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Feedback as Music, “Tron” as prophesy. Southern Machine Exposure Project. Art Practical
On Saturday, June 30, Wobbly’s aural installation complemented Jason Brown’s witty lecture by juxtaposing visceral and intellectual responses to our increasing comfort with technology’s escalating presence in our lives. Wobbly (a.k.a. Jon Leidecker), focusing on feedback as the “intrinsic voice … Continue reading
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Tagged ART, music, REVIEWS, San Francisco, Southern Exposure, Tron
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Masked Ball, Venetian Masters, and trippy mashups at the de Young, Zyzzyva
Gerhard Richter’s enormous mural Strontium glowered over Wilsey Court. The mural, made from a collection of blurred photographs representing the atomic structure of strontium titanate (a substance used to make artificial diamonds), might have been interpreted as a bit of a symbolic … Continue reading
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Tagged ART, De Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, music, parties, San Francisco, Venetian painting, zyzzyva
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Joan Baez at Yoshi’s, Zyzzyva
As diverse as the music performed in concerts is, so are the appearances of the audiences. James Mollison documented a spectrum of what he calls the “tribes” of attendees in his photography project and book The Disciples, a rough census of personae … Continue reading
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Tagged Joan Baez, music, REVIEWS, San Francisco, Yoshi's, Yoshi's San Francisco
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