11/08/2020
Art Top 5: November 2020
"The Long Dream" is open now. It's #1 on the Newcity Art Top 5.
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Mission: The MCA is an innovative and compelling center of contemporary art where the public can experience the work and ideas of living artists, and understand the historical, social and cultural context of the art of our time. The museum boldly interweaves exhibitions, performances, collections, and educational programs to excite, challenge, and illuminate our visitors and offer insight into the creative process. The MCA engages diverse audiences and creates a sense of community by providing a place to contemplate and discuss contemporary art and culture and issues of our day.
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11/07/2020
Visiting Invisible Museums
Take advantage of the nice weather and explore "Invisible Museums of the Unseen!" This is an interactive experience by Jeanette Andrews that is available in Chicago parks and is hosted on the Gesso app. Find instructions and more in this MCA Blog psot!
11/06/2020
Joshua Vides Partners with Converse and MCA Chicago on a Limited-Edition Collection
The MCA x Joshua Vides collaboration continues with an auction of 30 unique Converse Chuck 70s made of Vides's hand-painted canvas; HYPEBEAST has the inside details. Place your bid now: http://bit.ly/2HR5dZr
The 30 pairs of Chuck 70s will be auctioned off next week to benefit the museum.
11/06/2020
Talk: Reimagining Monuments
On the opening weekend of The Long Dream, join exhibition artists Tonika Lewis Johnson, Max Guy, and Chris Pappan (Kanza/Osage, Lakota) for a discussion moderated by cultural activist and Executive Director of the National Public Housing Museum, Dr. Lisa Yun Lee.
11/05/2020
Make Some Noise and Move: A Choreographer Provides Instructions
“I really didn’t want it to be about the screen,” Yanira Castro said about adapting a work for the pandemic. Instead, she made scores to try at home.
Purchase "Last Audience: a performance manual" here: https://bit.ly/2Hj59CP
“I really didn’t want it to be about the screen,” Yanira Castro said about adapting a work for the pandemic. Instead, she made scores to try at home.
11/05/2020
A Letter from MCA Director Madeleine Grynsztejn
Related to the upcoming opening of “The Long Dream,” please read this letter from MCA Director Madeleine Grynsztejn: https://mcachicago.org/About
11/04/2020
Hollis Sigler's Fantastical Art Drew on Her Private Pain—Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About Her Pioneering Feminist Work
Learn more about Hollis Sigler, who is currently on view in "Just Connect!" The exhibition is open through November 8.
We undertook a close reading of Hollis Sigler's oil pastel "I've Got this Job of Being a Woman," a work you may not know—but should.
11/03/2020
See Nick Cave’s New Public Art Project for Election Day
Check out Nick Cave's new public art project for Election Day!
Don't miss Talk: Nick Cave and Friends on November 17! RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2Jy08Y6
“It’s big and in your face,” said Cave.
11/03/2020
Planning to vote in person this year? What Illinois voters should know before heading to the polls.
It's Election Day! If you're voting in-person today, know your rights before heading to the polls. Polls in Chicago close at 7 pm.
Check your voting registration + how to vote, wherever you are in the US: https://www.vote.org/
Early voting in Illinois is underway. While a record-setting number of people have applied for a mail-in ballot in Illinois, scores of voters across the state have ventured out of their homes to cast an in-person ballot for the Nov. 3 general election.From Cairo to Galena, nearly 120,000 voters acro...
11/02/2020
The clock is ticking and Election Day is coming up fast! This election is your opportunity to make your individual voice heard; the MCA is supporting the independent voices of our staff by providing them time to participate in the election or volunteer in support of it. Find out your voting options—from ballot drop-off, to polling sites—at vote.org
11/02/2020
What would you do if you were president for a day?
Find out what Shea Couleé and Virgil Abloh would do if they were president for a day!
As the election of a lifetime approaches, Virgil Abloh, Ashnikko, Drakeo, Shea Couleé, and more discuss what’s at stake, what they’d do in the White House, and the state of the American dream
11/01/2020
Deana Lawson Is First Photographer to Win Guggenheim Museum’s $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize
Congratulations to Deana Lawson on this incredible honor!
