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A print sheet. Informal, in the rhetoric of photographers, a behind the scenes glance. Sharpie on the images. Is she editing or playing? She dives to the ground, over a line penned in after the fact. A line that didn’t exist when she dove over it. In most of the panels you cannot see her through the blur. She is a ghost. And her ghost defines the materiality of these virtual doors and windows. She gives substance to the imaginary spaces by leaping through them. Planes in space. The planes seem…
One consistent trend we’ve noticed at BR&S is the strength of our local performance art scene. Several of our recent Journal articles have considered performance art: We’ve explored its differences from theater, published numerous interviews with performers, and what will probably be our longest review ever: a seven thousand word consideration of Time Body Space Objects 2, in December of 2012. Our friends at Art New England and the Boston Globe both have published interesting articles about performance art lately too. There are any number of reasons for this strength—including robust Boston…
Hello and welcome! I’ll be your artist-in-residence for the next few weeks. Sadly, I won’t actually be residing at the offices of BR&S, nor at the domiciles of its affiliates. You are, however, welcome to imagine me warmly nestled just behind this screen, snacking and making art in the blogosphere, if that helps. First off, a little about myself. The sun is setting on my final semester at UMass Amherst as Visiting Assistant Professor in sculpture and drawing. I’ve got three classes going, and some wonderfully bright students who are processing information…
By The Editors April 10, 2013 We need your help! We’re running a short 2-minute reader survey with our advertising partner Nectar Ads to better understand our audience. This information will help us understand the types of people visiting our site, and hopefully leads to better and more useful advertising that will continue to help fund this site and other great art sites like it. The survey is anonymous and we will not be collecting or sharing any personal information about individuals. Please take a moment to fill out the reader survey. We’d…
Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events/screenings/exhibitions/performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see this week: • Events Tuesday 9 April Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston Lecture: Sharon Core Early American – Melons and Morning Glories, 2008 2pm / Free Wednesday 10 April Harvard University, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge BYO: Working Conditions Paradox of Labor and the Creative Industry Working Conditions brings together three artists and practitioners engaged in challenging the notion…
Welcome to the newest episode of Studio Sessions with guest Musa Hixson Musa earned a BFA from Hampton University in Virginia, and an MFA from the Pratt Institute in 1998. The use of circles and spheres is a recurring theme in Musa’s sculptural pieces, and most of his images and forms, are drawn from elements found in indigenous cultures. The most prominent example of borrowed cultural imagery is the use of the dream catcher, which consistently appears in his work. Listen as Musa explains his interest in the forms and images he…
Do you write? Do you photograph? Have you been thinking of contributing to Our Daily Red blog but are unsure how to take the next step? Are you curious about what we look for in a writer? Don’t worry about having a ton of publications under your belt and lots of experience. Here’s a list of useful traits we’ve noted in the past six months that will get our attention: – show initiative: subjects are all around you. Seize them. – be genuinely curious and passionate about some aspect the art…
In the heart of Boston, the New England Holocaust Memorial has stood quietly since 1995. On the Freedom Trail, adjacent to Boston City Hall, and near Faneuil Hall, this memorial is virtually unavoidable by Bostonians and tourists alike. While it is already an important public structure in the cityscape, today, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, this site takes on added significance. The memorial, design by Stanley Saitowitz, is comprised of six striking glass towers, representing the six death camps, and on those towers a listing of six million numbers, representing the six…