostly deplorable dvds. Some movie called “Pale-Male,” “Pirates of the Carribbean 2,” “Face-Off,” some show tunes, you get the picture. I did find myself tempted by a double feature of “Baby Boom” and “Mr. Mom.” After selling the crappy ones to... [ Read More → ]

The Sheer Ingenuity of "Shredding"

At first, I was hesitant about these videos, but there is something amazingly fulfilling about watching these douche-mops egos be completely emasculated through simple sound editing. Wikipedia’s definition of “Shredding”: Shred guitar or shred refers to lead electric guitar playing that relies heavily on fast passages; the act of playing fast passages on an electric... [ Read More → ]