Fresh off the presses
This Friday
This Friday at noon in Los Angeles, Lex Bhagat will
be at
FarmLab
to discuss
"An
Atlas of Radical Cartography"
Here is a recent review from the blog
We Make Money Not Art.
Beginning Friday and running all weekend in Houston
is the annual
Media Archeology Festival
put on by the
Aurora Picture Show.
This year's theme is Live & Televised and
features multimedia artists who incorporate
audio/visual technology with live performance. I have
said it before & will say it again, Media
Archeology is the coolest thing that happens in
Houston!
Texas reprise
Steve Nalepa posted a few new videos (with great audio!) from the DeKam VS Nalepa performance in Houston, TX. Video shot by John Carrithers & photo by Katya Horner.
More collaborative video performances from Johnny DeKam can be found here.
Houston premier of DeKam vs Nalepa
Houston: Join us this Thursday for a one-time-only, site-specific spectacle on the Buffalo Bayou. This environmental light and sound installation is the creation of video artist Johnny DeKam and composer / laptop musician Steve Nalepa. The show utilizes a special multi-moving mirror projection system, adding a new dimension to the visuals. Stroll beneath the bridges of the Sabine Promenade to experience DeKam's abstract moving geometries and architectural juxtapositions against Nalepa's electro-ambient "Left Coast Liquid" music. Here is a peek at the site
Produced by the good folks at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
We were here
Up: Matt Coolidge from The Center for Land Use Interpretation
Down: Rich Pell from The Institute for Applied Autonomy
Yesterday at The Aurora Picture Show
Matt McCormick's blog has great coverage of the weekend
Hey Now
So far my favorite reaction from the local press has been this comment: I keep looking at this press info and thinking, "This has got to be the most esoteric subject to be the focus of a two-day seminar … ever!"
And since I am back in Texas, I cannot resist posting one more scene from David Byrne's True Stories. This Hey Now clip features Spalding Gray and an amazing gang of wild children.
Back to the Bayou
Andrea Grover & I went back to the Buffalo Bayou to do some location scouting. Andrea took this sweet photo of me and the Houston Skyline and we found the Houston Biodiesel plant. Check out their cool sign!
pimp my car
The Art Car Parade Slideshow
Houston is known for leading the way on two visionary projects from the 1950s: the Interstate System and the Space Program. But anyone who thinks the contemporary residents of this car-city lack creativity, should come on down to the annual Art Car Parade. It is a total freak show for the whole family.
Last month there was a day of protest against the war in Iraq, but the protesters did not gather as pedestrians in the town square holding placards. In Houston they congregate on the Highway 59 overpasses during Rush Hour and drop their banners down for the commuters to read while they sit in traffic. Ingenuity abounds!
Art Car Slideshow