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One of the best tweets (ever) A description of Shotgun Reviews on Art Practical by Alyse Mason Brill (an AMAZING editor, by the way)! What Alyse had to say about my piece on Tim Roseborough's work, "Notes in/troducing Englyph ¶¶¶¶¶
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This will be short and sweet. Promise.
I went to dinner with a couple of amazing friends (who so happen to be a phenomenal couple) and they mentioned something very important. Taking time to take it easy. Lately, I’ve been a machine. Quite frankly, I’ve been feeling like this poor automaton…
Bottom line: There are certain things I see and believe I can take in when in reality, I need to take a step back. I’m maintaining a solid writing practice and loving my experiences BUT today I’m going start taking one evening every week to chill out. That will probably start around 6. Maybe 6:30. Perhaps, 7. 😀
PS: To those folks that remind me to take a break…Thank you so much for reminding me I need one. Sometimes, I forget.
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Artists and writers must be brought back into the bosom of the community, or at least, if the latter is considered to be ill, they must be assigned the task of healing it.
~ Jean-Francois Lyotard, French Philosopher and Literary Theorist
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Storefront view of the Valerie Leavy's Satellite66 Gallery 
Entering new/exploration/paper show 
Aptekar's work had many admirers (myself included) 
Thanks Laszlo, Laser cut bristol board (28 sheets), laser cut mat board – Inspired by A IX, by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy 
Detail of Thanks Laszlo 
What a great suit… 
Remnants from the creative process 
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Tonight, the Processing 101 class at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) concluded and after the 4-day course, I know the (very) basics of Processing, which is a programming language developed for the visual artist in mind. The course was taught by extraordinary teacher, Ben Chun. The primary reason I decided to participate was to learn and engage with the very technology used by new media artists and I figured learning and exploring the language would inform my writing and reflections. The course has, absolutely, done that. Chun reminded the class that programming takes (a lot of) practice. Specifically, he mentioned practicing for approximately 10,000 hours in order to master a skill, which I whole heartedly believe. I think I found me a new hobby, folks…
Now…only 9,992 hours of Processing and Creative Coding practice…and so it begins. 🙂
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Processing, Programming Language and Environment developed by Ben Fry and Casey Reas helped create Mud Tub The past couple of weeks have been a great introduction into Processing. Processing is the programming language developed by Ben Fry and Casey Reas. Being the complete novice, it has been quite the experience. What’s even more exciting than learning a new language is seeing designers, artists, engineers, architects, educators, and so many different creative minds (some with very little to no programming experience – I fall into this category) learn the language and create interactive works that will astonish you. Going through the Processing exhibition page, I had to share my latest discovery – Mud Tub! Please click on the image above to see how this artist and his team utilize open source programming for this phenomenal experiment in human and computer interaction
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Last weekend, I watched Full Metal Jacket. Being a huge fan of Stanley Kubrick and a sucker for a well done war film, the movie was phenomenal. Naturally, I thought of the various ways war has been depicted in the visual and new media arts. Admittedly, I’m not huge fan of political art; HOWEVER, when it’s done well, it can be powerful and truly engaging. From visual to performative, the artists below have created some of the most memorable pieces.
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During a Feminism & the Arts course, I studied Martha Rosler‘s photo montage works of the Vietnam war.
Artist: Martha Rosler | Title: red stripe kitchen (Part of ‘Bringing the War Home’ Series) | photo montage | 1967-1972 Currently in draft mode, I’m working on a zer01 piece on new media art that serves as both political and social commentary. One of the artists I’m looking at is Joseph DeLappe and his work, ‘dead-in-Iraq’.
Artist: Joseph DeLappe | Title: dead-in-Iraq | Interactive | 2006 – Ongoing The conceptual work of Chris Burden possesses an extraordinary and rather dangerous level of self-sacrifice that works extremely well. His work STILL gives me chills. Talk about physicality and gesture – his work is all about that.
Art collectives epitomize the adage, ‘Power in Numbers’, and the Tool Shed Days is a collaborative effort that created the interactive piece, ‘Befriend a Recruiter’. Please watch the video and share your reflections. Again, I am working on a piece and will be discussing them a bit more in detail…In the interim, I would love to hear what you think – positive, negative, or indifferent.
Befriend a Recruiter from artfail on Vimeo.
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Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 