Author Archives: jolanta

James Sanders and Jake Barton have been hired to tell the history of New York City in 25 minutes. Plotting their Timescape By Molly Kleiman The walls of Local Projects, plastered with storyboards. James Sanders and Jake Barton have been hired to tell the history of New York City in 25 minutes. They are building […]

We are obsessed with building labyrinths, where before there was open plain and sky. Public Art: The New Cartographers By Molly Kleiman We couldn’t help being amazed by how all the projects and inventors, festivals and conferences were so interlaced. So, we tried our hand at our own map. Thoreau encourages us, “Be rather the […]

In today’s global climate, the notion of space, as delineated by boundaries and organized by mediating parties, is of critical importance for governing bodies and individual transgressors alike. Transcending Space By Zhanna Veyts In today’s global climate, the notion of space, as delineated by boundaries and organized by mediating parties, is of critical importance for […]

They are in installed in our airplanes, imbedded in our cars, lodged in our pocketbooks. A Phone is a Phone is a… By Molly Kleiman A Phone is a Phone is a… By Molly Kleiman Get familiar with your cell phone applications; this cell phone indicates several familiar strangers in the user’s vicinity.They are in […]

The much-celebrated sheep Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned and to live the experience, brought the process of cloning out of the scientific closet and into the open battle field of dismay and controversy. The art of copying: from mimesis to cloning By Francesca Piovano Luca Curci       The much-celebrated sheep Dolly, […]

The "language" of new media – or, more precisely, numerous separate "languages" – are always hybrids, incorporating memories, expertise, and techniques of already … New Media as Remix Culture By Lev Manovich     Lev Manovich, video still from the project “Soft Cinema”, 2000. Credit: Lev Manovich written for artphoto no. 5 [contemporary art magazine] […]

Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys on the Life of the People makes you feel like political art is alive and well. All’s Fair in Art and Politics By Christina Vassallo     Peter Corrie, “Dear W.,” 2004, 36″ x 24″ x 48″, mixed media. Photo courtesy Christina Vassallo     Death to the […]

Picture this: You are in a huge, gutted and Spartan church in Brooklyn NY, the workshop of Chico MacMurtrie and the Amorphic Robot Works. MacMurtrie Robots Embraced in Lille 2004: The Artist Home Again By Helen Levin “String Body” is one of the musical inhabitants of “The Amorphic Landscape”. “String Body” is strung with piano […]

From June 3rd to June 19th the Chelsea Art Museum had a Digital Art show, presented by Studio IMC. Convergence: The Collision of Physical & Virtual Space in Digital Art By Itoko Nakajima “Infinite City”. Jean-Marc Gauthier, Miro Kirov, and James Tunick. Sensory sensitive installation, digital and video. 30 feet. From June 3rd to June […]

Some artists burst then fall. Some burst and persist. Abraham Lubelski, A Work In Progress By John Perreault A Work In Progress Some artists burst then fall. Some burst and persist. Most never burst, meaning they never have their Warholian ten minutes — now ten seconds, soon too be ten nanoseconds. And then again, some […]