(Trailer for The Last Days of Shishmaref. East coast premier on Nov. 15, 2010)
The Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival is the longest-running, premiere showcase for international documentaries in the United States, encompassing a broad spectrum of work, from indigenous community media to experimental nonfiction. The Festival is distinguished by its outstanding selection of titles, which tackle diverse and challenging subjects, representing a range of issues and perspectives, and by the forums for discussion with filmmakers and speakers.
Mead Festival at the American Museum of Natural History
November 11 – 14 Full schedule
Forgotten, discarded, orphaned, lost; stolen, bought, discovered or found; the vernacular images in HELP ME are culled from Gillian McCain’s extensive collection of photographs in formats including tin-types, cabinet cards, Polaroids, and snapshots. Continue Reading More »
For months, after the last Shepard Fairey show at the Deitch in SoHo, I have always wondered what would come next. Luckily it wasn’t another boutique. Last month Levi’s launched a playground for photo fanatics. We all know that Levi’s is a pioneer in denim wear, but not everyone is familiar with Deitch Projects, which pioneered in its own right as a gallery for street and contemporary art. To give a little background (and props) to the gallery, since its beginnings in 1996 the Deitch has housed a roster of artists such as Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, Yoko Ono, Jon Kessler, Swoon, Mariko Mori, Os Gemeos, and Clare Rojas. Today, the spirit still survives through the Levi’s Photo Workshop with guest collaborators having their work exhibited along with the program. A Levi’s photobooth is appropriately installed in the space, although not as an installation, but as a complimentary booth for everyone. Call it a corporate marketing scheme, but who cares when you can shoot, print, scan, and rent photo equipment completely for free. A complete list of collaborating artists can be found here. Scroll down for more photos. Continue Reading More »
Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation
I first stumbled upon the paintings of Mark Warren Jacques at Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn. His small, radiant paintings hit me in the face. Mark’s paintings are characteristic of his personality: heady and amorous, and tempered with a languid playfulness. His brightly hued canvases combine a humble, DIY sensibility with otherworldly yearnings and an almost sublime aesthetic. His newest exhibit, I’m Here Now at Gallery Hijinks in San Francisco is open until November 15th. Last week I had the opportunity to talk to the artist about the show, his art, and future plans. Continue Reading More »
This weekend New York Times writer Jasper Rees broke the street art story of the year. The story, which has prompted a wildfire rash of blog postings, revolves around “The Underbelly Project.” Street artists Workhorse and PAC curated a selection of some 150 international street artists, inviting each to paint a mural in one night on the walls of an unidentified, unfinished abandoned subway station four stories underground. The exhibition was opened to a select group of journalists and bloggers for one night, and then closed forever, when the gorilla curators destroyed the entrance. The list of artists is incredible: Dan Witz, Faile, Swoon, Anthony Lister and Jeff Soto to name just a few. More details on Vandalog.Continue Reading More »
Darker, ever darker; Deeper, always deeper is a solo exhibit of Tim Whiten’ s work spanning four decades of his artistic career. The exhibit features a diverse collection of sculptures and works on paper made from skulls, glass, mud, fabric, wood, metal, leather, stone and natural liquids. Shown in the Meridian gallery, the show occupies all three levels of the gallery, beckoning the viewer to physically and psychically ascend towards the work. Whiten’ s art is intensely personal and deeply concerned with representations of spirituality. Continue Reading More »
Helen asked if I was interested in covering the opening at Devotion Gallery in Williamsburg. She knows I have an interest in electronic art and I remember shrugging and thinking, why not, even though I had never heard of generative art. That’s the term gallerist Phoenix Perry used to describe The Root of the Root, the show she curated, which opened last Friday at Devotion. Featuring works by Aaron Meyers, Paul Prudence, and Marius Watz, the show celebrates generative art, or art that relies on a system that operates with some independence (such as a computer programming language or biological process) for its creation. Continue Reading More »
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