An exhibition devoted to Lawson will open at the Guggenheim in 2021.
10/31/2020
Our recent, exclusive collaboration with multidisciplinary Chicago artist Brandon Breaux was inspired by the MCA experience and our physical blueprint — but it grew into a meditation on dedicating ourselves to revelatory representation, equitable access, and safe space. Learn more about Brandon Breaux x MCA Chicago: https://bit.ly/32J7Bt9
10/30/2020
The clock is ticking and #ElectionDay is coming up fast! planyourvote.org is a 2020 visual arts initiative from vote.org that harnesses the power of art to promote and encourage citizens to exercise their right to #vote, featuring new art works from contemporary artists, like this one by Laurie Simmons!
10/29/2020
SCREAMING: A Spooky-Queer Party
Screaming: A Spooky-Queer Party is TOMORROW! Don't miss this virtual Halloween experience, hosted by Miss Toto! The night will feature music from Fire-Toolz, a vogueing tutorial from Gravity Balmain of HBO Max's Legendary, professional makeup, a costume contest, and more!
$10. Limited capacity, so purchase tickets in advance: https://bit.ly/36e6Rjl
10/28/2020
A New Language: Duro Olowu and the Becoming of Black Britain
Check out “A New Language: Duro Olowu and the Becoming of Black Britain” in Hyperallergic!
The essay is reprinted from the exhibition catalogue for "Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago." Get it at the MCA Store: https://bit.ly/37FESaN
At a party in a vacant house full of young people, the reggae pounding and ganja smoke thick in the air, Gates was struck by the joylessness of the revels. The mood was brittle. Faces were set hard. Nobody laughed or even spoke.
10/27/2020
This Instagram Star Uses Her Insane Makeup Skills to Highlight Her Vitiligo
Join us tomorrow for Screaming: A Makeup Tutorial, where professional makeup artist Lauren Elyse will share spooky makeup tips, just in time for virtual Halloween! Live on the MCA's Instagram at noon!
Need virtual Halloween plans? Join us for Screaming: A Spooky-Queer Party, a Halloween experience hosted by drag artist Miss Toto, featuring Lauren Elyse, voguer Gravity Balmain, and musician Fire-Toolz! Get tix: https://bit.ly/36e6Rjl
Total badass.
10/26/2020
Dawoud Bey, Chronicler of Black American Life
Dawoud Bey, who will be featured in the upcoming exhibition "The Long Dream," was named one of the 2020 Greats by T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
Learn more about "The Long Dream": https://bit.ly/35ECamT
The photographer takes pictures of everyday subjects and scenes that at once distill this country’s troubled past and provide a glimpse of a better future.
10/25/2020
Must-see streaming theater, concerts and movies in Chicago this fall
Screaming: A Spooky-Queer Party is Time Out Chicago-recommended! Don't miss this "spooky-queer Halloween party, streaming directly to your potentially haunted house."
Limited capacity, so get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/36e6Rjl
Need a culture fix from home? We've rounded up live music, theater productions and films that are streaming this fall.
10/24/2020
Get ahead of the curve on your holiday cards! Send friends and family colorful and contemporary cards—sure to raise their spirits! Shop these boxed card sets and more, now in-store and online: https://bit.ly/2G0Hcjm
10/23/2020
Happy #MuseMemeDay 2020! Enjoy some of our #MusMeme submitted by MCA staff, and share your own in the comments!
10/22/2020
Successful ‘Drop Dead Drag Pageant’ goes on at the Lakeshore Drive-In
Check out this The Chicago Sun-Times article featuring the host of the upcoming Screaming: A Spooky-Queer Party, Miss Toto, and Denali, who hosted our very first virtual program, Story Time with Drag Queens!
Friday night’s event was held outside the Adler Planetarium. The Halloween-themed drag show was a pageant parody that featured headliners from "RuPaul’s Drag Race," "Dragula" and "Chicago Local Drag Superstars."
