tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258340522024-03-13T06:27:41.707-05:00High Low and in Betweenhighlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.comBlogger622125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-84722477479728710342011-02-10T12:19:00.005-05:002011-02-10T12:29:15.326-05:00Upcoming show at Roger Williams University<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a two person show featuring myself and <a href="http://www.hiroyukihamada.com/site.html">Hiroyuki Hamada</a>. It opens on 2/23/11 and runs through 3/30/11. It’s organized by curator Jess Frost from </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.artandestate.com/" target="_blank">Art & Estate Archive, NY</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. I am excited to show with Hiroyuki and expect some interesting discussion at the university . Jess will be speaking about the show on 3/23/11 at the university. Details below.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BGGsjcxI-ws/TVQecudoozI/AAAAAAAABoc/zgrgj2AOHVU/s1600/CS.HH.RWU920.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BGGsjcxI-ws/TVQecudoozI/AAAAAAAABoc/zgrgj2AOHVU/s400/CS.HH.RWU920.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572112117821645618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JUyYkOp9x_o/TVQemz1SlKI/AAAAAAAABok/gP_6DsZEq1c/s1600/RWU.Spring2011920.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JUyYkOp9x_o/TVQemz1SlKI/AAAAAAAABok/gP_6DsZEq1c/s400/RWU.Spring2011920.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572112291061732514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BGGsjcxI-ws/TVQecudoozI/AAAAAAAABoc/zgrgj2AOHVU/s1600/CS.HH.RWU920.jpg"><br /></a>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-88744160673206110912010-08-26T10:59:00.003-05:002010-09-12T16:33:57.544-05:00Greenpoint Open Studios<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/THaPmTRbtFI/AAAAAAAABn8/ZOpnLgMuyms/s1600/GOS.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/THaPmTRbtFI/AAAAAAAABn8/ZOpnLgMuyms/s400/GOS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509749082305573970" border="0" /></a><span class="agText"><p style="font-family: arial;">Greenpoint is having another round of <a href="http://greenpointopenstudios.org/">open studios</a> this October 1 - 3. So if you are a local artist or just want to support them<a href="http://http//www.indiegogo.com/GreenpointOpenStudios"> please contribute to this fundraiser.</a></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Details:</span><br /></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://greenpointopenstudios.org/">Greenpoint Open Studios</a><br />October 1 – 3, 2010<br />greenpointopenstudios.org</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">Greenpoint Open Studios is a weekend long event celebrating a burgeoning art scene in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It is a collaborative effort between artists, organizations, businesses and volunteers to build a creative platform in which all members of the community can foster and contribute to a support system that encourages the sharing of ideas and relationships. As artist studios and exhibition spaces continue to emerge in the neighborhood we hope to facilitate the growth of a thriving art community.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">Programming throughout the event include art exhibitions at Greenpoint Gallery and Yes Gallery, a one night public art festival courtesy Bring to Light, a food infused round table discussion and feel good celebrations! We will need funding (our goal is to raise $2000) to cover all operational costs from promotional material and rental equipment to refreshments and graphic designers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">We are grateful for generous donations and support from local businesses as they show their love and support for the local art community. Similarly, you funding will allow us to continue to strengthen and cultivate a growing community of artists and harness relationships, collaborations and creative dialogue.</span></p><br /></blockquote><p></p></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-76280118804649287512010-08-03T18:13:00.005-05:002010-08-03T18:29:36.650-05:00On the Beach w/Zoe Strauss<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TFilqNXEZHI/AAAAAAAABn0/OdfWdwD8gTI/s1600/strauss.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TFilqNXEZHI/AAAAAAAABn0/OdfWdwD8gTI/s400/strauss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501329089392567410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TFii5rpJwsI/AAAAAAAABnk/5uvp4DAkoCg/s1600/strauss.jpg"><br /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I've been on a hiatus for a few weeks. Just painting and such, nothing exciting. One of the highlights though has been following Philly based photographer Zoe Strauss on <a href="http://zoestrauss.blogspot.com/">her blog</a> as she documents the BP disaster down in the Gulf. She's provided compelling images but has also been a sort of on the ground surrogate for me and I assume many others as we watch from afar. This is what artists do of course and it helps to have honest commentary about her inner dialogue as she engages this calamity.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Tyler Green has an interview with Zoe at Artinfo. com: Q & A <a href="http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2010/08/august-newsmaker-qa-zoe-strauss-visits-the-gulf/comment-page-1/#comment-4290">One </a>and <a href="http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2010/08/august-newsmaker-qa-zoe-strauss-part-two/">Two</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">image: Zoe Strauss</span></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-26990507965169625212010-06-29T18:43:00.006-05:002010-08-03T18:32:30.535-05:00Artists Responding to the BP Disaster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TCqInyJUeMI/AAAAAAAABnc/IzeKypRPuZ0/s1600/20090318-sunset13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TCqInyJUeMI/AAAAAAAABnc/IzeKypRPuZ0/s400/20090318-sunset13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488349312961509570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I've been coming across some sites and news about artists addressing the BP sponsored disaster in the Gulf Coast. These are small actions but they matter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Tate Britain has recently "celebrated" 20 years of sponsorship by BP which has to be the most ill timed celebration in museum history. The sadness of this is beyond words. <a href="http://www.carbonweb.org/showitem.asp?article=382&parent=39">Platform </a>reports on a group of artists denouncing the event and the practice of BP sponsorship. Some major names on the list are Hans Haacke, Lucy Lippard and Rebecca Solnit.