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 →