Posted By Kiko Martinez on Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 9:08 AM click to enlarge Courtesy of Contemporary Art Month A still from Julia Zipporah s #BIRDEATINGOTHER (2020), one of the film works featured in this year s CAM Perennial exhibition Here, the rivers run both ways. When COVID-19 hit the United States around this time last year, San Antonio’s Contemporary Art Month became one of the many events canceled in its wake. This year, things are different. CAM executive director Nina Hassele and the board were determined to get creative and hammer out a new way to carry on the celebration in a pandemic-safe way. As other event promoters have done over the past year, the organizers are giving artists and attendees a digital option. CAM will
A 24-Hour Love Letter to Performance Art
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/t-magazine/miles-greenberg-art.html
Miles Greenberg walked on a conveyor belt for a full day. Here’s what happened.
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A highly abbreviated version of the video recording of the artist’s performance at the Phi Centre in Montreal.CreditCredit.Concept and performance by Miles Greenberg; presented by Marina Abramović Institute (MAI); produced by Phi Studios; sound sample by Kelsey Lu; shot at Phi Centre Montreal.
March 5, 2021
Name: Miles Greenberg
Originally from: Montreal
When and where did you make this work? According to the time stamp on my iPhone note, I made the first sketches for this piece around 4:35 a.m. in my childhood bedroom in Montreal, at the end of April of last year. It was about one month into the five months I spent squatting at my mom’s house after fleeing New York at the onset of Covid-19.
Derek DelGaudio and the Great Unburdening of Secrets
The magician explains how he worked up to “In & Of Itself” in a new memoir, “Amoralman,” a prequel of sorts to the show.
“I felt I was born with an absence of some sort, and I think that I’ve spent much of my life trying to fill that void,” said Derek DelGaudio, addressing a major theme in his new book.Credit.Calla Kessler for The New York Times
March 3, 2021
If anything in Derek DelGaudio’s appearance and demeanor sets him apart, it’s that little sets him apart. Soft-spoken and presenting a beguiling, open face one might call it “innocent” the modern conjurer was unfailingly polite and forthcoming in a recent video interview.
Posted By Kelly Merka Nelson on Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 12:02 PM click image Kellen Stanley via Instagram / bluestarart Blue Star Contemporary teased the CAM Kickoff with an enigmatic photo by Kellen Stanley, who collaborated with Xavier Gilmore on AnOriginal Drive. After being interrupted by the onset of COVID-19 cancellations and closures in 2020, Contemporary Art Month is returning for 2021 with pandemic safety in mind. On Friday, CAM hits the ground running with a drive-in event held in Artpace s parking lot. The annual CAM Kickoff will feature a screening of the 2021 CAM Perennial exhibition Here, the rivers run both ways and a live performance of Xavier Gilmore s AnOriginal Drive, a multidisciplinary work created in collaboration with Andrea Voca
Precious Okoyomon Wins 2021 Frieze Artist Award
The New York-based artist will realise a major commission, supported by Luma Foundation at Frieze New York 2021
Precious Okoyomon is the winner of the 2021 Frieze Artist Award at Frieze New York, taking place at
The Shed, May 5-9.
Supported by the Luma Foundation, the award presents a major opportunity for an emerging artist to debut an ambitious new commission.
For Frieze New York 2021, Okoyomon will present a performance-activated installation conceived specifically for The Shed. Extending their practice, Okoyomon’s work will aim to create what the artist describes as ‘a portal for a space of fragilization.’ Convening poetry, sensory elements, sculpture, light, and sound, the work will celebrate self-expression and champion the value of shared, collective experience. The performance will be filmed and streamed online at Frieze.com from May 5 onwards, allowing audiences across the globe