Arts Writing and “The New Thing”

03May09

Last week’s much talked-about Art Klatch, hosted by Scott Lawrimore at Cafe Presse, briefly touched on the question of whether online media prevents non-arts inclined members of the community from happening upon arts coverage and criticism (summarized on Translinguistic Other).  Based on my graduate work in the online realm, I knew I very much disagree [...]

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3 Potentially Amazing Things

16May08

1. Dennis Oppenheim’s Saftey Cones at Olympic Sculpture Park.
I saw them (there are 5 total) being prepared for installation two days ago, still in 9-ft. halves, waiting patiently outside the pavilion to be installed throughout the park. Yesterday, a colleague mentioned how his girlfriend could see them from her place of employment, which happened [...]

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