Fracking and NYC Water Supply
…The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed opening large portions of the state to fracking, a dangerous method of drilling for natural gas that threatens our water, health, and the environment. Fracking involves the injection of millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals into shale rock. The pressurized mixture causes the... [ Read More → ]
McLuhan’s Centennial
Today marks the centennial of one of the most charismatic, controversial and original thinkers of our time. Marshall McLuhan is universally regarded as the father of communications and media studies and prophet of the information age. His remarkable perception propelled him onto the international stage, during the 1960s, and there hasn’t been a more influential... [ Read More → ]
Ron Slate on Where Art Belongs, essays by Chris Kraus (semiotext[e] intervention series)
A few months ago, I read the new Chris Krauss book, (oddly) titled, “Where Art Belongs.” Not having the time to critique the book myself, I thought I would post Ron Slate’s recent review: July 18th, 2011 In September, 2009, an art collective called Bernadette Corporation exhibited “The Complete Poem” at Greene Naftali, a commercial... [ Read More → ]
Are You Working Too Much? Post-Fordism, Precarity, and the Labor of Art
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Experimental Television Center 1971-2011
Anthology Film Archives screened a bitter-sweet program of videos as a tribute and farewell to the Experimental Television Center (ETC) Friday evening. Since 1971, ETC has maintained its presence as a unique video art production studio in Owego, NY; providing artists with access to the tools of video art production through residencies and grants. The... [ Read More → ]
NZ on Screen presents: Artists on Screen Series
For this showcase of NZ visual arts talent, critic Mark Amery selects his top documentaries profiling artists. From the icons (Hotere, McCahon, Lye ) to the unheralded (Edith Collier) to Takis the Greek, each portrait shines light on the person behind the proverbial canvas. Amery introduces the collection of Kiwi artists as framed onscreen, in... [ Read More → ]
E.S.P. TV at Silvershed
Sat. July 9, 8pm-12am SILVER SHED 119 West 25th Street, PH New York , NY 10001 Tel: 1-646-322-332 E.S.P. TV is coming to Silvershed this Saturday with a rooftop screening of highlights and outtakes from Episodes 1-4 and a sneak preview of Episode #5. If you’ve never seen the show this is a great chance... [ Read More → ]
Teens “Get” Ryan Trecartin
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“The View From a Volcano: The Kitchen’s Soho Years, 1971-1985″
Anthology Film Archives. Electronic Arts Intermix. White Columns. The Kitchen. What do all of these cultural meccas share in common in 2011? Each DIY space-cum- “institution” is celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year. In addition to lectures and performances, The Kitchen will present an exhibition about its early years in Soho, before the alternative arts... [ Read More → ]
Bring to Light NYC brings Nuit Blanche to Greenpoint, Calls for Artists
Early this spring, New Yorkers were treated to a unique and unprecedented spectacle, with “Let Us Eat Cake,” a program where projected images filled the facade of the New Museum on the Bowery. Following along this trajectory, the same collective will present a one night festival of ephemeral, site-specific, public projections and performances in Greenpoint... [ Read More → ]