There’s no way around it, James Benning‘s Ruhr is a challenging film. Seven shots compose the two-hour piece, all sourcing imagery from the Ruhr District of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, a manufacturing center with roots in the early water-powered stages of the Industrial Revolution. All shots weigh in between 8 minutes and an hour— the camera […]
Matt Stangel
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Review: NEW MUSICS
PICA Grouper and Flash Choir By 10 pm yesterday evening, TBA had worn me out with slow-paced artwork. I started off at the Northwest Film Center for James Benning’s Ruhr— a feature-length film that ends with a single, hour-long shot of the top of a smoke stack (which I’ll further explore in a later post). […]
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Review: Michael Reinsch’s Gallery Walk
I arrive at 7 pm on the Washington High School green, where Michael Reinsch is performing Gallery Walk under a forgiving sun. Nathanael Thayer Moss He’s costumed and cartoonish, standing inside a bulky white cube— his head turtling from a hole in the fully-operational, mobile gallery. Tonight, Monday the 12th, Reinsch’s white walls house a […]
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Jesse Sugarmann’s Lido (The Pride Is Back)
PICA I’ve been looking forward to Jesse Sugarmann‘s Lido (The Pride Is Back)— easily my most-anticipated TBA:11 offering. It’s billed as a minivan ballet of sorts, in which three Chryslers are parked on 42 air mattresses. The air beds are inflated, forcing the bulky vans to rise into the air (and possibly topple into a […]
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Opening Night at The Works: David Eckard
“There’s a supernova on the handle of the big dipper,” says PICA communication director Patrick Leonard. Tonight, he explains, the exponentially expanding star will reach peak brightness. We’re talking in the beer garden, thick with opening night attendees— all ready for TBA’s nighttime programming, The Works. Everyone looks unintentionally glamorous in the moody blue and […]
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Revolution, McClure-Style Now
The Evolution of a Riot Grrrl in Nikki McClure: Cutting Her Own Path
Nikki McClure: Cutting Her Own Path displays the evolution of a riot grrrl.
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Tonight: First Thursday
Ruth Lantz On view at PNCA’s Gallery 214. It’s First Thursday time again, and if you’re planning on heading West of the river for the art walk, I’ve got a few shows I’d like to tip you off to. After the jump: new illustration and sculpture by Ryan Bubnis at the new Grass Hut; animals […]
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Tonight: Sanela Jahiฤ at Appendix Space
Appendix Project Space Killing it with fire. While I’ve heard about a fairly loose cloud of events that fall on tonight’s Last Thursday art walk (specifically, Intuitive Navigation at Holocene and the grand opening of a new gallery called Victory in the Pearl), I wanted to quickly tip you off to an Alberta-based art opening […]
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Writing about Art about Writing
Lisa Radon’s Reading.Writing.
Art investigates words in Reading.Writing.
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Saturday Night at Place Gallery
Place Gallery Drink it in: Zac Nelson’s kombucha sculpture, “Zoogleal Mats.” Saturday night (August 20, 6-9 pm) at Place Gallery sounds equal parts awesome and nutty. If you’re unfamiliar, Place is part of Pioneer Place Mall’s cluster of third-floor galleries. The galleries have been plugging away with interesting work for roughly a year, and Place’s […]
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Portable Punditry
Throwing the Book at Art Speech in Michael Reinsch’s Gallery Walk
Michael Reinsch’s portable Gallery Walk tackles the language of art-speak.
