1st Video Art Festival, Damascus "Video Art Now"
December 2008
In the frame of Damascus culture capital
AllArtNow are sending open Call for Submission to the 1st Video Art Festival taking place at AllArtNow in December 2008. The festival focuses on the presentation and discussion of low budget and experimental video art.
What's on
"SOUNDSCAPES is an open source music initiative curated by Claudio Marzano and Scott Clyke as part of La Biennale de Montréal 2009."
Soundscapes BIENNALE MONTREAL 2009
Exhibition: October 15 to November 9, 2008
Reception: Wednesday, October 15th, 7 to 9 pm
Visual artists and writers share a long rich history of exchanging ideas – affecting, influencing and challenging each other to create inspired works. Jud Bergeron had this type of relationship with best friend and poet, Bill Reynolds, who passed away tragically ten years ago.
For “I Will Wait Quietly”, Bergeron revisits Reynolds writings, selecting a collection of poems and building sculptures, literally, from Reynolds' words. Each work, ranging from small vessels to abstract sculptures to larger than life-sized figures, represents a single poem - the artist fashioned each letter in that poem from wood and/or steel and built that sculpture from its letters. In some the characters are almost unrecognizable. In others they are clearly apparent. But every piece is a poetic use of space and form that utilizes language while obscuring its traditional use.
Jud Bergeron attended Old Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Connecticut and went on to study at Vogel Sculpture Studio in France. His work is included in many public and private collections including the 2004 Hearts in San Francisco public art project. Bergeron lives and works in New York.
Sloan Fine Art
Looking back nearly 60 years across a wide spectrum of genres and media, this exhibition examines how artists have engaged members of the public as essential collaborators in the art-making process. Works by more than 40 artists will be on view, from early performance and conceptual pieces by such pioneers as John Cage, Lygia Clark, Dan Graham, and Hans Haacke to contemporary projects by Jochen Gerz, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Erwin Wurm, among others. Encompassing restagings of historic installations as well as new commissions that invite your direct participation, the exhibition will change in form and content as you and other visitors contribute — either at the museum or online.
SFMOMA | Exhibitions Events | Calendar | The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now
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We live in interesting times. Web technologies such as YouTube, blogging, podcasting and social media have unleashed a wealth of creative material online. The Arts Council is pleased to bring together national and international experts from the arts, social media and broadcasting in this one day working seminar to explore the ways in which artists and the public are adapting and adopting new ways of producing, presenting and promoting the arts.
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