Making the Most of Left-over Bigness

Consumed,Repurpose-Driven Life - NYTimes.com
America’s shopping infrastructure is vast and abundant. That’s the problem.

Article in the New York Times about the shopping mall crisis in the USA mentions the photography of Julia Christensen (above) which documents the conversions of big-box stores in the Big Box Reuse book and BigBoxReuse website and a new book “Retrofitting Suburbia,” by Ellen Dunham-Jones...

A similar book worth mentioning is Rem Koolhaas and his students work at Harvard called "The Harvard Guide to Shopping" .. if you can get your hands on a copy. $112 and up on Amazon. We happened to read the intro to Koolhass' "S, M, L, XL" in Vito Acconci's "Aesthetics of Information class" (Spring 08) and we also read a criticism of his books by Hal Foster in Siebren Versteeg's "Workshop in Design History" (Spring 08)

In regards to re-purposing and mix-use space, here is a film by an artist friend of mine Hatuey Ramos-Fermin, which documents a special mix-use space in Holland.



Coexistence: "Since the year 2000 this Latin American migrants pentecostal church shares their worship space with a ping pong club in Amsterdam. Each weekend they transform the space."

Finally, this is a great little guide book from architects(?) Atelier Bow-Wow in Japan called "Made in Tokyo"... It's an index of all the uniqueness of Tokyo's architectural condition, that is very little space...

Open Source Embroidery

Since embroidery and needle work came up several times this past semester with several students at Brooklyn College doing projects with needle and thread I figure I share this group that I discovered called Open Source Embroidery.. They are having a show in Sweden, so make due with the website info.. http://www.open-source-embroidery.org.uk

Look closely, there are circuits in the embroidery to the left!!!

Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon: "Knitting: Stitch 'n' Bitch" (July 28, 2005 - 52min)

B.C. Art MFA Student Meeting. (TOMORROW!)

B.C. Art MFA Student Meeting. (TOMORROW!)

Monday June 1st, 2009
5pm.
Brooklyn College - Boylan Hall (west wing)
4th floor studios, common area (a.k.a granny's room)


Below is a tentative list of topics to be discussed. Following each
topic student request/concerns will be discussed. Bring your
questions, comments, concerns or email them to us in advance. Although
it is very last minute we feel it is a little overdue, we hope all of
you can attend. Please let us know if you can or cannot attend. We
will post and email the minutes for those who cannot attend but wish
to be informed.



GASU RELATED
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- GASU Constitution
- Elections: procedures, elections, terms
- GASU Budget: figures, uses (current, future)
- Structure within Brooklyn College (see Student Affairs)
- GASU transitional elections
- GASU future: resources/contacts, budget templates, communications, etc.
*** Student inquiries for GASU.



VISITING ARTIST RELATED
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- Visiting Artist responsibilities, cycle.
- Visiting Artist List 2009/2010: procedures, liaisons, payments, announcements.
- Visiting Artist transitional periods.
- Visiting Artist/ Lecture series future.
***Student inquiries for current Visiting Artist.



DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS RELATED
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- Student Center (SUBO)
- Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
- College Association
- Student Development Club Liaison.
- Starting a new club with art potentials.
***Student inquiries for Student Affairs



ART MFA DEPARTMENT RELATED
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- Internet in studios.
- Information resources, future resource repository.
- Streamlining BC Art MFA experience (student portal, identity)
- Studio move in times/dates, current petition to extended stay.
- Senior Thesis Show 2010. Responsibilities, deadlines.
***Student inquiries for MFA Art Department.

A Few Updates and Goings On...

CUNY Meet-up photos posted on the blog by Jacob. Students from Queens and City College are interested in working together in doing some shows, more info coming soon. -Antonio

NOW: New Feeds & Links added to the Blog (right hand column).
-Hunter's visiting artist & lecture feeds
-Queens College's Blog
-ArtCat, opening and journal
-E-Flux, Journal and announcements

TONIGHT: 6:30-8:30 - Fred Tomaselli and Ken Johnson tream up for The Hunter/Zabar Visiting Artist Public Critique. Critique of student work from Lisa Davis' 2D-Seminar by Fred Tomaselli, Ken Johnson of the New York Times, and Professor Joachim Pissarro.


TONIGHT: Christian Jankowski/Public Art Fund April 29, 2009 6:30 p.m.
The second lecture in the series will be delivered by multimedia artist Christian Jankowski. At the New School.
http://www.newschool.edu/vlc/events.aspx?id=27196


THIS WEEKEND: Those who were fortunate to have Elana Herzog in your studio, she is participating in the LMCC Open Studio's this weekend, Friday-Sunday, You need to RSVP to enter the buildings:
http://www.lmcc.net/art/residencies/workspace/2008/openstudioweekend.html


NEXT WEEK: Queens College is hosting Curator Nato Thompson, MAY 5th at 4:30pm in Kiely Hall room 170 Refreshments to follow in Klapper Hall, 6th floor FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
http://cunyqueenscollegemfa.blogspot.com/

NEXT WEEK: Finally, a 1998 Documentary on painter, fisherman, visionary, eccentric- Forrest Bess: Keys to the Riddle is screening at The Piloctetes Center May 5th (Directed by Ari Marcopoulos & Chuck Smith):
http://www.philoctetes.org/Calendar/Forrest_Bess_Keys_to_the_Riddle

NEXT WEEK: Cory Arcangel/Public Art Fund -> May 6, 2009 6:30 p.m.
The final lecture in the series by media artist Cory Arcangel at the New School
http://www.newschool.edu/vlc/events.aspx?id=27198

NEXT WEEK: ALfredo Jaar Lecture at Hunter/Zabar, Kossak Theatre HN 15th fl 68th st, Thu, May 7, 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Pictures from the Hello Cuny event

Hello CUNY + Open Studios Spring 2009

Are we ready? The websites are!!!, let me know if I misspelled anything or if you need me to add a URL here and there.

HELLO! my name is CUNY
Friday April 17th, 2009 6-9PM

Brooklyn College Open Studios
Spring 2009
Friday April 24th 6-10pm
Saturday April 25th 12-6PM

From Deb comes these images of a clever advertising campaign for a small Zimbabwean newspaper. They've printed all their advertising on actually money - which, unfortunately, has become completely worthless

Brookyln College Emailer Final

click to download the full resolution version. Or right click + "save link as"

SPRING 2009
MFA OPEN STUDIOS

BROOKLYN COLLEGE
BOYLAN HALL: floors 4, 5, & 6
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210

SUBWAY/BUS:
2 to Flatbush/Brooklyn College
Q to Avenue H
B6 or B11 to Bedford Ave at
Campus Rd


FOR A DETAILED MAP AND INFO:
www.brooklynmfa.com

brooklynart@gmail.com
tel: 718.951.5572


photo © Steve Baldwin
brooklynparrots.com

danish knitting artist isabel berglund