This post is a placeholder or a scaffold for something I will return to in the future. For now, all I want to say is that it is becoming clear that one reason I maintain a stubborn, some may say perverse, commitment to ongoing learning from and teaching with documenta 14 (as well the first […]
Every night I sat watching [TV] with a shutter release in my hand… In the middle of the week the shooting of students by National Guardsmen occurred at Kent State University. This tragic event produced the most powerful images that emerged from the camera, yet I felt a reluctance to use any of them. It […]
This morning in Ohio, I’m thinking about last Summer in Scotland, specifically this stunning tapestry by Scottish artist Sam Ainsley I saw in Perth. Ainsley made the tapestry, depicting the Highlands, in 1982, for the foyer of the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Headquarters (now Aviva UK Insurance Building) and when I went […]
Today is the last session of my class Art Education 5688: The Right (to the) Image (for All): Marketing, Communications and Social Media for Nonprofit Arts Institutions. This composit image from my syllabus comprises a found piece of clipart online, representing different social media platforms in the form of a megaphone, framed by two images […]
Primavera araba e Cinema Once upon a time in Syria, Collectif Abounaddara, Syria, 2011, 1’01” Vanguard, Collectif Abounaddara, Syria, 2011, 1’22” Rima, Collectif Abounaddara, Syria, 2011, 1’31” Un-Holiday, Collectif Abounaddara, Syria, 2011, 1’53” Under Damascus’ sky, Collectif Abounaddara, Syria, 2011, 1’40” The End, Collectif Abounaddara, Syria, 2011, 3’12” Confessions tunisiennes, Imen Ben Mlouka, Tunisia, 2011, […]
The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation – The Nation, March 18, 2016 This week [March 18-24, 2016] marks the fifth anniversary of the Syrian revolt. It’s nearly impossible to fathom the destruction unleashed on this country that, we must admit, no longer exists as a country. Syria is fractured and destroyed, […]