</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal"></p><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">A letter today was published in the Guardian today signed by 171 figures from the art world condemning BP’s sponsorship of cultural institutions in the UK. The letter has been published on the day that Tate Britain is hosting a party to celebrate 20 years of BP’s sponsorship. [1] A group of artists under the banner of ‘The Good Crude Britannia’ are planning on protesting outside the event, and will be handing out the “Licence to Spill’ briefing to people attending the party.[2]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Arts/activist organisation Platform [3] has gathered 171 signatories from the international arts community, for a letter that says: </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">“As crude oil continues to devastate coastlines and communities in the Gulf of Mexico, BP executives will be enjoying a cocktail reception with curators and artists in the Tate Britain. These relationships enable big oil companies to mask the environmentally destructive nature of their activities with the social legitimacy that is associated with such high profile cultural associations.”[4]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://http//www.carbonweb.org/showitem.asp?article=382&parent=39"><span style="font-family:arial;">continue here</span></a></p></blockquote><p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"></p><span style="font-family:arial;">Also, I've just come across </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://poetsgulfcoast.wordpress.com/">Poets for Living Waters</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> which describes itself as a poetry action in response to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. There is a <a href="http://poetsgulfcoast.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/hello-world/">call for entries</a> and I thank Poet <a href="http://poetsgulfcoast.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/two-poems-by-brett-evans/">Brett Evans</a> for leading me to the site.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;" >image: Poets for Living Waters</span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-28267789197136840532010-06-22T22:05:00.002-05:002010-06-22T22:12:04.556-05:00Call for Entries: INDEX: Design Challenge - Designing for Education<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TCF64r_g0-I/AAAAAAAABnU/il88E4P97fU/s1600/cy+twombly2+artgallery+yale.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TCF64r_g0-I/AAAAAAAABnU/il88E4P97fU/s400/cy+twombly2+artgallery+yale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485800935414354914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">This looks like an amazing opportunity!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/competition/call_for_entries_index_design_challenge_-_designing_for_education__16778.asp"><span style="font-family:arial;">Via CORE 77:</span></a></span><br /><p style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://designtoimprovelife.dk/"></a></p><blockquote><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://designtoimprovelife.dk/">INDEX: Design to Improve Life</a> has just opened the doors to their <a href="http://designtoimprovelife.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=458&Itemid=292">2010 challenge</a> with the theme "Designing for Education," in partnership with the children's rights organization UNICEF. If you are a student, a recent grad, or faculty, you are invited to submit in the following three areas: improved educational facilities, sanitation and hygiene, and gender parity in education. </span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here's an excerpt from the brief:</span></p> <blockquote style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">According to UNESCO's 2010 Education for All report (EFA), the number of children out of school has dropped by 33 million worldwide since 1999. South and West Asia more than halved the number of children not in school - a reduction of 21 million. But the latest numbers show that 72 million children are still out of school, and if the trend continues, 56 million children will still be out of school in 2015. Equally important, besides ensuring more children enroll in school, those children already in school must get a good education. </span><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Literacy remains among the most neglected of all education goals, and millions of children are leaving school before acquiring basic skills. In some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, young adults with five years of education have a 40% probability of being illiterate. About 759 million adults lack literacy skills today. Two-thirds are women.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">The gender disparity in education is another problem in developing countries today. Even though the share of girls out of school has declined from 58% to 54%, and the gender gap in primary education is narrowing in many countries, the difference is still a problem. In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, almost 12 million girls may never enroll. In Yemen, nearly 80% of girls out of school are unlikely ever to enroll, compared with 36% of boys.</span></p></blockquote> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Submissions are due by November 26, 2010. Click here for <a href="http://designtoimprovelife.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=458&Itemid=292">guidelines</a>. </span></p></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />image: <a href="http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/popups/pc_modern/details24.html">Cy Twombly</a></span></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-85077353186288828552010-06-22T21:47:00.002-05:002010-06-22T21:51:26.247-05:00Twitter as Hangman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TCF19v0AoGI/AAAAAAAABnM/KMVFgZgrzXk/s1600/twitter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TCF19v0AoGI/AAAAAAAABnM/KMVFgZgrzXk/s400/twitter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485795524781056098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm for a transparent bureaucracy but this isn't what I had in mind. Social media as medieval spectacle.</span> More death tweets at <a href="http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2010/06/twittering-death.html">Infocult</a>.highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-22229409950175762292010-06-16T09:58:00.004-05:002010-08-03T18:33:05.401-05:00Tracking BP's Disaster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TBjmwCbYOGI/AAAAAAAABnE/yEFENYcpA9E/s1600/erma.