Faber & Faber YEP. That’s Werner Herzog and a bear. You’re welcome! WERNER HERZOG—Erik could have just listed Werner Herzog quotes in his review of Werner Herzog—A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin, but he refrained. Fortunately, he included a few delightful turns of phrase from the man. Here’s Herzog on chickens: Chickens […]
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Ancient Society Hotel to Reopen with Fancy Bunk Beds, LEED Certification
MB ON THE ROOF: The view from the roof of the Society Hotel, now accessible for future hotel guests via a new staircase and elevator. Vacant since the 70s, Old Town/Chinatown’s Society Hotel hasn’t been used for anything in recent memory except a large-scale art installation. Now, it’s being rebuilt, and its new co-owners have […]
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Tonight: Janine Antoni, Whose Chosen Medium is Chocolate, Speaks at Reed
Brooklyn Museum GNAW: Those teeth marks on that chocolate cube? They are Janine Antoni’s art. Here are some things Janine Antoni has done for art: 1) gnawed on two 600-pound cubes, one chocolate, one lard, and created small sculptures from her gnawings; 2) used her hair as a paintbrush by coating it in Loving Care […]
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Talking Videogame Production with Jumpdrive Studios’ Brain Trust
Jumpdrive Studios “I was trained as a computer science major. I took six or seven math classes, including linear algebra and calculus and all sorts of stuff,” Justin Pando tells me over the din of a bustling coffee shop. “I was useful up until like a month ago in that area. What Dominic’s been doing […]
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This Week in Art: Videogames, Giants, and Diversity in Comedy
Alex Thomas ELICIA SANCHEZ: Sanchez features at Minority Retort tonight. You should go see her! JUMPDRIVE STUDIOS—Ben Coleman embedded himself within the group of professional nerds behind Portland’s Jumpdrive Studios, and reports from the field: All four men operate out of a chic Eastside office building, in a single room that might be mistaken for […]
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All Hail Kanye West, Doctor of Arts
Via Bake Kanyes Phd [sic] on Facebook YEEZY GETS HONORARY DEGREE Should it be baked in a cake? In news that pissed off many an art student last week, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) announced that it will confer an honorary doctorate upon Kanye West during the school’s graduation ceremony this […]
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This Week in Art: Diaries! Post-Tumblr Art! Failing the Bechdel Test! Children’s Theater You Won’t Hate!
Oregon Children’s Theatre CHILDREN’S THEATER YOU MAY ACTUALLY ENJOY. No, really. SARAH MANGUSO’S ONGOINGNESS: THE END OF A DIARY—Joshua James Amberson read Sarah Manguso’s latest, “a very short book about a very long diary that we as readers never get to see any part of,” and found it full of potential for open-ended speculation: Her […]
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This Week in Art: Big Ed! Badass Antiheroines! Old-Timey Gangsters! And… Daniel Handler
Danielle Mathias COMEDY HAUL Big Ed Barnham’s got some great finds. BIG ED BARNHAM’S ONE OF A KIND BIG FIND OF THE WEEK—Temple Lentz wrote a delightful preview of Big Ed Barnham’s One of a Kind Big Find webseries, which returns to your computer screen next week. If you have no idea who Big Ed […]
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Make Your Text Messages Even More Cryptic—with Cindy Sherman Emojis!
Earlier this week, I received a text message from an art-loving friend that caused me such delight, the only way I can express its brilliance is to simply reproduce it here: Megan Burbank THE STUFF OF TEXT MESSAGE DREAMS. Do you see that? WHY, IT’S THE MANY FACES OF RENOWNED AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER CINDY SHERMAN. Inside […]
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Go Do Some Art: Poetry Press Week Wants You!
Poetry Press Week Designing poetry readings that aren’t sleep-inducingly dry but also aren’t delivered in a hammy, annoying performance style is QUITE A TASK, but also a noble one, which is why Portland’s Poetry Press Week is a very good idea. The seasonal showcase features poetry, but not as you usually hear it—instead of simply […]
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Lookbook of the Day: Altar Houseline S/S ’15
The first lookbook since Mag-Big Houseline’s transformation into Altar Houseline is live! The sheer layering pieces, forays into printed pants, and Stevie-ish caftans you may have seen swishing down the runway at Fade to Light are now holding still for you under good lighting. Part of the Altar re-brand is to tap into a darker, […]
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A Room Full of Faces: Key Figures at Adams and Ollman
Key Figures is a perfect example of a gallery show where you need to read the info sheet on hand. Sometimes the titles are funny, sometimes they offer insight; the materials give meaning and intention. Key Figures, a group show at Adams and Ollman through March 28, is essentially a room full of faces. Some […]