Tag Archive "art-making-machine-studios"
Hot movies, tonight
Still from Paul Chan’s Happiness… Look what’s showing at the Art Making Machine Studios tonight, 8:30 p.m. Paul Chan‘Happiness (Finally) After 35,000 Years of Civilization – After HenryDarger And Charles Fourier’2003, 19min. Julie Zando‘Bud’1987, 10min. The Wooster GroupRhyme ‘Em To Death1993, 10min. Roberta and I had seen Chan’s Happiness at the Carnegie International, and it was pretty terrific. I know I can’t make it, but perhaps someone out there can and will enjoy.
Blessed big bucks are one step behind
Andria Bibiloni’s Blaster Bike at FLUX Of the 10 Philadelphia arts organizations receiving a total of $5.3 million from the Wallace Foundation to attract a bigger audience, visual arts, which is red hot in Philadelphia right now, got two of the grants (see article in Philadelphia Inquirer). To be specific, Fleisher Art Memorial will receive $320,000 over four years, and the Clay Studio will receive $375,000 over four years. Of the other organizations, only the Fringe Festival, at $365,000, received in this relatively low dollar range. Here’s the list of other awards: Philadelphia Teatre Company, $410,000Arden Theater Company $425,000Wilma Theater ... More » »
Weekly Update – New Alternative Spaces!
This week’s Weekly has my roundup of four new alternative art spaces bringing excitement to the scene. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. Space CowboysGritty new DIY spaces point to the future of Philly art. Sprinkled around town in apartments, warehouses and storefronts from the Italian Market to Oak Lane are four new collectives and artist-run spaces that aim to transform Philadelphia into a mecca for cutting-edge art. LITTLE BERLINLittle Berlin, at 1801 Howard St., when I went up to look before they opened in September. The blue mats on the floor are for a ... More » »
Surfing sofas and other ideals by John Lightfoot Greiner
The sofa at the end of the hallway is a video projection that’s part of a larger installation by John Lightfoot Greiner I didn’t take off my shoes when I saw the sand. It covers the floor of a long, narrowing hallway that ends in a pink/lavendar glow of light, in one of John Lightfoot Greiner’s installation at Flux Space. Down where the glowing is, a sharp left turn reveals a sofa projected on the wall, bouncing up and down. (I could swear the sofa was a generic orange-brown, the sort of color you see in some student living space, ... More » »
Kensington’s art world expands
by Jen Packer We both had a great time last semester teaching a senior painting studio class at Tyler. The students were great, and sooo interesting and talented. So when some of them let us know they were having amazingly brief exhibits to mark the end of their BFA, Roberta went to see part of the group, and I went to see another part. Friday, Murray and I headed out to the wilds of Kensington (see picture below of young man and his snake) and found this really huge, amazing gallery space plus 20 artists studios there, in an old ... More » »
