(note about video: My inclusion of this is a bit unfair to Lang Lang, as this is not a formal performance. Truth be told, it’s wonderful to see such joy and delight in the act of making music. Nevertheless…)
My good friend Melissa sent along an article that I missed yesterday from the [...]
Anything to get people to read, right?
In follow-up to the last post entitled Bach, Fugues and Britney Spears, I thought that I would share more of my love for the self-referential/reflexive art (would that be conceptual, perhaps? Nah… Bream has skill.) that has so influenced my own theater work, as can be evidenced [...]
The Summer 2007 issue of Cabinet Magazine features an article by two London-based authors, Sally O’Reilly and Ian Saville, entitled I Can See Your Ideology Moving. From the start it grabs the reader with its droll humour, setting the scene as follows:
The scene: A windy seaside town in England. An arts festival (entitled, perhaps [...]
Following up the recent story on mechanical arms, I bring you the Vanderbilt Arm, the DARPA-funded, Vanderbilt University-developed prosthetic arm that is powered by rocket fuel, steam, valves and springs.
From the Vanderbilt project page:
…[the] power source is about the size of a pencil and contains a special catalyst that causes hydrogen peroxide to burn. When [...]
I’m very excited to report that the filming of the new indie short Cupcake has wrapped, editing is complete and the film is off to it’s next destination. Though I am not at liberty to divulge any more at this time, there will be an announcement made here on this site when the time [...]
My good friend Scott spends his days working as a machinist in a large shop (I just recently forced him to watch the Christian Bale flick, too.) – which means that he often has a great deal of idle thinking time and occasionally time to turn those ideas into reality.
This week, he emerged from his [...]
WARNING: Sword swallowing is a life threatening activity. Many deaths and serious medical complications have arisen from attempting this most dangerous and demanding art form. Sword swallowing should only be attempted by a skilled, trained professional. The author of this text will not be liable or accountable for any injuries sustained by readers who are [...]
WARNING: Sword swallowing is a life threatening activity. Many deaths and serious medical complications have arisen from attempting this most dangerous and demanding art form. Sword swallowing should only be attempted by a skilled, trained professional. The author of this text will not be liable or accountable for any injuries sustained by readers who are [...]
WARNING: Sword swallowing is a life threatening activity. Many deaths and serious medical complications have arisen from attempting this most dangerous and demanding art form. Sword swallowing should only be attempted by a skilled, trained professional. The author of this text will not be liable or accountable for any injuries sustained by readers who are [...]
My good friend Courtney over at Twisted Stitches just recently posted a great two part series on how to price your own artwork. She had the pleasure of speaking with Reed A. Prescott III, a Vermont-based artist who has succeeded in making his work very commercial, and she summarizes very well his words of [...]
Most artist statements are bunk. With a few stellar and authentic exceptions, the art world seems awash with inauthentic pretentiousness, poppycock and piffle when it comes to artists’ statements of their own work.
Though many would argue the point and counterpoint to their grave (and do, and do, and do and do…), I think that [...]
Students have left school, employees are taking vacation and the cities are filling up with tourists from all over. Now that the warmer months are here I’m republishing my earlier article on Thoth and NYC entertainment – a gentle reminder to get off your arse and see something interesting. Enjoy!
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I met this gentleman a few years back in Baltimore and was intrigued with his setup – which involved a large, clear hemisphere – and his work with silicone balls. By sheer happenstance I came across a YouTube video of his and that was all it took to push me over the edge to [...]
Since the 60’s, Australian performance artist Stelarc has been publicly exploring the boundaries of the human body and human experience while simultaneously investigating means by which to extend and transform it. His latest exploration involves the implantation of an organic ear on his forearm.
Much has been written in the blogosphere about the ear implantation [...]
In late 2003 and 2004, comedian Bill Bailey toured a show entitled Part Troll, which featured a good deal of his brilliant musical humour. Among the gems of musical mash-up, satire and spoof was one piece in particular – an encore actually – which deserves mention here (they all deserve mention, actually). [...]