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If you were out and about on Saturday night, you may have caught a glimpse of a U-Haul truck with a video projected out of its back. It was Arboretum, a series of video gardens inspired by the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain by artist Shane Butler. Arboretum is third in White Walls’ series of pop-ups designed to engage with audiences outside the white cube. Founded by Ethan Kiermaier and funded by a grant from the Berwick Institute, White Walls is a pop-up platform for emerging artists, bringing art directly to people…
Along with publishing our blog posts, conversing over the social media, and setting up the party at the BCA and the talks at MIT, it feels like we’ve been constantly hitting refresh on the kickstarter since we emerged from our slumber 11 days ago! We were funded so quickly due to the overwhelming generosity of our readers. We try to measure our success in various discernible ways– clicks, unique visitors or maybe facebook likes– but really we can point to how few days it took to reach our goal as the clincher.…
Derrick Adams sat at one end of a narrow table, opposite his co-performer, patiently awaiting the first course. Beside their plates lay three very long, double-ended utensils – knife, fork and spoon, placed neatly in order. The setting was elegant and, judging from the buffet at the opposite end of the Mills Gallery, the food itself was deliciously prepared. A large monitor hung directly behind them, centered on the wall. The duo had one task: to feed each other a four course meal using these exaggerated utensils. They would stand up to…
In creating their vibrant and fantastical artworks, Brazil’s Os Gemeos (“The Twins” Octavio and Gustavo Pandalfo) draw heavily from dreams and fantasy, rural traditions, and urban life and street culture. Strongly inspired by both the hip hop and graffiti style of 1970s-80s NYC and the figurative street art of San Francisco’s Barry McGee, the brothers have developed their own highly accessible, narrative, and wildly colorful brand of art aimed at engaging and enchanting viewers. The joyous cacophony of city streets comes stuttering and shrieking to life in Os Músicos, a sonic sculpture…
A column about the Camera Arts — photography, video, film, etc. — ought to begin directly with some form of it. “What is the critical concern of photographic practice today? What is your vision in regards to the future discourse?” asked Ori Gersht in an open video Q&A session in 2010 to Marta Gili, director of the Jeu de Paume, Paris, and to Peter Galassi, Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art. There are no answers, maybe only the search. Legend attributes “The best way to predict the future is…
Do you like typography, architecture and vintage signs? Do you find yourself wishing there was a way to document and archive unique type and signage from all over the world? There’s an app for that and it’s called Fontly. Fontly is an iPhone and web based app that allows users to capture, map, and explore the world of vintage typography that surrounds them. As a project that started in Boston by entrepreneur and designer Brendan Ciecko, we couldn’t pass this up. Our readers passionate about the typography may find this app useful,…
One of my favorite galleries in the Boston area is more accurately in the Davis Sq area. The Nave, besides being a place where young curators (including me) have regularly cut their teeth producing unexpected shows in a lovely, non-commercial space, has constantly exhibited artists regardless of the level of their careers or the length of their resumes. Invested Landscape was curated by Katie Jurkiewicz, Nancy Winship Milliken, and Ted Ollier (who is helping us with our Kickstarter, full disclosure), who are also all exhibiting in the exhibition. The core theme to…
Every month a group of young professionals interested in the arts plays a charitable drinking game called the Punch Bowl Fund. The rules: donate $5 (cash) to the fund and you’ll get a drink ticket for a glass of punch and a ballot to vote for one of three featured arts non-profits. The voting continues through the end of the night or until they run out of punch. The organization with the most votes will get a donation for the total amount raised that night—winner take all! The group behind this monthly…