For a long list of book reviews for “City of Fallen Angels,” see http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/berendtjohn/cityoffallingangels#critics
Mostly, reviews were positive when the book came out in 2005.
Reading “Angels,” you become aware of how important the arts are to the life of a city — and at the same time, how the art scene can seem to be dominated [...]
June 24, 2008
A simple machine for narrative. By spinning the five rods and sliding the card up or down, various fragments are generated that can lead in surprising directions. The question becomes, ‘to what extent does the user become the author or narrator’?
Again, Berendt, p. 45: “Within days of my arrival, I began to consider [...]
This summer, the action has been in the Hot Shop. The Summer Series of Visiting Artists is coming to a close, and it’s been a fun ride. Artists from the Pacific Northwest and overseas have worked with our Home Hot Shop Team to realize their ideas in glass. Several artists whose work [...]
It’s a celebration at MOG today and through the weekend. Visiting Artist Martin Blank is the the Hot Shop–he’s very dynamic, and there’s a huge crew making huge glass sculptures. It’s really fun to watch. There are break dancers, special hands-on art projects, the debut of the mobile hot shop outside on [...]
This morning, I caught some footage of Jo Yarrington, this week’s visiting artist (also in our show Transparently Built), playing with how light passes through large glass rondels we made in the Hot Shop during day one of her residency. Looks like it’s turning into a performance piece…
Music: Revolve by hisboyelroy
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This summer, we’ll [...]
Being in a glass residency for the week, having never worked with glass or, for that matter, sculpturally has been an interesting and ultimately rewarding challenge. Prepping for the residency became a crash course in physics, optics, and the appropriateness of certain ideas to the medium of glass. It involved a two day consultantship with [...]
Now that the Scott show has closed, we’re opening up the blog to discuss the ideas in any or all of the artwork at the Museum…
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