Spinning out of control.(War Made Easy: How Presidents &
Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death)(Movie review)
WAR MADE EASY: HOW PRESIDENTS & PUNDITS KEEP SPINNING US TO
DEATH
BY LORETTA ALPER AND JEREMY EARP
PRODUCED BY THE MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND THE INSTITUTE FOR
PUBLIC ACCURACY
77 MINUTES, . . .
Abstracting presence.(I-Be Area)(Video recording review)
I-BE AREA
BY RYAN TRECARTIN
128 MINUTES, 2007
Over the past three years, Ryan Trecartin has come into the
national exhibit scene with two distinct bodies of work: sculptural,
varying in style . . .
The world in color.(A Century of Colour Photography: From the
Autochrome to the Digital Age)(Book review)
A CENTURY OF COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY: FROM THE AUTOCHROME TO THE DIGITAL
AGE
BY PAMELA ROBERTS
LONDON: ANDRE DEUTSCH LTD, CARLTON PUBLISHING GROUP, 2007
256 PP./$39.00 (HB)
Marking the . . .
Judging war.(Critical essay)
NEVER COMING HOME
BY ANDREW LICHTENSTEIN
MILAN AND NEW YORK: CHARTA BOOKS, 2007
80 PP./$24.95 (SB)
BOMB AFTER BOMB: A VIOLENT CARTOGRAPHY
BY ELIN O'HARA SLAVICK
MILAN AND NEW YORK: . . .
Reconsidering an Arab identity.
SELF-REPRESENTATION IN THE ARABIAN GULF: PERSPECTIVES IN
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY AT QATAR GALLERY
DOHA, QATAR
OCTOBER 24-DECEMBER 1, 2007
Despite the media . . .
Grave images.(Iraq War portrayals)
PURPLE HEARTS
BY NINA BERMAN
PITTSBURGH FILMMAKERS GALLERIES
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
SEPTEMBER 7-OCTOBER 21, 2007
GRAVE AND DETERIORATING: IMAGES OF THE IRAQ WAR
BY CHRIS HONDROS
. . .
Quiet color.(Jeff Wall's exhibit)
JEFF WALL
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
JUNE 29-SEPTEMBER 23, 2007
Similar to my original reaction to the action-packed lines of
Jackson Pollock, I have never been particularly . . .
Antidote to dystopia.
BRAVE NEW WORLDS
WALKER ART CENTER
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
OCTOBER 4, 2007-FEBRUARY 17, 2008
Viewing "Brave New Worlds" is an arduous experience, but
worthwhile, for it is the most . . .
Photographing sprawl: picturing the contemporary suburb.(Critical
essay)
Robert Altman's Nashville (1975) is a film whose sprawling
narrative structure reflects the equally sprawling fabric of the
automobile-dominated, postwar boom town in which it takes place. The . . .
Body of prayer: an interview with Steed
Taylor.(Interview)
Through media ranging from traditional to unorthodox, Steed Taylor
forges a connection between the human experiences of longing and
loss--of spirituality and memorial. In his artist statement for a . . .
A world in reverse: the work of Maritza Molina.(Critical
essay)
Maritza Molina is a Cuban-born artist who has lived in Miami since
the mid-1980s. Gaining access to her work requires understanding the
relationship between her early life in Havana, the . . .
Vital signs.(Conference notes)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MEDIA ARTS AND CULTURE CONFERENCE
AUSTIN, TEXAS
OCTOBER 17-20, 2007
"The Frontier is Here," the most recent convening of the
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture . . .
Technological transformation.(Conference notes)
8TH ANNUAL MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION CONVENTION
TECNOLOGICO DE MONTERREY, ESTADO DE MEXICO
MEXICO CITY
JUNE 6-10, 2007
The theme of the 8th annual convention of the Media . . .
Tell me a story.
10TH MOIS DE LA PHOTO
MONTREAL, CANADA
SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 21, 2007
If there were an Academy Award for curating, "Replaying
Narrative" ought to win. This tenth installment of . . .
Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
To the Editor,
I was very pleased with Peter Wollheim's "YouTube and
Representations of Mental Illness," featured in the
September/October issue (Vol. 35, no. 2). Although Mr. Wollheim's
effort . . .
Notices.
EXHIBITIONS
ARIZONA
Scottsdale: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7374 E. 2nd St.
Lyle Ashton Harris. Feb. 8-May 27. www.sccarts.org.
Tucson: Center for Creative Photography. University . . .
Joachim Schmid: Photoworks 1982-2007.
Joachim Schmid: Photoworks 1982-2007, edited by Gordon MacDonald
and John S Weber. Photoworks/Steidl/Tang Museum/288pp./$55.00 (hb).
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This heavy, beautifully produced book . . .
The Art of the American Snapshot 1888-1978.(Brief article)(Book
review)
The Art of the American Snapshot 1888-1978, by Sarah Greenough
& Diane Waggonerr. Sarah Kennel and Matthew S. Witkovsky. National
Gallery of Art and Princeton University Press/294 pp./$55.00 (hb).
. . .
Around the World: The Grand Tour in Photo Albums.
Around the World: The Grand Tour in Photo Albums, by Barbara Levine
and Kirsten M. Jensen. Princeton Architectural Press/208pp./$55.00 (hb).
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Around the World showcases . . .
Emanation and return: archive as liberator.
The origin of the word archive is located in the public domain and
possesses a secular significance, most often referring to documents
sequestered in a particular repository, the Greek arkheion. In . . .
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