10/22/2020
Talk: To Commune, Between Choice And CareThu, Oct 22, 2020, 5–6 pm. In a year when labor and life are physically intertwined, this discussion will explore the historical and contemporary boundaries between art and life and what we can learn from communal practices toward building a better union today.
10/22/2020
West Side Group Wins $300,000 Grant For Program That Helps Young Men At Risk Of Violence Become Local Leaders
Marshall Hatch, Jr., the co-founder of The MAAFA Redemption Project, joins us this Saturday for Last Audience: a performance manual, a thought-provoking conversation about how rituals of judgement and reckoning shape our society and our collective future. Learn more about the organization in this Block Club Chicago article.
The grant will allow MAAFA Redemption Project to rehab a building to house more men in the program, which provides job training, counseling and mentorship.
10/21/2020
Art Outdoors: . . . and Indoors, and All Around
Today is the MCA's 53rd birthday! To celebrate, we are looking back at some examples of the MCA’s many building interventions throughout the years!
10/21/2020
MCA Birthday Playlist 2020, a playlist by mca_chicago on Spotify
Today is the MCA's 53rd birthday. To celebrate, we made a playlist of 53 of our favorite songs from the year we opened, 1967! The playlist features artists like Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Jefferson Airplane, Petula Clark, + more! Stream it on Spotify.
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October 21, 2020, marks the MCA's 53rd birthday! Check out this playlist of hits from the year we were founded.
10/20/2020
James Baldwin's Lessons on Love Are Timeless
Check out this interview with Meshell Ndegeocello, who created a 21st-century ritual toolkit, inspired by James Baldwin’s "The Fire Next Time," for justice each month of fall 2020.
Head to thegospelofjamesbaldwin.com to see the latest toolkit, released today!
Her first album, Plantation Lullabies, filled the air with a rich lathering of soul and funk, humming melodies of sex, politics and capitalism, with lyrics like, "The white man shall forever sleep with one eye open," and, "If that's your boyfriend, he wasn't last night." Meshell's style was graceful...
10/19/2020
Artist Joshua Vides stands in his "Forever Hallway" installation, just off of the MCA Store. Check it out, along with his "Museum Essentials" collection during your next visit, or you can shop online: mcachicagostore.org
10/19/2020
Miz Cracker interviews Laurie Simmons on her art
Check out this interview of artist Laurie Simmons by Miz Cracker from RuPaul's Drag Race!
The MCA's major retrospective of her works, "Laurie Simmons: Big Camera/Little Camera" was on view in 2019. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2x3da6z
Miz Cracker talks with artist Laurie Simmons about her early black and white photography and how questions of gender inform her process.
10/18/2020
See the Black Art Remaking Our Culture
Check out this The New York Times feature on Black contemporary art, including pieces from friends of the MCA Amanda Williams and Brendan Fernandes!
Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew share a portfolio of favorite works — and discuss curating Black art when so much creativity is online and ephemeral.
10/17/2020
Happy birthday, Kerry James Marshall!
Inside looks into artists’ process and tools is the best part of working in a contemporary museum. That, and sharing a laugh with someone who makes art that changes the world. Happy Birthday, KJM.
10/16/2020
Virtual Studio Visit: Andrea Bowers
Join artist Andrea Bowers in a conversation with Dr. Kaitlin Reed as they discusses Bowers’ work as an activist, the current state of environmental justice movements, and the ways that art practice intersects with pressing issues of our time. Informed by Dr. Reed’s research and scholarship, the two will discuss ways that white supremacy bears upon climate issues, as well as indigenous relationships to land and ecological management systems within the context of current wildfire management in California.
The conversation is introduced by MCA James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator Michael Darling and Hammer Museum Chief Curator Connie Butler, who are organizing the upcoming exhibition "Andrea Bowers," at the MCA and the Hammer Museum.
