Peter Ferko's Posts - Artists Unite2024-03-28T22:59:49ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTesterhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3345834827?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://artistsunite.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=2pgp8i042fqje&xn_auth=noOnce -- againtag:artistsunite.ning.com,2011-12-19:2048539:BlogPost:334742011-12-19T17:47:00.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
<p>I had the opportunity to see the New York Theatre Workshop staging of <em>Once</em>, a play based on the John Carney <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657" target="_blank">film</a> starring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. I went in thinking it unusual for an adaptation to buck the more typical play-to-film route. It turns out lots of films turn into plays (if you don’t believe me, look…</p>
<p>I had the opportunity to see the New York Theatre Workshop staging of <em>Once</em>, a play based on the John Carney <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657" target="_blank">film</a> starring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. I went in thinking it unusual for an adaptation to buck the more typical play-to-film route. It turns out lots of films turn into plays (if you don’t believe me, look <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScreenToStageAdaptation" target="_blank">here</a>), and interestingly musicals are often the ones to do it. This production, directed by John Tiffany, uses Hansard and Irglova’s songs in a book written by Enda Walsh and boasts a cast of superb singers and musicians led by a convincingly brooding Steve Kazee and truly charming Cristin Milioti.</p>
<p>The rest of the review is on my blog: <a href="http://www.peterferko.com/wordpress/?p=416" target="_blank">peterferko.com/wordpress</a></p>reactions?tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-11-30:2048539:BlogPost:118792009-11-30T13:57:14.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
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I'm not familiar with this artists work, so I have no good context for reaction to this story from today's <i>New York Times.</i> It is a very provocative story, though, that I hope to get deeper into. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/arts/design/30zmijewski.html" target="_blank">An Artist Turns People Into His Marionettes</a><br />
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By KEN JOHNSON<br />
Published: November 29,…
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I'm not familiar with this artists work, so I have no good context for reaction to this story from today's <i>New York Times.</i> It is a very provocative story, though, that I hope to get deeper into. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/arts/design/30zmijewski.html" target="_blank">An Artist Turns People Into His Marionettes</a><br />
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By KEN JOHNSON<br />
Published: November 29, 2009call for Videotag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-09-30:2048539:BlogPost:110312009-09-30T19:00:51.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
News Release<br />
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CALL FOR ENTRIES<br />
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BABELGUM METROPOLIS ART PRIZE<br />
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Winners of the Art Video Competition Will Garner a Total of US $30,000 in Cash Awards and Have Their Videos Exhibited on New York City’s Times Square Monitors<br />
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Grand Prize Will Be Chosen by Jury Chaired by Isabella Rossellini<br />
LONDON/ NEW YORK (September 28, 2009) – Babelgum , the independent web and mobile video content platform, continues its talent-scouting mission with the launch of the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize, which seeks…
News Release<br />
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CALL FOR ENTRIES<br />
<br />
BABELGUM METROPOLIS ART PRIZE<br />
<br />
Winners of the Art Video Competition Will Garner a Total of US $30,000 in Cash Awards and Have Their Videos Exhibited on New York City’s Times Square Monitors<br />
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Grand Prize Will Be Chosen by Jury Chaired by Isabella Rossellini<br />
LONDON/ NEW YORK (September 28, 2009) – Babelgum , the independent web and mobile video content platform, continues its talent-scouting mission with the launch of the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize, which seeks out art videos from the world’s best and edgiest artists. The competition is an open call to all artists active in any visual medium to submit videos of their works. Artists can direct the videos themselves, or bring in a filmmaker to direct. Entries will be evaluated by a jury of curators chaired by iconic art-house actress and video artist Isabella Rossellini, in addition to being voted upon by the Babelgum audience. Nine winners will have their videos broadcast on jumbo monitors in Times Square, turning New York City’s most spectacular space into an art installation site; three will also win cash prizes worth a total of US $30,000. The Prize is presented in association with SCOPE International Contemporary Art Show and Perpetual Art Machine.<br />
