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5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Colectivo Situaciones
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Colectivo Situaciones
* This interview has been translated and co-edited by Brian Whitener. I first heard about Colectivo Situaciones about a year ago, when I received a publication in the mail titled …
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 …
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Amy Balkin
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Amy Balkin
For the past couple years, I have been teaching Bay Area-based artist Amy Balkin’s work within a curriculum about environmental art and “land expropriation.” I teach her work besides Karl …
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment: From My Institution to Yours
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment: From My Institution to Yours
In the spring of every year, the Master of Public Art Studies: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere program at the University of Southern California, one of two graduate programs …
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | The California Biennial: Collectives, Conversations, and Collaborations
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | The California Biennial: Collectives, Conversations, and Collaborations
I first experienced the California Biennial in 2008 as a participant in Mary Kelly’s Flashing Nipple Happening. Kelly had recruited around five dozen young women to gear-up in black …
Turkish and Other Delights
Turkish and Other Delights: Extramücadele/Extrastruggle
Turkish and Other Delights
Turkish and Other Delights: Extramücadele/Extrastruggle
Extrastruggle is an enormous project which began in 1997. It works on imaginary demands from imaginary customers. Just like a graphic designer designing a logo for a client, it designs …
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Nato Thompson
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Nato Thompson
I am a bit late coming to the curatorial work of Nato Thompson, which first became recognizable to me at this past October’s second annual Creative Time Summit, a gathering …
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 …
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Carin Kuoni of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Carin Kuoni of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
For six years, Carin Kuoni has been director of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School in New York City. I wanted to pose my …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Hard Conversations (Exploring Inequality)
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Hard Conversations (Exploring Inequality)
In the New York Times last week, Nicholas Kristof reported that the richest 1 percent of Americans now take home almost 24 percent of the income, up from 9 percent …
Lives and Works in Berlin
Lives and Works in Berlin: Feathers, Magic Mushrooms and Bicycle Tours
Lives and Works in Berlin
Lives and Works in Berlin: Feathers, Magic Mushrooms and Bicycle Tours
Bundle up, Berlin: winter is almost here, and it might be a long one, again. If you haven’t fallen prey to the sniffling, the sneezing, the nose-blowing and coughing, germ-spreading …
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