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February 13, 2008 dig3 Comments

We went out to see William O’brien’s works at World Class Boxing. We really enjoy the sculptures, which are not just the ceramic masks; the pedestals, with their unrefined edges and details, are made by O’brien. And his drawings installation are offers complexity, playfulness and a snapshot into O’brien’s day-to-day studio activities.

We also went to see some works at UM projects space, Snitzer, gallery Diet and 2020. We missed Dorsch.

Here are some images.

Criticalmiami has a relevant post. We dont have images of Sean Dack’s show; but here is one from his blog.

And then the ride home.

internet item of the day

February 13, 2008 dig

So after we saw “la Science des Reves“, the director’s commentary and the extra stuff on the dvd, we made favorable remarks about the actors and the director. It was pleasant to see Gael García Bernal, since Amores Perros and Charlotte Gainsbourg, whom I have never seen act but enjoyed her music.
Michel Gondry was especially funny and endearing. Revisit the extra footages on the dvd, it’s worth it.

His upcoming movie is called “Be Kind Rewind“, with Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover et al. The official trailer.

Here is Michel Gondry’s trailer.

a ‘post-racial’ america

February 1, 2008 dig

I think there is a generational and cultural to this idea. But politically, one can forget about this. History, power and race will always influence politics.

Daniel Schorr’s analysis.

Talk of the Nation hosts a forum (Michel Martin, host of NPR’s Tell Me More; Keli Goff, author of Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence; Michael Fauntroy, assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University; author of Republicans and the Black Vote; Raymond Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Affairs at Morgan State University)

, held at Morgan State University, on Obama, black voters and a potential black presidency in america.

1968-related

January 23, 2008 dig

Ripped from the internet:

2008: THE YEAR OF 1968

The year has only just begun, but the European feuilletons are already indicating that 2008 will be a year of looking back—and celebrating—the political upheavals that rocked the world in 1968, from the Prague Spring to the Paris riots. Die Welt kicks off the trend by publishing articles—both historical and contemporary—to mark the fortieth anniversary of the events of 1968. The first installment in this ongoing series of “retro politics”: The international Cultural Congress of Havana, which took place in Cuba in January 1968. More than 450 intellectuals—including Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, British historian Eric Hobsbawm, French philosopher André Gorz, and West German philosopher Hans Magnus Enzensberger—gathered in solidarity with the “freedom movements” around the world and to protest “US imperialism.” Fidel Castro gave an hour-long speech under an image of Che Guevara, who had been executed just three months prior in Bolivia. The exhibitions are surely soon to follow.

mlk : last speech

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npr : Looking back at 1968

January 5, 2008 dig1 Comment

This story re-assures me in my research on the events on that year. I have begun to present new works reflecting this research, at Casa Lin and at the Freedom Tower and the upcoming Whitney Biennial.

All Things Considered, January 1, 2008 · Michele Norris talks with history professor Bruce Schulman about the importance and impact of the year 1968. Schulman calls it the year of miracles and horror, which forever changed the American landscape. And he says 1968 was actually the first year of the 1970s.

Schulman is professor of history and director of American studies at Boston University. He is also the author of The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society and Politics.