klein street, 1994
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Ralph Borland in NYC: Suited for Subversion
South Africa’s own Ralph Borland is exhibiting on a group show in NYC at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), right now! Suited for Subversion is part of the exhibition SAFE: Design Takes on Risk, October 16, 2005 – January 2, 2006.
Here’s two pics he sent me from over in the states:
Ralph Borland and his Suited for Subversion at the MOMA, and in the streets of NYC. He wore that same suit as my date to the Kebbles in 2003; my wife thought he looked good. Pictures by Kim Silberman
Suited for Subversion draws on Ralph Borland’s work as an activist involved in street demonstrations in New York. Made of vinyl stuffed with polyurethane foam, the suit protects the wearer from police batons at large-scale street protests, and monitors the wearer’s pulse. In the centre of the suit’s chest is a speaker that projects this amplified heartbeat. It can also be used to play music and chant slogans.
As much as my suit is armour, it is also disarming; as much provocation as protection.
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odys for your iPod @ odys.org
the odys series was always intended for intimate viewings; even when it premiered at the Johannesburg Art Museum as an installation, I had six separate screens, each with headphones. Viewers were encouraged to re-visit and jump over juxtaposed media, and create a shifting collage.
Now you can get very personal, and re-visit all you like — all six videos have been optimized for the new iPod and iTunes.
odys for your iPod is now free at odys.org
note: I’ve not yet tested this on many Macs, or any PCs, so please let me know if you have any trouble… Hell, the new iPod ain’t even available in South Africa yet, but I thought this’d be fun. Also, if anyone knows how to make a link that imports directly into iTunes, I’m all ears….
It’s 1:35 AM in SA; I am going to bed. Will get to bugs, and add to Rhizome ArtBase, this weekend. Shout out to Marisa Olson and Francis Hwang, the only iPod artists I know. I hope we’ll see more soon.
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art for thought
Has anyone other than Franci Cronje noticed that the Kebble site has removed, from its front page, the Roger Kebble statement that the awards will go ahead as planned?
::direct link to original statement::
This doesn’t mean anything yet (this is still linked from the front page), but it is very curious…. It was very sad to lose BK, and his family must be devastated and confused; the awards being questioned, for whatever reason, are yet another testament to his forward thinking in the first place. I, like most people in South African arts, do hope they carry on – in one form or another – in his name.
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Toni’s Gallery :: Interactive Video Workshop
Some pictures from the lecture and workshop in Grahamstown (more to be uploaded in the next day or two):