Category Archives: art
telepresence
I’ve isolated the cause of the lurching stomach. Turns out that not even writing my thesis provokes as much anxiety as sending my daughter to spend time with her grandmother (my mother). Bella arrived Wednesday night, today is Friday. In … Continue reading
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I like the way she
talks about art. I have been using Catherine Taft’s thesis as a model. Here is something she wrote recently for artforum online. Just above Catherine’s is another interesting post about the 24-hour interview marathon in London by Claire Bishop. There … Continue reading
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do you think this is true?
“In the novels of polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, we see how each individual generates his own form through his behaviour, his way of coming across, and the way he addresses others. This form comes about in the borderline area where … Continue reading
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I've liked every Micah I have met
Sometime last fall, I left Bella and her friend Dawkins to nurse a hot chocolate with my sister in a cafe while I kept on scanning the galleries in Chelsea. As usual, they had had their fill and I was … Continue reading
a thesis thought
In Islets and Utopia , Nicolas Bourriaud says that “Today’s dominant form – which is not political – is that of the ‘free party’ or ‘rave,’ that of a spontaneous and momentous assembly of individuals around the same goal, who … Continue reading
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art day in LA
Walt Disney Concert Hall Gorgeous! Totally worth dragging two preteens plus boyfriend into LA for the day. We’ve watched this building go up over the years – but seeing it, really walking around and checking it out was something else. … Continue reading
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La Jetee
La Jetee is worth watching if you can understand French. It also happens to be one of Cardiff’s favorites. She quotes it as a reference and at an artist’s choice exhibition, she chose Chris Marker over anybody contemporary (La Jetee … Continue reading
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Cardiff rip-off
I have just found something shocking and exciting at soundwalk.com. This is an audio tour company launched in 2001 (almost ten years after Cardiff’s first audio walk) that completely and totally rips off her ideas and presents them as “Soundwalks … Continue reading
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ridiculous reading
Understanding Installation Art by Mark Rosenthal is the worst art book I have ever read, great photos not withstanding. Speaking of great photos of installation art, my new favorite thesis break activity is planning a month-long car trip, which includes … Continue reading
Thesis update
For my last half hour of my six-hours today I will count blogging as “thesis activity”(and I swear not to talk about beach time breaks or mountain bike buying). Just for the record: doing thesis stuff for six hours every … Continue reading
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