THE MOST-VIEWED WORK OF PERFORMANCE ART IN HISTORY
THE MOST-VIEWED WORK OF PERFORMANCE ART IN HISTORY: VANESSA BEECROFT ON DITCHING THE ART WORLD FOR KANYE WEST On Valentine’s Day, the artist Vanessa Beecroft sent an e-mail telling me to go to an address on Wooster Street in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, where she would be, as the e-mail stated, “w Kanye.” “Haven’t had a […]
BLANK ON BLANK: DAVID BOWIE ON STARDUST
BLANK ON BLANK: DAVID BOWIE ON STARDUST Our website might just be a celebration of everything is David Bowie as we mourn his passing this week. “I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star. I always felt a little bit out of my element,” he said in this episode of the […]
Julia Vogl wins the Catlin Art Prize 2012
Huge congratulations to Julia Vogl who has been selected as this year’s winner of the Catlin Art Prize.Let’s Hang Out invites visitors to create a communal area by selecting coloured carpet titles that correspond with Julia’s pastime suggestions. A colour is designated to each activity (“Call Mum”, “Tweet” and so on). The work evolves throughout […]
Interview with Multimedia Artist, Annina Roescheisen
Annina Roescheisen is a multimedia artist working across video, photography, installation and sculpture. Reflections on character, awareness, conscience and spiritual growth are key themes in her artwork. The question of identity as an embodiment of the self is underlined subtly. Roescheisen’s video piece What Are You Fishing For? was longlisted in the Aesthetica Art Prize, […]
REBIRTH BRASS BAND IN SAN FRANCISCO
Something is always happening on Heron Alley in San Francisco, and there will be a whole lot of happening on Saturday, November 7, 2015 when Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band provides the sounds as you grab a plate from the Boxing Room and check out the group art show put together by Red Truck Gallery. […]
PORTALS PROJECT OPENS GATEWAY FROM SF TO TEHRAN
San Francisco will soon be home to the latest gateway in the Portals Project, a public art project curated by Shared_Studios that uses design and technology to connect strangers and artists across the globe. So what exactly is a portal? A portal is a retrofitted shipping container painted gold and immersed with audio and visual […]
Interview with Jane Hanson about One Day One Choir
According to the website of One Day One Choir, this event “is an exciting choral initiative, launched in 2014, which uses the harmonious and inclusive power of singing together to promote peace and unity on (or around) Peace Day, 21st September.” it seemed like an interesting and meaningful event and it grabbed our attention. we had […]
AN UPDATE WITH GYER
“L’erba Cativa (l’an mor mai)” is a collective performance that draws inspiration from some timeless images and words, timeless because of their subversive power. These come from Aeschylus’s Oresteia, and especially from the figures of the Furious Erinyes, “those baleful children of the night” that symbolize the impossibility of taming wild nature. Rebellious figures difficult […]