10/16/2020
Trick or Vote! A cute mask is all the costume you need for a fun and safe Hallowe’en. Celebrate the holiday and promote civic engagement at the same time! Shop colorful masks and statement tees at the MCA Store: http://bit.ly/2DkVXsP
10/15/2020
Andrea Bowers Portrays the Future of Activism
Prior to tomorrow's Virtual Studio Visit: Andrea Bowers, learn more about the artist's practice in Art in America.
Stream the VSV via Facebook Live on October 16 at 2 pm. RSVP now: https://bit.ly/313rfAh
Andrea Bowers’s interest in social movements and political activism, such as workers’ rights rallies and protests around the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline, is central to her artwork.
10/14/2020
Before He Died, Curator Okwui Enwezor Conceived an Exhibition About Black Grief. It’s Set to Debut at the New Museum Next Year | artnet News
MCA Senior Curator Naomi Beckwith is one of the co-curators of this New Museum exhibition "centered around the intersection of 'black grief' and 'white nationalism'" in art.
The show will be realized by Naomi Beckwith, Massimiliano Gioni, Glenn Ligon, and Mark Nash at the New Museum next year.
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Talk: Reimagining Monuments
On the opening weekend of The Long Dream, join exhibition artists Tonika Lewis Johnson, Max Guy, and Chris Pappan (Kanza/Osage, Lakota) for a discussion moderated by cultural activist and Executive Director of the National Public Housing Museum, Dr. Lisa Yun Lee.
Talk: To Commune, Between Choice And CareThu, Oct 22, 2020, 5–6 pm. In a year when labor and life are physically intertwined, this discussion will explore the historical and contemporary boundaries between art and life and what we can learn from communal practices toward building a better union today.
Virtual Studio Visit: Andrea Bowers
Join artist Andrea Bowers in a conversation with Dr. Kaitlin Reed as they discusses Bowers’ work as an activist, the current state of environmental justice movements, and the ways that art practice intersects with pressing issues of our time. Informed by Dr. Reed’s research and scholarship, the two will discuss ways that white supremacy bears upon climate issues, as well as indigenous relationships to land and ecological management systems within the context of current wildfire management in California. The conversation is introduced by MCA James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator Michael Darling and Hammer Museum Chief Curator Connie Butler, who are organizing the upcoming exhibition "Andrea Bowers," at the MCA and the Hammer Museum.
Happy birthday, Kerry James Marshall!
Inside looks into artists’ process and tools is the best part of working in a contemporary museum. That, and sharing a laugh with someone who makes art that changes the world. Happy Birthday, KJM.
Virtual Family Day: Transform
Virtual Family Days feature special artist-created activities for all ages and are presented the second Saturday of each month this fall. Activities are led by MCA teaching artists and occasional guest artists from around Chicago.
Say cheese! Turn the moment into a memory with this fun, disposable 35mm camera by pop-artist and graphic designer Joshua Vides. Check out the exclusive collection by Joshua Vides for the MCA Chicago, featuring high contrast workwear and creative tools: https://bit.ly/3jlP9Ot
Soundtrack: Forest Management
For this virtual Soundtrack, Forest Management creates a live score of new ambient and drone music in response to the exhibition Chicago Works: Deborah Stratman. Soundtrack is organized by Cameron McEwen, Coordinator, with January Parkos Arnall, Interim Senior Curator and the Performance and Public Practice team.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30-6:30 pm. This special presentation of Tuesdays on the Terrace is co-organized by the MCA and the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30-6:30 pm. This special presentation of Tuesdays on the Terrace is co-organized by the MCA and the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30-6:30 pm. This special presentation of Tuesdays on the Terrace is co-organized by the MCA and the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30–6:30 pm. Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Sam Trump presents two sets of his original compositions in an exclusive recording on the MCA’s Terrace.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30-6:30 pm. Barry Winograd’s Little Big Band is an eight-piece ensemble featuring music from the 1920s and beyond.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30-6:30 pm. Barry Winograd’s Little Big Band is an eight-piece ensemble featuring music from the 1920s and beyond.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30-6:30 pm. Barry Winograd’s Little Big Band is an eight-piece ensemble featuring music from the 1920s and beyond.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30–6:30 pm. This week, Chicago favorite Isaiah Collier opens our final month of Tuesdays on the Terrace for 2020 with his phenomenal band, The Chosen Few.
