AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Curated by Raoul De la Sota

Opening Reception, Saturday night, December 13, 2008 7 to 10 pm

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present Silent Testimonies – Contemporary Ex-Votos. Artists and community members were asked to interpret the uniquely Mexican art form known as ex-votos with contemporary themes. The artists and community members are from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Vol. 5, Issue 17 of The Poetry Victims is now online...

Featuring Photography by Michael Crowley
and Poetry by Karen Douglass

Enjoy,
Jeff

I Choose Love

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/343623/i_choose_love_the_experience/

YourPR has posted a new item, 'Rua the Operatic Taxidriver'

In this episode of YourPR, Ned talks with Rua, a San Francisco cabdriver, about the creativity of taxi work and other surprising creative outlets in her life.

You may view the latest post at http://yourpr.org/2008/rua-the-operatic-taxidriver

Best regards,
Nedcaster
ned@yourpr.org

Bewegung

Ja es gibt sie. Die Bewegung!

Opening In Paris
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid
New cinema and contemporary art

In Paris: Nov. 28 - Dec. 7, 2008

Centre Pompidou | Jeu de Paume national museum | Paris-Villette Theatre |
and other key locations

http://www.art-action.org

After Madrid in May and Berlin in July, the 17th Rencontres Internationales will create during 10 days, from November 28th to December 7th, a space of discovery and reflection between new cinema and contemporary art, a circulation between different spots in the city: at the Centre Pompidou, at Jeu de Paume national museum, at Paris-Villette Theatre, at New Latina Theater, at Goethe Institute, at Cervantes Institute, at Canadian Cultural Center, at Swedish Cultural Center and at Finnish Institute.

A very interesting article by Marjorie Garber.

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Higher art
Universities should become society's great patrons of the arts
By Marjorie Garber | October 5, 2008

WHEN THE SCULPTOR and pop artist Jeff Koons came to Harvard
University's Carpenter Center last semester for an advertised
lecture, the hall where he spoke was jammed to overflowing, and
people had to be turned away at the door. When Spanish cinema
director Pedro Almod€ ¦óvar spoke at Harvard a few years ago, a crowding
crisis was averted by the decision to hold the event twice. Similar
turnouts have greeted the artist Ed Ruscha and architect Maya Lin.

A decade or two ago, it might have been the celebrity philosopher
Jacques Derrida who was the big draw on campus, and before that, say,

This week’s episode is produced by Ben Piper out of Seattle, Washington… Here are a few words of episode introduction from Ben:

“Hello fellow devoted YOURPR.org listeners. My name is Ben and this is my first episode. Welcome to BenPR.

Today’s show explores the theme of duality, and includes:

An interview with BMX cyclist and Olympic bronze medalist Donny Robinson.
A segment called Kids Write the Darndest Things featuring Spinach and Zucchini: Parts One through Three - a story I began writing 18 years ago and just finished this month.
Ben and Amanda Review Movies They Haven’t Seen - in which my fiancée and I weigh in on which movies we will and won’t be seeing in the next few weeks.
Music from local Seattle Band The Tallboys.

The whole email I got from e-flux is below, but click here to go directly to the latest films:

http://www.animateprojects.org/films

It's nice to view them in higher quality, and even nicer to view them in full screen (click the little box on the right of the controls under the film, once it starts). Like having your own FREE experimental film festival at home.

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The New Animation:
new animation by artists
to view online now

Animate Projects
London, UK
info@animateprojects.org

http://www.animateprojects.org

Animate Projects presents its new commissioned films online.

AnimateTV 2008
Seven extraordinary films, commissioned in association with Channel 4 and Arts Council England.

an artist's project
people drawn on subways all over the world

http://www.subway-life.com/