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Entries to the inaugural Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize are being accepted until October 18, 2009 at www.babelgum.com . Jurors and audiences will vote on the videos from November 2 through December 6, 2009. The special winner’s exhibition in Times Square will take place on December 17. Further information about submission specifications and regulations, including deadlines to submit, screen and vote, are available on the Babelgum website.<br />
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Metropolis publisher Laurence Billiet explains what they are looking for, “We’ve found that more and more artists are using video as a medium. Often it begins with a desire to document the ‘making-of’ their art - particularly when it is of ephemeral nature, such as graffiti or performance. But over time the video itself has become an extension of the artwork and it acts as a complementary or alternative form of self-expression. Once it’s uploaded online the video also allows the artist to reach a broader and more global audience, than say a specific gallery.”<br />
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“The Metropolis Art Prize is an invitation to artists to bring their art to life using video. And it is an opportunity to share their work and vision with a global audience. We are particularly interested in subjects and themes that explore and celebrate our urban environment in all its strange and wonderful permutations. The challenge, really, is for artists to think about interesting ways they can use video in conjunction with their work to create an exciting and entertaining experience”.<br />
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The Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize consists of the following awards:<br />
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The Metropolis Art Grand Prize: The winner will receive US $20,000, a dedicated artist channel on Babelgum Metropolis and will have his/her video screened on Times Square monitors.<br />
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The Best Street Art Video: The winner will receive US $5,000 and have his/her video screened on Times Square monitors. The Best Street Art Video will be selected by juror Cedar Lewisohn, curator of the 2008 Street Art exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London.<br />
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The Audience Award: The winner will receive US $5,000 and have his/her video screened on Times Square monitors. The Babelgum audience will vote for this award online and on mobile.<br />
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The Times Square Special Screening Awards: six runners-up (two from each prize category) will also have their videos screened on Times Square monitors.<br />
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Isabella Rossellini shared her enthusiasm about the competition: “We want to be inspired, challenged, excited, awed, moved, intrigued and weirded-out. Babelgum’s Metropolis channel explores and celebrates the city and the urban environment in all its gritty, strange and wonderful permutations. We’re looking for art that reflects this spirit.”<br />
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About Isabella Rossellini<br />
Actress and video artist Isabella Rossellini launched her career modeling for Vogue in New York City, working with photographic luminaries including Helmut Newton. She achieved cult status starring in David Lynch’s art house classic Blue Velvet. A passionate supporter of experimental art, she recently wrote and directed the Green Porno video series for the Sundance Channel.<br />
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About Cedar Lewisohn<br />
Cedar Lewisohn curated the groundbreaking Street Art (2008) exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London featuring the work of cult artists BLU, Nunca and Os Gêmeos. An artist and writer, he is the author of Street Art: the Graffiti Revolution documenting this fast-evolving international art scene (Tate Publishing).<br />
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About Babelgum (www.babelgum.com )<br />
Babelgum is an integrated web and mobile video content platform free for users and supported by advertising available on-demand to a global audience. Babelgum Mobile is an original application currently available in the United States, UK, Italy, Germany, France and Spain which brings regionally tailored programming to smart phones – at present iPhone 3G, iPod Touch, Google Android G-Phones 1 and 2, Nokia (N96, N95 and 6210) – via 3G and WiFi.<br />
