This week New York welcomes “Performa ‘09“, the third biennial of performance art to hit the city. The event features more than 150 artists over three weeks, and one of whom has me very excited.
I was lucky enough to experience South African artist Candice Breitz’s video installation “Legend” a few [...]
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Seeing Double
Posted in New York City, Theater, Visual Art, tagged Bob Marley, Candace Breitz, john lennon, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Performa '09, Performance art, South Africa, twins on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sun(glasses) King
Posted in Japan, tagged glasses, john lennon, kanda, Tokyo on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I knew about otaku, the term for Japanese obsessively interested in particular cultural artifacts — particular kinds of anime, arcade video games, 1950s L.A. jazz, whatever. But I had no idea how deep and odd the obsessions ran until today.
As I was wandering through the neighborhood of used book stores called Kanda, I came [...]