Tag Archive "manya-scheps"

Lotsa breaking news

Philly rocking the ICA!!! Megawords, the multi-tasking publishers and producers of hard-to-pigeonhole culture, is up to something, although we’re not sure what, as they hang out at the ICA in a show called One is the loneliest number. We know they are thinking about collaboration and that their presence at the ICA includes installation, performances, poetry, theory, video and other programming the Megawordsters have invited. Included in the posse of performers are video (and marriage) collaborators Nadia Hironaka and Matt Suib, also Philly people. The show is April 21 through August 7.

Weekly update 2 — interview with Manya Scheps

Also at the Weekly, my q&a with Manya Scheps, editor of the new art criticism quarterly, New Asshole. For reasons of space the Weekly piece is short. Here’s the whole interview I did with Manya via email. Can you give me a little biography of yourself. Did you come from a family that liked art and encouraged you? I was born and grew up in San Diego.  I spent most of the year growing up in a house in a canyon, and then part of the year living in a really haunted old house in the Catskills.  I’m currently 22 ... More » »

Student post, Part 2

Here are some pictures of work we liked in the graduating student shows. We spent some time with and interviewed some of these graduates but mostly our observations are from seeing the works in the shows. Look for some of these artists to pop up around town because we know some of them are staying around and for sure they’re going to hook up with some alternative spaces and get themselves shown.