Test 2018 posts
Confronting Our Fears of Looking at the Unknown
A new mural by Macon Reed invites us to consider subjects that are “other,” and to whom we don’t have full access with our gaze.
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Test 2018 posts
The Elusive Index of Relationships Between Everyone
An exhibition divided into eight chapters, Chlöe Bass offers us the residue of social exchange for the audience to examine.
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An Artist-Led Variety Show at the Knockdown Center, Whoop Dee Doo!
Whoop Dee Doo's installation at the Knockdown Center will conclude in a high-energy, community-driven performance.
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A DJ Mines Her Grandfather's Record Collection at the Knockdown Center
DJ Susan Z Anthony will play music spanning the late 1950s to the mid-'70s at Azikiwe Mohammed's fictional thrift store.
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From a Beirut Lit Journal to a Kim Kardashian Tabloid, Highlights from BABZ Fair 2017
In a new space for its fifth edition, the art book and zine fair renewed its focus on independent publishers and had a strong community ethos.
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The BABZ Fair Gathers 108 Independent Presses and Artists for Its Fifth Edition
The 2017 edition of the fair, which showcases independent publishers and artists, is taking place at the Knockdown Center on June 3 and 4.
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A Day Devoted to Artists’ Sustainability and Survival at Knockdown Center
On April 23, "Art is Labor: A Day of Creative Advocacy and Critical Imagination" at the Knockdown Center is offering workshops for artists about surviving in today's economy.
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A Contemporary Take on "The Waste Land" at Knockdown Center
A collaboration between artist Liliya Lifanova, composer Hiroya Miura, and choreographer Davy Bisaro debuts this week with open rehearsals and a performance.
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Massive 'Nasty Women’ Art Show Raises $35K for Planned Parenthood Opening Night
Conceived as a response to the election, the fundraising exhibition includes nearly 700 artworks by female-identifying artists.
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An Evening of Modern Dance in Need of an Authority Figure
I received an invitation to attend a show titled “Authority Figure,” subtitled: “An immersive choreography exploring our relationships to surveillance, big data, and policing as it mingles with our psychology.”
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The Weird, Wide World of an Internet Flea Market
Can the internet exist away from the keyboard (AFK)? What does it look and feel and smell and sound and taste like (besides a screen)?
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The Artist Who Turns Glass Shards and IV Drips into Instruments
For decades, Lucas Abela played turntables hooked up to all sorts of objects, from swords to meat skewers to amplified trampolines. Since 2003, however, the Australian experimental sound artist's instrument of choice has been a large shard of glass.