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Pretty exciting to blog on the fly! I’m currently at the Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance opening night. Many people and such a great line up of wonderful artists looking at chance while paying homage to art icon, John Cage! More to come…
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Now, imagine the spam above used to create art. A few posts back, I shared a performance/video art based on spam messaging. This time around, I wanted to post about artist, Alex Dragulescu. He’s been featured on c|net and USA Today. His art has been around for some time but it’s so àpropos considering my […]
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Don’t know when I’ll be back again. Actually, I do, I’ll be back in San Francisco before Halloween! Anyway, I wanted to catch up on posts amd make sure you were able to check out the current exhibition, Revolutions per Minute: The Evolution of the Record, at SFO near the Virgin America gates. Pretty rad!! […]
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I’m always intrigued by artists who find new and creative ways to use the body in art. Ariana Page Russell has not only used her body in a unique way, she has taken her skin condition and incorporated it into her creative process. Reminiscent of some of my all time favorite female artists Ana Mendieta, Marina […]
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The upcoming SOMArts Cultural Center event, Illuminations: Dia de los Muertos 2011 Exhibition, is accepting digital offerings from the public. Selected images will be incorporated into the show. Please click on the image above or here to learn more about the event and how technology has enabled the Day of the Dead celebration to evolve.
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Ever After, an exhibition curated by curatorial collective, OFFSpace, is one of the most memorable art openings I’ve experienced (ever). The show resides in what most individuals would consider a rather unorthodox and unusual place for an art exhibition – a columbarium. Yes, you read that correctly. This show is in a columbarium. Currently in the process of revising […]
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Artists, Emmanuelle Namont Kouznetsov and Elyse Hochstadt certainly caught my attention when I read their request for participation in their latest work. They are developing work around the current political climate. One piece is addressing the ever-changing status of women in culture and how the extreme right/religious right/Tea Party is changing not only legislation but undermining the overall […]
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To learn more about this project click here. Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from the Last 20 Years from creativetime on Vimeo.
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I took shots from the Oakland Art Murmur this past Friday which did not import over to my computer. Bummer. Since I don’t have photos to go along with this post (how ironic since this is about photography and video), this will be a short one. As always, one of my favorite stops is the […]
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 