Jane McGonigal is a game researcher known for her organization of flash mobs and other games for massively scaled communities. From her web site:
“[McGonigal] has created and deployed games and missions in more than 30 countries on six continents. She specializes in games that help gamers enjoy their real lives more — and games that challenge players to [...]
In my curious desire to design and implement a one-year performance piece I found Hsieh. This man is unbelievable. Please check out his six works and comment up a storm! –slou
“One Year Performance 1980-1981 — Hsieh punched a time clock every hour on the hour. Can you know about this piece without thinking of drudgery? [...]
Franko B was born in Milan and has lived in London since 1979. He has been creating work across video, photography, performance, painting, installation, sculpture and mixed media since 1990. He has performed at the Tate Modern, ICA, South London Gallery and Beaconsfield. He has presented work internationally in Zagreb, Mexico City, Milan, Amsterdam, Antwerp, [...]
Exploring the line between “art” and “real life” is fairly routine around these parts, but Bill Drummond took the idea to a whole new level. What is the difference between having a band, recording hit singles, and making millions, and creating such a perfect imitation of a band that you wind up having hit singles [...]
I found Duke Riley in the most recent edition of ARTnews among a group of artists labeled “artists to watch”. I will bring the magazine to class tonight for any and all interested in reading the article, ARTnews does not have a digital version of it. He is credited to have done multiple “madcap” aquatic [...]
Gonzalez-Torres was known for his quiet, minimal installations and sculptures. Using materials such as strings of lightbulbs, clocks, stacks of paper, or packaged hard candies, Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s work is sometimes considered a reflection of his experience with AIDS. Many of Gonzalez-Torres’s installations invite the viewer to take a piece of the work with them: a [...]
Speed of Life
Studio notes from the contemporary painter Gregg Chadwick
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Shahzia Sikander on the Practice of Art
In this exchange between Shahzia Sikander and Art:21 on the nature of art practice, the conversation touches on the place of spirituality in contemporary art. Art:21 defines spirituality as follows:
Spirituality
A [...]
still from 77 Million Paintings
image copied from www.longnow.org
Though best known as an innovative and influential composer of experimental and ambient music, Brian Eno has a history of working with a wide range of media, and was a founding member of the Long Now Foundation, an organization that aims to “creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility [...]
Image copied from www.princeton.edu
Oursler projects video on three-dimensional, often anthropomorphic forms, exploring human psychology and communication vs. lack of communication.
“Physics tell us we see light, not objects. For me projection is ‘inner thoughts projected outward onto the world’ and the viewer is a collaborator of the artist.”
http://www.tonyoursler.com/
http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/tony_oursler.html
http://www.bombsite.com/issues/96/articles/2823
From http://www.houkgallery.com/index-essaydi.html :
“Moroccan born photographer, Lalla Essaydi incorporates layers of Islamic calligraphy applied by hand with henna, in tandem with poses directly inspired by 19th Century Orientalist painting. By appropriating this imagery, the works reflect the ‘complex female identities’ found in Morocco and throughout the Muslim world. Essaydi’s photographs provide the opportunity for the artist [...]