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TBjmwCbYOGI/AAAAAAAABnE/yEFENYcpA9E/s400/erma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483386259283392610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">If you're looking for a map that really puts you there and helps with understanding this ever changing oil spill then check out the following from NOAA.</span><br /><a href="http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/"></a><blockquote style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/">An interactive map</a> with information about the oil spill’s trajectory, the position of NOAA’s research ships, spilled oil’s coastal location and the areas closed to shipping and more. </blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">hat tip: Cheryl Rofer</span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-88747883943003791932010-06-11T10:05:00.004-05:002010-06-11T13:21:19.945-05:00Sigmar Polke RIP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TBJQ3HQdGuI/AAAAAAAABm8/VhRSdact7F4/s1600/polke.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TBJQ3HQdGuI/AAAAAAAABm8/VhRSdact7F4/s400/polke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481532604234406626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Ok so yet another titan of the post-war era has passed. Its getting out of hand. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aJbNpoNVhHkc">Bloomberg</a> reports that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmar_Polke">Sigmar Polke</a> has lost his battle with cancer.</span><br /><br /><p> </p><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><p><span style="font-size:85%;">June 11 (Bloomberg) -- <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Sigmar+Polke&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1" onmouseover="return escape( popwSearchNews( this ))">Sigmar Polke</a>, one of Germany’s best-known artists, died last night from cancer at the age of 69, his dealer Erhard Klein said in a phone interview. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">Polke, a painter, graphic artist and photographer, was “one of the most important and most successful representatives of German contemporary art,” Culture Minister <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Bernd+Neumann&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1" onmouseover="return escape( popwSearchNews( this ))">Bernd Neumann</a> said in a statement. “He was a critical, ironic and self-ironic observer of postwar history and its artistic commentators.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">Born in 1941 in eastern Germany, Polke emigrated to the west in 1953. He settled in Dusseldorf, where he studied at the Art Academy. In 1963, he founded the “Capitalist Realism” painting movement with <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Gerhard+Richter&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1" onmouseover="return escape( popwSearchNews( this ))">Gerhard Richter</a> and Konrad Lueg. The three artists mocked both the realist style that was the official art of the Soviet Union and the consumer-driven pop art of the west. Polke moved to Cologne in 1978. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">He experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matter and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when he produced abstract works created by chance through chemical reactions between paint and other products. In the last 20 years, he produced paintings focused on historical events and perceptions of them. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>Here's a nice <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20070527_POLKE_FEATURE/index.html">slide show</a> at the NY Times.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">image: Sigmar Polke</span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-19451818252580854542010-06-11T09:41:00.006-05:002010-06-11T09:54:07.698-05:00Andrei Tarkovsky's Polaroids<span style="font-family:arial;">I've had a love for Polaroid film since I first saw the magic unfold as a small child. In addition to a Walker Evans book, a book on Tarkovsky's Polaroid photos is among my prize possessions. A continual yet subtle influence on my painting palette. The book is difficult to find so I am very happy to learn that the works have been digitized by a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.diphotos.net/JJ/Tarkovskij/Web/li.htm" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.diphotos.net/JJ/Tarkovskij/Web/li.htm');">Russian blog</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. If you are unfamiliar with the great Soviet director and his particular genius for color and light, please see the following films - </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/');"><em>Solaris</em></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072443/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072443/');"><em>The Mirror</em></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086022/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086022/');">Nostalghia</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091670/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091670/');"><em>The Sacrifice</em></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TBJNbRv7O_I/AAAAAAAABm0/ga24CHNI7fo/s1600/051.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TBJNbRv7O_I/AAAAAAAABm0/ga24CHNI7fo/s400/051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481528827479538674" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />via: <a href="http://flavorwire.com/97522/andrei-tarkovskys-stunning-polaroid-photography">flavorwire</a></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-33722307371330789432010-06-11T09:37:00.004-05:002010-06-11T09:56:25.774-05:00WC2010<a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TBJKMjWIotI/AAAAAAAABmU/ECIHpQiptKs/s1600/2010+FIFA+World+Cup.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TBJKMjWIotI/AAAAAAAABmU/ECIHpQiptKs/s400/2010+FIFA+World+Cup.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481525275970282194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">World Cup starts today and the majority of the world goes nuts!</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Congrats to South Africa for being the host country and go team USA.