THERE ARE NO NEW IDEAS. PART 3 By Christian Holland Part 3 of a 3-Part Series. Click here for Part 1 and here for part 2. Some philosophers, scientists and artists, such as Micah Malone, suggest that there are going to…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE ROSE ART MUSEUM By Big Red Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Candid snaps from a Big RED day on-the-town at a sit-in at Brandeis University to protest the closing of the Rose Art Museum. Photos by Christian Holland
THERE ARE NO NEW IDEAS. PART 2 By Christian Holland Part 2 of a 3-Part Series. Click here for Part 1. Plato believed that any idea was attainable by an individual, but only because he thought knowledge is innate. In The…
NEW IDEAS. NO, I MEAN IDEAS THAT NO ONE HAS HEARD OF BEFORE. By Christian Holland Part 1 of a 3-Part Series. I regret to inform you, but there are no New Ideas. I checked. When I began my quest to…
SPINNING RHETORICAL WHEELS IN RHETORIC: AN ESSAY ON THE ESSAY By Christian Holland Every piece published on Big RED and Shiny is an essay in some form or another. The following is an attempt, an ‘essay’ if you will, to…
JOGGING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF RISD By Christian Holland Several times a month, John Maeda, the recently inaugurated president of RISD hosts a community jogging event called “Jogging with John.” This issue, Big RED & Shiny offers a short podcast about…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: THE ICA By Big Red September 26, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at the ICA for the opening of reConstitution at The Institute of Contemporary Art. The Institute of Contemporary Art All images by…
RECONSTITUTION CONSTITUTED: VIEWERS RESPOND By Christian Holland Sosolimited performed a visual and aural remix of the first presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain last Friday night at the ICA, and the sound posted below is a sampling of…
A CONVERSATION WITH EVAN GARZA By Christian Holland September 18, 2008 – I talked with Evan Garza at the opening for “Hecho a Mano: New Visions of Latin Contemporary Art” at the Center for Latino Art. Garza moved to Boston…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: PLATFORM2:PARADE FOR THE FUTURE By BIG RED Saturday, September 13th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED day on-the-town at The Boston Common for “A Parade For The Future”, an event by Platform2. “Come one, come all to…
BIG RED ON-THE-TOWN: FIRST FRIDAY (PART ONE) By Big Red Friday, September 5th, 2008 Candid snaps from a Big RED night on-the-town at SoWA First Fridays. Photos by Christian Holland.
FALL PREVIEW By Christian Holland The fall is when Boston returns to its routine. The melancholy season marks the beginning of the familiar discomfort we know as New England weather and, for hundreds of thousands of young Bostonians, it’s back to…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Christian Holland I set out to find a writer to critique the Olympics’ opening ceremony. I had heard they were directed by filmmaker Zhang Yimou and out-of-this-world visually stunning. But I couldn’t find anyone, at least…
By Big Red & Shiny @ THE MOVIES: INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL by BEN SLOAT & MATTHEW NASH @ THE MOVIES: HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY by BEN SLOAT & MATTHEW NASH @…
MEAT JOY @ THE PIERRE MENARD GALLERY By Christian Holland Nathan Censullo managed to singlehandedly lift what appeared to be half of bovine carcass wrapped in a clear plastic sheet out of his pick-up truck. It was one of the hottest…
HEIDE HATRY ON MEAT (AFTER “MEAT JOY”) By Christian Holland Christian Holland: In your words, what does “Meat After Meat Joy” mean? Heide Hatry: Carolee Schneeman’s Meat Joy performance was among the seminal works of sixties happening and performance art. It…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND Print this article It’s difficult to find context within a polarizing issue. We see it now with our presidential election. Marked blocs of the country’s population are congregating around different candidates because of beliefs, the way they…
By MATTHEW NASH With Projections, Jenny Holzer has truly utilized the full potential of Mass MoCA’s Building 5. Using relatively few elements — light, text, oversized beanbag cushions — she has created an experience that is equally intriguing, soothing and…
By CHRISTIAN HOLLAND To the opening for the art exhibition, Experiencing the War in Iraq, Jeff Carpenter wore a slimly tailored black corduroy blazer over a casual button down shirt with slacks, but just five days previous, in the gallery-cum-recording…
Last night, James Nadeau, Christian Holland, Greg Cook and I met to record an episode for Bad At Sports. We used the recent AICA Awards as our starting point for discussing the state of the arts in New England –…