Holding onto an era in crisis with DELTA (and Aphex Twin).
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PICA Brings Steve Doughton’s Rarely Seen Video Work Back to Portland
Holding Onto an Era in Crisis with DELTA (and Aphex Twin)
Visual Art
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The United Colors of Arielle Bobb-Willis
On the Mercury cover this week is the photography of NYC artist Arielle Bobb-Willis’. Arielle Bobb-Willis Taking back the preppy color palette of the 80s and reliving it in the urban scene of NYC today on 35mm, Arielle Bobb-Willis’ photography empowers a connection between kids today and kids of yesteryear. Working with her peers as […]
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October Art Shows and Performances to Have on Your Radar
Wawawai Ellen McFadden It’s weird advice that always works: If you’re feeling sad, go see some art. When the news sucks and nothing seems okay, sometimes just getting outside, getting yourself to the museum or gallery, and looking at something someone made with their hands and their brain on a wall and not a computer […]
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Does Cannabis Sing? You Can Find Out This Weekend
Plantoid Am I high a fair portion of the time? As in, most waking hours? I am, thank you for asking. So I would totally understand if you think what I’m about to tell you is nothing more than a cannabis-induced bit of fiction. But it’s not… It’s happening. It’s really happening. And you should […]
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From Magic Realism to Spatial Imaginaries
October’s Art Shows and Performances to Have on Your Radar
October’s Art Shows and Performances to Have on Your Radar
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TBA Is Happening
What We Saw and Loved in the First Week of the Performance Festival
What We Saw and Loved in the First Week of the Performance Festival
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Oh Right, TBA Starts Tomorrow
keyon gaskin and sidony o’neal PHOTO COURTESY OF TBA / PICA.ORG I’ve been so distracted today by my car’s new coat of ash (how to even clean?), President Bobblehead’s ignorant cruelty, and excellent arguments for banning fireworks (I’ve always hated them) that I almost forgot PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival starts TOMORROW. But it does! And […]
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The IPRC’s Narrow Escape
How the Publishing Organization Faced Portland’s Rental Crisis—and Survived
How the publishing organization faced Portland’s rental crisis—and survived.
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The Unlikely Career of a Portland Experimental Filmmaker and Installation Artist Vanessa Renwick
Next Level Fucked Up Vanessa Renwick Early this year, on a clear winter night a week into Trump’s presidency, I took a bus deep into Portland’s East Side to see local artist and experimental filmmaker Vanessa Renwick perform. The event was part of a long-running, variety show series that’s held sporadically in different houses throughout […]
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The Mercury’s Fall Arts & Culture Guide Is Here
Subin Yang Maybe it’s because I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and am comforted by overcast skies and ever-present misty rain (I know, I’m a monster and I’m sorry) but I’ve always preferred fall to summer. And when it comes to Portland’s arts offerings, there’s no question: Fall is a fecund halcyon stretch between […]
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Lost Decade’s Rock and Roll and Children’s T-Shirts
Manu Berelli and Glenn Henrickson’s Homegrown Design Empire
Manu Berelli and Glenn Henrickson’s homegrown design empire.
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Local Essentials for TBA
Because Art Isn’t Really a Once-a-Year Kind of Thing
Because art isn’t really a once-a-year kind of thing.