At the CUNY Digital Humanities event, November 20, 2015, I'm presenting work in progress, a research article co-written by Lev Manovich, where we discuss the aesthetic qualities of photography on Instagram and are attempting to answer questions such as: is "Instagram killing the art of photography" or rather "Here comes the new photographer" again?
Read moreEarly Soviet photography exhibition in The Jewish Museum
Why the early Soviet photography exhibition in The Jewish Museum is an outstanding overview of this important moment in the history of photography.
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No metaphors, no art, just salt. Department of Sanitation has commissioned Spring Street Salt Shed, an exciting structure that looks like a modern art museum.
Read more"The Impossibility of Capturing Butoh in Photography," a new book chapter
How to describe the relationship between butoh, a performance based on movement and emotion, and photography, a medium that freezes movement and removes all emotions? To address this question, in this article I compare of Kamaitachi (1968) by Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe (b. 1933), and Riga Pantomime (1964-1965) by Latvian photographer Zenta Dzividzinska (1944-2011).
Read moreMeet the artists selected for the artist residency program at the NARS Foundation
Meet the artists participating in the international artist residency program at the NARS Foundation, Brooklyn!
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