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09 October 2009 by nathaniel

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

Central Booking’s opening party

New york. In tune with a growing interest in print and book art, a new pop-up gallery has opened in Brooklyn’s DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighbourhood dedicated to the art form. Called Central Booking, the space is the brainchild of Maddy Rosenberg, a book artist and independent curator who has worked in the field for more than two decades, and hopes to further expose the versatility of the medium to the art world at large.

“My definition of the book is very expansive and inclusive,” says Rosenberg. “When an artist says they’re making a book, that’s my parameter.”

Read on.

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05 October 2009 by nathaniel

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 to what I assumed to be a very tame gallery talk, to be engaged in a discussion about controversial topics surrounding knowledge and research. At first glance, the exhibition feels like little more than a post-curating gimmick: a bunch of slideshows about designers and furniture next to their 19th century counterparts.

But the show’s charming curator, Mel Buchanan – the museum’s relatively newly appointed assistant curator of 20th-Century Design – convinced me of at least one thing: Google gets people talking. As our small crowd at the Buchanan-led chat disputed issues of truth, power and silliness online, our interest exponentially increased. I’d definitely recommend the show; just be sure to bring a friend, or group, who likes debate.

Buchanan was given a tiny budget – even by non-museum exhibition standards – and told to use everyday technologies to access the MAM’s collection of furniture design circa the 1800s. She and her collaborators actually considered several ideas before settling on Google searches for their pieces as its starting point.

These throwaways included, among other things, a Wiki show, where museum-goers could contribute their own information and opinions for each object, and a Facebook show, where each piece got a profile and friends, and we could write on their virtual walls.

…

Read more.

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29 September 2009 by nathaniel

Colin Richards @ Gallery AOP (Johannesburg)

One of my favorite South African artists at one of my favorite South African galleries (disclosure: the latter is MY South African gallery):

8 – 31 October 2009
Opening on Thursday 10 October at 18:00
Preview by appointment
Walkabout with the artist on Saturday 10 October at 12:00
Colin Richards  Parrot (African Grey) I (detail)  2009   Watercolour  580X760mm
Colin Richards
For more information, please call 082 808 9971
www.galleryaop.com

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02 August 2009 by nathaniel

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 and then Read | Write:

The Immediated Now: Network Culture and the Poetics of Reality
Kazys Varnelis

Lifetracing: The Traces of a Networked Life
Anne Helmond

Storage in Collaborative Networked Art
Jason Freeman

Data Undermining: The Work of Networked Art in an Age of Imperceptibility
Anna Munster

Art in the Age of Dataflow: Narrative, Authorship, and Indeterminacy
Patrick Lichty

BACKGROUND

Networked proposes that a history or critique of interactive and/or participatory art must itself be interactive and/or participatory; that the technologies used to create a work suggest new forms a “book” might take.

In 2008, Turbulence.org and its project partners — NewMediaFix, Telic Arts Exchange, and Freewaves – issued an international, open call for chapter proposals. We invited contributions that critically and creatively rethink how networked art is categorized, analyzed, legitimized — and by whom — as norms of authority, trust, authenticity and legitimacy evolve.

Our international committee consisted of: Steve Dietz (Northern Lights, MN) :: Martha Gabriel (net artist, Brazil) :: Geert Lovink (Institute for Network Cultures, The Netherlands) :: Nick Montfort (Massachusetts Institute for Technology, MA) :: Anne Bray (LA Freewaves, LA) :: Sean Dockray (Telic Arts Exchange, LA) :: Jo-Anne Green (NRPA, MA) :: Eduardo Navas (newmediaFIX) :: Helen Thorington (NRPA, NY)

Built by Matthew Belanger (our hero!), http://networkedbook.org is powered by WordPress, CommentPress and BuddyPress.

Networked was made possible with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts (United States). Thank you.

We are deeply grateful to Eduardo Navas for his commitment to both this project and past collaborations with Turbulence.org.

Jo-Anne Green and Helen Thorington
jo at turbulence dot org
newradio at turbulence dot org

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02 July 2009 by nathaniel

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…

From One, Many (Museum of Wisconsin Art)

From One, Many

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 media will be matched only by the diversity of artists: established practitioners will be on display beside younger, up-and-coming artists.

Sneak Preview Friday July 10th, 10:30AM featuring an artist talk with collaborating exhibitors Jessica Meuninck-Ganger and Nathaniel Stern.

Exhibit will run July 10 – Aug. 30

Attists exhibiting are:

John BALSLEY, Larry BASKY, Brad CORSO, Bob ERICKSON, Ray GLOECKLER, Lisa HECHT, John HITCHCOCK, Jayne REID JACKSON, Dara LARSON, Gregory MARTENS, Colin MATTHES, Jessica MEUNINCK-GANGER, Mark MULHEARN, Frances MEYERS, Dorota BICZEL NELSON, Michael NITSCH, Gaylord SCHANILEC, Paula SCHULZE, Jan SERR, Nathaniel STERN, Christine STYLE, Ken SWANSON, Paul YANK and Rita YOON

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12 June 2009 by nathaniel

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 very excited about (doing avatar design with my assistant now). Have also been playing with openFrameworks a lot lately (updating my interactive pieces built in Director in the early 2000s – so they run on new machines – while learning its idiosyncrasies). Can I just say “awesome”? Am about done with stuttering “2.0,” which hasn’t worked on any machine I have owned since 2003; it feels so good to see the piece again! Coming up: elicit, enter:hektor, and then a new work; all four will be released as “Body Language,” a suite of interactive installations, some time in the next year. Much of the more object- and print-based stuff will feature in upcoming shows in South Africa and on the East Coast in early 2010.

Hooray for stuff and things! Yay art!

Posted in art, art and tech, Compressionism, exhibition, me, milwaukee art, printmaking, uncategorical ·
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