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A collaboration between Northern Lights and Forecast Public Art for wide-ranging discussion of innovative artists, projects, and practices in the public realm.
Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930. via Wikipedia
The words of the song “Strange Fruit” were originally penned in 1936 under the name Lewis Allan by Bronx schoolteacher Abel Meeropol in reaction to a photograph of the 1930 lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to listen to Billie Holiday’s memorable rendition of Strange Fruit the same again after viewing this photograph, which is part of the point of Piotr Szyhalski’s Labor Camp Orchestra, including its “cover” of Strange Fruit – to make visceral the Iraq war. To take us beyond the blaring headlines, patriotic jingoism, and national security fervor to a place that is literally unforgettable.
For the 2010 01SJ Biennial ZER01 is collaborating with SF Shorts: San Francisco International Festival of Short Films to issue an open call for 5-minute shorts interpreting the theme Build Your Own World that were shot using a cell phone, flip video camcorder, or other mobile media device. You can interpret this theme literally or figuratively, seriously or humorously to envision how mobile technology can contribute to positive social change. Selected films will be featured at both SF Shorts and the 2010 01SJ Biennial and cash prize is available for top selection.
Proposals for the workshops and micro-grants are starting to roll in. The workshop call ends on February 15th, and the micro-grants on March 8th, so you still have time to send in proposals. New calls will be posted soon. See here for more information on the current 01SJ Biennial open calls.
The game continues (See earlier post Is it art or advertising Part I).
Rethinking Curating - Art After New Media.
“As curator Steve Dietz has observed, new media art is like contemporary art—but different.”
Sometimes in the dead of winter in MN we tend to forget that summer ever existed, or that we have neighbors! This project by Gail Katz James is a friendly reminder of warmth (from sun and spirit)!
Photo by Sue Hartley
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San Jose Airport Art Program – Consulting Art Technician “ (aka ArtGeek)”
“The ArtGeek oversees the largest concentration of technology-based public artwork in the country. Located in the San Jose International Airport’s brand new terminal, the collection includes a giant propeller-driven robotic sculpture, streaming networked cameras, a massive cloud of flickering glass, liquid-cooled projectors, twitter feeds, and a school of live fish with underwater surveillance cameras. Working from an underground Art+Tech workshop with electronics bench and state-of-the-art sound system, the ArtGeek keeps it all humming.” More info.
raphael zarka, "riding modern art. via DesignBoom
It comes as no surprise that skaters and others use public art in many different ways. Just as public art itself can be an aggressive territorialization of space. The suite of photographs, “Riding Modern Art,” by Raphael Zarka at DesignBoom based on an upcoming exhibition at the french cultural center in milan, however, is particularly enjoyable for “decisive moment-ness,” which is at once frozen and viscerally vertiginous.
Forecast’s annual grant program supports emerging, visual artists and interdisciplinary teams led by visual artists residing in the state of Minnesota.
These grants provide artists the chance to develop and create projects for a public audience anywhere in the state, receive increased recognition, and advance their artistic careers.A limited amount of consulting and/or facilitation time is provided by Forecast Public Art staff.
New in 2010, Forecast is excited to announce new funding opportunities
with three of Minnesota’s Regional Arts Councils!
I know that Andy Samberg is the only white boy who can really do dork rap, but you gotta love that Minnesota state of mind after enduring years of the following conversation openers:
“Urban intervation idealized by Felipe Morozini, directed by Jeorge Simas around Elevado Costa e Silva in São Paulo City, to make a little bit less rough. One dweller and 21 friends painting one of the most crowded avenue in the biggest city in South America. Info: “
Interactive green shopping, empathetic architecture, an egg racing an alley cat, browser history walks, and everything you need to know you can learn from Oprah. All this and more from the new Art(ist) On the Verge fellows. Check them out.
Franconia Sculpture Park is now accepting sculpture/installation proposals for 2010.
Franconia Sculpture Park is an innovative arts organization that provides living and work space to emerging and established artists. A lively schedule of programs and events for art lovers of all ages includes Kids Make Sculpture, Hot Metal Pour, artist-led tours and the Fall Arts Festival. The 20-acre park, with a rotating collection of over 75 contemporary sculptures, reflects the creative talents of local, national, and international artists and is free and open to the public 365 days a year. Franconia Sculpture Park is located 45 minutes northeast of the Twin Cities at the intersection of I-8 & I-95
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