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Diedra Krieger on artblog radio–Plastic Fantastic and the other Diedra

This episode sponsored by Art in City Hall Diedra Krieger makes videos about her relationship to the camera, and by proxy, everyone’s relationship to the camera. She takes on the role of the eye and the subject all at once, a sort of Cindy Sherman for video. She also makes temporary public sculptures that invite people to play. In this episode she talks about that as well as about her contribution to Philadelphia Underground, the four-day Design Philadelphia event, ending today, in which eight artists project videos onto the subway concourse walls on the west side of City Hall. Below ... More » »

Next week on artblog radio –video and installation artist Diedra Krieger

Next week on artblog radio, Episode 6 features artist Diedra Krieger. This week, you will be able to see some of her work. She and seven other artists will be projecting video onto the walls of the subway concourse the evenings of Oct. 8 to 11 for The Philadelphia Underground (see Roberta’s post on Design Philadelphia for more details). When we interviewed Krieger during the summer, two of her videos, starring herself, were up at the Vox VI show. To whet your appetite we offer the sample (below), in which Krieger talks about shooting wedding videos–a formative experience. 25-second sample–Diedra ... More » »

Weekly Update 2 – Videos in the subway concourse at Design Philadelphia

DesignPhiladelphia (Oct. 7-17, designphiladelphia.com) arrives with about 150 exhibits, talks, panels and events sprinkled around town in a 10-day celebration of the sleek, the efficient and the sustainable— a festival marking the city’s status as a leader in design.

This and that

This: Call to commuters

Weekly Update – Noisy satisfying Vox VI

Vox Populi’s sixth annual emerging-artist roundup is a musclebound, unruly show. With 33 artists (almost half from the Philadelphia region) and close to 70 works, jurors William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton chose a noisy exhibit, literally and figuratively. It’s great, don’t miss it.

Vox VI–objects of desire

Forget the summer doldrums of art. It was nowhere to be seen in the crush of people at Vox Populi Friday for its opening of Vox VI, the sixth of its annual emerging artist exhibitions held after the slew of MFA shows that mark the spring.

We need more Art in the Open

I often think how much life is enhanced by public art.  It’s not only a more colorful world but a more conscious one as well. Public art raises awareness and exposes a larger audience to new perspectives and ideas.  And – heck – life is just more fun with art!  The First Annual Art in the Open on the Schuylkill River June 9-12th was a perfect example of the integration of public and art.

Another kind of festival–Art in the Open in June

In this extraordinary year of multiple art festivals in Philadelphia, Art in the Open Philadelphia, scheduled for June 9 to 12 along the Schuylkill River, is cut from a different cloth. This grand plan of four days of activities started out as a simple celebration of conventional plein air landscape painting, with artists painting in plain view of the public along the banks of the river.