Archive for the 'art' Category

"I am working on, or am interested to try, or expect to return to, such projects as the following. I shall first list them, then briefly specify a little more about most of them."

Borgesian list of James Agee's artistic ambitions outlined in his application for a Guggenheim.

Original BBC series that predated the book of the same name, which was amazing and also one of the most hideously typeset I have ever read.

"Alejandra Laviada is having a breakthrough. Literally. These days, when the 29-year-old photographer goes to her makeshift studio in one of the run-down abandoned office buildings that fill Mexico City’s historic center, she brings her camera, her tripod, and a large hammer. She takes a swing at a wall. And then she takes her shot."

"On April 11th 2002, 500 volunteers were called in order to form a line to move a sand dune situated in the surroundings of the city of Lima. This human comb progressed pushing forward a certain quantity of sand with shovels in order to move the dune from its original position. The actual displacement was of an infinitesimal proportion, but not its metaphorical resonance. "

"Since there can be no written contract, the sale of a Sehgal piece must be conducted orally, with a lawyer or a notary public on hand to witness it. The work is described; the right to install it for an unspecified number of times under the supervision of Sehgal or one of his representatives is stipulated; and the price is stated. The buyer agrees to certain restrictions, perhaps the most important being the ban on future documentation, which extends to any subsequent transfers of ownership. 'If the work gets resold, it has to be done in the same way it was acquired originally,' says Jan Mot, who is Sehgal’s dealer in Brussels. 'If it is not done according to the conditions of the first sale, one could debate whether it was an authentic sale. It’s like making a false Tino Sehgal, if you start making documentation and a certificate.'"

"The Creation of Light" to "Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots" - and links to collections of woodcuts from selected books of the New Testament.

Interesting demo of next-gen CSS possibilities.

"The Digital Catalogue documents, visually and textually, the first ten years of Andy Goldsworthy's ephemeral, outdoor practice. It replicates Goldsworthy's Slide Cabinet Index, and includes previously unpublished material from Goldsworthy's Sketchbook Diaries.

Posters based on abstract ideas, the history of ideas, crackpot ideas, and ideas.

Roger Ebert recalls a seminal work by Chris Burden.

5 films by or about artworks by Robert Smithson.

TED talk from Aimee Mullins, whom I know primarily as one of Matthew Barney's muses and accomplices in the Cremaster cycle. She discusses the possibilities of prosthetics beyond simply regaining or replacing lost or diminished function.

I remember seeing part of this in Nesbit classes in school, but I guess there's more to it than just Patti Smith.