THE WPA IS COMING TO JAMAICA OPENING RECEPTION – THURSDAY, JULY 1, 5PM Meet the WPA staff, learn about our program, sign up for workshops, and find out how you can work for the WPA. Refreshments will be provided. Thursday, July 1, 5-9PM at chashama Jamaica Studios 90-26 161st Street, Jamaica, Queens directions: [...]
Goodbye Wassaic, hello Jamaica
From dutchess county to queens county with a WPA wheebarrow strapped to our roof.
invoking scarcity through nominal generosity
“Generosity in the confrontational mode uses gifts, generous actions, and alternative exchange systems as a forum for social dissent and criticism. Based on a nominally gregarious or generous gesture, the projects within this group have an underlying interest either in questioning the politics of unequal distribution of wealth or in creating a temporary situation where [...]
Come to the WPA Jamaica Office opening July 1
After two months working in the Hamlet of Wassaic, New York (and a satellite at Eyebeam Atelier in Chelsea), the WPA is coming to Queens. Our Queens office will open in Jamaica on Thursday, July 1, and run through the summer. Please come to the opening reception on Thursday, July 1, 5-9PM. at chashama Jamaica [...]
Brandon Cox interview on Indiestry
Brandon Cox interview on Indiestry.
Kickstart Marian Spore
Michael Connor is an angel and float tanks are totally new age bouge, so give 35+ and lux it:
What we want is free.
Been reading What we want is free, edited by Ted Purves (on loan from John Pena via Josh Atlas), and found some helpful discussion of the role of documentation, “generosity,” and counting on unintended consequences in non-object art in an interview between Shane Selzer and Cesare Pietrouisti: “You can use documentation as a mirror for [...]
NASA shot of BP oil spill from space
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1649.html
LOST’s unanswered questions
I wish it didn’t have such a nasty tone, but here’s a good response to that college humor video of LOST’s unanswered questions: http://armchairmogul.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/armchair-response-to-college-humors-losts-unanswered-questions-that-were-actually-answered/ . He lays a lot of LOST out here, so if you haven’t watched all of the series yet (Dad!), be warned this is nothing but spoilers.
LOST’s unanswered questions
I wish it didn’t have such a nasty tone, but here’s a good response to that college humor video of LOST’s unanswered questions: http://armchairmogul.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/armchair-response-to-college-humors-losts-unanswered-questions-that-were-actually-answered/ . He lays a lot of LOST out here, so if you haven’t watched all of the series yet (Dad!), be warned this is nothing but spoilers.