Some of my handmade Compressionist prints – iterative etchings, engravings, aquatints, etc, which use plates that were inspired by details from my infamous scanner performances – will be at the Editions | Artists’ Books Fair in NYC, next week. A small box set from this series will be featured @ the David Krut table, alongside [...]
It’s with mixed emotions that, 5 years after my initial "just gonna go hang out in South Africa with my girlfriend for a couple of months" trip, I depart – with wife in hand, baby in arms, and leaving behind many of the closest friends i have in the world, a community of wonderful and [...]
My wife handed me this article by Martha Nussbaum in the newsweek a while back, and it’s been sitting on my desk waiting to be read since then. I went for a walk with my daughter swinging in her sling across my chest this morning, reading it as I sang her to sleep, and was [...]
Although America is no longer the aforementioned, Keith Olbermann has been providing me with minor amounts of sanity with regards to my birth-country, and its direction, as of late. Watch this, and be moved, and I’d recommend searching the site for more of his clips…. I save them all. Tags: news and politics, re-blog tidbits
T-MINUS – 2006 FESTIVAL Presenting works by 11 artists creating in the medium of time. Screenings: October 19th, 2006Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NYTwo showings: 7:30pm and 10:00pm. Please make reservations, seating is limited. Abstract: As computers and cameras become increasingly ubiquitous, a greater number of creators are becoming interested in the artistic possibilities inherent in combining these [...]
Something like this was in my inbox (paraphrase edit type thing): The ArtReview Power 100 is out on Monday and you can get the whole issue of the magazine for free on your computer screen. This is ArtReview:Digital. It’s the entire magazine online, in the exact same format as the print edition. The next six [...]
2 spots left for a hands-on interactive video workshop this weekend, contact Bronwyn Lace, (083) 284-4726. R600 On Friday, there’s free lecture on the topic, which bleeds into Saturday and Sunday for the paid (but cheap) workshop: This presentation, demo, and discussion ‘over drinks’ will survey the current interactive video landscape, and the pioneers who [...]
We leave Joburg in about 2 weeks. i gots mad sh!t to do afore we head out, then it’s registration and flat-hunting in Dublin. You may not hear from me for a bit, or at the very least, it’ll be intermittent for about one month. Wish us luck! UPDATE: OK, so I’ll ocassionally post if [...]
Robert Sloon, editor of South Africa’s Best Contemporary Art Gossip Blog ArtHeat, is having his first solo show at The Parking Gallery on the 13 of October at 6pm. The one-night event will present a series of photographs, entitled Sightings of Robert Sloon. It will also be the first acknowledged public appearance of Robert Sloon. [...]
Check out this fab video.This is a follow-up to this. Tags: news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, uncategorical
As usual a thorough post from Christo on our last Upgrade!Joburg, via the atjoburg site: The Collecting Digits Panel at Wits Digital Arts. From left to right, Franci Cronje, Warren Siebrits, Nathaniel Stern, and Clive Kellner. The first Upgrade! Johannesburg panel discussion brought together an exciting group of speakers to deal with the topic of [...]
The SAarts opening, walkabout and panels went extremely well – the former attended by at least 150 people through the course of the evening. There are walkabouts every weekend (see schedule) for the next three weeks, and the show and catalogue look great, so I highly recommend your chaecking it out. Below are some photos [...]
We are selling pretty much everything except our laptops and our daughter (but there is a laptop in there somewhere). Cheap, cheap, support our char lady. Here’s the PDF list (150kb), open house next week, or call to purchase. Kitchen, bedroom, computer, entertainment, furniture stuff. Help me help you. UPDATE: List has been updated – [...]
Christo sent me: Not surprisingly, a second-by-second analysis of The Daily Show’s audio and visual content found considerably more humor than substance — Stewart himself has insisted that he is a comedian and not a journalist. A similar analysis of network coverage found considerably more hype than substance in broadcast newscasts. Examples of such hype [...]
15:00Panel Discussion: Collecting DigitsVENUE: WSOA Digital Arts, Wits Universitywww.atjoburg.net/upgrade for map and details This panel and discussion on the possibilities and problems with collecting new media art will include presentations by: Warren Siebrits – founder of one of Johannesburg’s most prestigious contemporary and modern commercial art galleries Franci Cronje – curator of several collections & [...]
The Bag Factory presents SAartsEmerging 2006, an exhibition and series of events based on the website www.saartsemerging.org, Since January 2006 the website has featured a new artist every third Friday of each month. In celebration of our first year we will be holding an exhibition and a series of related events revolving around the state [...]
the Upgrade! Johannesburg presents our first Panel Discussion: Collecting Digits Friday October 6, 2006 @ 3pm: Panel Discussion: Collecting Digits WSOA Digital Arts. Map: http://digitalarts.wits.ac.za/artworks/contact/map.htm This panel and discussion on the possibilities and problems with collecting new media art will include presentations by: Warren Siebrits – founder of one of Johannesburg’s most prestigious contemporary and [...]
Friday was, perhaps, the saddest day in American history. And it went mostly quickly and quietly, except for the "liberal" lefty blogger base. These crazy opponents to Bush’s new bill, which passed in the Senate 65-34, actually believe that Bush should not be able to legally torture or hold detainees permanently, without trial or charges. [...]
