Have been offline (and sans phone!) for three days now (and counting). Am writing from David Krut studios, stealing their bandwidth. You’d think that telkom’d at minimum, pro-rate me; but no, Telkom will charge me (out the nose) for my time offline and sans voice. We. Hate. Them. Telkom is Satan. See? Tags: news and [...]
Great interview with Cory, by Paddy, on FZ: Hacking Art: Interview with Cory Arcangel Tags: art, art and tech, re-blog tidbits, stimulus, technology, uncategorical
jill ross in front of a colbert mashile print @ david krut Been chillin’ wit JR and RK (Richard Kilpert) at David Krut’s studio as of late, working on translating some of the Compressionist images into more traditional prints – looking towards using things like silk screen, lithography, engraving and etching. You can check out [...]
So there I was this morning feel a wierd combination of creativity and romance.So I decided to try and realize this image I had in my head. The result as seen below (click to see the full-size version) raises the age old question: "can sincerity replace actual talent ?"I’ll just leave the answer as an [...]
There’s a nice interview with Michael Szpakowski on the front page of Rhizome today, conducted by yours truly. It starts: Michael Szpakowski has spent the last 30 years collaborating across varying theatrical, visual, sonic, and digital media. His vlog, "Scenes of Provincial Life," was recently featured on Rhizome’s Net Art News. Rhizome is our shared [...]
Things are hilarious over at Zod2008.com. A sampling: Eliminate the Iraq War. The Iraq War has shifted $187 billion to the defense industry. How is this "defense industry" to kneel before me? Are my praises to be sung as footnotes in their paperwork? You will stop giving these corporations your wealth. I suggest you put [...]
One of the greatest Myths propagated by the contemporary American neo-conservative powers that be is the idea that Democracy and Capitalism are one and the same, that the former cannot exist without the latter, and, most dangerously, that big company-led Capitalism Uber Alles actually leads to, promotes and protects what the Founding Fathers intended for [...]
There’s been a cross-blogging comment buzz between myself and Andre SC (fellow Jo’burger Andre Clemens – that link is to his prints in discussion) as of late, since he picked up on my Compressionist movement. Trained in information theory and design, Andre has been crossing over into the fine art realm as of late – [...]
Stephan Erasmus – tree of sorrows (detail) My flickr has some nice photos of Vusi Beauchamp and Eric Rintisi at gordart (who promise a new website soon), as well as two of my fave works from the ABSA L’Atelier (joburg entries). I think a good compromise between both spaces was to show an image of [...]
Great interview with Paddy Johnson of AFC on artlist here. She’s also super cool and needs your support. Have I mentioned that AFC is one of the greatest NYC artblogs around? Tags: art, art and tech, re-blog tidbits, reviews, stimulus, technology, uncategorical
baby face Here’s my li’l girl – you can see heaps of images from the 3D scan over at my flickr, including an embarrassingly incriminating fanny shot…. Can you believe that it’s ten more weeks until my life changes forever? Tags: flickr, me, uncategorical, nathaniel stern
Not a huge moveon fan myself – they just send too many annoying emails – but at this point, I’d do everything and anything in my power to support Feingold’s resolution. Subject: Censure President Bush Hi, Yesterday, Senator Russ Feingold introduced a resolution to censure President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping American [...]
Yeh, I totally forgot that I had these images on my camera; I had gone down to help Khwezi Gule out with some computer trouble at the Johannesburg Art Museum (yes, I am the default art-geek for all Macs in the fine art scene of Jozi), and then did a quick run down to see [...]
Theo Eshetu, Trip to Mount Ziqualla, Ethiopia, 2005 © Theo Eshetu, Image from the International Center for Photography The new exhibition curated by Okwui Enwezor at the International Centre for Photography in New York has just recently opened. This was a fantastic exhibition of photography, clearly indicative of the high level of contemporary African work, [...]
Now, I don’t feel as if I have a choice. I need more bandwidth. It’s time. Did you hear that both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are now both available from iTunes? Tags: news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, stimulus, technology
From Warren Siebrits: On Sunday, 19 February 2006, an ad campaign “created” by advertising agency Ireland-Davenport, for their client BMW South Africa, appeared reproduced full page in numerous Sunday newspapers. This advert depicting a female nude observed from behind, has been composed very closely in style and concept to that of Gerhard Marx. Not only is [...]
@ Joao Ferreira 8-31 March, opens 6PM I had the pleasure of getting a personal viewing with some of Tammy Griffin’s amazingly beautiful works – oil paintings and mixed media with programmed and animated LEDs – when I was in Grahamstown giving a workshop last year. I think the most wondrous thing about them is [...]
I’ve actually not seen Bridget Baker’s latest show (in Cape Town – see that Joao Ferreira link for images), but I really like BB as a person, and if the raves between her Mail and Guardian review and Artthrob review are any indication, she’s really on a roll with her ongoing series. I remember seeing [...]
Hear and Now at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, is co-directed by that award-winning team who gave us Tshepang: Lara Foot Newton and Gerhard Marx. It’s a kind of psychological drama with a few really great jokes and monologues. At its core, Hear and Now is worth seeing if only for Gerhard’s trademark brilliant set design, [...]
That’s M. River and T. Whid Art Associates, at Wits School of the Arts (University of the Witwatersrand). There was an awesome response to my MTAA presentation at Upgrade! Joburg yesterday – really interesting discussion followed, mostly about their continual throughline of accenting relationality, as well as their gamut from punk work (Pirated Movie), through [...]