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />For an innovative graphic on the teams and matches, see </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html">here</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sites to stay on top of the action (besides ESPN):</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">official </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.fifa.com/index.html">FIFA World Cup</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> site, </span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/worldcup2010">The Guardian</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> (though a bit slow thus far), </span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/HOME_Coupe-du-monde.html">L'Equipe</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> (French), </span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.tnr.com/blogs/world-cup">TNR World Cup blog</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><br />hattip: helmut</span><br /></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-29709082702217736982010-06-09T11:00:00.001-05:002010-08-03T18:33:05.402-05:00YOU are responsible for spills<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TA-6u8_ZpHI/AAAAAAAABmM/TTwCYw_IpjY/s1600/bpstations.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TA-6u8_ZpHI/AAAAAAAABmM/TTwCYw_IpjY/s400/bpstations.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480804587341980786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Some irony from BP stations around the country. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/08/irony-gate-signs-at-bp-stations-tell-customers-they-are-responsible-for-any-spills/">Climate Progress</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> is asking people to send in more images.</span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-18759127918074973802010-06-08T08:42:00.004-05:002010-06-08T08:56:31.451-05:00Save NY Libraries - Read In<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TA5Lm7FakwI/AAAAAAAABmE/sFREexTPt4Y/s1600/n130741926940406_8967.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TA5Lm7FakwI/AAAAAAAABmE/sFREexTPt4Y/s400/n130741926940406_8967.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480400928623989506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It always seems to come down to an assault on the humanities. NYC as you may know is suffering more than its share of economic woes and the cuts are coming. One thing on the chopping block is the public library system where job cuts have begun. This comes at a time where the high number of unemployed need library resources more than ever. According to the <a href="http://libraryjournal.com/lj/home/885190-264/nyc_library_leaders_urge_cuts.html.csp">Library Journal</a><a href="http://libraryjournal.com/lj/home/885190-264/nyc_library_leaders_urge_cuts.html.csp">.com</a> the Mayor's office issued his Executive Budget, and the cuts are even worse, nearly 25 percent, representing a 30 percent reduction over two years. That would lead to perhaps 1500 layoffs (30 to 40 percent of staff), some 40 closed libraries, and drastically curtailed hours and materials.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In addition to calling elected officials, here is another way you can try and stop these cuts.</span> <strong style="font-family: arial;"></strong><blockquote><strong style="font-family: arial;">Read-in coming June 12<br /></strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Library workers and advocates gathered under the Save NYC Libraries banner are backing that call with a series of actions, notably a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://savenyclibraries.org/we-will-not-be-shushed-24-hour-read-in/" target="_blank">24-hour Read-In</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> to be held in front of the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library at Grand Army Plaza beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday June 12.</span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Details:</span><br /><br /><table id="Time and Place" class="profileTable info_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: arial;" class="label">Start Time:</td> <td style="font-family: arial;" class="data"><div class="datawrap">Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 5:00pm</div></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial;" class="label">End Time:</td> <td style="font-family: arial;" class="data"><div class="datawrap">Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 5:00pm</div></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial;" class="label">Location:</td> <td style="font-family: arial;" class="data"><div class="datawrap">Steps of BPL Central Library</div></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial;" class="label">Street:</td> <td style="font-family: arial;" class="data"><div class="datawrap">10 Grand Army Plaza</div></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-family: arial;" class="label">City/Town:</td> <td style="font-family: arial;" class="data"><div class="datawrap">Brooklyn, NY</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">From the organizers:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Come out and support libraries during the 24 hour We Will Not Be Shushed Read-In. This is going to be a unified libraries effort with readers and library workers from all three tri-li systems. We already have the full endorsement of Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Library administration. This is going to be a huge event in support of libraries.</span></span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">To Volunteer:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">savenyclibraries@gmail.com</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We need volunteers for the event, not to read though. No we need people for the hard boring work, to get petition signatures and make sure that people fill out postcards and sign petition and then sign another, then another. We need people who will work the crowd and man the tables. We need people to do the heavy lifting. </span></span><br /><br /></blockquote>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-81892476867342807372010-06-02T12:31:00.004-05:002010-06-02T12:38:11.065-05:00the gender and geography of (un)employment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TAaVtcqLFZI/AAAAAAAABl8/1xDGtzWGMyk/s1600/Picture+9.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TAaVtcqLFZI/AAAAAAAABl8/1xDGtzWGMyk/s400/Picture+9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478230604762518930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The above employment map comes from <a href="http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/2010/06/gender-and-geography-of-work.html">Stuart Staniford</a>, representing trends in the United States by county. Lot's of data and resulting questions regarding gender and geography in the US. Outstanding map design as well.