Gildersleeve Visits the MCA
Happy #NationalDogDay! Celebrate with this 1983 archival clip of NBC Chicago reporter Barry Bernson visiting the exhibition "Dogs!" with a special guest - his golden retriever Gildersleeve! Curator Lynne Warren also discusses the rise in popularity of dogs as subjects in art.
As part of the exhibition, Alien vs. Citizen, join us for a performance in the format of an interrogation that explores the process one would experience in attempting to become a US citizen. And And And—Stammering: An Interview (2020) is an ongoing performance and installation project that draws upon complex questions of immigration, exclusion, and the performance of belonging. In this event, artists Hương Ngô and Hồng-Ân Trương directly engage a randomly selected audience member, while also prompting all audience members to imagine their own responses.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30–6:30 pm. The Regulators are grounded in funky New Orleans styles and jazz improvisation. This performance will be a preview of their upcoming debut album, recorded live at Pro Musica in Chicago.
Talk: Deborah Stratman
In celebration of #NationalRadioDay, listen to a conversation between artist Deborah Stratman and exhibition curator Jack Schneider in this talk that was livestreamed on the opening day of Stratman’s new "Chicago Works" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The pair talk through the exhibition's themes, Studs Terkel's impact on Stratman's work, and the lessor-known history of Illinois.
Thank you for tuning in to Tuesdays on the Terrace: At-Home Edition, MCA Chicago’s weekly summer jazz series. Each Tuesday we’ll bring you two sets of sensational jazz from Chicago and beyond. This week we have the Katie Ernst Trio.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30–6:30 pm. Powerhouse vocalist Dee Alexander presents a multi-genre selection of jazz tunes ranging from gospel and blues to neo-soul and rhythm and blues.
Tuesdays on the Terrace is the MCA’s summer jazz series celebrating Chicago’s robust music scene. Audio broadcasts are available on Facebook Live every Tuesday, July through September, from 5:30–6:30 pm. This week, Tatsu Aoki’s avant-garde jazz ensemble, The MIYUMI Project, present two brand-new sets from their upcoming album.
Talk: Deborah Stratman in conversation with Jack Schneider, Curatorial Assistant
Talk: Deborah Stratman in conversation with Jack Schneider, Curatorial Assistant
Tuesdays on the Terrace: At-Home Edition with Julius Tucker
Kiki In the Commons Online
Drag is a folk art form with its own institutions, support systems, and criteria for excellence. As drag's popularity has increased—in the art world and popular culture alike—does it change to fit new contexts, such as museums? Or can museums embrace drag artists on their own terms?
Music Talk: Meshell Ndegeocello with Staceyann Chin
In celebration of Pride Month, we're sharing video from Music Talk: Meshell Ndegeocello with Staceyann Chin! Watch singer-songwriter and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello and spoken-word artist, LBGTQ activist, author, and long-time collaborator Staceyann Chin share the stage in an evening of musical exploration and conversation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3eptSRt
Virtual Event: Dialogue Keynote: Kerby Jean-Raymond
The MCA's 2020 Dialogue Series asks, what does inheritance mean in the public sphere? In this culminating keynote, designer Kerby Jean-Raymond addresses the audience with a keynote presentation on inheriting creative legacies and leads an immersive discussion that imagines our collective future.
