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Entries Tagged as 'Art'

Albert Maysles: Side Notes and Anecdotes

May 20th, 2010 · View Comments · Art, Documentary, Film, Vlog

I caught a little of the sideshow/hand shaking action after Albert Maysles spoke at the American Art Museum after a screening of two of his Christo films, “The Valley Curtain” and “Christo In Paris”. He touches, with humor, on the kind of projects that are (or aren’t) being funded today, some of his own new [...]

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Albert Maysles On “Christo In Paris”

May 20th, 2010 · View Comments · Art, Documentary, Film, Vlog

Documentary filmmaker and Guggenheim award winner Albert Maysles introduces and takes questions at the American Art Museum in Washington, DC at a screening of his film “Christo In Paris”. This was shot on the spot with my iPhone. Audio/Video quality is sub-par due to the apparatus, but the subject is priceless as always. Enjoy! Formats [...]

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Star Wars, Lego, Cuff Links…

February 24th, 2010 · View Comments · Art, DIY

…go together like Inky, Blinky and Pinky (oh yeah, and Clyde) or so I found out this weekend at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Local artist Yang Ku has a variety of geeky accessories available from Scrabble jewelry for those gung-ho for the grammatical to Thundercats and Voltron cuff links for the [...]

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From The Archives: Maryland Renaissance Festival 2008

February 21st, 2010 · View Comments · Art, Travel

Out of place and out of time, the Maryland Renaissance Festival happens every August through October in Annapolis, MD. I’ve attended the last two years in a row and I have to say – it’s a lot of fun for anyone of any age. Eat a turkey leg like a carnivorous knight, have a beer [...]

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Multiverse Moving Sidewalk, National Gallery of Art (Take 2)

November 14th, 2009 · View Comments · Art

Multiverse, a light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal especially for the National Gallery of Art. I snapped this one while rolling down the moving sidewalk with my pal Amanda visiting from Colorado. I love this piece. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

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Vectorscope’s Are Sorta’ Cool

November 14th, 2009 · View Comments · Art, Tech

This is video of a vectorscope. This is what happens when video is out of whack. Sorta fun to look at though. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)

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What The Web Says About Me

August 31st, 2009 · View Comments · Art, Tech, Vlog

Jonny Goldstein, former host of Jonny’s Partay and the now graphical guru that brought the world Envizualize sent me a link the other day. “What the internets say about you http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb.” This is what it had to say. Best viewed full screen. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v)

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Art Is Everything: National Gallery of Art

August 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Art, Vlog

Even something as mundane as a moving sidewalk at the National Gallery of Art has the potential to be a piece of art including, one of my favorites, this installation: Multiverse, a light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal especially for the National Gallery of Art. One of my favorite pasttimes is trying to [...]

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