January 2012
12 posts
to read: 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts →
I am completely intrigued by this project created for dOCUMENTA (13). Cannot wait to get these in hand.
December 2011
12 posts
planned obsolescence.
My parents bought a harvest gold side-by-side Kenmore refrigerator in 1974. At 22 cubic feet, it had a fancy new feature: a cold water dispenser inside the fridge door (they fixed that design flaw soon afterwards). They had that fridge for over 20 years - from Cincinatti to New Jersey to Houston to Dallas. They finally got rid of it in the mid-90s simply because they were sick of looking at that...
...Watching myself at the lathe, I said “That man...
I know these are tough times, and that you are receiving many requests for end-of-year giving. I feel strongly that supporting the future of craft is vital today, and I hope you’ll take a moment to read this, dwell on how making is a part of your life, and consider making a gift:
I am very honored to be a Trustee of the American Craft Council. Programs such as the Council’s...
“My advice is always to make a lot of art; to make a lot of art, then look at...”
– Dave Hickey, prominent art critic, educator, curator.
I saw this on Tumblr some time ago but I can’t find it. So here it is again. Those last two sentences are just… prophetic.
(via jon-garcia)
This entire quote is fantastic, but the last paragraph slays it. (via theokbb)
Dave Hickey.
November 2011
11 posts
October 2011
24 posts
