Afterimage articles from May 2008

Afterimage archives from May 2008

Snapshot.(photography conferences and festivals)(Calendar)
May 1, 2008... SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE DENVER, COLORADO MARCH 13-16, 2008 AIPAD: THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW NEW YORK CITY APRIL 10-13, 2008 HOUSTON FOTOFEST HOUSTON, TEXAS MARCH 7-APRIL 20, 2008...

New media feminism.(the WAM! Women Action and The Media Conference)
May 1, 2008... WAM! WOMEN, ACTION AND THE MEDIA CONFERENCE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS MARCH 28-30, 2008 The WAM! Women Action and The Media Conference took place March 28-30, 2008, at Masschusetts...

France, mon amour.(Virginia Commonwealth University french film festival)
May 1, 2008... VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL RICHMOND, VIRGINIA MARCH 28-30, 2008 In late March, Richmond, Virginia, once the capital of the Confederate South, turns into the capital of French film in the United States....

Architectures of the Moving Image.(Conference news)
May 1, 2008... SOCIETY FOR CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES CONFERENCE PHILADELPHIA MARCH 6-9, 2008 Befitting its theme, "Architectures of the Moving Image," the recent Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SGMS) annual conference was held at...

A mosaic of practices: public media and participatory culture.(Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference)(Conference news)
May 1, 2008... Once the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, had approved my proposal to begin a planned seven-year process of making a documentary about a group of women majoring in the sciences and technology at Ohio State University (OSU), it...

Quiet spectacle: an interview with Chris Hondros.(Interview)
May 1, 2008... Through a growing thicket of visas, checkpoints, Humvees, and dust, war photographer Chris Hondros shoots on--cycling in and out of Iraq, chronicling the war since its beginning. His images appear on the covers of major newspapers, such as the...

Fictional photography: Constructivism in the novel.(Essay)
May 1, 2008... Constructivism in relation to artistic and architectural movements commenced in Russia before the time of the October Revolution in 1917 and became most influential afterward. The movement dismissed *'pure" art in favor of an used as an...

Still, moving.(David Claerbout)
May 1, 2008... DAVID CLAERBOUT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS FEBRUARY 8-APRIL 6, 2008 Upon first encountering David Claerbout's work, it is tempting to classify his pieces as...

Gloss and dross.(Gilbert and George at the M.H. de Young Museum)
May 1, 2008... GILBERT & GEORGE M.H. DE YOUNG MUSEUM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 16-MAY 18, 2008 "[F]inding amusement, encouraging life, fighting boredom... " Thus reads the litany of activities that initially engaged Gilbert and...

Less is more.(Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since I960)
May 1, 2008... PHOTOGRAPHY ON PHOTOGRAPHY: REFLECTIONS ON THE MEDIUM SINCE 1960 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART NEW YORK CITY APRIL 8-OCTOBER 19, 2008 During the second weekend of April, the Association of International Photography Art...

Communist history, unclassified.(Communist Guide to New York City)
May 1, 2008... COMMUNIST GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY BY YEVGENIY FIKS COMMON ROOM 2 NEW YORK CITY JANUARY 20-MARCH 7, 2008 In our receding political culture, any attempt to point out the alternative paths of history may be tagged as...

Return engagements.(Making Memory Matter: Strategues of Remember in contemporary Art)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MAKING MEMORY MATTER: STRATEGIES OF REMEMBRANCE IN CONTEMPORARY ART BY LISA SALTZMAN CHICAGO: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, 2006 128 PP./$20.00 (SB) In 1927, Siegfried Kracauer warned of the amnesiac potential of...

Visual Communication: Integrating Media, Art And Science.(MEDIA NOTED AND RECEIVED)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... "I can't draw" is a statement we have all heard or maybe even proclaimed ourselves. Visual Communication Integrating Media, Art and Science explores the cognitive behaviors and educational systems that would lead one to believe they are not...

Long Life Cool White: photographs & essays.(MEDIA NOTED AND RECEIVED)(Long Life Cool White: Photographs and Essays by Moyra Davey)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS/152 PP./$24.95 (SB) Long Life Cool White could seem like an overly poetic title for a book and survey exhibition of the photographs and writings of Moyra Davey, until you realize the title is referring to the light...

Books.(MEDIA NOTED AND RECEIVED)
May 1, 2008... 50 Artists You Should Know, by Thomas Koster. Prestel Publishing/171 pp./$19.95 (sb). The Age of Television: Experiences and Theories, by Milly Buonanno. Intellect Books/144 pp./[pounds sterling]19.95 (sb). Andrei Tarkovsky: Elements...

Exhibitions.(NOTICES)(art exhibitions)(Calendar)
May 1, 2008... ARIZONA Scottsdale: Scottdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7380 E.2(nd) St. Contemporary Scandinavian Art. Space is the Place. Both through Sept. 2. Pae White: "Lisa, Bright nad Dark" May 17-Sept 7. www.smoca.org. Tucson: Etherton...