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| Bali, Indonesia, February 2011 |
4.21.2012
4.02.2012
3.12.2012
Art 21
PBS has a fantastic series called Art 21 that has been on the air for about a decade. Since I don't own a television, I hadn't seen too much of the show. All the individual artists segments are now online. I have been working my way through a treasure trove of really well produced interviews with some of the great artists of our time. The artists (photographers included) talk about their work and process in a really straightforward manner and are presented to us thoughtfully edited with no bells or whistles. What the majority of these artists share is that the act and sometimes struggle of creating their work, whether alone in their studio or out in the streets is what truly motivates them. Good Stuff!
3.08.2012
The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951
There are only three weeks left to see this fantastic show at The Jewish Museum. There are well over a hundred images documenting early twentieth century America and many are unheard-of names from photo history. It is a real treat of a show and if you haven't already seen it and are in New York City - GO!
3.06.2012
2.26.2012
Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
This is a really interesting episode of This American Life with an excerpt from The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. If you haven't already heard it, definitely give it a listen. We should all know the back story of our ubiquitousness Apple products.
Postscript:
Mike Daisey lied about much of the information in his monologue. This American Life has retracted the entire show. Ira Glass did the honorable thing and admitted they were wrong and should have never aired the above episode. The Retracted show is really intense and interesting. It's all really unfortunate because Mike Daisey could have still made his point by saying his show was a work of fiction. He got greedy and wanted journalistic credit too.
Postscript:
Mike Daisey lied about much of the information in his monologue. This American Life has retracted the entire show. Ira Glass did the honorable thing and admitted they were wrong and should have never aired the above episode. The Retracted show is really intense and interesting. It's all really unfortunate because Mike Daisey could have still made his point by saying his show was a work of fiction. He got greedy and wanted journalistic credit too.
2.22.2012
2.21.2012
2.14.2012
Hula
As a result of my work on 49 & 50 and my immersion into Hawaii and Hawaiian culture I recently learned about the Hula. It is really impressive - check it out...
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, April 1866
At night they feasted and the girls danced the lascivious hula-hula - a dance that is said to exhibit the very perfection of educated motion of limb and arm, hand, head, and body, and the exactest uniformity of movement and accuracy of "time." It was performed by a circle of girls with no raiment on them to speak of, who went through with an infinite variety of motions and figures without prompting, and yet so true was their "time," and in such perfect concert did they move that when they were placed in a straight line, hands, arms, bodies, limbs, and heads waved, swayed, gesticulated, bowed, stopped, whirled, squirmed, twisted, and undulated, as if they were part and parcel of a single individual; and it was difficult to believe they were not moved in body by some exquisite piece of mechanism.
-Mark Twain
The dancing for this first video starts at about the 2'10" mark.
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, April 1866
At night they feasted and the girls danced the lascivious hula-hula - a dance that is said to exhibit the very perfection of educated motion of limb and arm, hand, head, and body, and the exactest uniformity of movement and accuracy of "time." It was performed by a circle of girls with no raiment on them to speak of, who went through with an infinite variety of motions and figures without prompting, and yet so true was their "time," and in such perfect concert did they move that when they were placed in a straight line, hands, arms, bodies, limbs, and heads waved, swayed, gesticulated, bowed, stopped, whirled, squirmed, twisted, and undulated, as if they were part and parcel of a single individual; and it was difficult to believe they were not moved in body by some exquisite piece of mechanism.
-Mark Twain
The dancing for this first video starts at about the 2'10" mark.
2.10.2012
2.05.2012
Maurice Sendak: On Life, Death And Children's Lit
This emotional interview between national treasures Terry Gross and Maurice Sendak is a must listen.
2.03.2012
1.10.2012
Bill T Jones: A Good Man
This is a fantastic American Masters documentary about the choreographer and dancer Bill T Jones. It's as much a film about the creative process as it is a look at this indelible man.
1.02.2012
12.17.2011
12.01.2011
Pulse Miami
If you are in Miami for the art fairs visit us at Pulse Miami.
The Ice Palace
1400 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL
Booth # P2 in the Impulse Tent
Thursday December 1 1pm-7pm
Friday December 2 11am-7pm
Saturday December 3 11am-7pm
Sunday December 4 11am-5pm
The Ice Palace
1400 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL
Booth # P2 in the Impulse Tent
Thursday December 1 1pm-7pm
Friday December 2 11am-7pm
Saturday December 3 11am-7pm
Sunday December 4 11am-5pm
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