From Above and Below: Stargazing with Sharon Harper
From Above and Below is Sharon Harper’s first monograph, published earlier this year by Radius Books. With its lush 11×14″ reproductions, where images from seven distinct projects dating 2001 to…
Author Stephanie Cardon
Stephanie Cardon
Stephanie Cardon is a cross-disciplinary artist from France and the United States and is the former executive editor at Big Red & Shiny. She works as a Visiting Lecturer at Massachusetts College of Art & Design and is a 2013 recipient of the Art Writing Workshop from the AICA-USA and Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program.
Stitching the Shore with Plotform at 808 Gallery
Last December, I bought a book at JP Knit and Stitch called ‘Hooked on Crochet.’ I attribute this uncharacteristic move to pick up a craft to a former student of…
On the Line: Andrea Fraser discusses the personal and the political
This conversation with Andrea Fraser took place in January, on the day that followed her performance of Men on the Line: Men Committed to Feminism, KPFK, 1972 at the ICA…
sübSamsøn: 2. Carlos Jiménez Cahua, artist in residence
Carlos Jiménez Cahua Untitled #65.p (My [Aesthetic] Vocabulary Did This To Me; bicubic), 2012 Tiff file, dimensions variable This is part two of a conversation about the artist-in-residence program sübSamsøn,…
sübSamsøn: 1. Camilo Alvarez discusses the Samsøn residency program
Camilo Alvarez sübSamsøn is an artist-in-residence program developed by Samsøn owner and director Camilo Alvarez. An artist is invited to occupy a small studio in the basement of the…
From Berlin, Susanna Bolle discusses Non-Event’s 2013 concert series
Non-Event, the Boston-based experimental music concert series, is about to start its 10th season. Over the past decade, it has steadily built a strong reputation and following through its…
Inside Out: Scott Alario
Our Daily Red is pleased to continue our artist-in-residence series titled Inside Out. Every month, a guest artist is offered access to the platform to publish images and jot down…
Andrea Fraser wept, then answered.
Andrea Fraser suddenly started shaking. From my seat at the very back of the theater, I couldn’t quite tell: was she crying? Sobbing, even? “Don’t cry Andrea,” I murmured. Empathy…
Matt Saunders, a generous mind
Excessive enthusiasm for the sensory world can lessen one’s critical edge. But last week at Matt Saunders’ artist talk, my sliding scale of wonder grew a little narrower. In…
Meanwhile in Omaha: the Kaneko zipcode, the Bemis & thoughts on patronage
There’s a neighborhood near Omaha’s Old Market known locally as “the Kaneko zipcode.” If you’ve never heard the name Jun Kaneko—as was the case for me until last week—pay…
The Sacred & the Profane: bronze doors as a rite of passage
As some upcoming (and more considered) articles will attest, I spent the holidays in Omaha, Nebraska. This, however, is the meatiest post of all: entering and leaving Johnny’s Cafe, a…
Height, Width, Depth, Time: Boston Sculptors Gallery celebrates 20 years
20 images projected for 20 seconds each; a speaker with a concise and engaging narrative; an audience. PechaKucha, the Japanese word for the sound of chit-chat, is a popular form…
CMCA Biennial in Rockport, Maine
The CMCA, Rockport’s Center for Maine Contemporary Art, is doing something right. Its Biennial, which closes next Wednesday after a 2 month run, showcases the work of 17 artists who…
ROUND : Cambridge a participatory soundscape by Halsey Burgund
Now this is a guaranteed first date win. I jest but it’s true: Halsey Burgund’s new public art piece, a participatory soundscape encompassing the whole City of Cambridge, is an…
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer: SPACE Gallery, Portland
When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure…
#Sandyrelief in Redhook: BWAC, Redhook Initiative & one soggy lobster pound
Perhaps it’s because I was born in New York City, perhaps it’s the accumulation of devastating news and images or the growing list of grievances against FEMA, utility companies…
Agents of Change: a symposium around the Guerrilla Girls at Montserrat College of Art
This time last week, I sat in a pew at Montserrat’s second annual academic symposium, Agents of Change: Art as Activism. It’s difficult to imagine a more New England venue…
New Voices / New Visions: Boston area curators consider the future
The weekend has been full of panel talks beginning Friday with Montserrat College of Art’s symposium on art and activism, which was followed Saturday by our very own BIG RED…
Confronting Inequity: What I took away from the Creative Time Summit
Last Friday, along with 500 others, I settled in for 10 hours of non-stop presentations and dialogue at Creative Time’s annual summit. It was my first time attending and was…
Ori Gersht: Angel of History? Considering ‘History Repeating’ at the MFA
There is no arguing that Ori Gersht: History Repeating, currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is anything short of visually arresting. Large and lush color photographs…