• TouchMe – By Leond Frants and Elena Sokol

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 19:35

      The striking multitude of images that have come into existence during the last 30 years can falsely engender the sense that they have brought about great breakthroughs in multimedia art. TouchMe By Leond Frants and Elena Sokol TouchMe The striking multitude of images that have come into existence during the last 30 years can falsely […]

    • Carol Caputo Paints Rhythms – By Rachel Somerstein

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 19:27

      Upon entering the inaugural exhibition at World Art Gallery, the viewer is instantly relocated into "Afro-Cuban" time and space. Carol Caputo Paints Rhythms By Rachel Somerstein Paints Rhythms Upon entering the inaugural exhibition at World Art Gallery, the viewer is instantly relocated into "Afro-Cuban" time and space. The show, titled "The Rhythm in Me," features […]

    • Tim Noble & Sue Webster – By Kate Farrington

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 19:15

      Tim Noble and Sue Webster’s recent show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston showcased the main tropes of this yBa team’s work: the problemetizing of the artist-celebrity, and the troubled interrelationships of economics, media culture, and art. Tim Noble & Sue Webster By Kate Farrington Tim Noble & Sue Webster. Sunset Over Manhattan, […]

    • Art in 24 Hours – By Danielle Sonnenberg

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:50

      During the course of a single twenty-four hours period, six new plays are written, rehearsed, directed and performed –no matter what. Art in 24 Hours By Danielle Sonnenberg During the course of a single twenty-four hours period, six new plays are written, rehearsed, directed and performed –no matter what. "There’s not a moment that the […]

    • Urban Eyes: A View From Above – By Antonia Cucchiara

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:45

      Unbeknownst to most urban dwellers, our cities have become increasingly armed with CCTV cameras—invasive surveillance devices that monitor our private lives in the public space. Urban Eyes: A View From Above By Antonia Cucchiara Upload information gleaned by the pigeons-turned-undercover-agents. Image courtesy of marCus Kirsch. Unbeknownst to most urban dwellers, our cities have become increasingly […]

    • Entertaining Ghosts in Hong Kong: Spectral Mapping – By Samantha Culp

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:38

      To get to the Yue Laan Jit (Hungry Ghost Festival), you have to go through the mall. Entertaining Ghosts in Hong Kong: Spectral Mapping By Samantha Culp Under brightly decorated, electrified bamboo canopies, audience members enjoy Chiu Chow Opera singers. Photographs by Samantha Culp. To get to the Yue Laan Jit (Hungry Ghost Festival), you […]

    • PHOTO NEW YORK 2004 – by Graciela Sacco

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:32

      PHOTO NEW YORK 2004 will feature contemporary photo-based work of unprecedented ingenuity, as well as exceptional pieces from leading 19th and 20th century artists. PHOTO NEW YORK 2004 by Graciela Sacco Graciela Sacco, Shadows from the South and the North Shadow installation, Photo-serigraphy on plexiglass Size: variable October 14 – 17 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, […]

    • Turn on Your Map–Telepresent Guerilla Gaming – By Sarah Northmore

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:27

      As scholarly work on video game theory gains momentum, charging onto the academic radar … Turn on Your Map–Telepresent Guerilla Gaming By Sarah Northmore   Hactivists take their protest games to the streets. Image courtesy of Anne-Marie Schleiner.     As scholarly work on video game theory gains momentum, charging onto the academic radar as […]

    • Charles Malinsky’s Travel Documents: Journeys in Darkness and Light – By Yvonne Owens

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:22

      Charles Malinsky first exhibited his drawings and paintings of warrior angels in 1994. Charles Malinsky’s Travel Documents: Journeys in Darkness and Light By Yvonne Owens Charles Malinsky, “The Eternal Tourist,” 150 x 120 cm., oil on canvas, 2003 Charles Malinsky first exhibited his drawings and paintings of warrior angels in 1994. Since then, he has […]

    • A Global Response to War Rendered in Words and Images – By V�ctor Alejandro Sorell

      Tuesday, 27 June 2006 18:11

      Although the gulf between war and peace is profoundly abysmal, Indian author, Arundhati Roy, equates these opposite poles in her brilliant and trenchant essay of 2001, War Is Peace, reflecting on the current Iraqi war. A Global Response to War Rendered in Words and Images By V�ctor Alejandro Sorell Print in Full as a half […]