2020 Dada : RTJ Video
This Run The Jewels video from earlier in 2020 is VERY Dada in its visual language, “cut and paste” collage approach, and juxtaposition of existing imagery to suggest new meanings / contexts.
A Gift to the Future: Tree Mountain by Agnes Denes
Agnes Denes reminisces on creating “Tree Mountain-A Living Time Capsule—11,000 Trees, 11,000 People, 400 Years,” a collaborative bioremediation artwork and a human-made virgin forest in Ylöjärvi, Finland. www.agnesdenesstudio.com
Four Counter-Narratives for Graphic Design History
A presentation by Aggie Toppins – CAA 2020. www.aggietoppins.com/
Mika Tajima Versus the Cubicle
How does design shape society? In this film, artist Mika Tajima traces the legacy of the influential Action Office furniture line—developed by Herman Miller—and how it serves as the inspiration for her own work. Introduced in 1964 and still in production today, the Action Office is a modular and customizable system of semi-enclosed cubicles. www.mikatajima.com
Hank Willis Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas is a conceptual artist who knows how to push boundaries and challenge ideas. For the past 25+ years, he has used photography, sculpture, and images from sports, advertising, and popular culture to make his viewer sit up, pay attention, and think about the implications of each artwork he Read more…
Laurie Anderson: Advice to the Young
Laurie Anderson Interview: Advice to the young. Explore her VR installation “Chalkroom”….
Ways of Seeing
John Berger’s Ways of Seeing.
Tom Sachs : Ten Bullets
This is an interesting short film about artist Tom Sachs’ studio.
How To Work Better
How to Work Better’s ten-point list of simple statements suggests that “working better” is as much about an approach to everyday life as it is about productivity. The artists originally appropriated the text from a sign found on a bulletin board in a ceramic factory in Thailand nearly three decades Read more…