Tactical media and the end of the end of history.(art &
activism)
Tactical media is one of the most inventive and productive streams
of critical cultural practice to have emerged over the last decade and a
half--and one that is now beginning to enjoy the approval . . .
Capturing the movement: antiwar art, activism, and affect.(art
& activism)(Essay)
On March 20, 2003, just over a month after an all-day, global
antiwar rally, "Operation Iraqi Freedom"--the American
invasion of Iraq not sanctioned by the United Nations--began. Led by . . .
Existence and the other: borders of identity in light of the
Israeli/Palestinian conflict.(art & activism)
I read, some days past, that the man who ordered the erection of the
almost infinite wall of China was the first Emperor, Shih Huang Ti, who
also decreed that all books prior to him be burned ... . . .
Resistance and public art: cultural action in a globalized
terrain.(art & activism)
Two photographs of cultural production appearing in newspapers (and
not in the "arts" section) during the summer of 2005, pictured
stories about projects produced anonymously and collectively, and . . .
Just say no: Negativland's no Business.(art &
activism)(Critical essay)
A high stakes civil war rages on your laptop; it pits the
ever-expanding proprietary commercial music industry empire against the
file sharing, grass-roots freedom fighters who transform old sounds . . .
Report from Beirut: days of culture, days of siege.(art &
activism)(Diary entry)
July 14, 2006: I am writing from a cafe in the Hamra district of
West Beirut, Lebanon. The electricity has been cut off for a while now,
and the city has been surviving on generators. The cafe is . . .
Art for politics: reflections on the Whitney Biennial.(Whitney
Museum of American Art Biennial, 2006)
The title of this essay is of course a play on the title of the
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial for 2006--"Day for
Night," which ran March 2-May 28. These phrases--this for
that--suggest to . . .
"Old" Europe shows new media art.(19th European Media
Arts Festival)
EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL (EMAF)
OSNABRUCK, GERMANY
MAY 10-14, 2006
Peace, freedom, and self-determination were among the themes at the
19th European Media Arts Festival (EMAF), held May . . .
Legendary photographer Arnold Newman died on June 6, 2006, at age
88 in New York City of an apparent heart attack.(Obituary)(Bri
Legendary photographer Arnold Newman died on June 6, 2006, at age
88 in New York City of an apparentheart attack. Considered the father of
environmental portraiture, he photographed hundreds of . . .
Microsoft announces the winners of their inaugural Future Pro
Photography contest.(Brief article)
Microsoft announces the winners of their inaugural Future Pro
Photography contest. Alin Popescu from Bucharest, Romania, was awarded
the Microsoft Grand Prize, which included a $20,000 cash award . . .
The Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University has
announced the winners of the 2006 Lange-Taylor prize.(awards of
The Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University has
announced the winners of the 2006 Lange-Taylor prize. The sixteenth
Lange-Taylor Prize has been awarded to photographer Donald Weber . . .
The Legacy Project embarks on a photographic project to create
the world's largest camera and produce the world's largest
photog
The Legacy Project embarks on a photographic project to create the
world's largest camera and produce the world's largest
photograph. Six photographic artists (founding members of the . . .
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) has appointed Timothy
Druckrey as the new director of the graduate photography and digi
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) has appointed Timothy
Druckrey as the new director of the graduate photography and digital
imaging program. An internationally renowned curator, writer, . . .
Robert Heinecken, 1931-2006: a remembrance.(news)
Robert Heinecken was physically a small man--and toward the end of
his long, debilitating illness, he was shockingly tiny. However, when he
had his health, one hardly noticed his size because he . . .
Inklight.(image by Peter Tonningsen)
Twelve years old. She was ten years old. A young girl, pre-teen,
not yet cognizant of the complexities that develop and expand outward
from the onset of puberty. She wore sun dresses and went . . .
Notices.(Public notice)(Calendar)
EXHIBITIONS
ARIZONA
Scottsdale: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7380 E. 2nd St.
Visions: outside/inside. Through-Sept. 17. Flor Garduno: Inner Light.
June 9-Sept. 3. southwestNET. . . .
What Good are the Arts?(noted)(Brief article)(Book
review)
WHAT GOOD ARE THE ARTS?
by John Carey. Oxford University Press/304 pp./$26.00 (hb).
In his book, What Good are the Arts?, John Carey defines the arts
as "Anything that anyone has ever . . .
Recycled Realities.(noted)(Brief article)(Book review)
RECYCLED REALITIES
by John Willis and Tom Young. University of Chicago Press/80
pp./$45.00 (hb).
Photographers John Willis and Tom Young have teamed up to make
pictures of trash, specifically . . .
Language to Cover A Page: The Early Writings of Vito
Acconci.(noted)(Brief article)(Book review)
LANGUAGE TO COVER A PAGE: THE EARLY WRITINGS OF VITO ACCONCI
edited by Craig Dworkin. MIT Press/411 pp./$34.95 (hb).
Best known for his video and performanceart, Vito Acconci's
experimental . . .
Instant Light: Tarkovsky Polaroids.(noted)(Brief article)(Book
review)
INSTANT LIGHT: TARKOVSKY POLAROIDS
by Andrey Tarkovsky. Thames & Hudson/135 pp./$24.95 (sb).
Few type of photographs evoke the flood of feelings and
associations like a Polaroid. The familiar . . .
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