THE HURT LOCKER AND THE CONTEMPORARY WAR FILM
THE HURT LOCKER AND THE CONTEMPORARY WAR FILM By James A. Nadeau War films serve many functions in our society. On a superficial level they are entertainment. They follow the conventions…
Author James Nadeau
James Nadeau
James Nadeau is an independent curator, video artist and writer based in Boston. He is editor of Our Daily RED, the blog of arts journal Big RED & Shiny. He is a graduate of the Comparative Media Studies department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his undergraduate studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His video work has been screened internationally and he has presented papers on media and film at conferences nationally. He has programmed film and video in several festivals throughout New England and he is currently a technical instructor on film in the Literature Department at MIT. He is currently working on a manuscript on reality television under consideration by Lexington Books.
NEW MUSEUM, CHELSEA & FRANCIS BACON @ THE MET
NEW MUSEUM, CHELSEA & FRANCIS BACON @ THE MET By James A. Nadeau This past weekend I spent the day roaming around New York City. I plotted out the day…
A CONVERSATION WITH LILA KANNER, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS @ ARTADIA
A CONVERSATION WITH LILA KANNER, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS @ ARTADIA By James A. Nadeau Artadia Boston’s cycle has come around again. This is the second year for our city and I…
101 WAYS TO MAKE A “B” MOVIE – X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
101 WAYS TO MAKE A “B” MOVIE – X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE By James A. Nadeau There is a scene in Robert Altman’s film The Player where a group of studio executives…
ACTING OUT: SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS IN VIDEO @ THE ICA
ACTING OUT: SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS IN VIDEO @ THE ICA By James Nadeau There is a trend in contemporary video art to include so-called “real people” or non-actors. I like to think…
OBSERVATIONS ON A DAY AT THE CYBERARTS FESTIVAL
Observations on Cyberarts. The Boston Cyberarts Festival is upon us. This biennial festival began on Friday the 24th and is taking place in and around Boston over the course of…
GALLERY HOPPING IN NEW ORLEANS
GALLERY HOPPING IN NEW ORLEANS By James A. Nadeau This past week I spent some time in New Orleans for a conference. As I like to do whenever visiting a new…
AGNÈS VARDA: LES VEUVES DE NOIRMOUTIER @ THE SERT GALLERY, CARPENTER CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS
AGNÈS VARDA: LES VEUVES DE NOIRMOUTIER @ THE SERT GALLERY, CARPENTER CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS By James A. Nadeau The feeling is one of acute sadness. You enter into the…
WATCHMEN & THE LIMITS OF ADAPTATION
WATCHMEN & THE LIMITS OF ADAPTATION By James Nadeau “Who watches the Watchmen?” is a catchphrase from the film Watchmen directed by Zach Snyder. It is graffiti sprayed across an alley…
CARLSON/STROM: NEW PERFORMANCE VIDEO @ THE DECORDOVA
CARLSON/STROM: NEW PERFORMANCE VIDEO @ THE DECORDOVA By James A. Nadeau “There are, therefore, common patterns in various experiences, no matter how unlike they are to one another in the details…
IN CONTENTION: AN INTERVIEW WITH TAYLOR DAVIS & NICOLE CHERUBINI
By James Nadeau I had the opportunity to sit down with Nicole Cherubini and Taylor Davis as they installed their show Davis/Cherubini, In Contentionat the List Visual Arts Center at MIT.…
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: THE STATE OF OUR STATE
By James A. Nadeau As February dawns it seems like a good time to take a look back at the first month of the year. January brought many surprises and unfortunately…
SEVEN DAYS IN THE ART WORLD BY SARAH THORTON
SEVEN DAYS IN THE ART WORLD BY SARAH THORTON By James Nadeau Noted cultural sociologist Sarah Thorton (she has written on rave culture: Club Cultures: Music, Media, and Subcultural Capital as…
ANDY WARHOL: OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS @ THE WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
ANDY WARHOL: OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS @ THE WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS By James A. Nadeau I have never been a huge fan of Andy Warhol (and this is my…
ANDY WARHOL: POP POLITICS @ THE CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART
ANDY WARHOL: POP POLITICS @ THE CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART By James A. Nadeau This year has been chock full of Warhol. In 2008 Warhol would have celebrated his 80th birthday.…
2008 ICA FOSTER PRIZE FINALISTS: A CONVERSATION WITH JOE ZANE
2008 ICA FOSTER PRIZE FINALISTS: A CONVERSATION WITH JOE ZANE By James A. Nadeau On November 12th, the 2008 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition opened at the Institute of Contemporary…
THIS IS BOSTON NOT L.A. @ LAMONTAGNE GALLERY
THIS IS BOSTON NOT L.A. @ LAMONTAGNE GALLERY By James A. Nadeau There is a story about the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer that I often think about. It is believed…
TALKING ABOUT PLACE WITH RACHEL WHITEREAD
TALKING ABOUT PLACE WITH RACHEL WHITEREAD By James Nadeau Rachel Whiteread was in town for the opening of her U.S. premiere of her new piece Place (Village) at the Museum…
RACHEL WHITEREAD @ THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
RACHEL WHITEREAD @ THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON By James Nadeau “The house, even more than the landscape, is a ‘psychic state,’ and even when reproduced as it appears from…
BETH LIPMAN @ RISD & SOVIET POLITICAL ART @ BROWN
BETH LIPMAN @ RISD & SOVIET POLITICAL ART @ BROWN By James Nadeau Last weekend I took a road trip (actually it was a train trip) to Providence. I went to…