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  • Weird Miami @ BFI

    BasFisherInvitational presents WEIRD MIAMI, opening reception Saturday July 10, 7 – 10 PM.

    WEIRD MIAMI Visitors Center exhibition
    JULY 10 – SEPTEMBER 18, 2010
    RECEPTION SATURDAY, JULY 10, 7 – 11 PM
    PERFORMANCE BY JASON HEDGES STARTS 8 PM
    WEIRD MIAMI Artist-led Bus Tours
    JULY 18, AUGUST 15, & SEPTEMBER 19
    WEIRD MIAMI is the chance to ditch our jaded views of Miami and become “tourists in the ‘weird’ pockets in our own city.” – Adler Guerrier
    There is a much more interesting — sometimes dark — and never boring side to Miami, one only known to the people who inhabit this town.  For any Miamian a typical day’s experiences could range from strange to the swampy sublime.  Is there any such thing as “Flori-duh?”  It is only when one accepts the city in all its glorious weirdness that one can unearth the cracked and quirky gems that lie hidden within.
    The artists, both Miamians and non-natives, consider their experiences with people they have come across, through mysterious topographies they have discovered, and objects they have excavated or exhumed, as a way to make sense of or share their unique findings.
    Exhibition is free and open to the public.
    VISITOR’S CENTER ARTISTS:
    Autumn Casey | Alyse Emdur | Adler Guerrier  | Jason Hedges
    Nicolas Lobo & Kenneth Andrew Mroczek | Justin Long | Isabel Moros | Peggy Nolan
    WEIRD MIAMI ARTIST-LED BUS TOURS: Reserve your seat now!
    During the 3rd Sundays of July, August and September the BFI will kick-off a series of monthly school-bus tours each led by 2 artists from Miami, taking tour-goers to unexpected locations around the city. Each location is selected by the artist-leaders, and will not be revealed ahead of time in order to keep riders in suspense. “We’ll load into the big yellow school bus and be completely at the artists’ mercy!” – Agatha Wara, BFI . The artists leading the tours are:
    Kevin Arrow | Clifton Childree | Christy Gast | Adler Guerrier | PLUS secret special guests!
    FIRST TOUR – SUNDAY July 18
    “Untitled (How the other half lives)” with Adler Guerrier
    Be among the first to join the first ever BFI Weird Miami bus tour!
    TOUR DURATION: Day trip
    WEAR: Comfortable shoes
    BRING: Plenty of water, bring some money for lunch and drinks
    About the artist: Adler Guerrier lives and works in Miami, Florida. He received his BFA from the University of Florida/New World School of the Arts. Guerrier has been included in many groups exhibitions including the Whitney Biennial 2008, Conditions of Display at the Moore Space and at Locust Projects; 10 Floridians at Miami Art Central. He has had solo exhibitions at Miami Art Museum, Newman Popiashvili Gallery and at David Castillo Gallery. His works can be found in public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC. His work has appeared in Art In America and the New York Times.
    SECOND TOUR – SUNDAY August 15
    TBA with Kevin Arrow & Clifton Childree
    More info on tour coming soon…
    Artist’s website: http://cliftonchildree.com
    THIRD TOUR – SUNDAY September 18
    Ripe Riparian with Christy Gast & Secret Guests
    More info on tour coming soon…
    Artist’s website: http://christygast.info
    YOU MUST RESERVE YOUR BUS TICKET AHEAD OF TIME. Buses fill up fast.
    Contact: info@basfisherinvitational.com / 305-879-6978. We accept cash or checks only.
    Bus ticket price: $16 per person. Please check out website for updates www.basfisherinvitational.com
    For more information and high res images please contact: agatha@basfisherinvitational.com
    The BFI is an artist-run non-profit generously supported in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
    WEIRD MIAMI is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
    Bas Fisher Invitational
    180 NE 39th ST, Suite 210
    Miami, FL 33137
    www.basfisherinvitational.com
    info@basfisherinvitational.com

    BFI

  • [NPR] The Declaration of Independence, Read aloud

    I always enjoy listening to the Declaration, being read.  NPR‘s twenty-second reading.

