CREATIVE TIME | A response to the detention of Ai Weiwei in China | 2011

I SECOND WHAT THEY SAY! 

~robert 



A response to the detention of Ai Weiwei in China
We are alarmed by the detention of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, and by any action that threatens the right of the artist to speak and work freely. Creative Time firmly believes that artists and citizens alike are entitled to free expression in China and around the world. We rely on artists to envision and shape a more just and equitable global community. Ai Weiwei is an internationally regarded figure whose work encourages us, as a society, to sympathetically address the plight of the disadvantaged and oppressed. His incarceration is shameful and we are greatly concerned for his safety. We call for his immediate release by Chinese authorities.

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KELLY KACZYNSKI | SCREENING IN MEXICO CITY | 2011

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Investigación doble
Lunes 11 de Abril, 8:00 PM

SOMA / calle 13 # 25 / col. San Pedro de los Pinos / México D.F.

The Banana Man
Mike Kelley

1983, video 28:15 min

Writes Kelley: "This is my only truly solo video project. The tape is an exploration of character and was done in direct reaction to my performance work at the time, which was characterless. Video seemed a good way, by virtue of it not operating in 'real' time, of dealing with character and psychological motivation. 'The Banana Man' was a minor figure on a children's television show I watched in my youth. I, myself, never saw this performer. Everything I know about him was told to me by my friends. The Banana Man is an attempt at constructing the psychology of the character -- problematized by the fact that the character is already a fictional one, and by the fact that none of my observations were direct ones."


The Salty Banana
Kelly Kaczynski

VERSIÓN PRELIMINAR / ROUGH CUT
2011, video aprox. 20 min

This project is a remake of Mike Kelley's original 1983 video, The Banana Man. It began three years ago as a simple off-handed remark and casual challenge to my students: "I'm thinking of doing a remake of Banana Man, what do you think about that?" And they all said yes and I found myself committed to the project.

Like Kelley, this is my first true solo single channel video project. It came from a need to explore the performer as artist as well as addressing issues of gender that have been present in my work but not foregrounded directly.  I am interested in a translation that  addresses material choices and psychological mannerisms compared to the work of Mike Kelley. As a remake of Kelley's original Banana Man, my video is attempting to collapse terms of the personal and public persona of the artist by unraveling the fiction of the fictional character that is Banana Man - an impotent entertainer, a trans persona, an empty vessel born of public perception. But in short, this video is a simple exercise in constructing a performance using myself as the performer.



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Bruce High Quality Foundation Rally | Thursday, April 7th | 7pm | UIC

"Teach 4 Amerika" Rally

Thurday, April 7
6:00-7:30 pm

UIC Campus
Lecture Center A1
(one block south of the UIC/Halsted CTA Blue Line stop)
(nearest address 821 S. Morgan St.)

free and open to all


“Teach 4 Amerika aims to empower artists to create the education they need and not beholden them to a system that professionalizes them out of their own specificity,”
- Bruce High Quality Foundation.

To find out more:

G400 blog post about the event:
http://gallery400.blogspot.com/2011/03/more-details-teach-4-amerika-at-uic.html

Artlog interviews BHQF about the Teach 4 Amerika tour.
http://artlog.com/posts/37-the-bruce-high-quality-foundation

About Teach 4 Amerika: www.teach4amerika.org
About BHQF: www.thebrucehighqualityfoundation.com
About BHQF University: www.bhqfu.org
New York Times profile on the school: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/arts/design/13roberta.html


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Whoop Dee Doo! | First Annual Gala | Friday, April 1st | Kansas City, MO

As a supporter of Whoop Dee Doo, we invite you to show your support and attend the:

Whoop Dee Doo First Annual Gala!!!!!!!!!
Friday, April 1st, 2011
7-11pm
Lathrop & Gage Law Firm, 2345 Grand, 22nd Floor
Tickets: $50 in advance or at the door
 
Contact:
Megan Mantia
megan@whoopdeedoo.tv
816 582 6395

The amazing David Wayne Reed hosts the First Annual Whoop Dee Doo Gala, held ever-so-appropriately on April Fool’s Day! Enjoy hors d’oeuvres from over twenty local restaurants including Café Sebastienne, You Say Tomato, Eden Alley, Succotash, Moxie Catering and complimentary open bar all night, plus pranks, prizes and performances featuring amazing local talent such as the kids of the Operation Breakthrough choir.
 
Help support Whoop Dee Doo! The purchase of your ticket helps us grow our annual programming in the KC metropolitan area, as well as taking our shows around the country and beyond!! Our needs range from construction paper and glitter, dvds and advanced recording equipment, to maintaining our brand new community space. Our public programs and workshops allow kids to work with amazing local, regional and national artists, as well as performers in our live shows. All contributions, no matter how large or small, help Whoop Dee Doo reach new audiences and support creativity among all ages. Whoop Dee Doo Inc is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and all monetary donations are 100% tax-deductible.


