by Meg Onli | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog
The New Artist People Series focuses on six contemporary Japanese artists; giving insight to their practice and a wider scope to art occurring in Japan. For their second installment they document the eccentric life of eighty year-old avant-garde artist/poet Yayoi...
by Meg Onli | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog
Supernova from Siggi Eggertsson on Vimeo. On this week’s video pick we bring you Siggi Eggertsson’s Supernova. You will probably recognize his work since he is a pretty popular Illustrator based in Berlin. He has done cover work for Gnarls Barkley’s...
by Meg Onli | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog
Emory Douglas will be speaking tonight, Tuesday, December 1st, at Columbia College. Douglas was the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party and recently has received a resurgence of interest after his touring retrospective. I had a chance to catch Black...
by Guest | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog
Guest post by Damien James. I heard all about what made the ancient Romans laugh (an inordinate amount of what were essentially absent-minded professor jokes), where Wittgenstein and Buster Keaton converge, the bathroom habits of insects, and Jewish humor. I heard...
by Claudine Isé | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog
Make sure and check out the Chicago Tribune today for an article about Deb Sokolow’s current residency project with Daniel Boone Elementary School, which is part of Chicago Public School’s “Crossroads” program. Sokolow is helping 3rd, 4th, and...
by stephanieburke | Nov 27, 2009 | Blog
Good morning to all of you out there in TV land. I hope you are feeling bloated and a little ashamed, now that the national day of gluttony is done. I wish I could say I have an exciting lineup of shows to get you out into the streets, crawlin’ off those extra...