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">hat tip: Kevin Drum</span></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-51601387228180967012010-06-01T11:01:00.003-05:002010-06-01T11:10:36.054-05:00Louise Bourgeois 1911 -2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TAUvGgoRrxI/AAAAAAAABl0/T3unDVfbc_M/s1600/Femme-Maison.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/TAUvGgoRrxI/AAAAAAAABl0/T3unDVfbc_M/s400/Femme-Maison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477836310650662674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Yet another light has gone out. <span style="font-family: arial;">I think everyone was wishing she would continue making art into her second century.</span> Here's a good bio from <a href="http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/bourgeois/index.html">Art 21</a>.</span><br /><blockquote style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911. She studied art at various schools there, including the Ecole du Louvre, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Académie Julian, and Atelier Fernand Léger. In 1938, she emigrated to the United States and continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York. Though her beginnings were as an engraver and painter, by the 1940s she had turned her attention to sculptural work, for which she is now recognized as a twentieth-century leader. Greatly influenced by the influx of European Surrealist artists who immigrated to the United States after World War II, Bourgeois’s early sculpture was composed of groupings of abstract and organic shapes, often carved from wood. By the 1960s she began to execute her work in rubber, bronze, and stone, and the pieces themselves became larger, more referential to what has become the dominant theme of her work—her childhood. She has famously stated “My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.” Deeply symbolic, her work uses her relationship with her parents and the role sexuality played in her early family life as a vocabulary in which to understand and remake that history. The anthropomorphic shapes her pieces take—the female and male bodies are continually referenced and remade—are charged with sexuality and innocence and the interplay between the two. Bourgeois’s work is in the collections of most major museums around the world.</span></blockquote> More on the artist's life<a href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/bour-j14.shtml"> here</a> and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/arts/design/01bourgeois.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><br />image:Louise Bourgeois, Femme Maison, 1947, ink on paper, 9-15/16 x 7-1/8 in.,Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, photo by Eeva Inkeri, © Louise Bourgeois.</span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-87254968265897727312010-05-29T19:29:00.003-05:002010-05-29T19:38:55.421-05:00Dennis Hopper 1936-2010<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SkMHb0mAUAY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SkMHb0mAUAY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="465" height="385"></embed></object>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-86803512994201284442010-05-26T10:02:00.015-05:002010-05-26T10:34:48.806-05:00Land Art Road Trip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S_07LZ-Q-0I/AAAAAAAABls/uiCFQaPwPEg/s1600/spiral-jetty.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S_07LZ-Q-0I/AAAAAAAABls/uiCFQaPwPEg/s400/spiral-jetty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475597789089037122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I've always wanted to do a cross country trip that involved exploring the wide range of land art across our country. Then a couple weeks back my friend, artist </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.meganvossler.com/Megan_Vossler/Home.html">Megan Vossler</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, emailed saying see was embarking on such a trip with her friend Rhamy. They have a website recording this adventure called</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://landlandland.wordpress.com/"> land land land ART ART ART!</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> The duo are currently in Marfa. Be sure and check it out.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Destinations:</span></span><br /><div id="linkcat-13593" class="widget snap_preview widget_links"><ul class="snap_preview xoxo blogroll"><blockquote><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm" target="_blank">Arches National Park</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/badl/index.htm" target="_blank">Badlands National Park</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/bonneville_salt.htm" target="_blank">Bonneville Salt Flats</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/brca/index.htm" target="_blank">Bryce Canyon National Park</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.clui.org/" target="_blank">Center for Land Use Interpretation</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.chinati.org/" target="_blank">Donald Judd: Chinati Foundation</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://doublenegative.tarasen.net/double_negative.html" target="_blank">Michael Heiser: Double Negative</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/UT3126/" target="_blank">Nancy Holt: Sun Tunnels</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/spiraljetty" target="_blank">Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/lightningfield" target="_blank">Walter de Maria: Lightning Field</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/whsa/index.htm" target="_blank">White Sands National Monument</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/zion/index.htm" target="_blank">Zion National Park</a></span></li></blockquote></ul></div><div id="primary"> <div class="entry static"> <div style="font-family: arial;" face="arial" class="post-meta"> <h1 class="post-title" id="post-2"><br /></h1><h1 class="post-title" id="post-2"><span style="font-size:85%;">About the project:<br /></span></h1> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="snap_preview"><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">We are two California-to-Minnesota transplants (one an artist and teacher, the other a medical resident), chronicling a road trip we will take in May 2010 through the southwestern United States. Our purpose is to record our experience of the changing landscape, through drawings, photos, video, writing and sound. We’ll also be visiting as many of the major American land art sites as we can, to see how they’re holding up 30-plus years after their completion.