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Anya Gallaccio: Whitworth Art Gallery Announces Exhibition of Artist's Wallpapers - A Review for artdaily.org - Nov 3 '09

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:10:50 -0800

Whitworth Art Gallery Announces Exhibition of Artist's Wallpapers

Art Daily, November 3, 2009

"...The Whitworth Art Gallery will present the first ever major UK exhibition of artists’ wallpapers. Including work by Damien Hirst, Thomas Demand, UCSD visual arts professor Anya Gallaccio, David Shrigley, Michael Craig-Martin, Angus Fairhurst, Rosemarie Trockel, Martin Boyce, Robert Gober, Francesco Simeti, Niki de St. Phalle and Abigail Lane, this is a seminal show of rare works, allowing the viewer to re-evaluate the role of wallpaper in contemporary art. The Walls Are Talking, curated by Christine Woods and Gill Saunders, features more than 30 international artists and traces the development of their interest in wallpaper, demonstrating how they have played on wallpaper’s domestic and decorative associations to throw into sharp relief their shocking or subversive messages, appropriation of historic motifs, and political or cultural observations..."

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Complete story on the artdaily.org website at:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=34282

Alum Derek Lomas: PlayPower: 1980s computing for the 21st century - A Review by Bobbie Johnson for the guardian.co.uk

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:12:00 -0800

Alum Derek Lomas

PlayPower: 1980s computing for the 21st century
8-bit computers shaped the west – now one firm is taking the same spirit of exploration to children in India and China
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/04/playpower-80s-computing-21st-century)

A Review by Bobbie Johnson for the guardian.co.uk on November 4, 2009

It is nearly two years since Derek Lomas, then a graduate student on an internship with the communications giant Qualcomm, stumbled across a unexpected find while browsing a Bangalore market stall. Perusing the vast spread of goods, he was drawn to an array of strangely familiar computers.

'towards readiness" video work by Monica Duncan - VAF Gallery Nov 17-20 '09 - Noon-4PM

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:03:55 -0800

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Rich Bott: Beach Jazz Noir - Nov 7 '09 - Echo Park - 1296 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles CA

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:43:59 -0800

Rich Bott

Beach Jazz Noir
an audio/video performance

November 7, 2009 at 8-8:30PM

Echo Park, 1296 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles California 90026

Rich Bott: Beach Jazz Noir. A live audio visual chronicle of the following elements and more: Toe rings, day cruises, sea food restaurants, landlocked artificial island suburbs, the cries of seagulls, scuba dogs, shells, tanning zones, specialty coffee drinks and cell phones in tandem, lighthouses

Details at:
www.darinkleinandfriends.blogspot.com

Mexican Omar Pimienta wins tenth Emilio Prados Poetry Prize - El Mundo (Spain) - Oct 30 '09

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:13:56 -0800

Mexican Omar Pimienta wins Tenth Emilio Prados Poetry Prize
(http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/10/30/andalucia_malaga/1256931414.html)

For El Mundo on October 30, 2009

Mexican Omar Pimienta has won the tenth International Poetry Prize Emilio Prados, endowed with 8,000 euros and the publication of his book "Escribo Desde Aqui" ('I write from here'), which was filed under the pseudonym "Benito Bonifacio." This award, sponsored by the Centro Cultural Generacion del 27 and aimed at young people of 35 years with an unpublished work in Castilian, allows young writers to break into the world of literature by publishing and distributing the winning work through publisher Pre-textos, as reported by the Province of Malaga. In this edition, we have received up to 60 works from all corners of Spain and Latin America, which makes this award one of the most consolidated in the Andalusian and nationalnational literature. One of the jurors, Josefa Parra, highlights that the winning work "is a different book from the usual in his generation, speaking of misfortune, poverty, disillusionment and hunger," and all "in a very natural manner, without any sentimentallity, starting from the narrative and catching flashes that disturb and shock." Omar Pimienta, a native of Tijuana, has to date two books of poetry, "Primera Persona: Ella" and "La Libertad: Ciudad de Paso"('The First Person: She' and 'The Freedom: Path City'), and an artist's book, "Libreria 2007" ('Library 2007').

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Original Story in Spanish on the El Mundo website at:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/10/30/andalucia_malaga/1256931414.html

The Emilio Prados Falls on the Mexican Poet Omar Pimienta - Malaga Hoy (Spain) - Oct 31 '09

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:12:46 -0800

The Emilio Prados Falls on the Mexican Poet Omar Pimienta
The award, aimed for those under 35 years, is endowed with 8,000 euros and publication of Work

For Malaga Hoy on October 31, 2009

"...Mexican Omar Pimienta was raised yesterday with the International Poetry Prize Emilio Prados, organized by Centro Cultural Generación del 27, de la Diputación de Málaga, endowed with a cash prize of 8,000 euros and the publication of the work by the publisher Pre -Textos. The piece was presented under the motto "Benedicto Bonifacio" and bears the title "Escribo desde aquí" (I write from here). The winner has two poetry books, "Primera Persona: Ella y La Libertad: ciudad de paso," (First person: She and the Freedom: path city), and with an artist book, "Libreria 2007" (Library 2007). He holds a degree in Latin American studies, and is working towards a Masters degree in visual arts at the University of California at San Diego and lives in Tijuana. He ensures that is (and always will be) a blacksmith by trade and basketball player in decline."..."

