This week has been a kind of Hannah Arendt refresher. In preparation for Wednesday’s VIFF screening of Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (Ada Ushpiz, 2015), I watched again excerpts of Margarethe von Trotta’s Hannah Arendt (2013) and brushed …
On opening a book —
-- in a gallery On getting lost in a letter in a book -- a letter never reaching its intended reader -- On not nearly finishing only gesturing at cardinal directions, while marooned on islands of Thai-Chinese story and Latino art theory on the …
Kitchen, Orchard & Event Readings
Recent Migration Library readings: April 14, 2016, Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) kitchen - excerpts from these texts were read collectively, Leanne Simpson (2011), Chapter 4 - Nimtoowaad Mikinaag Gijiying Bakonaan (Dancing on our Turtle's …
Reading the Migration Library – Santa Fe Art Institute, SFAI 140
What follows is the script of the 140 second performance that I delivered at SFAI 140 last night. Each book was read for the length of time a slide was shown on the screen (20 seconds). For each image transition, I closed the book and went on to …
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Reading the Migration Library – Santa Fe Art Institute, Legorreta’s courtyard
Today, artists-in-residents from SFAI’s “Emigration/Immigration” themed residency gathered under the trees in the courtyard of a building that Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta designed to house artists at work. We were there to tackle excerpts …
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