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Repository 188: Art as Disruptor | Bursting the Filter Bubble
Today I received an invitation to register for the “Open Engagement” POWER conference taking place at the end of April in Oakland and the Bay Area. The annual notice makes me wince every time I receive it, as it reminds me of the time I applied six years ago on the occasion of their Portland, Oregon conference. It’s called an “open” engagement so I figured my chances would be high in receiving an opportunity to participate. Sadly my proposal was…
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Repository 76: A Celebration of Nothingness
Celebrating the Fourth of July – a day of independence and freedom – I can’t help reflect on the idea of freedom, and how exciting and blessed one can feel given so much freedom. However, with freedom comes nothingness, and depending on your orientation, nothingness brings anxiety or a great sense of calm. American culture by definition is nothingness – no specific history, no specific religion, equality in race and gender (yes even you mr./ms. corporation can be considered a…
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Repository 64: Hotel as Hotbed for Creativity
Image of a reproduction of artist Richard Hutten’s installation “Llayers Llove Hotel Room”, photo by Catherine Haley Epstein. Last weekend on a trip to Vancouver, BC I had the unexpected pleasure of seeing the exhibit Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The ambitious show on the theme of hotel as pre-eminent architectural and social structure was separated into four main themes of travel, design, the social and culture. I travel often, and find great respite in…
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Repository 42: An Exploration of Painting & Performance
A couple years back I remember watching an interview of James Franco and Marina Abromovic, where Mr. Franco asked about her evolution as an artist. The interview took place in her apartment where she was serving him her “special” desert. I couldn’t help but cringe when she declared that the studio was an awful place, where no artist should be, where art is life and life is art. Hmmm. Dismissing painting as if it is a first step to a…
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