Tag Archives: New Media
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art: The First Three Years
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art: The First Three Years
This week Teaching with Contemporary Art here on the blog turns 3. Frankly, I can’t believe that I’ve been writing this column for three years. At the same time, it …
Art21 Extended Play
Cao Fei: “PRD Anti-Heroes”
Art21 Extended Play
Cao Fei: “PRD Anti-Heroes”
SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE Episode #140: Artist Cao Fei discusses her multi-media theatrical work “PRD Anti-Heroes” (2005), a play performed by non-professional actors. Investigating …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Wrapping Up Art21 at NAEA 2011
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Wrapping Up Art21 at NAEA 2011
It was suggested that perhaps the TWCA column could provide a a wrap-up of the National Art Education Association’s annual conference in pictures this year, and while I would like …
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | I Do Art, Here’s My Card: A Trip to SXSW
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | I Do Art, Here’s My Card: A Trip to SXSW
I have a pretty set routine that very delicately balances work and school, sandwiching meals and sleep somewhere in the nooks and crannies of my schedule. So my friends and …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Graffiti in the Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Graffiti in the Classroom
Students often have lots of interest and questions about graffiti, graffiti art and street art. My response usually includes the fact that I love graffiti art and street art, especially …
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment: The Considerable Goodness of Being Led Astray
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment: The Considerable Goodness of Being Led Astray
I found my way into graduate school because I believed it would be something I would enjoy. On nights like this, when I look at my calendar and realize that …
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
The Shifting Aura of Contemporary Art
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
The Shifting Aura of Contemporary Art
As a research artist and digital media Ph.D student, I am constantly challenged to reflect critically upon the nature of the various forms which are emerging in contemporary artistic practices. …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Notes from Underground: William Powhida
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Notes from Underground: William Powhida
The contemporary art fair Art Basel Miami Beach takes place this week, bringing with it a flurry of activity. In the spirit of participation, Ink is dedicated this month to …
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Translating Ai Weiwei: Bringing Chinese Social Media Art to the English Twittersphere, Part 2
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Translating Ai Weiwei: Bringing Chinese Social Media Art to the English Twittersphere, Part 2
Ai Weiwei. Sunflower Seeds, 2010. Installation view, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London. Photo courtesy of Aaron Chen. An Xiao follows up on yesterday’s post and continues her discussion with Bird’s …
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Art 2.1 | Translating Ai Weiwei: Bringing Chinese Social Media Art to the English Twittersphere, Part 1
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Art 2.1 | Translating Ai Weiwei: Bringing Chinese Social Media Art to the English Twittersphere, Part 1
Artist Ai Weiwei in conversation with Tate Modern curator Katie Hill, October 2010. Photo by An Xiao. This past summer, Jennifer Ng and I launched Bird’s Nest: Ai Weiwei in …
Gastro-Vision
Gastro-Vision: Food and Technology in an Art Lab
Gastro-Vision
Gastro-Vision: Food and Technology in an Art Lab
Last month, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center in New York turned their main exhibition space into X-Lab, a “living” work space where the public can interact with Eyebeam’s fellows and …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Center Field | Is Locale Needed? Netart in the Midwest
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Center Field | Is Locale Needed? Netart in the Midwest
Since moving away from Chicago this past summer, I’ve seen how Chicago and the Midwest have influenced my work, as well as my work ethic. The spirit of experimentation and …
Art21 Extended Play
Paul McCarthy: “Black & White Tapes”
Art21 Extended Play
Paul McCarthy: “Black & White Tapes”
SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE Episode #128: Interviewed in his Los Angeles studio, Paul McCarthy discusses the genesis of his Black and White Tapes (1970–75), …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Moving Pictures
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Moving Pictures
Chalkboards are disappearing everywhere and interactive whiteboards are taking their place (or, in some cases, chalkboards are disappearing as interactive whiteboards are simply being pasted, nailed and everything short of …
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