  • eight

    Jasper JOHNS born 1930 United States of America Figure 8 1969

    Jasper JOHNS
    born 1930 United States of America
    Figure 8 ,1969
    planographic colour lithograph printed from one stone and two aluminium plates
    Impression: right to print
    Edition: edition 40 plus 9 artist’s proofs; 4 trial proofs; right to print; printer’s proof II; 3 Gemini impressions; 2 cancellation proofs
    comp 72.2 h x 57.0 w cm

    via nga.gov.au

  • origami hand glider

    from sciencetoymaker.org

  • [mdpls] zines @ the reading room

    Miami-Dade Public Library + zines + guests.

    The Reading Room
    A Temporary Space for Artists’ Books, Publications and Multiples
    Friday, June 11, Noon – 2 p.m.
    Miami-Dade Public Library System, Main Library Children’s Room, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami

    With special guests:
    Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries; founder of the Zine Collections at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University; Tasha Lopez de Victoria, artist, TM Sisters; Carol Todaro, artist, educator, bookmaker, printmaker; Ximena Izquierdo, artist, student, assistant director, University of Wynwood

    With special feature:
    A selection of zines from 1992-1996 from the collection of seminal zinestress Scapula Ray

    Photo by Jenna Freedman, Barnard College Zine Library.
    Photo by Jenna Freedman, Barnard College Zine Library.

    On the second Friday of each month, a secret room in the Children’s Room at the Main Library becomes The Reading Room. Visitors can stop by any time between Noon and 2 p.m. to get up close and personal with selections from the Library’s collection of artists’ books, publications and multiples.

    The theme of this month’s Reading Room is zines and obsolete technologies. There are many definitions for zines, but they tend to be do-it-yourself or independently produced and distributed publications. Often they are fueled by the personal expressions or obsessions of their creators. Some trace zines to fanzines, publications created by 1930s science fiction fans. Zine librarian Alycia Sellie writes, “Others believe that the medium was more influenced by the punk rock movement of the 1970’s. Many refer to the legacy of zines in the pamphlets and broadsides published as far back as Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, or to the works of the Dada art movement.” In the 90s, zine culture thrived among women and girls as part of “the riot grrrl movement’s reaction to sexism in punk culture..and the rise of third wave feminism.”

    Because zines are often created on Xerox machines, we’ll also be talking about the use of obsolete technologies in art and elsewhere. On special display this week is a selection of rare, early-mid 1990s punk/feminist photocopy zines from the collection of Oneco, FL-based zinestress Scapula Ray including Libel, Pawholes, Hey 19, Action Girl, and many others.

    As always, there will be coffee and cookies. We may also talk about the World Cup.

    For more information about exhibitions and programs at the Miami-Dade Public Library System, visit http://mdpls.org/news/exhibitions/exhibitions.asp

  • … to walk without destination and to see only to see.

    Uta Barth @ Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.

    I can’t help but to like these images.

  • Metheny on G

    Pat Metheny on Kenny G.  A critique on artistic practice, by way of,  internet comedy.

  • Reading Room @ MDPL

    Artists’ books, multiples and stuff at the Miami-Dade Public Library‘s Reading Room

    Subject: TOMORROW: New Arrivals at The Reading Room, 12-2pm

    The Reading Room
    A Temporary Space for Artists’ Books, Publications and Multiples
    Friday, May 14, Noon – 2 p.m.
    Main Library Children’s Room, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami
    Featuring: New Arrivals Reading Session

    This week we’ll take a break from special guest discussions to do some actual reading. The Reading Room will be stocked with 25 artists’ books, multiples and publications added to the Library’s permanent art collection this year. Many of them are heavy on text and demand closer inspection. The most recent batch includes vintage artists’ publications like Avalanche Magazine No. 4 – the Lawrence Weiner issue, from 1972; handmade objects such as Ellen Knudson’s Wild Girls Redux, which won the Florida Artist’s Book Award; zines by Özlem Altin; Black Noise: A Tribute to Steven Parrino, a box set of 32 artist’s books in comic book format, edited by John Armleder, Amy Granat, and Mai-Thu Perret; Nava Atlas’s Love and Marriage, an altered comic; and Poemas, a 1969 livre d’artiste with lithographs by Raoul Veroni and poems by Delmira Agustini, an early 20th century Uruguayan poet whose sensual work made her a trailblazer for later feminist poets.

    So take advantage to stop by and read; normally you’d have to make an appointment to see these books and publications. As always, there will be coffee and cookies. There may be music.

    On the second Friday of each month, a secret room in the Children’s Room at the Main Library becomes The Reading Room. Visitors can stop by any time between 12 and 2pm to get up close and personal with selections from the Library’s collection of artists’ books, publications and multiples.