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7 years

this blog is seven years old today. but i really don’t use it that much any more. happy birthday. Tags: me, uncategorical

2010 02 20 nathaniel uncategorical Comments (0)

UPDATED – Arrested Time: Nathaniel Stern with Jessica Meuninck-Ganger at Greylock Arts, Adams MA

Arrested Time moved a day later due to snow An exhibition of works combining contemporary technologies with traditional drawing and printmaking methods Nathaniel Stern with Jessica Meuninck-Ganger Greylock Arts, 93 Summer St, Adams MA Curated by Jo-Anne Green 27 February 2010 – 3 April 2010 Opening reception Saturday, February 27th 2010, 5:30 – 8:30 pm About the Works [...]

2010 02 14 nathaniel art
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Profundity and plasticity for the greedy

Profundity and plasticity for the greedy This article by Chris Roper appeared in both the online and print editions of the Mail & Guardian. Also see their online video feature. “… The work is funny, pretty and accessible, but it’s also complicated, surprising, exceedingly well crafted and rewards a long-term relationship. That’s your cue to [...]

2010 02 07 nathaniel art
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Passing Between: Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninck-Ganger at Gallery AOP, Johannesburg

GALLERY AOP (Art on Paper) presents Passing Between A collaboration incorporating traditional printmaking and contemporary digital, video and networked art by Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninck-Ganger 30 January – 27 February 2010 Opening Saturday 30 January from 12:00 to 16:00 Opening address by Prof. Christo Doherty, Wits Digital Arts, at 12:30 The artists will be in attendance [...]

2010 01 22 nathaniel art
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WikiWars

I’m in Bangalore, India with my good friend and collaborator, Scott Kildall (among many others – including my friend Heather Ford!), participating and presenting at the Centre for Internet and Society’s CPOV (Critical Point of View): WikiWars. So far, so interesting. Our paper is tomorrow, entitled Wikipedia Art: Citation as Performative Act. There will be [...]

2010 01 12 nathaniel art
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Dada South?

Dada South? Exploring Dada legacies in South African art 1960 to the present ‘Dada South?’, curated by Roger van Wyk and Kathryn Smith presents a collision of artistic strategies and forms that reflect the impact of Dada; works conceived and enacted in the spirit of Dada, and which seek to question the conventions, values and [...]

2009 12 10 nathaniel art
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Nathaniel Stern, PhD

Had my VIVA yesterday, for my dissertation. It was awesome – amazing feedback, a great discussion, some provocative comments. My examiners really engaged with the text in ways that any doctoral student would be thrilled by. I’ll write about it some time, but am too busy celebrating right now. Anyhow, no revisions: I’m a doctor. [...]

2009 10 17 nathaniel art
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That’s my art!

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 [...]

2009 10 09 nathaniel Compressionism
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American Furniture/Googled

I’ve penned a review for the Milwaukee Art Museum’s American Furniture/Googled exhibition, and it’s up on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Mary-Louise Schumacher’s “Art City” site. Teaser: The “American Furniture/Googled” exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum through Sunday is a surprisingly interesting show, even if only in its promise. Little did I expect, when going [...]

2009 10 05 nathaniel art
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Central Booking Gallery launch in Brooklyn, NY!

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 [...]

2009 09 07 nathaniel Compressionism
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Networked: a networked_book about networked_art

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 [...]

2009 08 02 nathaniel Links
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Wikipedia Art in the Wall Street Journal

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

2009 07 30 nathaniel Links
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More Compressionism, plus bonus life and art details (in short review)

Wow. I almost forgot I had a blog. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been working on a whole lot of art. Video-print-object things like this, scanner stuff like that, interactive installations like these (actually, mostly been updating a few of these pieces to new versions with openFrameworks, while brainstorming a new piece), and [...]

2009 07 24 nathaniel Compressionism
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FROM ONE, MANY: Contemporary Wisconsin Prints

Officially opens 12 July. Note that Jessica and I are also giving a talk at the Sneak Preview next Friday 10 July… The Museum of Wisconsin Art is proud to showcase some of the state’s best printmakers in “FROM ONE, MANY: Contemporary Wisconsin Prints” This is an original MWA exhibition and the range of print [...]

2009 07 02 nathaniel art
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July 12 at MOCT: Upgrade! Milwaukee presents Nadav Assor (Israel) and Maria Bolivar (Venezuela)

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 [...]

2009 06 30 nathaniel Links
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makin art

Spending lots of time in the studio these days. Working on many pieces that continue my still very very new Distill Life series (using mostly machinima video from Second Life and combining that with prints and drawings), some Compressionist prints, and a kind of mixed reality minimalist video installation called Given Time that I am [...]

2009 06 12 nathaniel Compressionism
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Wikipedia Art in Venice: call for remixes

SEE THE CALL AND THE REMIXES SO FAR Wikipedia Art – originally an editable encyclopedia entry as art work – applied for and was denied citizenship on Wikipedia. It now seeks refugee status in Venice through the establishment of The Wikipedia Art Embassy. Encyclopedic ambassadors, Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern, invite writings on, and creative [...]

2009 06 02 nathaniel art
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how to write an artist statement

I’ve been thinking about posting this for a while – it’s an experiment. Please comment if you have anything to add, you disagree with, or if you like or dislike the post. There may or may not be more like it in the future, depending on the response (or lack thereof). Like making art, there [...]

2009 06 01 nathaniel art
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exhibition and lectures at Elaine Erickson Gallery

PRINTS: Collecting to Creating 1850′s – 2009 Elaine Erickson Gallery 207 East Buffalo Street Milwaukee, WI  53202 414-221-0613 Selected works from the Kevin Milaeger collection, works from the Sherkow collection, gallery and guest artists. Exhibition: June 6 – July 14 2009 Lecture: June 10, 6:30 pm, Kevin Milaeger, “A Passion for Collecting” Lecture: June 24, [...]

2009 05 31 nathaniel art
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CricketToes: Time Has Come for a Milwaukee Upgrade!

FEATURE on CricketToes: Time Has Come for a Milwaukee Upgrade! Time Has Come for a Milwaukee Upgrade! Upgrade! At a point in history when independent artists, collectives, galleries, and small arts organizations are struggling to see their way through this thickly choking economic smog, all the while acutely aware that the endeavors of some of [...]

2009 05 30 nathaniel art
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