Marian Spore | Industry City, Brooklyn

Summer Party - July 30

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:45:19 +0000

Join us for a night of art, music and scintillating conversation!

Friday July 30
8pm to 10pm
Reception for fantastic art projects:
Joe Winter
Christopher Robbins
Thom Kubli’s ‘FLOAT! Thinktank 21′

10pm until…
Performance by Snake Eats Electric Blanket | Christy & Emily with My Charizma
DJs to follow

Drinks available by donation.

Thom Kubli - Float

julia — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:30:28 +0000

After entering a flotation tank, you will listen to a five-minute audio work by Berlin-based sound artist Thom Kubli, then float in silence for forty minutes, letting your mind drift away.

For this piece, you will need to reserve a one-hour appointment at Marian Spore, and bring your swimsuit. To book a slot for this unique experience, email julia@marianspore.com.

Radiovisual #009: Elisabeth Subrin takes Williamsburg, W.A.G.E. on budget cuts, Trisha Donnelly reviewed

peter — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:38:01 +0000

Here it is, folks, episode 9 of Radiovisual. In this week’s episode, we talked to A.L. Steiner about the swingeing cuts in the New York arts budget for 2011. (To find out more, visit NYFA). We review Trisha Donnelly at Casey Kaplan Gallery, and we go on a field trip with Elisabeth Subrin to visit the locations from her film installation Lost Tribes and Promised Lands now on view as part of Greater New York.

Radiovisual #008: Rhizome’s Seven on Seven follow-up, Eddie Berg, Shana Moulton, Nick Hallett, Ryan McNamara

peter — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:13:47 +0000

Last week, art & technology pioneer Julie Martin raised questions about Rhizome’s Seven on Seven event. We were able to finagle a ticket to the event (not easy!) and we have to say, it was pretty inspiring. In this episode, we have a follow-up interview with Rhizome’s Lauren Cornell, as well as clips from the event with David Karp and Ryan Trecartin.

Will the arrival of television transform the UK’s political process? That’s the question on everyone’s mind since legendary lothario and Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg won the hearts and minds of the British voting public in the UK’s FIRST EVER TELEVISED PRIME MINISTERIAL DEBATE. Seriously. We talk to BFI Southbank’s Artistic Director Eddie Berg about the possible implications for the cultural sector.

Also in this episode, we talk performance art, with reviews of Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett’s Whispering Pines 10 at the Kitchen and Ryan McNamara’s And Introducing Ryan Mcnamara at Elizabeth Dee.

Radiovisual #007: Art Gets Snookied | Simon de Pury, Monica Narula of Raqs Media Collective, Julie Martin of E.A.T.

julia — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:38:10 +0000

This week, contemporary art gets Snookied. Claire went to the press launch of Bravo’s forthcoming reality show, Work of Art, the Next Great Artist and caught up with Simon de Pury about the process of casting the show. As Rhizome gears up for its Seven on Seven event, which pairs up artists with technologists, we spoke with participating artist Monica Narula of Raqs Media Collective and got a bit of historical perspective from Julie Martin of E.A.T. And, we review Marina Abramovic at MoMA and Tacita Dean’s Craneway Event.

Special thanks this week to ICI for letting us use their office as a temporary recording studio. If you want to use their office too, check out their new Curator’s Network program.

Tyler Coburn on Marian Spore in Art Review

peter — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:10:15 +0000

Tyler Coburn reviews the Marian Spore collection in the April issue of Art Review. A choice quote:

‘Life today looks alive, and is alive, only when seen from the perspective of the archive, museum, library,’ Groys writes - a statement that could readily apply to the first five works of the Spore collection.

Download the PDF.

Radiovisual #006: A Prairie Dog Companion

peter — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:05:23 +0000

This week, we talk to Art Fag City’s Paddy Johnson about Richard Flood’s ‘prairie dog’ comments and whether the Internet spells doom for the professional art critic; we find out how you can exchange artwork for health care (for real); we review Barbara Kruger at Mary Boone and Lyle Ashton Harris at CRG Gallery. We interview Paola Antonelli about MoMA’s acquisition of @ (no that’s not a typo). And we play a clip from the new LP from the band our lovely audio guy Peter Kerlin!

P.S. Thanks to Nick Fortunato for giving us this idea for a prairie dog-themed tune.

Radiovisual 005: Ai Weiwei on Twitter, health care reform, Lady Gaga’s penis, Pawel Wojtasik at Smack Mellon, artist Rainer Ganahl

julia — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:28:14 +0000

We’ve got a hard-hitting episode for you this week, folks! The important issues of the day are discussed: health care reform and its possible effects on artists; Ai Weiwei’s comments at a panel discussion at the Paley Center this week; Pawel Wojtasik’s monumental installation at Smack Mellon; and Rainer Ganahl’s new show at Alex Zachary.

Most importantly of all, we take on the latest sign of the coming apocalypse: Lady Gaga’s new Telephone video.

Thanks to Peter Kerlin for general audio wizardry and original interstitial music!

Radiovisual #004: Shaq O’Neal, Michael Mandiberg, ‘Skin Fruit’, Whitney Biennial, and Brucennial

peter — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:06:02 +0000

In our silliest episode yet, we learn the shocking truth about Shaq O’Neal: he’s a cheat! (At art. Not basketball). We pit Shaq against Jeff Koons in a battle of celebrity curators; we visit Triple Canopy’s new space in Brooklyn. We review the Brucennial, the Biennial, the Rhizome/Triple Canopy-ennial. We talk to Michael Mandiberg about the new book Collaborative Futures, and we learn that Michael has a drinking problem and Claire likes to get her way. Ennial.

Radiovisual #003: Jerry Saltz’s Facebook, Shaquille O’Neal’s exhibition, the new Flux Factory

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:50:55 +0000

Episode 3 is here, and it’s a doozy! This week, we talked to Jerry Saltz about whether his Facebook page is a sign of social media-pocalypse. Andrew Jeffrey Wright discussed his fourth grade art project; Michael compared Amy Granat’s camera to lady parts, while Claire spoke to FLAG Art Foundation’s Stephanie Roach and got excited that Shaquille O’Neal is coming to town.

We slogged through a blizzard to peek in at the new Flux Factory, we asked Morgan Croney of Artcards to help us plan out our nightlife, and we couldn’t have done it without the help of our first ever sponsor, LMAKprojects.