{"id":912,"date":"2005-11-16T17:34:05","date_gmt":"2005-11-16T15:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=912"},"modified":"2005-11-16T17:38:16","modified_gmt":"2005-11-16T15:38:16","slug":"fun-tired-sickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/16\/fun-tired-sickly\/","title":{"rendered":"fun, tired, sickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/haacke.jpg?w=850\" alt='hans haacke, news, state of the union show, 1969 \/ 2005' \/><br \/>\n<small>Hans Haacke, <i>news<\/i>, 1969 \/ 2005, at the <i>state of the union<\/i> show, Paula Cooper Gallery<\/small><\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed a little bit of playing by Thando Mama on the blog over the past few days, as he gets to know the WordPress software &#8212; he responded to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artthrob.co.za\/05nov\/project.html\">artthrob<\/a> article about how I&#8217;ve been looking for peops to participate in this space, and is learning how to upload and spell check now (!). Forgive the inconsistencies. If you are interested in blogging (I NEED writers now!!!!), <a href=\"\/details\/contact.html\">contact me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I, on the other hand, have been a little sickly, and running around like a headless chicken.  Simon, Bronwyn and I have been catching as many of the Marina Abromovic performances as we can (between us, we&#8217;ve missed only two), checking out some amazing work at the MOMA and PS 1, running to the Berni Searle and DJ Spooky show on the LES, gallery hopping in Chelsea, etc and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include (no time to look up URLs, but by all means, google it!):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lips of Thomas re-enactment\/document by Marina<\/li>\n<li>Hans Haacke at Paula Cooper<\/li>\n<li>James Turrell at both MOMA and PS 1<\/li>\n<li>Gary Hill (his stuff at MOMA, but not at PS 1)<\/li>\n<li>I had forgotten about the Kentridge permanent stairwell at PS 1!<\/li>\n<li>Jon Kessler at PS 1 was not my taste, but it was a very successful installation<\/li>\n<li>Chatting to another Staten Islander at Berni Searle&#8217;s thing (who knew they liked art?)<\/li>\n<li>The New Museum book store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In South Africa? You should be sad if you missed the Colleen Alborough exhibition at KZNSA &#8211; shame on you. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capeafrica.org\/\">eKapa conference<\/a> in Cape Town is coming up, and looks hot &#8212; wish I could make it.  Chat to Simon about his trip while there, if you can! Also, tell Franci Cronje hi.<\/p>\n<p>But sooner, and in Joburg, don&#8217;t miss <i>Etch A Sketch<\/i>: &#8220;an experience into the unfamiliar edge where art  and sound converge. Watch live collaborations between visual artists and  musicians for the first time ever in the entire universe.&#8221; Wow. That&#8217;s awesome.<br \/>\nDrill Hall, Thursday 24 November, 7:30pm, R30, cash bar. Features include Joao Orecchia, mtkidu, Mitch Said and Templar Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hans Haacke, news, 1969 \/ 2005, at the state of the union show, Paula Cooper Gallery You may have noticed a little bit of playing by Thando Mama on the blog over the past few days, as he gets to know the WordPress software &#8212; he responded to the artthrob article about how I&#8217;ve been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,3,18,10,13,2,19,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-art-and-tech","category-franci-cronje","category-music","category-simon-gush","category-south-african-art","category-stimulus","category-thando"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-eI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":949,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/30\/direction-cape\/","url_meta":{"origin":912,"position":0},"title":"direction cape","author":"thando","date":"30 November 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"it seems that heads are heading to cape town this weekend for the sessions ekapa. will be coming out from my hide out to join the masses this summer and will try to get some pics whilst there. i don't know about the Jozi dudes but cape town seems to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AJ Venter&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AJ Venter","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/old-categories\/aj-venter\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":916,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/18\/any-one-tell-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":912,"position":1},"title":"any one tell me","author":"thando","date":"18 November 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"ZA roads","rel":"","context":"In &quot;pop culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"pop culture","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/pop-culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/04\/24\/sickly\/","url_meta":{"origin":912,"position":2},"title":"sickly","author":"nathaniel","date":"24 April 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been all kinds of sick lately, and I am not really enjoying it. 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I went shopping. I went gallery hopping in Chelsea. I went to Sean's opening at David Krut. I went to the MOMA. I went to Aunt Harriet's Hanukkah party (by far the most fun). But I have not been blogging. 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