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posted: Thursday November 30, 2006 - 12:00 PM
Poketo and Receiver proudly announce the opening reception of I Think We Better Split Up!
I Think We Better Split Up is a collaborative curating effort between Receiver and the art product company Poketo. Over 20 artists from around the US and Japan will display their current work.
I Think We Better Split Up features art from: Miki Amano, Taku Anekawa, John Casey, Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson, Susie Ghahremani, Tim Gough, Stella Im Hultberg, Caitlin Keegan, Aya Kondo, Kazumo, Frank McCauley, Ogi, Eamon Ore-Giron, Nick Paparone, Nathalie Roland, Casey Jex Smith, Ryan Jacob Smith, Steve Smith, Hannah Stouffer, Nakao Teppei, Paul Urich.
An opening reception will be held Saturday, December 2nd, from 7 - 10 pm. Refreshments will be served, and artists will be in attendance. There will also be Poketo and Receiver gifts for sale during the show, just in time for the holidays!
Opening Reception Information
Receiver Gallery
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Saturday, December 2nd, 7 - 10pm
1415 Valencia St. (@ 25th), SF, Ca 94110
(415) 550-RCVR
The Book Cut Sculptures of Su Blackwell
posted: Monday November 27, 2006 - 9:24 AM
Category: Art and Music
Author: iamshimone
Hailing from the UK, Su Blackwell's delicate sculptures spring to life from the pages of his chosen medium - books. Using this non-traditional medium allows Su to break free from the more common canvas platform and bring the viewer closer to his works of magic and melancholy.
In describing his work Stu states: I undergo repetitive labour-intensive processes that often involve sewing, knotting, folding and cutting, intimate actions that reveal the hand at work. My methods of working are a meditative process, which can develop into an intrinsic type of ritual, whereby I take the familiar and by a matter of fact manner move it towards the fantastic.
Su's website has a small collection of his work including site-specific installations and a gallery of his book-cut sculptures.
YOOX Cover Archive
posted: Tuesday November 21, 2006 - 12:03 PM
I just stumbled on this very impressive archive of YOOX covers which dates back to 2001.
Updated monthly, the YOOX covers feature designs by Alberto Biagetti, Alessandro Guerriero and Mirko Ginepro among others with special effects by Riccardo Russi, Walter Masini, Diego Corsi and Mirko Ginepro and more.
Models featured are both photographed and digitally produced and come from such modeling agencies as Riccardo Gay and 2Morrow Model.
The designs are futuristic to say the least and highly conceptual. In 2005 and 2006 Flash was added to animate the covers.
The extensive library of covers is a fascinating study in digital art and creativity. Recommended!
ARKITIP Magazine #37: Undefeated issue
posted: Tuesday November 21, 2006 - 11:28 AM
Arkitip Issue 37 is out and features: Jason Jagel, Konsta Ojala, Rockers Nyc, LA Windows, Undefeated, Pot booklet, Nieves Pick, Zach Johnson, Lily Lin, Salon Elwira, Dave Bevan, Fama Instante, Tony Talk
ARKITIP #37 is strictly limited to 1000 hand packaged and numbered issues and comes with a #1 Undftd x Arkitip foam finger.
Price: $30
Four The Hard Way Exclusive: Million Dollar Vandal
posted: Tuesday November 21, 2006 - 11:06 AM
It's pretty hard to even come close to the elaborate description of this book posted on the site but in short, Million Dollar Vandal chronicles the life and rise of New York's most infamous graffiti enemy no. 1 - Desa MTA.
From FTHW: Beautifully photographed and also designed by ALSO KNOWN AS, this book has all the attention to detail and amazing printing techniques you've come to expect out of that crew including fluroescent and metallic inks, amazing packaging, and enough eye candy to keep this book on your coffe table permenantly. As a FOURTHEHARDWAY.com exclusive, the first 250 copies are individually signed, and the first 100 orders come with an un-announced bonus compliments of Desa.
Price: $40
The Language Barrier @ Spertus Chicago
posted: Tuesday November 21, 2006 - 9:46 AM
The Spertus Institute in Chicago is running a series of site-specific pieces installed on a barricade outside the insitutute's construction for a new facility. Titled "The Language Barrier", the pieces play on both the medium as well as the message.
The 8 by 50 foot barricade is visible to both pedestrian and drivers alike and with the works acting as a changing landscape during the facilities' construction.
For this third installation, Mel Bochner chose 24 words from the Yiddish language for his piece entitled "The Joys of Yiddish".
As noted in a recent rebroadcast of an NPR interview with Michael Wex for his book "Born to Kvetch", Yiddish has entered the English vernacular in an almost transparent way - notably through shows such as Seinfeld but also commonly with words such as Kvetch, Chazzer (heard in Scarface no less), Shmooz, Plotz, Shlemiel and Shlamazel.
For this piece Mel Bochner is quoted as saying: "Yiddish is an outsider's language, a communal code developed to cope with a foreign and often hostile reality. As such it developed an ironic and picaresque view of human nature and its foibles. While capable of expressing the deepest of sentiments, it is also a language of intense self-criticism and moral invective-direct, unrefined, and indifferent to polite taste. My intention in The Joys of Yiddish is to foreground this complexity and to celebrate the language in all its humor and humanity."
Previous pieces in the series have included Kendell Geers "BE/LIE/VE" and Kay Rosen's "Hello Again".
The Art Institute of Chicago will be presenting the exhibition Mel Bochner: Language 1966-2006 from October 5, 2006 to January 7, 2007. Presented for the first time, the exhibition represents the last four decades of Bochner's work.
Free Imaginary Foundation Cell Phone Wallpapers
posted: Friday November 17, 2006 - 1:22 PM
As a thanks to all their customers (and newsletter subscribers) Imaginary Foundation is offering free downloads of their entire collection of mobile phone wallpapers at Start Mobile.
The wallpapers feature classic IF iconography and imagery from their eclectic line of t-shirts and posters.
Even though my cellphone model was not listed (Nokia E50 baby!) I was able to have the wallpaper sent just fine.
Recommended Music: New @ Turntable Lab
posted: Saturday November 11, 2006 - 3:21 PM
All in all some exciting things to look forward to with some terrific descriptions at the links below.
Definitely check out the Rhino Singles collection which is limited to 5000 copies and features 25 of the rarest rare grooves tracks known to man.
What It Is: The Singles Collection 25x7" Box Set
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere: Deluxe Edition CD/DVD
Skream - Skream
Andy Smith - Freestyle DJ Mix
Greensleeves Biggest Reggae One-Drop Anthems 2006 2CD
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