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">This trip has been partially funded by a generous travel and study grant from the <a href="http://www.jeromefdn.org/" target="_blank">Jerome Foundation</a> in St Paul, MN.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p></blockquote><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><p></p></div> </div> </div> </div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;" >image: Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson</span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-24997881639815859152010-05-25T11:46:00.005-05:002010-06-16T10:04:23.236-05:00Molly's River coming to Times Square<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S_wDFQODAqI/AAAAAAAABlk/7ASrSrBCIRE/s1600/052410river2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S_wDFQODAqI/AAAAAAAABlk/7ASrSrBCIRE/s400/052410river2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475254635763794594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">This summer, Times Square is getting a river! Brooklyn-based artist </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.mollydilworth.com/">Molly Dilworth</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> (a hard working friend) has landed the the commission to paint the pedestrian plazas on Broadway from 47th to 42nd Streets. Her piece is titled "Cool Water, Hot Island," a graphic representation of NASA's infrared satellite data of Manhattan.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />from the DOT:</span> <blockquote>The artist's concept focuses on the urban heat-island effect, where cities tend to experience warmer temperatures than rural settings. The proposed design's color palette of striking blues and lighter hues reflects more sunlight and absorb less heat - improving the look of these popular pedestrian plazas while making them more comfortable to sit in. The color and patterns evoke water, suggesting a river flowing through the center of Times Square, and they also provide a compelling visual counterpoint to the reds, oranges and yellows of the area’s signature marquees and billboards.</blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;">Molly's river will begin flowing by mid-July, and is expected to run about 18 months</span>.<span style="font-family:arial;"> If you want some early Manhattan geography <a href="http://themannahattaproject.org/explore/mannahatta-map/">check out this site</a> for an interactive map. Additional history <a href="http://colonial-america.suite101.com/article.cfm/manhattan_before_the_dutch">here.</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />via: <a href="http://gothamist.com/2010/05/24/times_square_a_river_runs_through_i.php">Gothamist</a></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-28473264295508540342010-05-24T16:18:00.002-05:002010-08-03T18:33:05.404-05:00BP's shit show from Space<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S_rtuQ1KMtI/AAAAAAAABlc/9t57sPRSAeQ/s1600/2010-05-19-nasagulfofmexicooilslickcolumn.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S_rtuQ1KMtI/AAAAAAAABlc/9t57sPRSAeQ/s400/2010-05-19-nasagulfofmexicooilslickcolumn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474949676069958354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />image:NASA</span></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-63142891025944630592010-05-21T17:41:00.003-05:002010-08-03T18:33:05.405-05:00Gulf plume -live stream<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="utv546856" height="320" width="400"><param name="flashvars" value="autoplay=false&brand=embed&cid=1422836&locale=en_US"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/1/1422836"><embed flashvars="autoplay=false&brand=embed&cid=1422836&locale=en_US" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="utv546856" name="utv_n_398209" src="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/1/1422836" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="320" width="400"></embed></object><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/" style="padding: 2px 0px 4px; width: 400px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255); display: block; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Live Broadcasting by Ustream</a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The live footage of BP's underwater black hole is now up.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/49687"><span style="font-family: arial;">Via FDL:</span></a><br /><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Note: The video seems to be coming in and out, so if it appears to be down just give it a few minutes and a couple of old fashioned refreshes and it should come back.</i></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><p><span style="font-size:85%;">I encourage you to bookmark it and monitor the leak’s progress (or lack there of) for yourself. After all, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7746662/BP-admits-underestimating-oil-leaking-from-Gulf-of-Mexico-well.html">we can’t really depend on anyone else to do it for us.</a></span></p></blockquote>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-66344371057230360922010-05-03T19:43:00.004-05:002010-08-03T18:33:05.406-05:00volunteers wanted in the gulf coast<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S99t9yDBJnI/AAAAAAAABlU/ZktdUznWi8g/s1600/d11_23181779.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S99t9yDBJnI/AAAAAAAABlU/ZktdUznWi8g/s400/d11_23181779.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467209380824950386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">If you are looking for a way to contribute towards the unfolding catastrophe in the Gulf, here are some options.</span><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;">The <a href="http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Conservation/Threats-to-Wildlife/Oil-Spill.aspx?s_src=20100503_Oil_Spill_EA">National Wildlife Federation</a> is soliciting donations and volunteers to fight the oil spill through the <a href="http://crcl.org/coalitionprograms/oilspillrecovery.html">Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana</a>:</span></p> <blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">... We do not know the location or the extent of impact to birds, wildlife, and habitat at this time. What we do know is that we need to be ready with on-call volunteers in the event that they are needed. National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana are building a list of volunteers prepared to help with this response.