August 19, 2011

Dallas VideoFest 2011

. . . is Sept. 21 - 25!

To my extreme regret, I have to miss it 'cuz I'll be out of town, and before that, I'll be too busy to put together the kind of chronologically-ordered schedule I've provided in previous years.

However, the Fest website is here, with lots of info and, I'm sure, more to come.

And I guarantee that if you go and see all you possibly can, you'll see things you'll remember with interest and pleasure for the rest of your life.

UPDATE: Something just happened to penetrate into my hard-at-work space today, about a program called Women Art Revolution; and if I were able to make the Fest this year, I wouldn't miss it.

August 14, 2011

From the DIY Front

I'm saving up a few items for future posts, but had to sneak back to share this:



(Thanks, Ben! More at Dark Roasted Blend.) So, who's turn is it to be the "designated excavator"?

(B.t.w., just happened to notice, this is my 1,206th c-Blog post. So if you're missing my usually-more-frequent-posting {see Temporary Hiatus for Big Project below}, feel free to check out a few previous highlights:

Ten Things You Need to Know About the Infowar
The Case for Wikileaks
On the Creative Time Summit 2 (NYC, 2010)
Reasons for instigating the ART WORK in dallas
(2010) series.
On Rotozaza's GuruGuru.
On Kalup Linzy's Keys to Our Heart.
On Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 13 and Ryan Trecartin's A Family Finds Entertainment.
Analysis of Patti Smith's and Jem Cohen's cover music video of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Gaga Quest: a review of Lady Gaga's Monster Ball show.
Descriptions of works shown in THE PROGRAM
(2008).

For posts explaining why It's the Derivatives, Stupid (before even Planet Money was talking about them), see here and here; and if you'd like more on the same or related topics, click on the label at the bottom of one of those posts, "follow the money."
)

August 7, 2011

Temporary Hiatus for Big Project

I'm working on a multimedia art/reality project that will consume my every waking moment for the next several weeks. I'll reveal more when it's done.

Until then, please bear with my silence; and check back here around the end of September! I promise, I shall return! With good stuff!

(And if you live in Dallas and would like to help, pls contact me.)

(And b.t.w., no, I don't believe the world's ending any time soon. It may be the end of the world as we knew it; but I believe we're on our way to re-creating a better version – I'm working on it, and send my love to all others who are, too.)