Howdy y’all, There’s some big business next week. Let’s start with my PICK OF THE WEEK: Juana Molina and Lukas Ligeti at le poisson rouge. Friday Feb 27 – $15. This is like stealing. I stumbled upon Juana Molina about 5 years ago when she
Last chance at PS tonight to catch the closing of Okwui Okpokwasili’s Pent Up: A Revenge Dance. Also, this weekend is the opening of National Theater of the United States of America’s piece CHAUTAUQUA! I first saw Okwui when she was working in residency with
Supportyourlocallocalyoursupportsupportyourlocallocalyoursupport www.feastinbklyn.org How can we take the tactics of sustainable food production and apply them to cultural production? Find out tomorrow night at FEAST in Greenpoint. Democratization of the curatorial process! Blurring lines of artist, administrator, and funder! A manifestation of the cultural changes Andy’s
There’s a great article by Richard Florida in The Atlantic this month called “How the Crash Will Reshape America” This is an extraordinary moment and we have a choice – resist or flow. I think flow and guide and nudge and reshape are better than
Okay so we’re starting to see a lot of change – part of it economic, part of it wrought by our old pal the internets. I’ve been writing about this elsewhere but can’t find my notes. Long story short – the kids with their danged iPods!
Corpus Extremus (LIFE+) February 28 April 18, 2009 Opening: Saturday February 28, 7-10pm @ Exit Art 475 Tenth Ave NYC EXHIBITION // Corpus Extremus (LIFE+), the second exhibition of Exit Art’s Curatorial Incubator Program, will present work by artists who are using bio- and media-
[Editor’s note: this is the first posting from another new contributor, Culturebot’s dear friend Ellen Ratchye, live from Chicago! We’re expanding, so watch out world!] First things first – nobody needs a reason to go to Coachella, Santa Barbara or San Francisco in mid-April. If
Thanks Greg Sandow and MSM for saying “the arts needs better arguments” Read my manifesto where I state: If we keep moving on the same path, in the same model, we will get the same flawed, ineffective and frustrating results. What is needed is real
Have you ever written a grant application to the NEA or any other federal agency? Have you ever tried to get a contract from the government? they have notebooks and notebooks of forms and documentation and plans and proposals and god only knows what that
PICKLE SURPRISE! Made for TV: The Collected Works of Tom Rubnitz Wednesday, Feb 18 at 7:30 at Light Industry in Brooklyn. Hordes of 20-somethings have invaded New York City after watching endless hours of Sex and the City. For me, video-artist Tom Rubnitz was my
I just stumbled across this while I was doing research on a different project. Very interesting: Designing in Teheran is an international contest open to creatives, designers and architects, who are called upon to develop a design for two multistorey buildings, hereafter A and B,
Last week was incredible. Rokia Traore at le poisson rouge was just perfect. Mixing traditional African and blues with a punk sensibility, she had everyone on their feet going crazy (myself and Andy included). At first, everyone was a bit passive, till she reminded us