<br /><em></em></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Volunteers can fill a variety of needs, from oiled wildlife recovery, to monitoring and photographing oil movement, to providing a boat and driver for response activities. No specific training or experience is necessary, although you must be at least 18 years old to volunteer. Some tasks, such as food preparation, may require no training. Other tasks, such as washing oiled birds, may require specific certifications or skills. We encourage pre-veterinary students, veterinary technicians, and anyone with <span class="caps">HAZWOPER</span> training to volunteer. Anyone with experience in dealing with wildlife handling, rehabilitation, or hazardous materials clean up is also strongly encouraged to register…<br />[...]<br />Once you have registered, we will contact you as soon as opportunities arise. The severity of this spill may require a long-term and ongoing response, so if you don’t hear from us immediately, it doesn’t mean you won’t be contacted or that your efforts won’t be needed. With your help, we can meet this challenge and reduce the impacts of this spill to habitat and wildlife.<br /><em></em></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Note: If you encounter oiled wildlife, please call 1 (800) 557-1401. Please do not touch or disturb oiled wildlife, for your safety and theirs.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />image: Boston.com</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">hat tip: Balloon Juice</span></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-12418507157081409072010-05-02T12:42:00.004-05:002010-05-02T12:55:32.658-05:00Escape from New York - May 15-June 19<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S927_jY8Y2I/AAAAAAAABlE/F9ikiH2kquI/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S927_jY8Y2I/AAAAAAAABlE/F9ikiH2kquI/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466732223203664738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; 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She leaps across <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">11th Avenue</st1:address></st1:street> without a thought, spotting the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Hudson</st1:place></st1:city>! "If only I can make it!" Darting through the traffic of the <st1:place st="on">West Side</st1:place> Highway, she leaps over the concrete barrier. Herein lies the pier. Out of breath, she looks up. Spotting lights in the distance, <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:state>'s glacial cliffs taunt her, their lights of shimmering color bouncing off the water's edge. A sirensong like Gatsby's eyes, she walks to the end of the path. She has no vessel. "How will she get there?"</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" >Throughout American history, the concept of Manifest Destiny has greeted us with a newfound optimism for the future of what COULD BE versus what IS. "Go west, young man" held true for generations. <i>Escape From New York</i> concentrates specifically on the breaking free of long-held notions and beliefs that <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:city> only can be the center of the art world. An active experiment in reverse bridge and tunnel, <i>Escape From New York </i>highlights <st1:city st="on">Paterson</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">NJ--</st1:state> a historic community in transition with massive venues less than a 15 minute drive from the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">George</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Washington</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Bridge</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Ready and waiting with open arms to help reignite a cultural renaissance, the city has given us heretofore unheard of space to showcase contemporary art in a former silk factory.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><span style=";font-family:";" >Escape From New York </span></i></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" >spotlights the work of 45 top contemporary artists. Running weekends through June 19th, the exhibition includes a broad breadth of genres-- from painting, to video, photography, installation, sculpture, performance and social media-based art. Leaving behind the cramped spaces of <st1:city st="on">Manhattan</st1:city>, for the broad horizons of <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:state>.<br /><br />For additional information, please contact curator Olympia Lambert at <a href="mailto:olympia.lambert@gmail.com" target="_blank">olympia.lambert@gmail.com</a>, or 646.642.4393.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" >Participating artists:<br /><br />2010 Whitney Biennial selectees<br />*The Bruce High Quality Foundation<br />*Kate Gilmore<br /><br />Robert Aitchison<br />Robert Appleton<br />Man Bartlett<br />Adam Bateman<br />Jason Robert Bell<br />Alison Blickle<br />Boyce Cummings<br />Jennifer Dalton<br />Vicki DaSilva<br />Sumner Dilworth<br />Debra Drexler<br />Murray Dwertman<br />Richard Eagan<br />Jeremy Earhart<br />Agnes Eperjesi<br />Stephan Fowlkes<br />Nicholas Fraser<br />Angela Freiberger<br />Micah Ganske<br />Alex Gingrow<br />Dean Goelz<br />Grant Haffner<br />Iliyan Ivanov<br />Kezam<br />Daniel Leeb<br />Thomas Lendvai<br />Julie Lohnes<br />Michelle Manley<br />Jason Metcalf<br />Michael Paul Miller<br />Laelia Mitchell<br />Laurel Nakadate<br />Mia Pearlman<br />Rafael Perez<br />Don Porcella<br />William Powhida<br />Christopher Saunders<br />Robert Schatz<br />Emil Silberman<br />Sean Slemon<br />Peter Soriano<br />Tamas Veszi<br />An Xiao<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style="'position:absolute;" allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\CHRIST~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="3"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" >A collaboration with the Paterson Arts Council. Click <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103350543479&s=1090&e=001luoCChtHpntwN1XnUVSqiXweNJlY0MGF-tr8EQW36yI21FWT6AB_m0CO9z1lTi9gXc3JccLRJxKgALV8L_dyTP_734Eopo-zL0DNQqlgETv776LNVoOM2BYNH3JahI41" target="_blank">here</a> to learn more about the city and its rich history of involvement in the arts.<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />(Above, Julie Lohnes, <i>Tug of War,</i> 2009, video still) <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103350543479&s=1090&e=001luoCChtHpnsb7HdaGBkYo40OJICFEqRX7gfjrVKxDb4XawqzDbD7XHLIuSoYaV_T10z9jR6m1FfslCRqQX2ImPz6Zjw022FZyWBHc0KGn33cucuTvucVnoROYR7XHLSN" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-38587836343377227912010-04-19T17:25:00.002-05:002010-04-19T17:29:08.121-05:00Business and Climate Change<span style="font-family: arial;">I realize we're all supposed to wait for the market (whether art or financial) to reveal its wisdom and future plan for us all so it's good to read the following:</span><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2251297/pagenum/all/#p2">This article by Clive Thompson</a> basically makes the case that such claims in support of climate change inaction are obsolete.