Paris on the Prairie: Part III

Paris on the Prairie: Part III

Ed. note: This is the third in a four part series hosted in collaboration with The Ladies Almanack, a feature-­length experimental narrative film written & directed by Daviel Shy, based on the novel of the same title by Djuna Barnes. This installment has been...
From the Road: Various Perfection

From the Road: Various Perfection

I recently visited The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. Their permanent collection is well worth the visit, but I was lucky enough to see a pair of exhibitions: Man Ray — Human Equations: A Journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare and Hiroshi Sugimoto’s...
Notes On Blue: Interview with Moyra Davey

Notes On Blue: Interview with Moyra Davey

In the beginning of June, Moyra Davey premiered her most recent video Notes On Blue for the Walker Art Center’s 2015 Walker Moving Image Commissions. (The video is available for public viewing for a limited time at:...
Funeral Mountain: Claire Sherman at Kavi Gupta

Funeral Mountain: Claire Sherman at Kavi Gupta

  By Kevin Blake  “Ahoy down there” I yelled,  acting out a drama I had seen before and would see forever–over and over. Again and again. I thought I was calling down to her from the top of a gigantic sand dune. From the peak of the tallest mountain. From the...
Top 5 Weekend Picks (6/5-6/7)

Top 5 Weekend Picks (6/5-6/7)

1. Rapid Pulse at multiple locations throughout Chicago A multi-site performance art festival. Performances occur at various locations. Rapid Pulse runs from Thursday 6/4 – Sunday 6/7 and Thursday 6/11 – Sunday 6/14. 2. Touchers at Aspect/Ratio Work by...