by Meg Onli | Sep 4, 2009 | Blog
I must admit that I have not been a very big fan of the viral ukulele videos that have been going around but these two videos from Japan’s U900 have captured my attention for the past hour. Other than the bunny’s resemblance to black face the animation...
by Claudine Isé | Sep 2, 2009 | Blog
Personally, I find the news that Disney bought Marvel to be somewhat ironic, given that right now in our own home the Disney Princess and the Superhero are battling it out for my child’s very soul. I’m sad to report that so far, at least, Disney’s...
by Claudine Isé | Sep 2, 2009 | Blog
Not if gallery director Mary Antonakos and her staff and crew of volunteers can help it. But there’s no question that I Space–the gallery of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)– is facing an...
by Meg Onli | Sep 1, 2009 | Blog
In this week’s pick we check out Kara Walker discussing her piece Fibbergibbet and Mumbo Jumbo: Kara E. Walker in Two Acts created at Fabric Workshop in 2004. The installation consists of one of Walker’s first videos. In this video she discusses the move...
by Meg Onli | Sep 1, 2009 | Blog
British publication Granta will be featuring the city of Chicago for its upcoming issue. Chicago based Chris Ware designed the very sweet cover. It sounds like a good issue to pick up if you are interested in what’s going on in Chicago. ” In this video,...
by Claudine Isé | Aug 31, 2009 | Blog
I’m utterly entranced by these “polar panoramas” — 360 degree panoramic images assembled to form a circular image that looks like a tiny planet. There’s a whole Flickr group devoted to polar panoramas, along with the related “Create...
