{"id":518,"date":"2004-12-10T10:33:57","date_gmt":"2004-12-10T08:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2005-11-28T04:59:19","modified_gmt":"2005-11-28T02:59:19","slug":"artthrob-does-its-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2004\/12\/10\/artthrob-does-its-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"A R T T H R O B _ N E W S"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, so artthrob<\/a> has been slacking a bit lately, I know; they’ve been late on releases, and this time, are even missing a few of their regular features. And web geeks like me have been giving them a hard time (at least in our heads – and a much harder time than they deserve). But we have to remember that it’s free, it’s great, it was started as a one woman show, and it fosters the arts in ways that other SA institutions should (and often do) bow to.<\/p>\n

So, as they try to find ways of working without their talented ex-editor, Sean O’Toole, let’s give them some space for the holiday season. Next year is, well, a new year.<\/p>\n

In the meanwhile, read about the standard bank young artists of the year<\/a>, including the very deserving Wim Botha and PJ Sabbagha (not that the others are not deserving, but moreover that I can’t say so, as I do not know their work).<\/p>\n

And of course, we hear loads from Carine Zaayman, but the best is this little number: Five steps to holiday bliss<\/a>. Its premise is the question, “Can you say that being a ‘new media practitioner’ today is analogous to being single? ” OK, so sometimes it (as in, the analogy) works, and sometimes it doesn’t, but at least it’s really funny, and she gives you some places to surf n’ shop (and I mean web not ocean)….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, so artthrob has been slacking a bit lately, I know; they’ve been late on releases, and this time, are even missing a few of their regular features. And web geeks like me have been giving them a hard time (at least in our heads – and a much harder time than they deserve). 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