Positioned between user generated video hubs and network TV-oriented destinations, Babelgum focuses on the third part of the ecosystem: innovative, professionally produced content on very specific passions – music, comedy, film, urban culture, nature and the environment – curated by experts in their fields. Babelgum’s programming is comprised of exclusive original productions as well as independent and mainstream titles.<br />
Babelgum’s content partners include, among others, EMI, Sony BMG, the New York Times, PBS, BBC, VBS, Lonely Planet, Coolhunting, National Geographic, Funny or Die, T5M, Shine Limited, Cinetic Rights Management, Content Republic, Gong Anime, The Workbook Project, Cinelan, Power to the Pixel and Off the Fence as well as the Encounters, Los Angeles, and Hamptons film festivals.<br />
The company has also set up a series of online contests to nurture independent film, music and art talent: the Babelgum Online Film Festival, the Babelgum Music Video Awards and the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize chaired respectively by Spike Lee, Michel Gondry and Isabella Rossellini. Babelgum is an independent and privately held company with offices in the United States, UK, Ireland, France and Italy.what i want to do this weektag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-09-19:2048539:BlogPost:108512009-09-19T12:57:45.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
What I want to do this week<br />
‡ In-I Khan+Binoche ‡ Gods of Carnage ‡ Greenpoint Open Studios. details at <a href="http://www.peterferko.com/wordpress/" target="_blank">www.peterferko.com/wordpress/</a>
What I want to do this week<br />
‡ In-I Khan+Binoche ‡ Gods of Carnage ‡ Greenpoint Open Studios. details at <a href="http://www.peterferko.com/wordpress/" target="_blank">www.peterferko.com/wordpress/</a>fair and balanced reporting?!?tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-09-15:2048539:BlogPost:108302009-09-15T21:44:28.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
Jerry Saltz challenges Glenn Beck to an art exhibit.<br />
This is painful. This is hysterical.<br />
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h<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/09/new_york_senior_art_critic_jer.html" target="_blank">ttp://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/09/new_york_senior_art_critic_jer.html</a>
Jerry Saltz challenges Glenn Beck to an art exhibit.<br />
This is painful. This is hysterical.<br />
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h<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/09/new_york_senior_art_critic_jer.html" target="_blank">ttp://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/09/new_york_senior_art_critic_jer.html</a>A demonstration of the nexus between art and making a differencetag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-09-09:2048539:BlogPost:107332009-09-09T18:51:49.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
Sure, it's a 'bit,' but I am glad to know that one of the Democratic Senators knows where every state is and can draw them freehand from…
Sure, it's a 'bit,' but I am glad to know that one of the Democratic Senators knows where every state is and can draw them freehand from memory.<br />
<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h0-FYyuvrRk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h0-FYyuvrRk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>my new web sitetag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-09-08:2048539:BlogPost:107112009-09-08T16:41:48.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
i've updated my web site, and while the full fruition is still underway, I wanted to invite those of you who aren't already following the facebook, twitter, and other various fritter postings to take a gander at my new mental annex.<br />
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<a href="http://www.peterferko.com/wordpress/" target="_blank">www.peterferko.com/wordpress/</a><br />
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peace out
i've updated my web site, and while the full fruition is still underway, I wanted to invite those of you who aren't already following the facebook, twitter, and other various fritter postings to take a gander at my new mental annex.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.peterferko.com/wordpress/" target="_blank">www.peterferko.com/wordpress/</a><br />
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peace outMoMa 9/2tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-09-02:2048539:BlogPost:106512009-09-02T23:12:33.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
A hit and run <a href="http://www.peterferko.com/wordpress/?p=12" target="_blank">review</a>.