Complete story in Spanish on the Malaga Hoy website at:
http://www.malagahoy.es/article/ocio/552088/emilio/prados/recae/poeta/mexicano/omar/pimienta.html

'San Diego NOW: Eight UCSD Visual Artists' mentioned on The North County Voice - Nov 3 '09

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:21:32 -0800

Art After Dark: The Zodiac Lounge
(http://www.thenorthcountyvoice.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2269:art-after-dark-the-zodiac-lounge&catid=13:happenings&Itemid=10112)

Provided by Danielle Susalla, Assistant Director on November 3, 2009n for The North County Voice

What is your astrological sign? Find out at The Zodiac Lounge, Oceanside Museum of Art’s Art After Dark on Friday, Nov. 20, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Sheryl Oring at The New Children's Museum - Oct 11 '09-Jan 5 '10

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:03:25 -0800

Sheryl Oring

Creative Fix

Reception on Thursday, December 3, 2009, 5-7pm

Workshop on Saturday, November 7, 11am-3pm

Exhibition runs October 11, 2009 through January 5, 2010

The New Childrens Museum, 200 West Island Avenue, San Diego, California 92101

As part of her Creative Fix installation in the Teen Studio at The New Children’s Museum, artist Sheryl Oring is inviting San Diego teenagers to imagine ways to improve the world, be it their neighborhood, their city, their state or their country. Any teens interested in participating are invited to a workshop on November 7 at which they’ll share their ideas on video. Videos created during the workshop will be voted on by museum visitors, and one will be selected to receive $250 to make that fix really happen!

Holly Eskew Presents ''What You Hear is Cinema" - Mandeville Annex Gallery - Nov 3-5 '09 - Closing Rec: Friday, Nov 6th at 4pm

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:13:07 -0800

Holly Eskew

What You Hear is Cinema

Exhibition runs November 3-6, 2009

Closing Reception on Friday, November 6th, 4PM

UC San Diego, Mandeville Annex Gallery, Basement Floor 1, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California, 92093

Holly Eskew will be sharing recent video shorts - stop by The Annex Gallery and check it out ...Artist talk and closing reception will be Friday at 4:00. The show title, "What You Hear Is Cinema" concentrates on the theme surrounding memories of yesterday, today and tomorrow!

Teddy Cruz: Creative Time Revolutionizes the Sleepy Conference - A Review by Andrew Russeth for ARTINFO 10.26.09

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:16:31 -0700

Teddy Cruz

Creative Time Revolutionizes the Sleepy Conference
(http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/33063/creative-time-revolutionizes-the-sleepy-conference/)

By Andrew Russeth for ARTINFO, October 26, 2009

NEW YORK—“In this country, when you’re critical of the government from the right, you get a mainstream TV show,” artist and activist Dara Greenwald declared on Saturday at “Revolutions in Public Practice,” the first ever summit organized by New York arts nonprofit Creative Time. She didn’t finish the thought, but the multigenerational crowd of academics, activists, and artists that had gathered at the New York Public Library to hear many of their most distinguished colleagues speak could probably fill in the rest.

Rob Duarte/Stephanie Lie/Elle Mehrmand and Alum/Lecturer Micha Cárdenas: Prospectives.09 - Nov 12-Dec 16 '09

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:25:05 -0700

Rob Duarte, Stephanie Lie, Elle Mehrmand, and Alum/Lecturer Micha Cárdenas

Prospectives.09
International Digital Arts Festival

November 12th – December 16th, 2009

University of Nevada, Reno, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557-0208
The Digital Media Studio of the Department of Art of the University of Nevada, Reno presents Prospectives.09 (previously RIFNM) We invite interdisciplinary graduate and phd students working in digital media to the UNR campus and Reno community for a series of events focused on emerging interdisciplinary practice in the digital arts. A juried exhibition in the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, along with three days events featuring performances, symposia, game art and full-dome projections in venues in and around the UNR campus and Downtown Reno.

For details please click on "read more" below of visit event's website at:
http://www.unr.edu/art/prospectives09.html

COVER: A Performance Art Exhibition by Autumn Hays: - UC San Diego Mandeville Annex Gallery - Nov 9-13 '09

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:04:24 -0700

COVER
A Performance Art Exhibition by Autumn Hays

Opening Reception on Monday, November 9th, 7-10PM

Exhibition on November 9, 10, 12, 13, 2009

UC San Diego
Mandeville Annex Gallery, Basement Floor 1
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, California, 92093

John Welchman co-authors the John Baldessari: Pure Beauty Catalogue

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:21:38 -0700

JOHN BALDESSARI: PURE BEAUTY

The JOHN BALDESSARI: PURE BEAUTY Catalogue is Co-Authored by, UC San Diego Visual Arts Professor, John Welchman.

Welchman was also co-author of the catalogs for John Baldessari:
BRICK BLDG, LG WINDOWS W/XLENT VIEWS, PARTIALLY FURNISHED, RENOWNED ARCHITECT,
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, March 1 to July 19, 2009;
and John Baldessari: Music, ed. Stefan Gronert and Christina Végh, Kunstmuseum Bonn and Bonner Kunstverein (Walter König, 2007).

This is a travelling show, for details please click on "read more" below.

Rob Duarte: BANG: a kinetic sculpture/machine performance - 2009 (UCSD & Prospectives.09)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:23:51 -0700

Rob Duarte

BANG
a kinetic sculpture/machine performance

Friday, November 6, 2009, 10am - noon, 2-5pm
Price Center East

Reception on Monday, November 9, 2009, 6-9pm
Visual Arts Facility Performance Space

UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California 92093

(Performance at the Price Center East at storefront next to the Sunshine Market)

Clare Parry: Restoration & Ruin - MFA Thesis Exhibition - Nov 2-6 '09 - VAF Gallery, UCSD

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:10:45 -0700

Clare Parry: MFA Thesis Exhibition

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