We’re down with anything that raises funds to fight neurological autoimmune diseases, but this was enough to give even us pause: the San Francisco Clown Conservatory class of 2008 Naked Clown Calendar.
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Center for American Progress & Surveillance at Nevin Kelly, but not TwinTech
Thursday’s TwinTech event was a smash hit. I know this because it was reported as such in the paper and by associates who went. Apparently, I could get away with saying I know this because I was there, because three people have sent me messages telling me that they wanted to say hi but couldn’t get across the room before I disappeared. Stranger still, someone described what “I” was wearing, and it was in fact what I was wearing that day. Well, on the upside, if there are two of me maybe now I can get more work done. I just wish I’d keep me informed of what I’m doing when I’m out flouncing around at networking events without me.
I should have some coffee before I try to follow that thought any further. Maybe I’ll just back up a bit.
Last Thursday I went to the Internet Advocacy Roundtable event, Here Come the Millennials, Politics Beware, at the Center for American Progress Action Fund’s. Authors Morley Winograd and Michael Hais presented on their new book, Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics, followed by an hour of interesting discussion with the audience.
After that, I went to Nevin Kelly’s gallery for the opening of the show Sondra “not my sister” Arkin and Ellyn Weiss curated, called Under Surveillance.
For some time we have watched with concern, anger, even fear, as the area of personal privacy available to each of us shrinks due to the technology and the license now given both to the government and private corporations to watch and listen to us. Under Surveillance presents the responses of twelve very different artists to this fact. Curated by Ellyn Weiss and Sondra N. Arkin.
The opening had a good turnout and it was lovely to see old friends, but I was too tired to stay long and will have to go back another time to get a really good look at the art.
Info from the gallery’s blog:
The show is up until October 8, 2008, the gallery is located at 1517 U Street NW in Washington, DC.
stikman
The first time I really noticed stikman was in a crosswalk in Philadelphia. At the time, I thought that the city was trying to send pedestrians a message. Possibly, “Dear pedestrian, the drivers of Philadelphia want you dead.”
I posted a picture and then I promptly forgot to do any more research, even after noticing that the figure appears in random places in DC. Fortunately for me, I don’t have to look any further for info because there’s a little article in today’s paper, “On the Trail of the Mysterious Stikman”. That’s good enough for me.
Excellent sculpture
My Spiritual Advisor, Roger, brought me this excellent sculpture. It’s one continuous piece of wire and about 18 inches tall. I didn’t take a very good photo. It’s a miracle I took a photo at all.
It’s very cool, isn’t it?
As long as I’m mentioning Roger, I should also mention that this weekend is your last chance to catch the New Blue Moon Art Festival up in Frederick. There’s some kinda party on Saturday, I’ll let Roger leave the details in the comments.
ARTpool
I think St. Pete, Florida would be a good place for an Artomatic. I just read about ARTpool in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune and it sounds to me like these folks would make good artomatic organizers :-)
Rather, for the last four months, the St. Petersburg native has been renting wall space to a spate of local artists. Her tenants now number 20.
“I know a lot of other galleries probably think we’re nuts,” she says with a laugh. “But that’s OK.”
The wall-space parcels are housed in her new warehouse gallery called ARTpool on First Avenue North in St. Petersburg. The venue’s unique rental system is something she says she came up with “to form an organic and evolving cooperative” of artists.
At monthly rates ranging from $50 for a 4×4-foot space high off the floor to $150 for 4×6 at eye level, the new art space grants artists the autonomy to decide for themselves what they want to display.
[read the whole article]
I don’t have time to check it out this trip, maybe next time…