Why it matters that a “gun” gesture was directed towards former Goldman Sachs whistle-blower Greg Smith on CNBC, the day his book came out. The same is true in our broken world of finance. Greg Smith, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, noticed banking at the company he loved was broken. So he decided… Continue Reading
I am reposting this link which discusses language translators, Russian language, and Glagolitsa, in honor of Jan Berdyszak, a mentor and great artist, from Poland. I miss him already.
Ghost Boy, 2008. Kevin Francis Gray, artist. Marble.
Beautiful new work from performance artist Robert Metrick. Courage, fearlessness, boundaries, borders, memory and judgment.
пустые падает дождь как стекло заливки.
It is interesting to see what becomes of abstract meaning in language translations. Today I tried to find a point of equilibrium with abstract meaning, in a language translator. I had to work and refine both the English and Russian statements, until they reached an equilibrium, and both interpreted the statement with the same meaning. It was an interesting process.
Artist Matthew Barney, (his domestic partner is artist Björk), talks about the ideas behind his project “Drawing Restraint”.
Julie Mehretu’s images appear to be swirling masses of information or locations which have been set free from any geographic constraints, yet form their own geographies. She is an Ethiopian born American artist, now based in Harlem, and is known for her large-scale paintings and drawings which combine maps and diagrams of socially charged public… Continue Reading
Fred Wilson wrote on his blog, about being bored with Web 2.0. He mentioned he was going to Europe. I wrote a reply, which as I did so, reminded me of Glagolitsa. I am including part of my comment here, just for reference later. If you are going to include Eastern Europe, it would be… Continue Reading
I have heard nothing lately, about the work of artist Alice Aycock. When I was young and in school, I needed to see her work; a woman doing large scale machinic constructions. A woman whose background in architecture made her drawings substantial. There was nothing flimsy about her work. So I went looking. She has… Continue Reading
Gil Scot-Heron died Friday. If you lived around this time, and went to art school, studying media, these words ring forever in your ears.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and ,
…Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.