Saint Lawrence Ice was an exhibition by Ben Schumacher on the ice of the Saint Lawrence river.
It included work by artists I enjoy: Landon Metz (above), Brad Troemel, Artie Vierkant, Jon Rafman and others.
via Karen Archey's post on Image Conscious
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Saint Lawrence Ice
Saint Lawrence Ice was an exhibition by Ben Schumacher on the ice of the Saint Lawrence river.
It included work by artists I enjoy: Landon Metz (above), Brad Troemel, Artie Vierkant, Jon Rafman and others.
via Karen Archey's post on Image Conscious
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Yesforsure.com
Installation view of Yesforsure.com, by Rafael Rozendaal
From Happy is a Place, 2010
Curated by Violeta Solís Horcasitas.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Duncan Alexander
Here are some experiments by Duncan Alexander that I am liking today.
How To Display Net Art
Later...
Element Cubes I
How To Display Net Art
Later...
Element Cubes I
Friday, February 11, 2011
"Dog piece," by Jose Maria
"JM: One of my favorite pieces was the dog piece. In Anapra there are a lot of stray dogs, the kind where the females have had so many litters that their stomachs and nipples almost drag across the dirt as they walk around. These were all “mutts,” as you call them, so I thought it would be interesting to bring in a pure-bred dog and let her roam free in town and see how people react. So I went to Juárez and bought a Chihuahueño and let her loose, but someone must have stolen her.
GF: Oh.
JM: I never saw her again after that first day. Then I got another one in El Paso, a long-haired one, and smuggled him in. People were mystified seeing this little guy–so clean and out of place. He had a refinement that was obvious. Initially he had trouble socializing with the other dogs. People started calling him El Pequeño Diablo. They thought he was either a gift from God, a curse of the Devil, or some sort of message being sent by [the most prominent drug-dealer at the time]. No one ever found out where he came from. El Pequeño was still roaming the town when I moved to El Paso. He was kind of a mascot.
GF: What makes you like this piece?
JM: It’s basically invisible. What I did–bring a dog to town–just added one more dog. There has to be over 500 dogs in Anapra. Probably more. So in terms of things added, it’s basically nothing. But everyone–kids, adults, criminals, nuns–they all loved seeing a little Chihuahua running around. So it had an impact, but nothing tangible. It’s also an intervention–if you want to call it that–that I had no control over. Once I introduced the dog to the environment, it was out of my hands completely."
from AFC interview by Guy Forget
GF: Oh.
JM: I never saw her again after that first day. Then I got another one in El Paso, a long-haired one, and smuggled him in. People were mystified seeing this little guy–so clean and out of place. He had a refinement that was obvious. Initially he had trouble socializing with the other dogs. People started calling him El Pequeño Diablo. They thought he was either a gift from God, a curse of the Devil, or some sort of message being sent by [the most prominent drug-dealer at the time]. No one ever found out where he came from. El Pequeño was still roaming the town when I moved to El Paso. He was kind of a mascot.
GF: What makes you like this piece?
JM: It’s basically invisible. What I did–bring a dog to town–just added one more dog. There has to be over 500 dogs in Anapra. Probably more. So in terms of things added, it’s basically nothing. But everyone–kids, adults, criminals, nuns–they all loved seeing a little Chihuahua running around. So it had an impact, but nothing tangible. It’s also an intervention–if you want to call it that–that I had no control over. Once I introduced the dog to the environment, it was out of my hands completely."
from AFC interview by Guy Forget
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
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