A hit and run <a href="http://www.peterferko.com/wordpress/?p=12" target="_blank">review</a>.pod anyone?tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-08-20:2048539:BlogPost:105302009-08-20T20:58:40.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
Got this in the email. Sounds cool (not sure about these dates):<br />
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Artist residency / Residencias para artistas: The Waterpod<br />
Deadline: August 31<br />
The Waterpod is a public floating living sculpture traversing the NY Waterways during the summer/fall of 2009. Four artists live and work on board. The Waterpod is looking for artists to create installations that will become part of the permanent structure of the Waterpod, and performance and video artists to exhibit their work. Artists who wish to be…
Got this in the email. Sounds cool (not sure about these dates):<br />
<br />
Artist residency / Residencias para artistas: The Waterpod<br />
Deadline: August 31<br />
The Waterpod is a public floating living sculpture traversing the NY Waterways during the summer/fall of 2009. Four artists live and work on board. The Waterpod is looking for artists to create installations that will become part of the permanent structure of the Waterpod, and performance and video artists to exhibit their work. Artists who wish to be considered for a live-on 3 day residency should write a letter explaining why their artistic goals would be enhanced by the experience.<br />
The Waterpod es una escultura flotante y viva atravesando las aguas de NY durante el verano/otoño de 2009. Cuatro artistas viven y trabajan a bordo. The Waterpod está buscando artistas que créen instalaciones que formen parte de la estructura permanente del Waterpod, y artistas escénicos o cineastas que quieran exponer su trabajo. Los artistas que deséen ser considerados para una residencia de 3 días deberán escribir una carta explicando las razones por las cuales sus metas artísticas se verían enriquecidas por la experiencia.<br />
Info: www.thewaterpod.orga moment of silence for mercetag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-07-27:2048539:BlogPost:99572009-07-27T16:30:44.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
I received a link today to this 2006 televised performance of a piece by Merce Cunningham's long-time collaborator John Cage. I then learned of Cunningham's death and heard highlighted on Brian Lehrer's show Cunningham's process of not choreographing to music (music appeared in his pieces at dress rehearsal). So I thought this performance of 4'33 was an apt tribute, albeit unintentional. Cunningham was at the forefront of his craft and of the world of art to the end. His website,…
I received a link today to this 2006 televised performance of a piece by Merce Cunningham's long-time collaborator John Cage. I then learned of Cunningham's death and heard highlighted on Brian Lehrer's show Cunningham's process of not choreographing to music (music appeared in his pieces at dress rehearsal). So I thought this performance of 4'33 was an apt tribute, albeit unintentional. Cunningham was at the forefront of his craft and of the world of art to the end. His website, <a href="www.merce.org" target="_blank">www.merce.org</a> broke ground by streaming webcasts of rehearsals; he planned for the disbanding of his company two years after his death, pre-settling artistic questions about how to carry on his work.<br />
Thanks, <a href="http://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/aracelisdiamantis" target="_blank">Aracelis</a> for the link.<br />
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As Facebook is devouring our productive time and being preached as the silver bullet for nonprofit marketing, it is becoming a new cultural matrix for creativity as well. Discussions about hyperactive status updaters, silly surveys and annoying friend requests seem to appear in every group encounter. The explicit reference of this music perfomance works like a charm and makes me wonder if more nuanced versions of Facebook-speak will soon be emerging as high art. (Caveat emptor: Please be aware…
As Facebook is devouring our productive time and being preached as the silver bullet for nonprofit marketing, it is becoming a new cultural matrix for creativity as well. Discussions about hyperactive status updaters, silly surveys and annoying friend requests seem to appear in every group encounter. The explicit reference of this music perfomance works like a charm and makes me wonder if more nuanced versions of Facebook-speak will soon be emerging as high art. (Caveat emptor: Please be aware that the video contains profanity)<br />
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Here's more on the singer <a href="http://www.katemillerheidke.com" target="_blank">Kate Miller-Heidke</a>Last Chance to see "Economy"tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-07-21:2048539:BlogPost:97522009-07-21T15:00:00.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
The Northern Manhattan Photographers are holding a closing party on the last day of the exhibit "Economy." I'm in the show, but it's packed with 12 artists' varied views of dollars and lack of sense going down right now. There's a drawing for a photo from the show (as if you needed more incentive to stop by).<br />
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ECONOMY<br />
NoMa Photographers<br />
Compton-Goethals Art Gallery<br />
The City College of New York<br />
Amsterdam Avenue between 139th - 140th Streets<br />
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Closing Wednesday July 22 from 6-9<br />
(Gallery also open…
The Northern Manhattan Photographers are holding a closing party on the last day of the exhibit "Economy." I'm in the show, but it's packed with 12 artists' varied views of dollars and lack of sense going down right now. There's a drawing for a photo from the show (as if you needed more incentive to stop by).<br />
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ECONOMY<br />
NoMa Photographers<br />
Compton-Goethals Art Gallery<br />
The City College of New York<br />
Amsterdam Avenue between 139th - 140th Streets<br />
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Closing Wednesday July 22 from 6-9<br />
(Gallery also open daily 10-5)<br />
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Lots of info <a href="http://poopcity.typepad.com/inwoodite/2009/07/miguel-martinez-resigns.html" target="_blank">here</a>.
