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Politics and Aesthetics
Cross-posted on OpenDemocracy on 13 November 2009 In the spring of 1969, a group of artists from the Belangengroep Beeldende Kunstenaars (B.B.K.), a Dutch professional union advocating for artists’ ri… more →
Black Octavo
Politics and Aesthetics
Jessica wrote 4 weeks ago: Cross-posted on OpenDemocracy on 13 November 2009 In the spring of 1969, a group of artists from the … more →
Another something to add to the 'to do list' - get invited to Prix Pictet
Hollis Bennett wrote 1 month ago: I had heard about this contest/group show thing awhile back but never really got a straight read on … more →
Op Olooping
Jessica wrote 2 months ago: I have a piece on Argentine author Juan Filloy’s wonderful and deeply bizarre novel Op Oloop i … more →
Sunstein's On Rumors
Jessica wrote 2 months ago: Cross-posted at Bookforum In June, Cass R. Sunstein’s confirmation as Barack Obama’s nominee for reg … more →
Arts in the Airport show is up
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Hollis Bennett wrote 3 months ago: Just a quickie note to let everyone know that I have 10 pieces hanging in Terminal C over by starbuc … more →
The Devil Went Down to Brighton
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Jessica wrote 3 months ago: The Death of Bunny Munro By Nick Cave (Faber & Faber), 288 pages. Cross-published in the New Yor … more →
Detroit
Hollis Bennett wrote 4 months ago: Im over seeing detroit and the fad of shooting photos of all the abandoned homes up there. There wa … more →
Byron in Love
Jessica wrote 5 months ago: Cross-posted on Bookforum.com Edna O’Brien. Byron in Love: A Short and Daring Life. New York: Norton … more →
Q&A with Charlotte Mandell
Jessica wrote 7 months ago: Cross-posted on More Intelligent Life Walter Benjamin once observed, “A real translation is transpar … more →
(Loudis on) Lopate on Sontag
Jessica wrote 7 months ago: (All up in) The Brooklyn Rail It is a testament to Susan Sontag’s impact as an intellectual figure t … more →
3 images in the Terrazzo group show
Hollis Bennett wrote 9 months ago: I have 3 images (30×40) going up in the group show held at the new Terrazzo tower down in 12 so … more →
Kid lit and Captain Underpants
Jessica wrote 9 months ago: In an October 2008 article for the School Library Journal, children’s book expert Anita Silvey riske … more →
Dr. Paglen, I Presume?
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Jessica wrote 11 months ago: Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World By Trevor Paglen New York: … more →
Japan perfects commodity fetishism
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Jessica wrote 12 months ago: Joining the ranks of urban camouflage, Tokyo maid cafés and OilyBoy magazine as one of Japan’s … more →
The Lost Heart of Asia
Hollis Bennett wrote 1 year ago: I know that I had mentioned that I was going to review Gods Middle Finger but due to just having fin … more →
Books, Books, and more Books
Hollis Bennett wrote 1 year ago: I was able to cross a big ‘to do’ off my list and get my Africa book ordered through Blu … more →
Viktor, by hasselblad
Hollis Bennett wrote 1 year ago: I got a bit of a surprise in the mail today when I got a new copy of the Viktor magazine by hasselbl … more →
On Poetry and Politics
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Jessica wrote 1 year ago: On Poetry and Politics, by Jean Paulhan. Edited and translated by Jennifer Bajorek and Éric Trudel, … more →
