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June 21, 2021 by Logan Cryer

David Dempewolf’s personal fantasia, in video installations at Tiger Strikes Asteroid

Logan Cryer writes lyrically about ‘David Dempewolf: suncatchers,’ an experimental video installation of stereoscopic imagery with a focus on emptiness and interior spaces. ‘David Dempewolf: suncatchers,” is on view at Tiger Strikes Asteroid through June 26, 2021.

June 15, 2021 by L Autumn Gnadinger

Conversation with Zoe McCarthy about their hypnotic, uncanny virtual realities, at InLiquid

New Artblog contributor L Autumn Gnadinger interviews Zoe McCarthy, who works in ‘”new media, 3D animation, and mixed reality.’ You can see Zoe’s work in ‘New Now IV,’ a group show of new InLiquid members, through June 19, 2021 at the InLiquid Gallery.

May 28, 2021 by reek bell

Artblog previews Philadelphia Latino Film Fest’s 10th year festival, a conversation

Now in its 10th year of programming, the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival provides a great roundup of documentaries, narrative films and shorts. In this 48-minute podcast, our film reviewer, reek bell joins Morgan and Roberta to discuss some of the selections they all watched. The festival is online – ticket information is in the post.

May 3, 2021 by Logan Cryer

Maria Dumlao uses color politically in her phenomenal work ‘History in RGB’

In this 35 minute episode of Artblog Radio, host Logan Cryer interviews Maria Dumlao about her 2020 Leeway Transformation Award, her wildly popular piece ‘History in RGB’, and the importance of Filipino oral history and Filipino culture to her work.

March 9, 2021 by Morgan Nitz

Opportunities from CFEVA and the Rail Park, News from Anula Shetty and Alex Paik and much more!

March continues to be an exciting month for Philly arts & culture, and today we’ve rounded up a curated list even more opportunities, events, news, and some Artblog announcements that weren’t included in last week’s news post!

December 9, 2020 by reek bell

The theme is Horror, Four films for expelling anxiety

reek bell writes about one of their personal favorite film genres… This month’s theme is horror! Though horror often reflects reality, a good fictional scare can be therapeutic.

November 3, 2020 by Dereck Stafford Mangus

Charm City double feature, a tale of two historic theaters

Dereck Stafford Mangus composes a thoughtful essay on America’s– and specifically, Baltimore’s– disappearing movie theatre culture and how that has been heightened due to Covid-19 closures.

October 7, 2020 by reek bell

The theme is Shorts, Seven films for the commitment-averse viewer

Artblog’s film connoisseur, reek bell, writes about short films: a format they believe will make both filmmaking and film watching more accessible.