Category Archive: Events and other things

Mid-Atlantic Fireworks Festival

The Mid-Atlantic Fireworks Festival! Curated fireworks shows, where talented fireworks experts put together shows with specific music in a former corn field. Think Rage Against the Machine. What a show. Bring a picnic… Continue reading

Inauguration

One of the great things about being in DC is that I get to go to things like this…

The Network by Lincoln Schatz at NPG

The National Portrait Gallery acquired video artist Lincoln Schatz‘s work The Network, and he came for a visit to help unveil it in the galleries. It is an amazing piece of work, and… Continue reading

Cai Guo-Qiang at Freer Sackler

Last week I walked over to the Smithsonian’s Freer Sackler Galleries to see Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang blow up a Christmas Tree. So, maybe it did not blow up, but there were sparks… Continue reading

Archiving the Arts

The NYU Student Chapter at AMIA held its first symposium focusing on discussions between artists and archivists on Archiving the Arts. Things I learned (or loved): I need to pay more attention to… Continue reading

Illuminate AK

Created with Gifboom by Meagan Baco The Albright-Knox Art Gallery had a video mapping event on the outside of their building. Techno music and video mapping. I think this should just be a… Continue reading

BIFF and Side by Side

At the Buffalo Film Festival, I went to see Side by Side, which tells the story of the ‘science, art, and impact of digital cinema’. I wanted it to be a comparison of… Continue reading

City of Night

Chicken Wings and a Formal Dinner Party meet for our performance piece at Buffalo’s City of Night in September 2012. Over 300 wings went in just under 2 hours, freaking people out and… Continue reading

Orphans Film Symposium (#8)

Orphans 8 was incredible. A mix of so many great people sharing their research and their knowledge and their media. I got to moderate a panel and work on the program, but mostly… Continue reading