About Whoop Dee Doo:
Whoop Dee Doo is a kid-friendly faux public access television show featuring pre-planned performances accompanied by active audience participation. Whoop Dee Doo provides free live shows and youth workshops for the community, and involves dozens of amazingly talented local artists donating their time to create unique new projects, performances and artworks.
 
The show is based in Kansas City, Missouri at 1735 Walnut Street, but has traveled and worked with arts organizations such as the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE, Deitch Projects in New York, NY, Loyal Gallery in Malmo, Sweden, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art In Kansas City, MO and The Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago.
 
 

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Wii me

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My cousin Hope creates the Wii version of me, while Aunt Julie shoots the video. I love this.

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DAILY CLAES

I am for the art out of a doggy's mouth, falling five stories from the roof.
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Northwestern Art Theory & Practice MFA Open Studios | Feb 26 | 12PM - 6PM

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629 Colfax Street

Evanston, Illinois 60202

 

Most likely featuring the work of:

Haig Aivazian
Cameron Crawford
Megan Schvaneveldt Frank
Crystal Heiden
Robert Chase Heishman
Eric May
Zach Meyer
Madsen Minax
Chris Naka
Rachel Niffenegger

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H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute | On Screen: Global Intimacy Outreach

 

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60-Second Take:  

The Local Face of Globalism

An Open Call for Videos


What is the local face of globalism?  

   

In the exhibition On-Screen: Global Intimacy, ten artists engage globalism as lived experience in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia, and the United States.   

We invite you to share your experience of globalism by creating a one-minute video for the project The 60-Second Take: The Local Face of Globalism.


To participate 

 

Submit a 60 second video(s) in one of the following formats (WebM, AVI, MPEG4, MPEGS, 3GPP, WMV, MOV, FLV) on a dvd or flash drive by Saturday, March 12th at 5:00 p.m. Videos must be smaller than 2GB and one minute of less. You can submit more than one video. Each creator should make sure their videos contain no copyright infringements.

 

Click here for detailed info and application form.

60-Second Take Info 

  

Click here for info about creating/formatting videos for this project.

Video formatting info

 

 

 

 

Video screening and closing reception @ the Artspace

Videos selected for 60-Second Take: The Local Face of Globalism will be on view at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute and on our Artspace YouTube site March 19 - 31. A closing reception will be hosted by the Artspace on Friday, March 25 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

 

On-Screen: Global Intimacy is on view at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute February 4 through March 31, 2011. You can drop off videos at the Artspace, located at 16 East 43 St., Kansas City, MO 64111. Public hours are Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5:00 pm, and Saturday 11:00 to 5:00 pm. For more information, call 816-561-5563 or visit www.kcai.edu/artspace 

 

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DAILY CLAES

I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.

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Christopher Good | RETURN OF THE GUMSHOE KIDS | film | 2011

This looks really great! A lot of great folks...and intrigue. 

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DAILY CLAES

I am for an art that imitates the human, that is comic, if necessary, or violent, or whatever is necessary.

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DAILY CLAES

I am for an art that embroils itself with the everyday crap & still comes out on top.

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MC/DC | BAC Flicks: Sounddance / Pond Way | February 7th 2011


 

Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Sounddance, photo by Tony Dougherty

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BAC Flicks: Mondays with Merce

Sounddance & Pond Way


Monday, February 7

7:00pm

Tickets: $15

 

Two films by Charles Atlas, presented by Baryshnikov Arts Center in collaboration with the Cunningham Dance Foundation.

Marcie Munnerlyn in Pond Way, photo by Anna Finke


 

Sounddance (1975)

Music by David Tudor

Décor & costumes by Mark Lancaster

 

Pond Way (1998)

Music by Brian Eno

Décor by Roy Lichtenstein

Costumes by Suzanne Gallo

 

An episode of the pioneering webcast series Mondays with Merce will precede the films, and the evening includes a talk with special guest artists.

 

 

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets!

 
 
Upcoming BAC: Flicks Screenings

 Cedric Andrieux, Jonah Bokaer, Brandon Collwes in eyeSpace,  

photo by Anna Finke

 

   

April 4

7:00pm

eyeSpace

(2006)

 


May 2

7:00pm

Crises (1960) &

Native Green (1985)

 

    

Take Class at the Merce Cunningham Studio! 
Daily Open and Professional Classes Available in Cunningham Technique, Yoga, and Awareness Through Movement.  Classes are taught for dancers at all skill levels.

Drop-In: $15
10 Class Card (5 weeks): $140
20 Class Card (10 weeks): $250

Click here for more information.

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DAILY CLAES

I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all, an art given the chance of having a staring point of zero.
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DAILY CLAES

I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.

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JAMES BLAKE | THE WILHELM SCREAM | 2011

Such a great song! Can't wait for the full-length album!

 

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Alexander Chen | Conductor: mta.me

A loving thank you to my brother (Shawn Old) for passing this on to me! I love it!

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