<br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">...there's one area where doubt hasn't grown—and where, indeed, people are more and more certain that climate change is not only real, but imminent: the world of industry and commerce. </span><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Companies, of course, exist to make money. That's often what makes them seem so rapacious. But their primal greed also plants them inevitably in the "reality-based community." If a firm's bottom line is going to be affected by a changing climate—say, when its supply chains dry up because of drought, or its real estate gets swamped by sea-level rise—then it doesn't particularly matter whether or not the executives <em>want</em> to believe in climate change. Railing at scientists for massaging tree-ring statistics won't stop the globe from warming if the globe is actually, you know, warming. The same applies in reverse, as the folks at Beluga Shipping adroitly realized: If there are serious bucks to be made from the changing climate, then the free market is almost certainly going to jump at it. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">This makes capitalism a curiously bracing mechanism for cutting through ideological haze and manufactured doubt. Politicians or pundits can distort or cherry-pick climate science any way they want to try and gain temporary influence with the public. But any serious industrialist who's facing "climate exposure"—as it's now called by money managers—cannot afford to engage in that sort of self-delusion. Spend a couple of hours wandering through the websites of various industrial associations—aluminum manufacturers, real estate agents, wineries, agribusinesses, take your pick—and you'll find straightforward statements about the grim reality of climate change that wouldn't seem out of place coming from Greenpeace. Last year Wall Street analysts issued 214 reports assessing the potential risks and opportunities that will come out of a warming world. One by <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/pdf/corporate_valuations.pdf" target="_blank">McKinsey & Co</a>. argued that climate change will shake up industries with the same force that mobile phones reshaped communications. </span></p></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />via: <a href="http://phronesisaical.blogspot.com/">phronesisaical</a></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-14286703647362314412010-04-19T17:23:00.002-05:002010-04-19T17:25:01.302-05:00more ash cloud<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S8zX7kXIZmI/AAAAAAAABks/31DQXsXwhNg/s1600/vol2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S8zX7kXIZmI/AAAAAAAABks/31DQXsXwhNg/s400/vol2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461977866466518626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Some great images of the ever moving ash cloud can be found <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html">here</a>.</span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-89577923267336588592010-04-17T11:20:00.003-05:002010-04-17T11:25:53.202-05:00Record Store Day - Today!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S8nf6QemDeI/AAAAAAAABkc/3CDwP4xiPFs/s1600/418453458178.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 110px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S8nf6QemDeI/AAAAAAAABkc/3CDwP4xiPFs/s400/418453458178.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461142215112134114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Growing up, my local record store was a big part of my cultural education. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Be sure to support your local today. You check on participating <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home">venues here</a>.</span><br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.<br /><br />This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.<br /><br />Record Store Day is currently managed by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Melanie Nipper, and Carrie Colliton. Folks wanting to contact Record Store Day are encouraged to email us at <a href="mailto:information@recordstoreday.com">information@recordstoreday.com</a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><b>NOTE:</b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br />A Record Store Day participating store is defined as a physical retailer whose product line consists of at least 50% music retail, whose company is not publicly traded and whose ownership is at least 70% located in the state of operation. (In other words, we’re dealing with real, live, physical, indie record stores—not online retailers or corporate behemoths). </span></blockquote>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-27823243792148389442010-04-15T18:04:00.004-05:002010-04-15T18:08:35.573-05:00Iceland's Ash Cloud<a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S8ebkQBG4AI/AAAAAAAABkU/2pxy3G4J9lw/s1600/eurvis_sat_201004151900.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t1wV0TJRPvc/S8ebkQBG4AI/AAAAAAAABkU/2pxy3G4J9lw/s400/eurvis_sat_201004151900.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460504120287223810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a satellite view of the volcano eruption Iceland.</span><br /><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><blockquote><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">These images come from satellites which remain above a fixed point on the Earth (i.e. they are "geostationary"). The visible images record visible light from the sun reflected back to the satellite by cloud tops and land and sea surfaces. They are equivalent to a black and white photograph from space. They are better able to show low cloud than infrared images (low cloud is more reflective than the underlying land or sea surface). However, visible pictures can only be made during daylight hours. </span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Coast-lines and lines of latitude and longitude have been added to the images and they have been altered to polar stereographic projection. </span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The visible images are updated every hour. It usually takes about 20 minutes for these images to be processed and be updated on the web site. The time shown on the image is in UTC. </span></p></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />via: <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_VIS.html">UK MET Office</a></span>highlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.com0