Lots of info <a href="http://poopcity.typepad.com/inwoodite/2009/07/miguel-martinez-resigns.html" target="_blank">here</a>.considering the public spacetag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-06-29:2048539:BlogPost:91522009-06-29T15:24:15.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
I have been thinking about art in a public space, which led to my Boite du Bois project last year and the Creative Venues: Projection show this year.<br />
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There's a nice piece tying the same question that led me here: Isn't the experience of art getting too insular? Marlon Barrios <a href="http://dancetech.ning.com/video/video/show?id=1462368%3AVideo%3A43276" target="_blank">interviews</a> software engineer/dance creator Frieder Weiss on Dance-Tech.
I have been thinking about art in a public space, which led to my Boite du Bois project last year and the Creative Venues: Projection show this year.<br />
<br />
There's a nice piece tying the same question that led me here: Isn't the experience of art getting too insular? Marlon Barrios <a href="http://dancetech.ning.com/video/video/show?id=1462368%3AVideo%3A43276" target="_blank">interviews</a> software engineer/dance creator Frieder Weiss on Dance-Tech.view from the Projection Showtag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-06-24:2048539:BlogPost:88792009-06-24T18:31:44.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
Rosa and I headed up to our projection show roof today with rooftop films and scoped out tomorrow's vantage point. It was awfully pretty!<br />
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Rosa and I headed up to our projection show roof today with rooftop films and scoped out tomorrow's vantage point. It was awfully pretty!<br />
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3348203821?profile=original" alt="" width="320" height="213"/></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3348204004?profile=original" alt="" width="320" height="213"/></p>life imitating arttag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-05-08:2048539:BlogPost:74652009-05-08T03:29:05.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
There are a few times when reality is "stranger than fiction," and what's happening in Bhutan right now is as good as any utopian novel. Check out the story of the nation's shift from gross national product to "gross happiness product" in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/asia/07bhutan.html">New York Times</a>.
There are a few times when reality is "stranger than fiction," and what's happening in Bhutan right now is as good as any utopian novel. Check out the story of the nation's shift from gross national product to "gross happiness product" in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/asia/07bhutan.html">New York Times</a>.Tacita Dean in NYCtag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-04-25:2048539:BlogPost:72112009-04-25T13:35:33.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
I just saw Tacita Dean's work at Marian Goodman up through April 29. Half the show is overpainted photographs. The larger ones are interesting: the ancient burial rocks silhouetted using black paint are striking; but the photo texture and paint didn't work for me (I became more interested in the brush strokes than the subject matter). On the other hand, the small paintings, using white gouache to silhouette and other marks on photos of trees, are gorgeous.<br />
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Her 16mm film Michael Hamburg, about…
I just saw Tacita Dean's work at Marian Goodman up through April 29. Half the show is overpainted photographs. The larger ones are interesting: the ancient burial rocks silhouetted using black paint are striking; but the photo texture and paint didn't work for me (I became more interested in the brush strokes than the subject matter). On the other hand, the small paintings, using white gouache to silhouette and other marks on photos of trees, are gorgeous.<br />
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Her 16mm film Michael Hamburg, about the British poet, documents him in his home in Suffolk. The film is lush with soft images of trees and cropped compositions inside the house. While stacks of books and journals fill the house, most of the film -- and one assumes most of his life -- finds this man who escaped Nazism as a child talking about his apple orchard and the numerous unusual varieties he grows. The film, which is poignant and sweet like an apple, emerged from a commission about author W.G. Sebald who has his narrator meet Hamburg in the book The Rings of Saturn.new group for seeing art and performancetag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-04-16:2048539:BlogPost:70992009-04-16T13:00:00.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
Take advantage of the new Meet to See It group. Post when you are going to see something and wouldn't mind some company. Look under Groups.
