Tag Archives: ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
LIVING FOR THE WEEKND X
31 Mar
CAN I HOLD YOU CLOSE? THE DIRECT APPROACH IS ALWAYS THE BEST APPROACH. FROM BEDROOM PRODUCTIONS TO THE BIG SCREEN, THE METEORIC ASCENSION OF THE WEEKND ROSETTA STONE TRILOGY: HOUSE OF BALLOONS, THURSDAY, & ECHOES OF SILENCE EVOKE A LUSH & INTOXICATING LANDSCAPE OF MODERN URBAN MYTHOLOGY.
LIKE A GOOD PUSHER, HE GOT YOU ADDICTED & BEFORE YOU KNOW ITS TOO LATE. SO INSTEAD OF BEING SOCIAL, THE PHONES ARE OFF, & THE SPEAKERS UP FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKND. EIGHT MILLION HITS MIGHT BE TOO MUCH FOR SOME TO HANDLE, BUT THE EXCESSES OF WEEKEND CONSUMPTION HAS NEVER BEEN FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. KISSES XO
CHILDREN OF THE ATLIENS
26 Mar
AFTER THE ATLIENS LANDED NOTHING WAS QUITE THE SAME AGAIN. SPITTING RHYMES LIKE THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD DEPENDS ON IT, OUTKAST SEAMLESSLY FUSED THEIR ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE, WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY PROJECTING THE FUTURE. JUST AS MARVIN GAYE BEFORE THEM PRESENTED A FUNKY SPACE REINCARNATION, ATLIENS PRESENTS A THOUGHT SPACE OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF 1996. ALMOST 20 YEARS LATER, ATLIENS STILL GLEAMS WITH AN OTHER WORLDLINESS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF ITS TIME. WHEN ANDRE 3000 RAPS ABOUT CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR HIS CHILDREN TO BE INDIVIDUALS, HE ECHOES THE DESIRES DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR VISIONED FOR HIS CHILDREN. SET TO INHERIT VAST EMPIRES, ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE ATLIENS PREPARED TO REVEAL THEMSELVES?
ARTSCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
16 Mar
ART SCHOOL DOESN’T COME CHEAP. IT IS A FANTASTICAL EXPERIENCE FOR SOME, FOR OTHERS IT CAN TURN INTO A FINANCIAL NIGHTMARE. IT IS A RITE OF PASSAGE THAT OPENS THE INVISIBLE DOORS THAT GUARD AN INVISIBLE WORLD. PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
EDUCATORS AT PARSONS NEW SCHOOL ARE PROTESTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS. HIRED AS PART TIME EMPLOYEES, RARELY RECEIVING A FRACTION OF THE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATORS GAIN WHILST FOSTERING THE CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT ESSENTIAL FOR THE ART SCHOOL TO FUNCTION. LOOKING CLOSER, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MAKES LESS THAN THE AVERAGE STUDENT TUITION. RANKING IN AMONGST THE 50 MOST EXPENSIVE COLLEGES THE NEW SCHOOL REPRESENTS A BRAND OF CREATIVE EXCLUSIVITY, THE PRICE TAG OF PRESTIGE BECOME CORPORATE DEALINGS IN CREATIVE EDUCATION.
CAPITALIZATION OF CREATIVITY IS NOTHING NEW. IN THE 2000S THE LONDON INSTITUTE BECAME THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON. WITH ITS NEW EDUCATIONAL ACCREDITATION UPGRADING, THE UNIVERSITY WENT ON A MASSIVE PROPERTY ACQUISITION RUN ACROSS LONDON. THE HARSH DOWNSIDE OF INSTITUTIONAL TAKEOVERS, IS THAT BUILDINGS WITH DESIGNATED PROGRAMS, LIBRARIES, WORKSHOPS, MACHINERY & RESOURCES BECOME DISPLACED, OR ELIMINATED COMPLETELY, WHEN UPPER MANAGEMENT CHOOSES TO UPROOT THE UNIVERSITY FACILITIES. THE FANTASY WORLD OF ART & CREATIVITY, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS PREY TO CAPITALIST PLAYS & THE VERY PRODUCT THAT IS BEING MARKETED AS TOP CLASS SUFFERS, WHEN STUDENT EDUCATION BECOMES SECONDARY TO CORPORATE RE-BRANDING STRATEGIES & EXPENSIVE SITE BUILDS.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR $200,000 TUITION MONEY WILL CREATE A LOT OF ART. $200,000 IS MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY FOR A SMALL START-UP. SO AS YOU SIT IN A LIFE DRAWING CLASS, KNOW THE POOLED RESOURCES IN YOUR CLASSROOM IS TWO MILLION DOLLARS & UPWARDS. THAT IS THE MAGIC OF THE EXPERIENCE, THE FOSTERING OF THOSE FRIENDSHIPS, BECAUSE LONG AFTER YOU LEAVE THE INSTITUTION, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE THINGS YOU WILL COUNT ON MOST IN THE REAL WORLD. SO ENJOY THE EDUCATION.
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