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M.River — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT

photos from G.H.’s SUBWAY � 1 � 2 � 3 now up on OTO’s Flicker set

SUBWAY � 1 � 2 � 3 - tonight

M.River — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMT

reminder - SUBWAY � 1 � 2 � 3, a new three-channel projection by G.H. Hovagimyan at OTO tonight 7 to 10pm

more information

random friday post 11.20.09

M.River — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT

Christian Marclay: 2822 Records (PS1), 1987-2009

The Purple Reign

M.River — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:51:00 GMT

As a serial and/or compulsive collaborist, I�m sometimes asked to do difficult, if not downright awkward, acts in the name of art. The following is a prime example and I hope you will join me in the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat of group performance art.

I�m working, with Brinson Renda and Preston Poe, on an online and real world performance project - The Purple Reign.

http://tinjail.com/purple/

The script for the performance is basic. Read the lyrics of the 1984 classic Purple Rain.

You can do it right now and load it as a response video on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/digigogo

…or come down to the madness that is Miami in December (3rd � 12th ) and do it live at the DIY video art fair Gigi a Go Go

In either case, we need your help. Desperately. No, I mean it. HELP.

I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing
I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you bathing in the purple rain

I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey
Baby, I could never steal you from another
It’s such a shame our friendship had to end

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain

Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changin’
It’s time we all reach out for something new, that means you too
You say you want a leader, but you can’t seem to make up your mind
And I think you better close it and let me guide you to the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
If you know what I’m singin’ about up here, come on raise your hand

Purple rain, purple rain
I only want to see you, only want to see you in the purple rain

Pseudo-Futurist Video Game Improvisation Extravaganza

T.Whid — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Generally, I hate Second Life art, but I love the 01s, so here ya go…

Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG
Pseudo-Futurist Video Game Improvisation Extravaganza
Live in Second Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Odyssey/35/25/22/
Monday Nov. 16, 5-6pm (EST time); 2-3pm (Second Life time)

Synthetic Performances are online live gaming sessions inside the virtual world of Second Life, performed by Eva and Franco Mattes through their avatars, which were constructed from their bodies and faces. The series arose out of the artists’ polemical stance toward performance art. This lead the Mattes on the one hand to breach the classic rules of performance, and on the other to present these works - the efficacy of which was based on the radical way they explored the issues of the body, violence, sexuality, identity and public space - in a context where these issues acquire completely different, paradoxical meanings.

Anyone can participate from all over the world by clicking the link above. If you don’t have a Second Life account you can sign up for free.

Presented by PERFORMA09 - www.performa-arts.org
Produced with the support of Eyebeam

random friday post 11-13-09

M.River — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:46:00 GMT

“To be looked at (from the other side of the glass) with one eye, close to, for almost an hour,” Marcel Duchamp 1918

recapping the week so far - work, studio, sleep, work, sleep, studio, talk with gh, studio, sleep, work, beer (x2), studio, sleep + 29 bike miles + one roasted chicken.

G.H. Hovagimyan’s SUBWAY � 1 � 2 � 3 at OTO Nov 21

M.River — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:18:00 GMT

On Saturday November 21, from 7 to 10pm, Over The Opening is pleased to present SUBWAY � 1 � 2 � 3, a new three-channel projection by G.H. Hovagimyan.

The subway is a defining urban experience across cultures. Underground and in the subconscious, every rider experiences a disjunctive experience when entering one place and emerging in a different one. In day to day experience, time spent on a subway ride can resemble lost footage between cuts in a movie. But when a movie includes scenes shot in a subway, the subway passage becomes a shared, collective experience. Familiarity with subway scenes from movies have become part of the contemporary vernacular, creating �Oh I remember that film!� reactions. Movie scenes shot in subways also trigger deeper feelings as the viewer defines and redefines personal and shared experiences. In the work I have created using subway scenes from movies, narrative conventions of standard film techniques have been removed to further the exploration of submerged emotions.

more at oto…

Quantum Bicycle

M.River — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:44:00 GMT

Runkeeper, a GPS iPhone ap, discovers that my bike has the strange ability to be in 10 places at once.

Also, my top speed in now 662 mph.

random friday post 11.06.09

M.River — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:08:00 GMT

Creative Commons and the Arts Meet Up

M.River — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:55:00 GMT

Creative Commons and the Arts Meet Up

Nov 18 at 7pm
The Open Planning Project (TOPP) HQ 148 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10013
212.796.4220

This month’s meetup will feature a panel on the topic of Creative Commons licensing and open culture as it applies to cultural institutions and the arts. We’ll take a look at some of the ways museums are opening up their content, and explore the limitations and rights restrictions they’re still having to contend with. We’ll also take a look at how artists are using CC licensing and working with CC materials.

7pm - Doors
7:15pm - Brief presentation from artists M.River & T.Whid of MTAA
7:30-8:30pm - Panel discussion, Q&A
8:30-10pm - Informal networking

Panel speakers include:

Fred Benenson of Creative Commons, Shelley Bernstein of the Brooklyn Museum, Steven Masur of Masur Law and Tim Whidden (T.Whid) from MTAA and more…

no sun

M.River — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:35:00 GMT

Killing time at MOMA last night before Brody Condon�s No Sun, I started to follow women across the permanent galleries. She seemed to be conducting her own audio guide to the collection. It was a semi public performance or she was having a breakdown. Not an over-the-top-kick-me-out-of-the-museum-breakdown but more of a here�s-the-facts public service announcement. Highlights? A Clyfford Still abstraction: �You see it�s just a bunch of dead cats. DEAD CATS.� Pollack�s drips �This is what painting are. You see this �smelly urine?� I followed at a safe distance, amazed at her dedication, imagination and strange theater craft.

Speaking of public service announcements at MOMA, I would like to suggest that when they play the museum is closing in 15 minutes announcements in the 6 or so languages at the end of the day; they conclude this long message with a brief whale or bird song.

halloween week - all souls’ day (day of the dead)

M.River — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:58:00 GMT

halloween week - sunday (new york city marathon/ all saints day)

M.River — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:50:00 GMT

halloween

M.River — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:18:00 GMT

halloween week - friday

M.River — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:47:00 GMT

halloween week - thursday

M.River — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:45:00 GMT

halloween week - wednesday

M.River — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:59:00 GMT

halloween week - tuesday

M.River — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:19:00 GMT

halloween week - monday

M.River — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:38:00 GMT

Two new art blogs

T.Whid — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:58:00 GMT

The art market downturn hasn’t harmed one area of the art world — art blogs!

Two new ones made it into my feed reader recently.

The first is Idiom. Published by art lovers, art bloggers and art collectors (just all around awesome art dudes) Barry Hoggard and James Wagner, the site promises “a local, engaged counterpoint to the prevailing discourse of contemporary art.” And so far, so good with longer form, thoughtful articles.

The second is Hyperallergic. It’s edited by the well-known art blogger Hrag Vartanian and published by someone I haven’t heard of named Veken Gueyikian (who looks to be a marketing dude). This one promises “a forum for serious and radical thinking about visual art.” Sounds good!

Looking forward to what these two new sites will have in store and wishing them well.