Take advantage of the new Meet to See It group. Post when you are going to see something and wouldn't mind some company. Look under Groups.Help me with this project???tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2009-04-06:2048539:BlogPost:70532009-04-06T17:00:00.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
I am hoping you might help me with an upcoming art project. To do so, copy, paste and complete the survey below as a comment. There is only one question. The comments will be moderated by me, so I will not post your rankings for general view.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Peter<br />
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<b>Survey<br />
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As part of an art project, I am conducting an informal survey of individuals' opinion of the value of various occupations. I appreciate you taking time to complete this survey.<br />
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Peter Ferko<br />
www.peterferko.com<br />
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I am hoping you might help me with an upcoming art project. To do so, copy, paste and complete the survey below as a comment. There is only one question. The comments will be moderated by me, so I will not post your rankings for general view.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Peter<br />
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<b>Survey<br />
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As part of an art project, I am conducting an informal survey of individuals' opinion of the value of various occupations. I appreciate you taking time to complete this survey.<br />
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Peter Ferko<br />
www.peterferko.com<br />
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<b>According to your personal values, how important are the following jobs to society?<br />
</b> (please order the list from 1 to 10 by putting a number in front of the ___, so your numbers show your #1, #2, #3, etc. through #10 )<br />
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___ athlete<br />
___ banker<br />
___ clergy<br />
___ doctor<br />
___ fashion model<br />
___ government representative<br />
___ lawyer<br />
___ mother<br />
___ realtor<br />
___ school teacher<br />
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I will combine and average all data received. It will not be associated with any named submitter.<br />
Thank you!Pipilotti Rist at MoMAtag:artistsunite.ning.com,2008-11-29:2048539:BlogPost:46862008-11-29T16:40:42.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
I just made it over to see what the <i>Times</i> supposed to be one of the few pieces that has effectively filled MoMA's central space, <i>Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)</i> by Pipilotti Rist. It was like a juicy candy apple: sweet, luscious, and a little naughty...<br />
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I just made it over to see what the <i>Times</i> supposed to be one of the few pieces that has effectively filled MoMA's central space, <i>Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)</i> by Pipilotti Rist. It was like a juicy candy apple: sweet, luscious, and a little naughty...<br />
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Here's the Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/arts/design/21rist.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">review</a>, by Karen Rosenberg and here's the link to MoMA's <a href="http://moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=9760">feature</a> on the site, which includes a behind the scenes interview.Kronica Gallery, Bytom Polandtag:artistsunite.ning.com,2008-07-03:2048539:BlogPost:26432008-07-03T16:00:00.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
<img align="left" height="213" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3326285478?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="320"></img> Today, we visited Bytom's sole contemporary "gallery," which is funded by the city as part of the Cultural Center that houses the dance festival we've been enjoying. The gallery, <a href="http://www.kronika.org.pl/">Kronica</a>, seems to operate on a theoretical level. Our host, Stach Ruksza, described the mission as bringing something of the "alien" to the Polish Silesian region. Whereas many other parts of Poland and Eastern Europe are experiencing an influx of "the outsider"…
<img width="320" height="213" align="left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3326285478?profile=RESIZE_480x480"/>Today, we visited Bytom's sole contemporary "gallery," which is funded by the city as part of the Cultural Center that houses the dance festival we've been enjoying. The gallery, <a href="http://www.kronika.org.pl/">Kronica</a>, seems to operate on a theoretical level. Our host, Stach Ruksza, described the mission as bringing something of the "alien" to the Polish Silesian region. Whereas many other parts of Poland and Eastern Europe are experiencing an influx of "the outsider" through immigration (or have through history), Silesia is an area that thinks of itself in isolation from both Poland and Germany, which it used to be part of. Ruksza claims to be bringing the outsider into the culture in the form of art -- contemporary Polish art, which is as out of place in this traditional, isolated area as an immigrant population would be.<br />
