Zach Houston’s Poem Store

March 15, 2008 – 5:51 am

Walking north on Valencia I heard the characteristic snap snap snap of an old manual typewriter’s hammers striking paper on the platen.
I was more than a bit curious about who might still use such a classic machine even before its operator called out to ask if I wanted to buy a poem. Still, it’d [...]

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Book Autopsies

October 23, 2007 – 10:49 pm

Via Ryan: Brian Dettmer: Book Autopsies at Centripetal Notion.
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Burninator: Kinetic Sculpture Never Looked So Hot

May 26, 2007 – 1:16 pm

This is what I get for not following Gizmodo faithfully: flaming industrial art.
They introduced it saying ?Do you enjoy fire? Do you also enjoy very intricate Rube Goldberg machines? Of course you do.? Though a reader there exclaims:
It didn’t do anything. For it to be a true Rube Goldberg doesn’t it have to accomplish some [...]

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Art vs. The Google Economy

November 8, 2006 – 1:09 pm

In an anomaly that we would eventually recognize as commonplace on the internet, Touching the Void, a book that had gone out of print, remaindered before it hit paperback, was all but forgotten, started selling again in 1998. Chris Anderson wondered why, and found that user reviews in Amazon’s listing of publishing sensation Into Thin [...]

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Cheap and Broken

October 15, 2006 – 12:19 pm

Above, one of Sandge’s contributions to the The Toy Cameras Pool reminds us that good photography is something that often happens despite the equipment, not because of it.
Of course, no sweeping generalization can go without argument, and in this case I think the toy camera enthusiasts would be joined by the glitch art aficionados, like [...]

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Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Books

June 10, 2006 – 3:34 pm

It seems common among contemporary artists that a web search might turn up a few pictures of their works, but not much about them or their works. In this case it’s Nina Katchadourian and the work I’m interested in is her Sorted Books Project.
A video interview from the University of Colorado and ResearchChannel.org does offer [...]

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MoBA Revisited

April 28, 2006 – 7:29 pm

I had a good opportunity to revisit the Museum of Bad Art in Dedham Mass earlier this week. Above is my buddy Corey, but I was amused to find that visitors appear to be leaving their own works for the collection.
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The Crucible

April 14, 2006 – 11:57 am

Who wouldn’t like to play with The Crucible’s ?fire truck??
What’s ?The Crucible??
[it's] an arts education center that fosters a collaboration of arts, industry and community. Through training in the fine and industrial arts, The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials and innovative design while serving as an accessible arts venue for the public.
You can [...]

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Zhang Huan’s ?My Boston?

April 7, 2006 – 12:09 pm

Most people may recognize Zhang Huan from his ?My New York? work that had him dressed in a beefy muscle suit. Above is ?My Boston,? but I have a feeling it might get repurposed elsewhere during finals this spring to represent the agony of study.
Ups to Ryan for the pointer.
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Atlanta Art Scene, Spring 2006

April 2, 2006 – 6:02 pm

Atlanta was a bit of a lark. I hadn’t seen my friends for a while, and they were telling me that the weather was beautiful. So why not go?

Once there we did a marathon tour of museums and galleries, scoping out works by Chuck Close, Roger Ballen, and Iona Rozeal Brown.

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Troy Bennett at ?Ben Show?

March 5, 2006 – 2:07 pm

Ben Apfelbaum died before having the chance to see it all come together, but his quirky idea seems to be a hit. Here’s how Jerry Cullum described it for the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
?The Ben Show? was the brainchild of beloved Spruill Gallery director Ben Apfelbaum, who asked one day, ?What’s in a name?? and [...]

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As The Useful Becomes Useless, It Becomes Art

February 23, 2006 – 6:51 pm

The story here isn’t about why I’m on the Kate Spade mailing list. The story is about their new line of ?paper.? It’s stationary, of course. The kind of formal paper people use to send out wedding invites and thank yous and whatever other little missives that email or AIM seem too uncouth for.
I made [...]

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Velveteria

February 21, 2006 – 12:46 pm

I wasn’t just surprised to find a gallery of velvet paintings, I was further surprised to learn they were hosting a show of Valentines velvet works by local artist Juanita and had cards advertising a show of LA artist Arnold Pander’s oil on velvet works at the local Vault Martini Lounge.
But the fact is, Carl [...]

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Sprayfoam Art In Millersburg

February 18, 2006 – 11:23 am

What you can’t tell about the photo above is that the eagle is huge, and made of spray foam. It stands at Sprayfoam Inc., just off the I5 at Millersburg. Don’t miss the cornucopia-like sign, or the completely enfoamed Sprayfoam-mobile.
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Book Flower

December 20, 2005 – 8:05 pm

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