In her early works the extended self-portraits of her face filing the frame —close to the lens, eyes staring directly into the camera proposed implication for the viewers. KATHARINA SIEVERDING: IRRESISTABLE HISTORICAL CURRENT (#2) By Horace Brockington In her early works the extended self-portraits of her face filing the frame —close to the lens, eyes […]

For over three decades the Berlin-Dusseldorf based artist Katharina Sieverding (born 1944 in Prague) has created an iconoclastic body of works that have had profound affects on succeeding generations of younger artists. KATHARINA SIEVERDING: IRRESISTABLE HISTORICAL CURRENT (#1) By Horace Brockington   “Transformer,” 1973. Solarization 2 A/B. Courtesy of Thomas Schulte     For over […]

Do I feel there is a danger to creating automatons that allow helpful prosocial manifestations? Ken Rinaldo and Emotional Computing (#3) By Roberta Alvarenga Do I feel there is a danger to creating automatons that allow helpful prosocial manifestations? Certainly not. This is part of our symbiosis with our intelligent machines. A helper robot that […]

In studying contemporary media arts I had become more interested in artists that critically engage the use and implications of technology within sociopolitical system, such as Rafael Lozanno Hemmer, Simon Penny and Lynne Hershman Leeson. Ken Rinaldo and Emotional Computing (#2) By Roberta Alvarenga In studying contemporary media arts I had become more interested in […]

In the past, concepts of artificial life robotics and notions of symbiosis between biological systems and technological systems have primarily been confined to the dialogues of research scientists. Ken Rinaldo and Emotional Computing (#1) By Roberta Alvarenga Mediated Encounters close up (1996) robotic fish sculptures by Ken Rinaldo In the past, concepts of artificial life […]

New York City, Voice Over–Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Voice Over: An Art, Criticism and Poetry Project By Holly Crawford New York City Voice Over–Andy Goldsworthy on the Roof, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is what you see on the roof………………………….. .…………………………………. Wow! Look at this! The fog great […]

"Born in 1912, and having long outlived all her contemporaries of the Abstract Expressionist generation, Agnes Martin has created a four-decade-long body of work that could equally be described as ahead of its time and as timeless. ABSTRACT GEOMETRY by Agnes Martin "Born in 1912, and having long outlived all her contemporaries of the Abstract […]

In constructing this inaugural section dedicated to public art, I was presented with a peculiar challenge: Simply, how does one define public art? PUBLIC ART: Transforming the In-Between Spaces By Molly Kleiman In constructing this inaugural section dedicated to public art, I was presented with a peculiar challenge: Simply, how does one define public art? […]

Pain plays the paperweight on Philip Guston’s desk. Keeps things tidy. PHILIP GUSTON’S LAST LAUGH By Jennifer ReevesAll during a night Of anxiety I wait At last the dawn comes Through the cracks of the shutters, Heartless as night the Monk Shun-e Pain plays the paperweight on Philip Guston’s desk. Keeps things tidy. Only problem […]

If the streets of Los Angeles were a symphony, the underground parking garage would be the "rest." Music for Parking Lots Music for Parking Lots     Drawing by Joanna Neborsky     If the streets of Los Angeles were a symphony, the underground parking garage would be the "rest." All day long the freeways […]