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I said the gallery operates theoretically. By that, I mean that there is no audience for contemporary art in Bytom. The gallery pursues three "strategies" in developing it's activities: 1) a residency in which an artist takes over a large room in the gallery and creates what he will; 2) exhibitions in the main space; and 3) Looking for opportunities to make public political moves that bring media or legal attention. (The best example so far was showing a work in which the Pope held Elton John's decapitated head. That show led to a lawsuit, which the gallery won.)<br />
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The gallery hopes to create a network opportunity for other contemporary performing and visual arts organizations who are similarly working in out-of-the-way locations throughout Central and Eastern Europe, perhaps through a conference or other joint activity. For now, Kronica remains connected by showing top artists from the region and creating interesting publications and catalogs.<br />
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I will try to obtain names of artists for the work in the current exhibit, which we went through very quickly. The current exhibition, Unnatural History, curated by Sebastian Cichocki and Ruksza, tackles the problems of Silesia recovering from its past industrialization. It includes classic Polish art from the Soviet era, transitional contemporary art, such as a 1956 photograph of a coal miner with his shovel boldly held up in front of his face. (The photo was a flaunting of the social realist style which only showed workers optimistic and cooperative.) Other works are contemporary, including a lightbox photograph of six miners with their helmet lights on. Each light shines overly brightly with the backlighting and together create the Big Dipper constellation which stands out of the photo. The centerpiece of the exhibition is an imposing machine, approximately 20 ft (6m) long made of motors and piping. The machine positions a blade over a flattened pile of sand, and through a set of antique iron switches and joy stick gives the observer the opportunity to draw something in the sand (<i>Sand Drawing Machine</i>, Adam Garnek). The piece very cleverly captures the notion of much ado about nothing and serves as a perfect metaphor for industrialization making a huge impact without lasting benefits.Dance Festival, Bytom Polandtag:artistsunite.ning.com,2008-06-30:2048539:BlogPost:26242008-06-30T22:12:17.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
For those of you interested in dance, I'm writing a bit about the XV Annual Dance Conference and Performance Festival in Bytom Poland at <a href="http://dnadance.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2y0n25uemknji">DNA World</a>, including some of my dance photos (there's a first time for everything). Here are some of the non-dance visual highlights (caveat that they're straight out of the camera so far).<br />
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untitled (train between Warsaw and Katowice)<br />
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untitled (train between…
For those of you interested in dance, I'm writing a bit about the XV Annual Dance Conference and Performance Festival in Bytom Poland at <a href="http://dnadance.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2y0n25uemknji">DNA World</a>, including some of my dance photos (there's a first time for everything). Here are some of the non-dance visual highlights (caveat that they're straight out of the camera so far).<br />
<img width="640" height="426" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3326284866?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/><br />
untitled (train between Warsaw and Katowice)<br />
<img width="398" height="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3326285362?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/><br />
untitled (train between Warsaw and Katowice)<br />
<img width="398" height="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3326284641?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/><br />
power plant tower, bytom polandPoland: Warsawtag:artistsunite.ning.com,2008-06-29:2048539:BlogPost:25612008-06-29T09:21:18.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
<img height="426" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3326284509?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="640"></img> Wendy and I started our visit to Poland with 24 hours in Warsaw and made a good visit with the curator of the Center for Contemporary art. There was a really good exhibit of a Polish artist who lived much of his life in London. He and his wife were better known as writers: the Themersons, Stefan and Francziczka. His visual art consisted of really unique photograms, some of which he created using structure made of a sheet of glass for holding objects with room for a camera below. Here…
