My worlds collide! No 1: The Choreographed Accident from Digital Arts Remote Lectures …. I’m very excited to announce our very first Remote Lecture for 2010 by Marcelino Stuhmer based at the University of Wisconsin in Milwakee . The Choreographed Accident: How painting survived the accident. In this Remote Lecture Marcelino Struhmer will be speaking [...]
In my inbox: I’m writing from the North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition in regards to our latest project, nbAUDIO 2011. NbPac is currently holding an Open Call for Brooklyn-based sound artists. We are inviting artists to propose an original sound installation that addresses the historical, social, and political atmosphere of North Brooklyn’s community. Additionally, we [...]
Good friend and great artist Colleen Alborough exhibits a new solo of fantastic work in downtown Joburg, downstairs at the Standard Bank Gallery. I’m sad to miss it (in Wisconsin), but if you’re in town, it’s a must see. This opens alongside a Louis Khehla Maqhubela retrospective, the latter in the upstairs gallery. Opening, Tuesday [...]
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, [...]
Nearly a week after BoingBoing posted it, but this is great! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Tags: inbox, news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, youtube
My review of Sarah Cook and Beryl Graham’s book (both of CRUMB – the Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss), “Rethinking Curating: Art after New Media” (Leonardo books / The MIT Press) is the Rhizome News feature today. Teaser: Humorous and surprising, smart and provocative, Rethinking Curating: Art after New Media (MIT Press, 2010) jumps [...]
Become a reviewer at Futherfield. From Marc Garrett: We receive regular submissions from artists and art-groups from all over the world. Inviting us to feature and review their projects, whether they exist as works on the Internet, physical pieces in spaces and projects outdoors, or cultural events, workshops, conferences and publications. We have an excellent [...]
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, [...]
I penned a book review for Rhizome.org, and another is coming soon. Teaser: Cover of Screens: Viewing Media Installation Art by Kate Mondloch Kate Mondloch’s first book, Screens: Viewing Media Installation Art, is a welcome study of the cathode ray tubes, liquid crystal and plasma displays, and film, video and data projections that “pervade contemporary [...]
Bad at Sports Episode 244: Nathaniel Stern by Duncan MacKenzie “Bad at Sports is a weekly podcast produced in Chicago that features artists talking about art and the community that makes, reviews and critiques it. Shows are usually posted each weekend and can be listened to on any computer with an internet connection and speakers [...]
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 [...]
LOLremix – humans, dressed as cats, re-performing their favorite LOLcats. (In my class at UWM…) Original inspiration credit goes to: Tags: art, art and tech, flickr, me, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, uncategorical
Annette Monnier’s new blog project seeks to let her really focus in on one show she sees every month. She recently reviewed #class, a show in New York City meant to underscore the controversy about a bigger show by the famous Jeff Koons, also in New York City. In her review of the response show, [...]
On Nathaniel Stern & Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s “Passing Between” at AOP Gallery by Christo Doherty “This past month, Johannesburg’s AOP Gallery, a space devoted to works on paper, hosted the exhibition “Passing Between” which showcased the collaborative output between digital artist Nathaniel Stern and printmaker Jessica Meuninck-Ganger. At the outset, Stern and Meuninck-Ganger approached the collaboration [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
