I was quoted in this HuffPo article by AP journalist Barbara Ortutay. The exhibition is very interesting and thought provoking. The Public Private runs through April 17 at Parsons.
My photograph Quanta Resources, Pittston, PA, from the Sites Unseen series is included in the exhibition Gatsby Revisited in the Age of the One Percent from March 13 – April 15 at the Contemporary Art Gallery on the campus of UConn, Storrs. Other artists are: Tina Barney, Man Bartlett, James Casebere, Jessica Craig-Martin, Patricia Cronin, [...]
There is an interesting essay, The Migration of Social Exchange, recently posted on Hyperallergic by James Holland. He mentions my Databody piece from spring 2001 (yes, prior to 9/11). Nice that it is still relevant after over a decade. This is a thoughtful piece that ruminates on the changing landscape of what it means to [...]
Ricardo and I gave a short presentation on ExcessNYC at this cool “conceptual” farmers market at the Hall of Science organized by Liz Slagus last weekend.
I have two photographs in Peekskill Project V at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill, NY. There is a lot of great work from artists like Brandon Ballengée, Diana Cooper, Jeffrey Gibson and Ellen Harvey.
The ExcessNYC project is in full swing. Our website is up and running. We just had a workshop at 3rd Ward last weekend. Next up: we build out our compost site at a garden in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We have a few events coming up this fall. Will post here as soon as they are [...]
I am giving an artist talk tonight at the Clay Center for Art and Sciences in West Virginia. Pretty cool place in Charleston, WV. Well it’s 90 degrees but you know what I mean. Here is proof: http://www.theclaycenter.org/art/lectureseries/default.aspx
I am very excited to be part of this book, “Beautiful Trouble.” It arrives in February. Order your advanced copy today! Here is some more info: From Cairo to cyberspace, from Main Street to Wall Street, today’s social movements have a creative new edge that’s blurring the boundaries between artist and activist, hacker and dreamer. [...]
Ricardo and I are heading to Madrid this week to begin production on a new project, Excedentes/Excess. This is a commissioned work by Matadero in collaboration with Madrid-based artist, Jose Luis Bongore, and Beatriz Marcos. We have been conducting research in NYC and Madrid simultaneously over the last few months on the topic of urban [...]
I was a guest on Santa Fe NPR this morning with Mary-Charlotte, discussing my Superfund photographs, Santa Fe Art Institute residency and more. Here is the link. Take a listen: http://www.santaferadiocafe.org/podcasts/?p=1184