Lyle Stuart, "An Intimate Conversation with Norman Mailer," from Expose #49 (December 1955) in ed. J. Michael Lennon, Conversations with Norman Mailer. via Google Books
Sabrina Raaf, Translator II Grower
The gallery@calit2 goes green this spring with an exhibition by Chicago-based artist Sabrina Raaf, whose custom-built robotic sculptures and site specific installations include a series of experiments that address issues of sustainable practice, the construction of social spaces, and prototyping for modular green architecture. Curated by Steve Dietz, “A Light Green Light: Toward Sustainability in Practice” opens Friday, April 2, 2010, with a 6 p.m. panel discussion moderated by UC San Diego visual arts professor Jordan Crandall, followed by a reception.
Art(ists) On the Verge grantee Tyler Stefanich is opening a show with Ben Moren at They Won’t Find Us Here Gallery on Saturday, March 13 at 7pm.
Tyler Stefanich and Ben Moren, Phase Shift
Colleagues and friends Sarah Cook and Beryl Graham have just published Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media. I had the privilege of writing the Foreword for the book, and this is, in part, how I discuss their thesis.
“Graham and Cook strategically define so-called new media as a set of behaviors, not as a medium. Once you go down this road, it becomes readily apparent that a similar strategy is equally useful for much of contemporary art. At one time, the new media of photography both changed the aesthetic understanding of painting and participated in the creation of a cultural understanding of (fixed) time and representation. At another time, the new media of video changed the aesthetic understanding of film while participating with television in the creation of a cultural understanding of (real) time and distance. The art most recently known as “new media” changes our understanding of the behaviors of contemporary art precisely because of its participation in the creation of a cultural understanding of computational interactivity and networked participation. In other words, art is different after new media because of new media–not because new media is “next,” but because its behaviors are the behaviors of our technological times.”
Wing Young Huie, University Avenue Project Save the date May 1, 2010
Auctioneer wanted. RT #WalkerArtCenter
Northern Lights is working with the Walker Art Center on an artist project this summer, and we’re looking for an auctioneer to work with us.
Wing Young Huie, University Avenue Project. Open House and Preview Fundraiser. via Public Art Saint Paul
I will write more about Wing Young Huie’s amazing University Avenue Project (a part of which, Northern Lights is helping with), but in the meantime, here is a chance to get in on the ground floor, so to speak, and purchase some of Wing’s photographs from along University Avenue in Saint Paul to benefit the 6-mile exhibition, which will open May 1.
Art(ists) On the Verge at the Weisman Art Museum
Artists on the Verge 2008-2009 at the Weisman Art Museum features works or documentation of works made by the inaugural group of Art(ists) on the Verge fellows. Installations of all six commissions are included. Artists are Aniccha Arts (led by Pramila Vasudevan), Avye Alexandres, Christopher Baker, Kevin Obstatz, Andrea Steudel, and Krista Kelley Walsh.
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Revolutionary Love 2 at the Minnesota State Capitol
On Labor Day, September 1, 2008, artist Sharon Hayes gathered nearly 100 people at the Republican National Conventions on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul to read a text in unison addressing political desire and romantic love.
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The State of Things at the Minnesota State Capitol
On Labor Day, September 1, 2008, artist collaborators ligorano/reese installed a temporary ice sculpture spelling out the word “Democracy” on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol during the RNC for the UnConvention.
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