Watch Party: What Remains
Thanks for joining MCA Chicago’s Watch Party of What Remains by Claudia Rankine and Will Rawls. Artist guide Joelle Mercedes will chat live throughout the performance. Post your thoughts and questions in the comments, and stay tuned after the performance for a brief post-show question-and-answer session. For program notes and further reading, visit https://mcachicago.org/Publications/Blog/2020/Art-Apart-An-Opportunity-To-Look-And-Then-Look-Again. Performed by Leslie Cuyjet, Jessica Pretty, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, and Tara Aisha WillisThe piece was produced by Live Arts Bard.�
Family Day Activities
Family Day Activities, including Move with Art, and Plushies and Paper Dolls, are live on Facebook! Join us on Zoom to participate fully and join the Family Day community: https://bit.ly/MCAFamilyDayActivities
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Iwakawa Yukihiro Web Exhibition Dissolution(溶解)
Work 2020 10_03 Dissolution(溶解) 1951-1956 remembrance,yes? note,yes?-2
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Iwakawa Yukihiro Web Exhibition Dissolution(溶解)
Work 2020 10_03 Dissolution(溶解) 1951-1956 remembrance,yes? note,yes?-1
http://rrsrrs.la.coocan.jp/
Here are 8 digital Climate Change themed art shows I curated which have been published by over 160 museums in over 40 countries around the world:
Tiredearth: https://www.tiredearth.com/articles/eight-climate-change-themed-digital-art-shows-very-first-international-day-clean-air-blue for
TRVST: https://www.trvst.world/inspiration/eight-climate-change-themed-digital-art-shows/?fbclid=IwAR2xbGrYFggITL7IjGnWqCaCBIHq2oBmpgyj5QuUIiw9_pMkkPV-KkgaGXk
ArtdotEarth: https://artdotearth.org/acknowledging-the-true-cost-of-climate-change/
Tiredearth: https://www.tiredearth.com/articles/acknowledging-true-cost-climate-change-world-patient-safety-day
1.We recognise oscillation to be the natural order of the world.2.We must liberate ourselves from the inertia resulting from a century of modernist ideological naivety and the cynical insincerity of its antonymous bastard child.3.Movement shall henceforth be enabled by way of an oscillation between positions, with diametrically opposed ideas operating like the pulsating polarities of a colossal electric machine, propelling the world into action.4.We acknowledge the limitations inherent to all movement and experience, and the futility of any attempt to transcend the boundaries set forth therein. The essential incompleteness of a system should necessitate an adherence, not in order to achieve a given end or be slaves to its course, but rather perchance to glimpse by proxy some hidden exteriority. Existence is enriched if we set about our task as if those limits might be exceeded, for such action unfolds the world.5.All things are caught within the irrevocable slide towards a state of maximum entropic dissemblance. Artistic creation is contingent upon the origination or revelation of difference therein. Affect at its zenith is the unmediated experience of difference in itself. It must be art’s role to explore the promise of its own paradoxical ambition by coaxing excess towards presence.6.The present is a symptom of the twin birth of immediacy and obsolescence. Today, we are nostalgists as much as we are futurists. The new technology enables the simultaneous experience and enactment of events from a multiplicity of positions. Far from signalling its demise, these emergent networks facilitate the democratisation of history, illuminating the forking paths along which its grand narratives may navigate the here and now.7.Just as science strives for poetic elegance, artists might assume a quest for truth. All information is grounds for knowledge, whether empirical or aphoristic, no matter its truth-value. We should embrace the scientific-poetic synthesis andinformed naivety of a magical realism. Error breeds sense.8.We propose a pragmatic romanticism unhindered by ideological anchorage. Thus, metamodernism shall be defined as the mercurial condition between and beyond irony and sincerity, naivety and knowingness, relativism and truth, optimism and doubt, in the pursuit of many disparate and elusive horizons. We must go ahead and oscillate!
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Thank you for making this campaign a real success! The Kickstarter has ended. Your support feels good and is deeply appreciated. For anyone still wishing to jump-in, the European platform has 1 day left https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/los-angeles-storyboards-de-sylvain-despretz?fbclid=IwAR0AAgx51uOiK516am-zMZD-w-1jydrEm-pq9XIJBEglG1hHkLMxdyKOgM0 . The book can be ordered in English or French. #Storyboard #artist, #illustrator, #visual #storyteller Sylvain Despretz explores #film #designs, #iconography he created for #StanleyKubrick, #AlejandroJodorowsky, #JeanGiraud (aka #Moebius), #RidleyScott, #DavidFincher, #TimBurton, #JeanPierreJeunet and #LucBesson, among other visionaries.
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