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News – FLASHFLooD, Kutztown, Ward Shelley at Pierogi, and lots of opportunities!

News Lectures and discussions Temple Gallery is offering a lecture with Philadelphia resident and Creative Time curator Nato Thompson on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7:00 PM. Thompson will speak about his latest book Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the Age of Cultural Production. We at artblog would love a Creative Time organization in Philly, and as it turns out we have the curator right here! Reserve a seat for Nato Thompson’s lecture at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2826019701 or call 215 777 9138.  And in West Philly, artist and independent curator Matheiu Copeland speaks at Kelly Writers House Thursday, Feb. 16, 6pm, about his efforts at subverting ... More » »

The Western Lands at Little Berlin – the viewer interaction challenge

Post by Roman Blazic The Shadow Lands at Little Berlin is a very ambitious presentation that produces a cautionary point of view and shows art in an evolving process. The key element is a non-linear approach — with action and interaction between the artist and the participating spectator.

Collective energy in North Philly

On a fair weather First Friday, Old City bustles with galleries full of people and streets lined with craft vendors, musicians and performers. It’s positively festive. But every day across Philadelphia, artist-run collectives present a different art scene that in many ways is more exciting. In the last five years, Little Berlin, Extra Extra and other artist-run spaces have sprouted up in neighborhoods such as Kensington and Chinatown, where rents are cheap and raw spaces lend themselves to edgy experimental art. This is a gritty scene run by young people who want to do it themselves. The artists know each other and ... More » »

Thinking about materials, memory and and process at Little Berlin

The artists in Materialism of Encounter want to dispel the idea that a focus on the physical is a sign of a lack of ideas or superficial thought. With the viewer’s experience being in part, physical, material qualities can not be ignored.

First Friday – Pentimenti’s group show, Little Berlin’s funny performances and Uarts grads at the Icebox

Our itinerary covered many miles — from Old City to the deepest reaches of Kensington, so we needed the car.  We suppose you could bike it but we can’t.  What we saw generally tickled us.  The conversations were great and enlightening and below is a bunch of pictures with some running commentary. Pentimenti For the last couple summers, Pentimenti has mounted a group show based on an open call.  Reaching outside her comfort zone and current stable of artists, gallerist Christine Pfister has again this year rounded up a lively show.

Weekly Update – VASST science show coming up at Little Berlin

Disclaimer: I am biased here because this show was organized by artblog pal and ad coordinator, Beth Heinly.  That said, Beth knows how to put on a good show so check it out. Artists love to mess around in the laboratory. Among other things, the science lab is a place for wonder and hypothesizing, and art is nothing if not hypothesizing in paint, clay and other materials. VASST.info, Little Berlin’s inaugural exhibit at its new space in the upper reaches of Kensington, brings together 14 artists who have agreed to either take on a science project of their own (or ... More » »

Landscape in life and Second Life – Kristen Taylor on artblog radio

Our series sponsor is Fleisher Art Memorial. Kristen Taylor of Little Berlin organized the recent exhibit “Landscape Techne” at the alternative space, a show that offered alternatives to the Hudson River view of sublime mountains, lakes, rivers and glorious sunsets.  Is there a 21st Century sublime landscape? What about the landscapes in Second Life? Kristin also talks about her own glass art and about changes coming to Little Berlin.  Below is a brief sample from the interview and following that, the full 13-minute interview. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right click to download Kristin Neville-Taylor 28 second sample

Kristin Neville-Taylor on landscape, Little Berlin and glass – next week on artblog radio

Kristin Neville-Taylor co-founded Little Berlin with Martha Savery in 2007.  Recently, she curated the show “Landscape Techne” at the alternative space.  In this clip she talks about the large, sumptuous — and completely cyber-generated — landscape photographs by Alex McLeod that appeared in the show, which closed Nov. 27.  Is beauty in art suspect these days, something to be feared?  Listen to the entire episode next Monday. Kristin Neville-Taylor 28 second sample

“Landscape Techne” at Little Berlin: Artists Explore Landscape to Contribute to Contemporary Art

Eteam’s “Prim Limit,” one of the pieces in the “Landscape Techne” exhibition at Little Berlin through November 27th, is a half-hour film that takes place in the “Second Life” virtual world, an online computer game that allows users to design their own avatar world.

Kensington ramble to Crane Arts, Little Berlin, Rebekah Templeton

It’s remarkable how much territory you can cover and art you can see in an afternoon, on foot, in Kensington. Here’s a sample of some offerings from my walk last Saturday afternoon.  I started at Little Berlin, where Landscape Techne, the group show curated by LB member Kristen Neville, suggests that no matter how electronically-or technologically-sophisticated we are as a society, artists will always have a need to create landscape imagery of some sort.