Consumed,Repurpose-Driven Life – NYTimes.com
“America’s shopping infrastructure is vast and abundant. That’s the problem.”
The above is an article in the New York Times about the shopping mall crisis in the USA mentions the photography of Julia Christensen (above) which documents the conversions of big-box stores in the Big Box Reuse book and BigBoxReuse website and a [...]
Below are some rough ideas that surfaced during a discussion in my one and only design course this semester who’s function is to observe art and it’s relation to design, and vice-versa. Corrections and comments welcomed.
Above All there is Function.
If I had to (read had to) categorize something as being “art” or “design”, I would [...]
A few clips of interest, mostly of themes I have been thinking about. I’m not gonna discuss them, I want to keep opinion and sentiment at bay.
Walks in the West Bank
The Palestinian author Raja Shehadeh looks back on years of walks in the hills of the West Bank. (A video article by the New [...]
Just found out video artist Yael Bartana will be participating in the “Ours: Branding Democracy” exhibition at the Parsons/The New School. The Exhibition goes beyond the the gallery to include, panel discussions, presentations, charrettes with the students (open to public), and performances. I’ve read about Yael’s work and have seen some of here videos here [...]
I don’t know if you’ve been catching any of the Performa 07 performances running though out the city this month, just the other day a friend and I went to a radio performance of Stuart Bailey (a.k.a. Dexter Sinister) and Ryan Gander’s Appendix Appendix (pilot show) at Home Sweet Home, it was interesting, got [...]
—> Last minute picks!!
We’ve added 4 October events to our picks, 2 events THIS WEEKEND in New York (Friday/Saturday) and 2 more on October 25th & 26th in Paris and New York respectively… ALSO At the end of the email we added “Curious Notes”, a brief list of events that we’re curious about but haven’t [...]
A couple of events that are on our radar for the end of this month and in October through Dec, This time we’ve group events by category…
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BOOKS, MAGAZINES, ETC.
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First off is the return of Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair THIS FRIDAY thru SUNDAY! This [...]
