New GlitterPony: Episode 3
I know a lot of people still think poetry is either Robert Frost, slam poetry, or people with berets snapping their fingers, but it isn't. I think that people today would appreciate poetry more if they saw that people are still doing exciting things with writing— that is to say we aren't all lame-o's like Billy Collins. Read more [...]
Sol LeWitt Passed Away
The conceptual artist Sol LeWitt died today (2007 April 09). When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. Read more [...]
Sand Animation
In this video Ferenc Cakó gives a kind of performance by sculpting sand on a projector, called sand animation... The only thing I find slightly disturbing is Cakó's attempt at copyright on his website: Live Sand Animation © is the idea, and the creation of Mr Ferenc Cakó. Read more [...]
Weekend of Readings
I don't know what the schedule is for the Apostrophe series, but I know it happens regularly at Gallery 1412 (1412 18th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122) in good ol' Capital Hill. The background was great as a background, but it just couldn't do all the work. what is the artist saying about background, making background a foreground, etc). Read more [...]
The PC is Funny
Tonight I saw John Hodgman read at the Elliot Bay Book Co. The reading was part performance, which sounds like a dumb thing to say because what reading isn't, but what I am saying is that his reading was much more a performance than most readings. Read more [...]