<img width="640" height="426" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3326284509?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/>Wendy and I started our visit to Poland with 24 hours in Warsaw and made a good visit with the curator of the Center for Contemporary art. There was a really good exhibit of a Polish artist who lived much of his life in London. He and his wife were better known as writers: the Themersons, Stefan and Francziczka. His visual art consisted of really unique photograms, some of which he created using structure made of a sheet of glass for holding objects with room for a camera below. Here are a few. We are off to Silesia.<br />
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<img width="640" height="426" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3326285108?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/>Harambee Dance Co. needs a storyteller this Sat, June 21tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2008-06-19:2048539:BlogPost:25212008-06-19T14:30:20.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
Harambee Dance Co. needs a storyteller this Sat, June 21<br />
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1) The Harambee Dance Company seeks an experienced storyteller for our "Harambee Storytelling" presentation. Two<br />
musicians will be provided to accompany the storyteller. There will be three 20 - 30 minute presentations during the day<br />
at 11:30am, 1:30pm, and 3:30pm. The fee is $ 200.<br />
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* We have run this announcement several times and have connected with some extraordinary storytellers. There are so<br />
many responses; unfortunately, we are…
Harambee Dance Co. needs a storyteller this Sat, June 21<br />
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1) The Harambee Dance Company seeks an experienced storyteller for our "Harambee Storytelling" presentation. Two<br />
musicians will be provided to accompany the storyteller. There will be three 20 - 30 minute presentations during the day<br />
at 11:30am, 1:30pm, and 3:30pm. The fee is $ 200.<br />
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* We have run this announcement several times and have connected with some extraordinary storytellers. There are so<br />
many responses; unfortunately, we are not able to respond to everyone who is interested. We apologize for this. If we do<br />
not return your call or email, it means we have selected someone already. We fill the slot as quickly as possible.<br />
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* The times and the fee for the presentation is set. If your fee is higher, we understand, but we cannot afford you at this<br />
time. Please do not call to negotiate for a higher rate or schedule change.<br />
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* We are looking for artists who have done this before, are flexible, and can capture and hold the attention of a small<br />
audience with ease. Please do not call if you just want to give storytelling a try, because you "think" you can do it or you<br />
will be reading folktales from a book.<br />
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For more details email or call Frank @ 212 942 3566<br />
www.harambeedancecompany.comI am an artist...and so is everyone else!tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2008-06-17:2048539:BlogPost:25012008-06-17T21:17:08.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
Don't miss this amazing description of artists in America from the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/arts/12nea.html?ex=1371009600&en=676d45cf3e3823db&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">New York Times</a>. According to the latest U.S. census, "artist" is one of the biggest professions in the country, responsible for huge amounts of income and covering everything from modern dancer to architect.
Don't miss this amazing description of artists in America from the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/arts/12nea.html?ex=1371009600&en=676d45cf3e3823db&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">New York Times</a>. According to the latest U.S. census, "artist" is one of the biggest professions in the country, responsible for huge amounts of income and covering everything from modern dancer to architect.what was the last piece of art that moved you?tag:artistsunite.ning.com,2008-05-15:2048539:BlogPost:16822008-05-15T15:00:00.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
For me:<br />
I just saw choreography by Kate Weare. It was sexy and sophisticated, new and had roots all at the same time.
For me:<br />
I just saw choreography by Kate Weare. It was sexy and sophisticated, new and had roots all at the same time.photo optag:artistsunite.ning.com,2008-05-13:2048539:BlogPost:17612008-05-13T01:52:35.000ZPeter Ferkohttps://artistsunite.ning.com/profile/BetaTester
http://www.artistswanted.org/exposure/
http://www.artistswanted.org/exposure/