Archives for the ‘art’ Category
a meandering on installation art & the church
Thursday, 15 July 2010
I have been watching Art:21 documentaries with the wife & kids lately. If you are not familiar, Art:21 is a PBS documentary series which explores the works & artists of contemporary visual arts; they build each episode upon a theme and pick 4-5 artists to highlight. It has been interesting looking at how these contemporary [...]
post what?
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
I have to share this n+1 article ‘Post What?’ by Dushko Petrovich, a clever musing on the ridiculousness and/or absurdity of contemporary {pretentious-high} culture. Some of the post which he discusses: Post-minimalist Post-Brooklynist Post-racist Post-graduate I just wonder what the Post-Post What? would look like?
insights via children’s theatre
Saturday, 6 February 2010
This morning, as a birthday present for a our oldest daughter, we attended a performance of the children’s books Goodnight Moon & The Runaway Bunny. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. They artfully produced an enthralling performance. There were many things that I [...]