Merry Christmakkah! Happy new year! I skipped a year, so it’s been 2 since I posted my surprisingly popular Tops of 2008: A Different Kind of Year in Review. Here, I go with four different Top 5 lists: The Top 5 people I newly met in 2010, The Top 5 people I’d like to meet [...]
Just finished an overhaul of compressionism.net, and uploaded content, including works, press, documentaiton, etc. Look out for upcoming books and shows that feature the new work! In this ongoing series of prints, I strap a desktop scanner, laptop and custom battery pack to my body, and perform images into existence. I might scan in straight, [...]
Good friends and artists Scott Kildall and Victoria Scott are building a huge, Second-Life originated Trojan Horse, which will roam the streets of San Jose, then release paper viruses in the San Jose Art Museum. They need your help! Click below to see the video and donate. Tags: Links, art, art and tech, pop culture, [...]
Two in Wisconsin, and more! It’s been a busy few months for Nathaniel Stern (me), and there’s more to come. My show with Jessica Meuninck-Ganger at Gallery AOP in Johannesburg has received critical acclaim in the Mail and Guardian and on Rhizome.org (among others), and the exhibition at Greylock Arts (extended for another two weeks [...]
From Jo-Anne Green and Helen Thorington – I just gave $10, and every bit helps! Support Turbulence.org Dear Friends, As the end of the year draws near, we hope that you will support our many inspiring and innovative projects – Turbulence.org, Networked_Performance, Networked_Music_Review, Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art), Upgrade! Boston, Floating Points, Programmable Media, New [...]
Although not mentioned by name, that’s a Compressionist print of mine framed in the doorway, in this article in the art newspaper: Gallery dedicated to book art opens in Brooklyn Commercial venture shows growing popularity of the medium By Andrew Goldstein | Web only Published online 5 Oct 09 (Art Market) Central Booking’s opening party [...]
Eve Sussman & Rufus Corporation, along with the Edward Winkleman Gallery, have produced a large edition of an ongoing video art work that comes complete with a player and screen. As if this isn’t enough of a breakthrough in the commercial art gallery realm (and one Jessica and I have been admittedly contemplating for our [...]
Central Booking is a new gallery in DUMBO dedicated to the art of the book: We exhibit the breadth of the various approaches to the form, since the artist book can be anything from a pamphlet done inexpensively on a copy machine to a letterpress codex bound book integrating words and images to a sculptural [...]
I’m on the selection committee for this call – they’re great to work with: The Wilson Center continues its recognition of exceptional Wisconsin artists with an invitation to submit proposals for solo and collaborative exhibitions for the 2010 through 2012 season of the Ploch Art Gallery. Click here to learn more about the gallery and [...]
The amazing folks at turbulence.org have done it again! See below. Networked_Performance — Networked: a networked_book about networked_art Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art) INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE: Two years in the making, Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art) is now open for comments, revisions, and translations. You may also submit a chapter for consideration. Please register [...]
Article on Internet Art in the Wall Street Journal, with a short segment on Wikipedia Art. Here’s the link (subscription needed after a week, so here’s a PDF: The Internet as Art). Schweet! Tags: Links, art, art and tech, creative commons, me, milwaukee art, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, reviews
More information: http://digiwaukee.net/upgrade Upgrade! Milwaukee presents Nadav Assor and Maria Bolivar! Sunday July 12, 7 – 9 PM MOCT, 240 E Pittsburgh Ave Milwaukee, WI 53204 Please come to the second Upgrade! Milwaukee, featuring Nadav Assor (Israel) and Maria Bolivar (Venezuela)! On Nadav Assor (who was the founder of Upgrade! Tel Aviv): “I am greatly [...]
Via Art City: Billed as a “haven for our community’s many voices,” a critical arts journal called SNAPMilwaukee will launch Thursday. The online-only journal will cover architecture, visual art, film, music and performing arts. SNAP will be a place for “informed critical discourse in and around the arts through in-depth study, commentary, historical analysis, synthesis [...]
Night Work / Distill Life sees a couple of blog features, namely on DVblog and Networked Performance. Thanks Jo and Michael! I must quote Michael, as he amuses me so: Documentation of work of surpassing loveliness & smarts both, from Jessica Meuninck-Ganger & Nathaniel Stern*** as they meld digital photo frames, printing and drawing into [...]
You probably heard about the threat of a lawsuit from Wikimedia on Wikipedia Art by now, but just in case: Here’s how we went public, on EFF: Wikipedia Threatens Artists for Fair Use Here’s the legal history on our site. And it exploded, of course, when it got slashdotted. I urge readers to make their [...]
Implicit Art gets a thoughtful and good review on Art Connect. It’s rare to see so much time taken to reflect what makes a good blog, or a good art site, and this space does both. Check it. Tags: Ireland Art, Links, art, art and tech, inbox, me, milwaukee art, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, south [...]
Good friend and great person Jessica Findley is applying for the “best job in the world.” Awesome video. Watch and vote below: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video vote for her here: http://www.islandreefjob.com/applicants/watch/0bShnMlzPYE Tags: Links, inbox, re-blog tidbits, uncategorical
Although I’ve been keeping a low profile in the public debates about Wikipedia Art, I have had a few ongoing and private discussions with its critics and supporters. With his OK, the below is an excerpt from an email I wrote to Tom Moody yesterday. —– The main issue for me is not whether I [...]
That’s right. The co-founder of Wikipedia has joined the Facebook Group for Wikipedia Art. How’s that for some credibility? If only these guys agreed (still marked for deletion). The group. Or click image to see that he is a member – this is for real, people. Tags: Ireland Art, Links, art, art and tech, creative [...]
Lots of cool edits to the page – see the history as well. Huge debate roaring as well. My favorite quote here (followed by mini argument) is by Wikipedia user “shmeck,” aka contemporary artist Shane Mecklenburger: KEEP The Wikipedia Art page is a self-aware example of Wikipedia’s mission of collective epistemology. It enacts and exposes [...]
